UNITED WAY TO RAISE GRANTS TO CHARITIES.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency.Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. The United Way of Greater Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. says it will increase the money it gives to local charities for the first time in five years. ``We really worked hard this year to get the message out to people about how important giving is, and it really paid off,'' United Way President Joseph V. Haggerty said. ``It's not a complete turnaround, and we still face a lot of challenges as a community . . . but we did turn the numbers up.'' Corporate downsizing (1) Converting mainframe and mini-based systems to client/server LANs. (2) To reduce equipment and associated costs by switching to a less-expensive system. (jargon) downsizing , hard economic times and the shadow of organizational scandal at the national level have taken a toll on the nonprofit United Way, forcing it to slash grants to area charities every year for the past five years. A more aggressive fund-raising campaign this year solicited thousands of new volunteers and targeted a largely untapped market of ethnic businesses and organized labor Organized Labor An association of workers united as a single, representative entity for the purpose of improving the workers' economic status and working conditions through collective bargaining with employers. Also known as "unions". groups, officials said Thursday. |
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