From NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 10, 2015 Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, the state’s largest health insurer, announced Thursday that it plans to offer new lower-priced insurance policies that offer discounts for care provided at
From The Record, September 4, 2015 One day after a federal report showed workers at Bergen Regional Medical Center had faced waves of assaults by patients, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco called for the county-owned hospital’s private management company to
From the New York Times, September 7, 2015 BOSTON — President Obama signed an executive order on Monday requiring federal contractors to provide up to seven days of paid sick leave a year, even as he accused Republican congressional leaders
From Truthout, September 7, 2015 The celebration of Labor Day is a good time to remember the role that labor unions have played in raising living standards and improving the quality of life for working people in the United States.
From Politico, September 1, 2015 President Barack Obama may end up doing more for the struggling labor movement than any president in three decades. Using a thin partisan majority on the National Labor Relations Board, Obama’s Democratic appointees have issued
Taken from The Record, September 4, 2015 After at least eight employees were attacked this year by patients at Bergen Regional Medical Center — including being barricaded in a room — federal authorities are calling on the hospital to beef
From the New York Times, August 31, 2015 WASHINGTON — With little fanfare, the Obama administration has been pursuing an aggressive campaign to restore protections for workers that have been eroded by business activism, conservative governance and the evolution of
From NJ Spotlight, August 31, 2015 Washing hands. Giving patients the right medication. Having enough qualified nurses. Those are among the basics steps that hospitals and their workers can take to ensure that patients are as safe as possible. They’re
From the NJ AFL-CIO, August 27, 2015 The Executive Board of the New Jersey State AFL-CIO has voted unanimously to adopt a resolution to not patronize the Taj Mahal and Tropicana casinos, two Atlantic City properties owned by billionaire robber
From NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, August 31, 2015 TRENTON — State Senate President Stephen Sweeney says he remains committed to passing legislation that would require businesses to provide paid sick days and for nonprofit hospitals to pay property taxes.