Category: Health and Safety

April 1, 2014 By Alan Schulkin Washington, D.C. – USW Officials Testified in OSHA hearings Friday March 28th on proposed standard for workplace exposure to crystalline silica. Representatives of the

March 25, 2014 By Louis G. Albano, DC 37 Retirees Chair and Former President of Local 375 DC 37 New York, NY – This is not an attempt to defend

March 25, 2014 By Alan Schulkin New York, NY – Big Apple is a for-profit dialysis company that sought to take over four chronic dialysis facilities within New York City’s public

March 14, 2014 By Marc Bussanich  New York, NY—In the second time in one month, Alan Aviles of the Health and Hospitals Corporation, went before the City Council to discuss

March 12, 2014 By Joe Maniscalco Brooklyn, NY – Members of the Brooklyn clergy fighting to keep SUNY Downstate Medical Center a full-service teaching hospital, concluded their 48-hour fast on Tuesday,

March 10, 2014 By Joe Maniscalco Brooklyn, NY – On Sunday, March 9, union heads representing thousands of workers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center helped kick off a three-day interfaith fast

March 7, 2014 By Larry Cary Last week I spoke at Labor Press’s healthcare conference about the challenges posed by the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) to union health and welfare

March 4, 2013 By Steven Wishnia Navigating a health-care landscape transformed by Obamacare was the theme of LaborPress’ health-care summit Feb. 27. The almost 250 people who turned out at

February 27, 2014 By Marc Bussanich  Bronx, NY—The president of the Health and Hospitals Corporation testified to the City Council on Monday that privatizing dialysis services would save the hospital

February 26, 2014 This conference sponsored by LaborPress will feature more than two dozen notables and experts on health care from politics, labor, and business, including New York City Council