Category: Health and Safety

December 5, 2013 By Steven Wishnia Health care will be at the top of the agenda at the 37th annual National Labor & Management Conference, to be held Feb. 13-18

November 28, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco Olean, NY – Staffers at a 186-bed hospital in Upstate New York who say they've been threatened and intimidated after speaking out against unfair labor practices

November 20, 2013 By Tom Downey Twenty five years ago, pharmacy expenditures accounted for less than 5% of the total healthcare spending for most multi-employer funds. Times have now changed.

November 12, 2013 By Steven Wishnia Investment advice, managing health benefits, and drug rehab were all in the mix at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ Health & Benefits Expo, held

November 11, 2013 By Jay Hancock, KHN Staff Writer Reprinted From Kaiser Health News Weeks after denying labor’s request to give union members access to health-law subsidies, the Obama administration

November 6, 2013 Tom Canty Vice President and General Manager, Empire BlueCross BlueShield Government, Labor and Special Accounts One of the best things seniors can do for their health this

November 4, 2013 By Penny Stern, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM Workplace safety isn’t a new idea — more than a century ago, the dangers at work were already well-recognized. Whether

November 1, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Michael Bloomberg was booed on the steps of City Hall this week as DC 37 and a broad coalition of

October 30, 2013 By Stephanie West De Blasio: ‘This hospital is still open for care because this community takes nothing for granted’ New York, NY — On October 28th Public

October 29, 2013 By John P. Gulino One year ago we witnessed unprecedented devestation across Staten Island when Hurricane Sandy ravaged our shores and changed our lives forever. We lost