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		<generated-date>Thu May 16 01:14:21 PDT 2013</generated-date>

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			<Headline><![CDATA[East Bay garbage pickup back to normal after strike]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Recycling and clerical workers walked off the job at facilities over what they claim are abuses of employee rights]]></Description>
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			<Date>2013-03-15 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
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			<Location>Alameda County</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Nurses stage walkout at Alta Bates facilities]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[5,000 registered nurses are expected to walk off the job to protest cuts in wages and changes to working conditions]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-12-24 00:00:00</Date>
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			<Topic><![CDATA[Labor Conflict]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=8930527]]></URL>
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			<Location>San Jose</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Nurses on strike at 10 Bay Area hospitals]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Nurses are striking at eight hospitals operated by Sutter Health and two San Jose hospitals operated by Hospital Corporation of America]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-11-20 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Labor Conflict]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=8892712]]></URL>
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			<Location>Berkeley</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Striking Port of Oakland workers block berth]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Striking union employees at the Port of Oakland are continuing their 24 hour demonstration]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-11-20 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Labor Conflict]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=8892267]]></URL>
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			<Location>Port of Oakland</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Raley's workers strike over pay, benefits]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The union members who went on strike chain-wide around 2:30 a.m. after efforts to reach a new contract with Raley&apos;s failed]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-11-04 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Labor Conflict]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Raley-s-workers-strike-over-pay-benefits-4007770.php]]></URL>
			<importance>-1.0</importance>
			<Location>Alameda</Location>
			<x>37.553173</x>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Nurses on strike at 11 Bay Area hospitals today]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Hundreds of nurses are holding a one day strike over working conditions and money issues. Most of the hospitals belong to the Sutter Health Corporation]]></Description>
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			<Date>2012-06-14 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Labor Conflict]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=8699661]]></URL>
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			<Location>Berkeley</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Bookkeeper gets 27 months for embezzling]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[While doing the books Catherine Bullard took checks that the store operators had written to others and deposited them into her own account]]></Description>
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			<Date>2011-09-15 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Labor Conflict]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/09/15/state/n195021D49.DTL&type=newsbayarea]]></URL>
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			<Location>Oakland</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Children Hospital nurses to return to work]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Registered nurses are expected to return to work following a 5-day strike that centered on disagreements over changes to health benefits]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2011-05-09 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Labor Conflict]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/09/BAAO1JCVNR.DTL&type=newsbayarea]]></URL>
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			<Location>Oakland</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Disabled Nummi workers file for severance]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Several ex-workers at the plant filed a lawsuit claiming they were unfairly denied some severance pay and benefits]]></Description>
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			<Date>2010-07-14 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Labor Conflict]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/14/BUG41EEDBM.DTL&type=business]]></URL>
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			<Location>Fremont</Location>
			<x>37.5482697</x>
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