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Far-left YouTube pundit Ana Kasparian went into an expletive-filled meltdown over the cost of liberal policies to combat climate change. Kasparian made the comments on a member video feed for the progressive "Young Turks" YouTube channel with co-host Cenk Uygur. The progressives were discussing California's plans to phase out gas-powered cars and gas stoves when Kasparian launched into a rant about the cost to build charging stations at the housing association where she lives. "They just ban the sale of any new gas-powered cars or gas stoves," she said. "And so the technology that you have at your home, the...

"Liberal commentator Ana Kasparian recently went viral after raging over the cost of a shift to electric cars and other utilities in California."

Talks continued Saturday but employees could walk off job Sunday night Mike Knapp wasn’t sympathetic when he heard the news that grocery workers in Southern California might walk off the job in coming days. “Go ahead and strike, lots of people need a job,” he wrote Friday in comments on SignOnSanDiego.com. “I will see all of you as I cross the picket line.” He’s among many people who are criticizing the United Food and Commercial Workers for considering a strike on Albertsons, Vons and Ralphs at a time when county unemployment is at 10.2 percent, a record number of people...

Charging that management is “stonewalling,” union grocery workers in Southern California have issued a 72-hour notice cancelling their contract extension, paving the way for a strike. Eight months of negotiations between seven United Food and Commercial Workers locals representing 62,000 workers and management of supermarket chains owned by Kroger, Safeway and Supervalu have been hampered by disagreements over health care contributions. The union has charged that management’s proposal would “bankrupt health plans and eliminate entirely health care access” for employees. ... “We returned to the bargaining table ready to compromise and make a deal that keeps our employers profitable but...

The union representing Southland grocery workers issued a 72-hour notice Thursday night canceling the grocery contract extension, paving the way for a strike. "We returned to the bargaining table ready to compromise and make a deal that keeps our employers profitable but protects the jobs of our members," said a statement from the United Food and Commercial Workers, which represents workers at Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons. "Instead, we got more of the same stonewalling from management. They are unwilling to compromise and are more concerned about hoarding their billions in profits than reaching a fair deal for their employees. We...