Chrysler Group LLC continued to demonstrate its historic commitment to supplier diversity and minority supplier development, hosting the 14th annual Matchmaker event yesterday at the company’s headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich. Matchmaker provides minority-owned, women-owned and veteran-owned businesses access to Chrysler Group’s Tier 1 suppliers and to decision makers in the Company’s procurement organization. The…
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council — the umbrella group representing 135 area labor unions and more than 200,000 working families — has endorsed San Diego Councilmember David Alvarez for mayor of San Diego. The endorsement is significant: Both because a large number of Labor Council members vote in San…
SAN DIEGO – Councilmember Kevin Faulconer and Councilmember David Alvarez have confirmed they will participate in a mayoral debate at Family Health Centers of San Diego’s Spirit of the Barrio Luncheon Sept. 27. Former Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher has been invited but has not confirmed his participation. The forum will address the most pressing issues facing the…
PITTSBURGH — The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest federal employee union representing 670,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia, held its first training conference focused on workplace issues facing members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community during its Diversity Week of events in August….
NEW YORK — Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers has published the preview issue of LGBT Health, a new peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting optimal health care for millions of sexual and gender minority persons worldwide. The journal provides a valuable forum for members of the research, medical and advocacy communities to present and discuss the latest…
Same-sex couples in Doña Ana County, NM began receiving marriage licenses this morning after the county clerk announced he was issuing them based on a legal opinion endorsed earlier this year by the City of Santa Fe and a recent filing by the attorney general stating that New Mexico’s laws demanded that the state issue…
Like many San Diegans, I found out Monday morning that Congressional candidate Carl DeMaio would be organizing events for the effort to recall Mayor Bob Filner. This is my shocked font! Of course, the man who lost the mayoral race to Filner is joining the recall. It allows him to settle an old score and…
