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Walmart workers protest (Photo: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Opinion: Americans Failed Walmart Workers

After all the hype regarding Walmart employees’ discontent with their employer and the threat of a strike on Black Friday, the long holiday weekend was saw banner sales and virtually no protest at Walmarts.

2012/11/26

(Photo: Publicity shots of Dick Devos, union opponent, and James P. Hoffa, union organizer)

Digital Debate: Teamster’s Hoffa & Amway Heir DeVos: Clash Over Unions!

James P. Hoffa and Dick DeVos have vastly differing views of unions, which is why in this heated political climate battles are raging across America over unions in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, California and other states, the two took time to participate in CBS Local Digital Debate.

2012/10/29

Unions Claim Prop 32 Would Rob Them Of Political Power

Labor union members claim Proposition 32, which would limit how unions raise money for California political campaigns, would rob them of their political power.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2012/10/19

President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney. (Getty Images/Luke Sharrett and Joe Raedle)

CBS Local Presidential Forum Obama/Romney: Square Off Over Education and Energy

Today on the CBS Local forum, Romney and Obama were asked: What will you do to make the U.S. more energy independent?

2012/10/12

CBS Local Presidential Forum Obama/Romney: Debating Cities and Education

When it comes to America’s future, the issue of education rises to the top for many which is why Obama and Romney were asked to weigh in on it as well.

2012/10/11

Mitt Romney (Photo by Steve Pope/Getty Images)

Opinion: Romney’s Move To The Middle Is Nothing More Than Baseless Rhetoric

Why is Mitt Romney, the severely Conservative candidate for president, all of a sudden moving to the middle?

2012/10/09

Prop 32′s Limit On Unions’ Political Spending Stirs Controversy

California voters are being asked to starve unions of the tens of millions of dollars they use to finance campaigns and political organizing, as the nation’s largest state wades into the national debate over labor clout.

2012/10/03

An NFL referee (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Opinion: The NFL Is Ruining Its Own Brand With Cheap Replacement Refs

Want to know what a company looks like when it fires all its experienced workers and hires on cheap replacements? Watch last night’s embarrassment of a game between Green Bay and Seattle. But this is about more than just a game. This is about a trend in our national economy where trained professionals are cast aside for inferior workers.

2012/09/25

Unions Blast Gov. Jerry Brown’s Pension Plan

Gov. Jerry Brown announced a “historic pension reform agreement” Tuesday that will cap pensions and raise employee contributions and the retirement age.

CBS2 / KCAL9–2012/08/28

Opinion: A Doctor’s Opinion Of Obamacare

Good, hard-working Americans shouldn’t be forced to contemplate leaving their chosen profession as they are with federal laws such as Obamacare.

2012/07/09

Then-SAG President actress Melissa Gilbert and former AFTRA President actor John Connolly along with other SAG and AFTRA Members on picket lines in Burbank in December of 2003. Analysts say the two sides are much closer to a deal than they were in 2003. (credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Coming Soon? Hollywood Abuzz As AFTRA, SAG Merger Talks Heat Up

The state of some of Hollywood’s biggest unions is influx heading into this year’s Labor Day weekend.

KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO–2011/09/02

Americans Give Teachers High Marks, But Half Say Unions ‘Fail’

Teachers in the U.S. still enjoy widespread confidence, but teacher unions may be hurting their image, according to a new survey.

KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO–2011/08/17

Thousands of strikers and supporters rally at a Pavilions supermarket December 16, 2003 in Beverly Hills, California. A large union that represents janitors and other service workers plans to demonstrate outside a major Southland grocery store Monday to show support for the unionized grocery workers who have had no contract for more than three months. (credit: David McNew/Getty Images)

Grocery Workers To Rally At Multiple Stores Ahead Of Possible Strike

The Service Employees International Union will demonstrate at a Ralphs supermarket in Inglewood and six other stores to show support for local grocery workers.

KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO–2011/06/27

Compton May Cut Hundreds Of Jobs To Stave Off Bankruptcy

An independent audit says layoffs could be all that stands between the city and fiscal insolvency.

KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO–2011/05/27

Orange County HR Chief May Step Down Over Pay Raise Approvals

The audit alleges that the O.C.’s top human resources official reportedly approved raises without justifying them while the department was understaffed.

2011/05/19