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Crafts Demonstrate in Orange County for the Right to Organize
On Jan. 8, Building Trades unions demonstrated in the City of Brea in support of the right of union representatives to access a private construction job which is allowed by the California law. The Supreme Court has upheld this right several times.


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Sprinkler Fitters Local 709 at Playa Vista
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Story & photos by Roy San Filippo, Steff Writer

Sprinkler Fitters Local 709 are working Phase II of the New Horizons Office Campus at Playa Vista. Development in the Playa Vista territory – a tiny stretch of coveted property near the Pacific Ocean in West Los Angeles – has met with significant difficulties over the years, and labor leaders often complained that when there was work, too much of it went to non-union contractors. But Horizons is being built under a 100-percent union labor agreement.

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Conspiracy from California to D.C.

ImageJust when working families were gearing up to challenge another California ballot initiative to muzzle their and their union’s ability to affect policymaking in the state, the U.S. Supreme Court came out with a stunning blow to the individual having any impact on elections. Last Jan. 10, the Court issued its decision in “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission,” and declared that business profits, with no limit on the amount, can be used to fund political campaigns.

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On Jan. 8, Building Trades unions demonstrated in the City of Brea in support of the right of union representatives to access a private construction job which is allowed by the California law. The Supreme Court has upheld this right several times.


 
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Metro Blue Line resumes service to downtown LA

89.3 KPCC, March 9

The Metro Blue Line resumed service to downtown L.A. this morning after this weekend's construction work closure, officials reported. Blue Line trains were not running in downtown Los Angeles this past weekend due to construction that will eventually tie the future Expo Line into existing Blue line tracks, said Gayle Anderson, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

 

Port of Los Angeles roadway gets improvements

ABC 7, March  8

L.A.-area elected officials broke ground on a $22 million renovation of a roadway that connects the Port of L.A. The street improvements along a 1.3-mile stretch of Harry Bridges Boulevard is a federally funded project expected to create more than 250 local construction jobs

 

California employers add 32,500 jobs in January

LA Times,  March 5

California employers added 32,500 to their payrolls in January, a sign that the state's moribund labor market might finally be stirring to life. The gains came as sectors throughout the economy, including construction and manufacturing, started to hire workers, according to numbers released Friday by the Employment Development Department.

 

 

Irvine’s Suffolk Construction lands $35.5 million school project

OC Metro, Feb 23

Suffolk Construction Co.’s Irvine office this month will break ground on a new $35.5 million campus for the Los Angeles Unified School District. It’s the fourth project that the district has awarded to Suffolk.

 

LA officials break ground on massive $1.5B expansion of LAX international terminal

LA Times, Feb 22

Construction began Monday on a $1.5 billion project to expand the international terminal at Los Angeles International Airport — a facility ranked one of the worst in the nation.

 

Downtown Celebrates Convention Center Hotel Opening

LA Downtown News, February 16

A chorus of Los Angeles political and business leaders turned out this morning to celebrate the opening of the $1 billion Convention Center headquarters hotel. Officials described the structure at L.A. Live as the completion of a long-awaited dream, one that will allow the city to compete on the top tier of the country’s convention industry.

 

Los Angeles eyes Owens Lake for huge solar project

Reuters, February 10

An old battleground of California's water wars could turn into one of the largest solar farms in the world, with thousands of shiny black and blue panels mounted across the desiccated, salty white crust of Owens Lake.

That's the plan by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP), the largest public utility in the United States.

 


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