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Labor Commissioner Holds General Contractors and Their Subcontractors Liable For Public Works Violations of Nearly $750,000

LOS ANGELES, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su issued citations totaling ... View More


Esperanza's Reverend Cortes Issues Call to Action for Continued Progress on Immigration Reform

PHILADELPHIA, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Reverend Luis Cortés, Jr., a key figure in the ... View More


Labor Commissioner Cites Adult Care Facilities Nearly $600,000 for Wage Theft Violations

OAKLAND, Calif., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su issued citations totaling $584,635.97 to three Bay Area-based adult care ... View More


Labor Commissioner Uncovers $1.5 Million in Wage Theft by Fresno Assisted Living Provider and Seeks to Recover Wages for Caregivers

FRESNO, Calif., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su has issued citations ... View More


California Labor Commissioner Reaches Settlements Totaling over $600,000 with Four General Contractors on Public Works Jobs in Northern California

SAN FRANCISCO, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie ... View More


California Labor Commissioner Investigation Leads to Criminal Indictment of Restaurant Owners for Wage Theft: Employees Worked but Didn't Get Paid, Additional Victims Sought

SAN DIEGO, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Califor ... View More


California Labor Commissioner Fines Construction Contractors over $300,000 for Public Works Violations on State Highway Expansion Project in Kerman

FRESNO, Calif., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Ju ... View More


California Labor Commissioner Issues over $500,000 in Citations to Restaurants

OAKLAND, Calif., March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su has issued citations totaling nearly $505,000 to three restaurants for minimum wage, over ... View More


California Labor Commissioner prevails in misclassification case against port trucking company

LONG BEACH, Calif., March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su won a California Superior Court trial yesterday when the court ruled that Port of ... View More


California Labor Commissioner Investigation Results in Criminal Forgery, Fraud Charges against Restaurant Owners

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The owners of a restaurant in San Marcos have been charged with felony counts of workers' compensation ... View More


California Labor Commissioner investigation results in charges against Santa Monica car wash

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A criminal complaint for conspiracy and grand theft was filed today against Wilshire West Car Wash LLC and its parent company, Maxxam ... View More


California Labor Commissioner Reaches $339,716 Settlement for Unpaid Wages at San Francisco Restaurants, Includes Penalty if Retaliation Occurs

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su ... View More


California Labor Commissioner assesses contractor over $1 million in penalties for public works violations

STOCKTON, Calif., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su has ordered Nicodemus Plumbing & Mechanical to pay ... View More


Labor Commissioner recovers $4.8 million in unpaid wages in settlement with ZipRealty

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California State Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su announced today that a $5 million settlement has been reached in a ... View More


Labor Commissioner Announces Changes to Enhance Labor Law Enforcement on Public Works Projects

OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Industrial Relation's (DIR) today introduced the new electronic Public Works PWC 100 system which allows awarding ... View More


California Labor Commissioner Reaches Settlement of Over $875,000 for Unpaid Wages

OAKLAND, Calif., June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su announced a settlement today on a civil wage and penalty assessment issued by the Labor ... View More


Labor Enforcement Task Force Announces Public Hotline for Complaints and Tips

OAKLAND, Calif., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California's Labor Enforcement Task Force (LETF), a multiple agency collaborative effort to combat the underground economy ... View More


Cal/OSHA cites Southern California Recycling Company for multiple safety violations

OAKLAND, Calif., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Department of Industrial Relations' (DIR) Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) yesterday issued 36 ... View More


Chevron Suffers Major Legal Setback as U.S. Court Throws Out Fraud Claims, Rejects Motion to Attach Assets, Says Amazon Defense Coalition

NEW YORK, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Chevron suffered two new legal setbacks today when a U.S. federal judge, who usually favors ... View More


AccountNow® Lawsuit Dismissed

SAN RAMON, Calif., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Jim Jones, CEO of AccountNow, Inc., today announced that its lawsuit with Unirush had been dismissed.  In February 2012 Unirush, LLC filed a lawsuit ... View More


'Only In America': Chevron Lawyer Receives $7.8 Million For Losing $18 Billion Ecuador Lawsuit, Says Amazon Defense Coalition

NEW YORK, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Chevron's Board of Directors recently awarded its General Counsel ... View More


For Fourth Time, Ecuador Appellate Denies Chevron Attempt to Block Enforcement of $18 Billion Judgment, Says Amazon Defense Coalition

LAGO AGRIO, Ecuador, March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A three-judge appellate p ... View More


Federal Court Sets Hearing in Medical Marijuana Voting Rights Case

LOS ANGELES, March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A hearing has been ordered in the voting rights case brought by medical marijuana patients against the federal government. U.S. District Court Judge ... View More


Undisputed Facts Show Chevron Guilty of Environmental Crimes in Ecuador Rainforest, Says Amazon Defense Coalition

WASHINGTON, March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Ecuadorians, who recently won an $18 billion judgment against Chevron for massive oil contamination ... View More


Educators Ask Federal Court to Declare Arizona's Ban on Ethnic Studies Unconstitutional

TUCSON, Ariz., March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) and 26 education and civil rights organizations filed an Amicus ... View More


For Second Time, Ecuador Appellate Panel Rejects Chevron Attempt to Block $18 Billion Judgment For Dumping Toxic Waste, Says Amazon Defense Coalition

QUITO, Ecuador, March 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A three-judge appellate panel Thursd ... View More


International Human Rights Commission to Review Chevron's Abuses In Ecuador, says Amazon Defense Coalition

Rainforest Communities to Provide More Information About Health Impacts of Chevron Contamination  WASHINGTON, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An ... View More


While BP Cleans Gulf Spill, Chevron Pouts Over Larger $18 Billion Ecuador Disaster, Says Amazon Defense Coalition

NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While BP is in settlement talks over the Gulf oil spill disaster, Chevron continues to pout over its $18 billion ... View More


Amazon Defense Coalition: Financial Times Newsletter Describes Chevron Board As "Nearly Invisible"

Shareholders Challenge Chevron Management Over $18 Billion Ecuador Liability NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire ... View More


'American Honor at Stake' in Ecuador Oil Spills: You Break It, You Fix It

NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. oil giant Chevron needs to do in Ecuador ... View More


Ecuador Court Rejects Latest Chevron Attempt to Block Enforcement of $18 Billion Judgment, Says Amazon Defense Coalition

QUITO, Ecuador, Feb. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With its options dwindling and the mistakes of its legal team mounting, Chevron has suffered another courtroom s ... View More


Siemens Appoints Rose Marie Glazer as General Counsel for the Americas

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens today announced that Rose Marie Glazer has been appointed as General Counsel for Siemens in the Americas. In addition, she will serve as Senior Vice ... View More