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From NJ.com WASHINGTON — House Democrats staged a rare takeover of the chamber on Wednesday, vowing not to leave until the Republican leadership allowed a vote on legislation to ban suspected terrorists from buying weapons. Lawmakers sat on the floor
June 21, 2016 From Labor Notes Sometimes solidarity comes shaped like a popsicle. That’s what one nursing assistant, on her way in for the evening shift at United Hospital in St. Paul, delivered to nurses picketing in blazing 95-degree heat.
Sunrise House -- a 110-bed, for-profit substance abuse treatment center -- could see its approximately 125 workers vote to form a union in the next few weeks as the result of a petition filed on their behalf last week with
Local 5091 members overwhelmingly approved a 3 year contract at membership meetings held yesterday. The contract includes across the board wage and step increases amounting to over 9% during the term of the contract. In addition, we gained improved language
New Jersey health officials only have records for five of the eight alleged cases of workplace violence inside Bergen Regional Medical Center that were detailed in a federal report, the acting health commissioner told lawmakers on Monday. Acting state Health
From the New York Times, May 17, 2016 WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, in a far-reaching effort to improve the lot of workers that has ignited criticism from business groups, announced on Tuesday that it was making millions more employees
In 2013, a 6-year-old girl in the juvenile psychiatric ward at Bergen Regional Medical Center was sexually accosted by a young boy who was also a patient, according to a lawsuit filed by the girl’s mother. The following year,
From the New York Times, April 8, 2016 A Wisconsin law barring unions from requiring workers in the private sector to pay the equivalent of union dues was struck down late Friday after a judge deemed it a violation of
From the New York Times, April 5, 2016 SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco on Tuesday became the first city in the United States to approve six weeks of fully paid leave for new parents — mothers and fathers, including same-sex
From NJBiz, March 31, 2016 It’s official. The merger to create the largest health system in New Jersey — valued at $5 billion — and the second-largest employer in the Garden State has been approved by the state. RWJBarnabas
People newly insured under the Affordable Care Act were sicker, used more medical care and had higher medical costs than those who already had coverage, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association said Tuesday in a new study of its
From the New York Times, March 29, 2016 WASHINGTON — A case that seemed poised to deal a major blow to public unions ended in a 4-4 tie on Tuesday at the Supreme Court, effectively delivering a big victory to