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Jul 12, 2017, 17:20 ET CAPG Applauds House Members Who Urge HHS Action on Medicare Advantage Alternative Payment Models
On Monday, Representatives Tom Reed (R-NY), Tony Cardenas (D-CA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) co-led a bipartisan...
Jul 12, 2017, 16:27 ET AMCP-Supported Bill to Create Safe Harbor for Pre-FDA-Approval Product Communications is Examined in House Subcommittee on Health Hearing
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health held a hearing today on the "Pharmaceutical Information Exchange (PIE) Act of...
Jul 12, 2017, 16:00 ET Teamsters Set Strike Deadline At Twin River Casino
Teamsters Local 251 has set a deadline for Twin River Casino to reach a fair contract or face a potential strike on Friday at 3 p.m. The...
Jul 12, 2017, 15:56 ET 1,200 Tufts Medical Center Nurses Fighting for Safe Patient Care to End One-Day Strike on Thursday, July 13 at 6:59 a.m. and Attempt to Return to Caring for Patients
The 1,200 registered nurses at Tufts Medical Center, who are represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, are prepared to return to caring...
Jul 12, 2017, 15:44 ET NATSO, NATSO Foundation Tell Senate Committee of Truckstop and Travel Plaza Industry's Commitment to Combatting Human Trafficking
NATSO and The NATSO Foundation underscored the truckstop and travel plaza industry's commitment to combatting human trafficking today in a...
Jul 12, 2017, 15:33 ET Paralyzed Veterans of America Urges Movement on Veteran Healthcare Data System
Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans) expressed concern that the building blocks to VA healthcare reform may be getting lost in the...
Jul 12, 2017, 15:32 ET Teamsters: T-HUD Threatens Highway Safety By Adding Special Interest Provisions In Funding Bill
Today, the Teamsters Union denounced the House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD) Appropriations Subcommittee's attack on...
Jul 12, 2017, 14:29 ET Workers At Parsec Intermodal Company Vote To Join Teamsters Local 179
Workers at Parsec, Inc. in Elwood, Ill., an intermodal rail transportation company, have voted overwhelmingly to form their union as members...
Jul 12, 2017, 11:45 ET PCMA Challenges North Dakota Health Mandates that Undermine Patient Safety, Increase Prescription Drug Costs
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) has filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging two North Dakota laws that threaten patient...
Jul 12, 2017, 10:25 ET Tufts Medical Center Nurses Will Wage One-Day Strike on July 12 As Last-Ditch Talks Fail to Reach Agreement
The 1,200 registered nurses at Tufts Medical Center, who are represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, will conduct an historic...
Jul 12, 2017, 07:23 ET World Will Be Two Steps Closer To Abating Mercury Damage
This summer, the world is taking two essential steps toward abating the damage caused by dental mercury fillings. Actions by both the US...
Jul 11, 2017, 19:02 ET Governor Brown Betrays Californians With Massive Giveaway To Big Oil In Cap-And-Trade Program, Reports Consumer Watchdog
Consumer Watchdog and Food & Water Watch oppose Assembly Bill 398, brokered by Governor Jerry Brown to extend California's cap-and-trade...
Jul 11, 2017, 15:43 ET SWAPA's Stance on Age Discrimination, A Core Value at Qatar
If there was ever any doubt about the discriminatory practices of Qatar Airways and its CEO, Akbar Al Baker, it should quickly be erased by a video...
Jul 11, 2017, 14:44 ET VA Union Calls on Senate to 'Work on Fixing, Not Dismantling Veterans' Healthcare'
On Tuesday the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs held a hearing to address proposed legislation aimed at improving veterans' access...
Jul 11, 2017, 14:23 ET Correctional Officers' Union: Life Sentence for Murderer of Correctional Officer Does Not Go Far Enough
American Federation of Government Employees' Council of Prison Locals President Eric Young released the following statement in response to the...
Jul 11, 2017, 14:00 ET SEIU: Over a Thousand Contracted Airport Workers to Strike at United & American Airlines' Largest Hubs
Over a thousand baggage handlers, cabin cleaners, wheelchair attendants, and skycaps are ready to strike at Philadelphia International Airport,...
Jul 11, 2017, 13:46 ET Dr. K.A. Paul, President of Global Peace Initiative Advises President Donald Trump to Lift Sudan Sanctions
Dr. Kilari Anand Paul, considered the world's most popular evangelist, wrote a letter to President Donald Trump advising him to relieve the...
Jul 11, 2017, 13:30 ET NHTSA Must Quickly Enact Enforceable Safety Standards for Robot Cars or States Must Move If Feds Fail to Do Their Job, Consumer Watchdog Tells "Automated Vehicles Symposium 2017"
Consumer Watchdog today called on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to promptly adopt enforceable federal safety standards...
Jul 11, 2017, 11:15 ET Teamsters: Workers Protest NY Presbyterian Hospital's Ties to Disreputable Furniture Delivery Company
New York Presbyterian Hospital is under fire for taking furniture deliveries from Waldner's Business Environments amidst a union lockout and...
Jul 11, 2017, 10:31 ET Testimony Today at the State House in Favor of Bill to Strengthen Penalties Against Assaults on Health Care Workers
State lawmakers will hold a hearing at the State House on Tuesday, July 11 on legislation that will strengthen the penalties for assaulting a...
Jul 11, 2017, 09:27 ET As Senate Returns to Washington, AARP Continues to Bring Pressure at Home
Today AARP released new television and radio ads urging five US Senators to oppose the health care bill. The new ads come as the Senate reconvenes...
Jul 11, 2017, 05:56 ET Economist John Mills Analyzes Ukrainian PrivatBank Nationalization Scandal
In a column and analysis featured this week in the Mises Institute FedWatch, John Mills, the entrepreneur, political commentator and Chairman of...
Jul 10, 2017, 19:54 ET AJC Deplores Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Defamation of Israel
AJC deplores the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) resolution on Palestinian children who have been detained by Israel after engaging in...
Jul 10, 2017, 18:53 ET Victim's Attorneys Manly, Stewart & Finaldi And Alleged Nassar Victims Blast Federal Plea Deal
A plea deal that protects Dr. Larry Nassar from federal sexual assault charges in return for a guilty plea on child pornography charges has drawn...
Jul 10, 2017, 16:55 ET USW Local 8888 Reaches Tentative Agreement with Newport News Shipbuilding
United Steelworkers (USW) Local 8888 has reached a tentative agreement with Huntington Ingalls Industries on a new collective bargaining agreement...
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