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		<title>Hilda Solis resigns as U.S. Secretary of Labor</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/01/09/hilda-solis-resigns-as-u-s-secretary-of-labor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Labor politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hilda Solis has resigned from her post as U.S. Secretary of Labor, the Washington Post reports. Before taking the post in 2009, Solis was a Democratic congresswoman from El Monte for eight years, and earlier yet was a state Senator and Assemblywoman. President Obama issued this statement: &#8220;Over her long career in public service – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor endorsement goes to Loni Hancock</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/10/12/labor-endorsement-goes-to-loni-hancock/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/10/12/labor-endorsement-goes-to-loni-hancock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 State Senate election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California State Senate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Loni Hancock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandre Swanson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alameda]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[contra costa building and construction trades council]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a battle for a state Senate seat between like-minded, labor-friendly Democrats takes off in the East Bay, a significant labor organization has cast its lot with the incumbent. The Contra Costa Building and Construction Trades Council today announced its endorsement of state Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, for re-election in the 9th State Senate District. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NLRB: Dems say toMAYto, Boehner says toMAHto</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/09/15/nlrb-dems-say-tomayto-boehner-says-tomahto/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/09/15/nlrb-dems-say-tomayto-boehner-says-tomahto/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Boehner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynn Woolsey]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education and the Workforce]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Martinez]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outsourcing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petaluma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, where would we be without all the glorious political rhetoric in Congress? What’s that, you say&#8230; &#8220;making actual progress?&#8221; Oh, but that would take all the fun out of it. Today’s case in point: The House today voted 238-186 to pass HR 2587, the “Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act.” The bill would limit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Measure to ice union spending gains $$$, steam</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/09/measure-to-ice-union-spending-gains-steam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/09/measure-to-ice-union-spending-gains-steam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ballot measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ballot measure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bloomfield]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Californians Against Special Interests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizen Power Campaign]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contributions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deduction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[unions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a lot of money piling up behind the proposed ballot measure to ban unions from using payroll-deducted funds for political purposes, including $70,000 in the past week. In all, I see just short of $1.5 million banked by the “Californians Against Special Interests” campaign committee since the end of April – just over a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local 21 fights imposed contract threat</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/02/local-21-fights-imposed-contract-threat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/02/local-21-fights-imposed-contract-threat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa Board of Supervisors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IFPTE Local 21]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=16692</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[IFPTE Local 21 members in Contra Costa County delivered tough words this morning to the board of supervisors, which could impose a contract with hefty pay and benefit cuts. Read the story here. If you are curious &#8212; and I was &#8212; you can type the names of those testifying into the Bay Area News [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building trades union targets Safeway</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/03/building-trades-union-targets-safeway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Labor politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contra costa building and construction trades council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[El Cerrito]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Contra Costa Building and Construction Trades Council calls Safeway &#8220;The Local Job Molester&#8221; in a flyer it will hand out this weekend. (See below) The trades council is aggrieved over what it describes as Safeway&#8217;s decision to hire out-of-town workers and contractor, Tilton Pacific Construction of Rocklin, to build a new super Safeway in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislative battle over self-checkout alcohol sales</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/03/legislative-battle-over-self-checkout-alcohol-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/03/legislative-battle-over-self-checkout-alcohol-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Assembly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California State Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Ma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[AB 1060]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[alcohol]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[California Grocers Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fresh & Easy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[groceries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hector De La Torre]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[minors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mothers Against Drunk Driving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sales]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[self checkout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supermarkets]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=16078</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Your quick trip to the supermarket for a six-pack of brews or a bottle of vino might take a bit longer if the state Senate approves a bill that would bar retailers from letting customers buy alcohol through self-service checkouts. AB 183 by Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, D-San Francisco, is based on the argument that self-checkout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate delays FedEx labor showdown</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/03/18/senate-delays-fedex-labor-showdown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/03/18/senate-delays-fedex-labor-showdown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barbara Boxer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dianne Feinstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Garamendi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate this week delayed debate on legislation that shipping giant FedEx says would endanger some of the 2,000 jobs it provides at Oakland International Airport, but local lawmakers say the company just doesn’t want to lose an advantage over its workers and competitors. Workers at FedEx Express – the air-oriented rapid delivery division [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nurses take EFCA fight to DiFi&#8217;s doorstep</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/09/09/nurses-take-efca-fight-to-difis-doorstep/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/09/09/nurses-take-efca-fight-to-difis-doorstep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dianne Feinstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Nurses Association]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[1,200 registered nurses paying you a house call? Now that’s some serious health care! The nurses – gathered in San Francisco for the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee national convention – will be making a “house call” to the home of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein at 1 p.m. today to demand she become a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State workers take to SF streets, Capitol steps</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/06/19/state-workers-take-to-sf-streets-capitol-steps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/06/19/state-workers-take-to-sf-streets-capitol-steps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California State Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dennis Hollingsworth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Labor politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cuts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Schwarzenegger]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After covering a federal court hearing this morning in San Francisco, I was walking through Civic Center and saw several dozen state workers &#8212; most of them wearing the distinctive purple t-shirts of the Service Employees International Union &#8212; picketing outside the state building. “We’re taking care of California, don’t hurt our families,” “Don’t balance [...]]]></description>
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