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		<title>Global Times: Wal-Mart backlash in LA Chinatown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Global Times &#124; 2013-6-13 18:28:01 By Ma Dai and Du Liya A soon-to-open Wal-Mart store in downtown Los Angeles&#8217; Chinatown has stoked new controversy following allegations the retail giant lacks a business licence for the outlet. A public hearing into the case is slated for July 11. Since Wal-Mart unveiled the project in 2012, labor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LA Times: Wal-Mart&#8217;s wages drive employees onto public benefits, report says</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Alejandro Lazo, Los Angeles TimesJune 7, 2013 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. wages are so low they force many of its employees onto the public doles, creating a drag on taxpayers and the economy, according to a new report from the staff of congressional Democrats. The report analyzes data from Wisconsin&#8217;s Medicaidprogram, estimating that a single 300-person Wal-Mart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Can L.A.&#8217;s Next Mayor and City Council Make Our City Great?</title>
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		<title>Exciting communications position at LAANE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  National Communications Specialist LAANE is a leading advocacy organization dedicated to building a new economy for all. Combining dynamic research, innovative public policy and the organizing of broad alliances, LAANE promotes a new economic approach based on good jobs, thriving communities and a healthy environment. For more information about LAANE, see www.laane.org. LAANE is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Join LAANE and MOVE LA in Honoring the Mayor&#8217;s Transportation and Construction Careers Legacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To register or for more info, click here. &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>A National Living Wage Fight Finds a Battleground in NYC: &#8216;We Aren&#8217;t Here Just To Survive, We Want to Live&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act has garnered strong support among the city&#8217;s labor and religious communities, but has run up against big-moneyed, powerful interests. &#8220;Mayor Bloomberg, enough is enough!&#8221; Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. said at a lively May 12 rally organized by grassroots group Living Wage NYC. &#8220;If your friends don&#8217;t want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rachel LaForest and Madeline Janis on Fighting for Fairness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Economic equality advocates Rachel LaForest, executive director of Right to the City, and Madeline Janis, co-founder and national policy director of Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, discuss with Bill how social action can change both policy and lives. Janis led the fight for a living wage in Los Angeles; LaForest fights for fair [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tipped Minimum Wage Increase Would Give Millions Of Workers First Raise In 22 Years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Millions of workers are poised to get a raise for the first time in more than 20 years. Congress is considering legislation that would raise the base salary for tipped workers from $2.13 for the first time since 1991, Bloomberg highlighted in a report Thursday. If lawmakers pass the bill, it would mean a raise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3,399 New Hotel Rooms Coming to LA in the Next Few Years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hotel construction is booming in LA right now, thanks to a record number of tourists in 2012, a tight supply of rooms, and a rebounding economy that has made financing easier to come by. Things were so dead during the recession that one hospitality consultancy stopped tracking new hotel development entirely in 2009. Well courtesy of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LAANE’s Madeline Janis Appears on “Moyers &amp; Company”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the most recent Moyers and Company, Bill Moyers turned his attention to the ways underdog communities have organized themselves to win economic victories – in often hostile political environments. Moyers first spoke with Marshall Ganz, the veteran civil rights and United Farm Workers organizer; he then interviewed Madeline Janis, co-founder of the Los Angeles [...]]]></description>
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