Day: December 15, 2011

Sertoma Centre’s Special Olympics Team Has a Christmas Wish!

Take this opportunity to help people with disabilities and make a difference this holiday season. ALSIP-(ENEWSPF)- Sertoma Centre, Inc. Members of Sertoma Centre’s Special Olympics team participated in the 2011 State Bowling Tournament in early December. More than 290 athletes from around the state qualified to compete in the state[Read More…]

New AFL-CIO Report ‘Crisis in Alabama: Investigating the Devastating Effects of HB 56’ Details Humanitarian Crisis Created by HB 56

Washington–(ENEWSPF)–Dec. 15, 2011. An AFL-CIO report released today sheds new light on the crisis Alabama immigrant families are facing as a result of HB 56, the latest and broadest law targeting immigrants. The report details what a delegation of prominent African American labor leaders saw in November when they traveled[Read More…]

Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the Department of Labor’s Proposed Rule Extending Minimum Wage and Overtime Protections To Home Care Workers

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2011.  The Department of Labor’s proposed rule is a long-overdue matter of basic justice for the hundreds of thousands of workers who do the vital work of providing at-home care for our nation’s elderly and disabled citizens. Every person deserves fair pay for a hard day’s work.[Read More…]

Nurses Warn: Wall Street Targeting Hospitals for Profits

Cerberus Private Equity’s Steward Health unit called “predatory”; Patient care down; “The cupboards are bare” – Kathy Reardon, RN, Steward Norwood Hospital    New York City–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2011. Hundreds of nurses and their supporters from across the U.S. will converge outside the offices of Cerberus Capital Management, 299 Park Avenue,[Read More…]

Durbin, Kirk, Senators Welcome FEMA Proposal to Move Toward a More Realistic Analysis of Flood Risk

Public Comment Opens on New Method for Flood Mapping, Risk Assessment WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2011. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Mark Pryor (D-AR) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) today encouraged community leaders, engineers and the people in flood prone areas to assess and then comment[Read More…]

Illinois Department of Insurance Uncovers Company Selling Fraudulent Health Insurance

Department Offers Advice on How to Avoid Scam Insurance Plans CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2011. The Illinois Department of Insurance is alerting consumers that an unauthorized insurer operating under the name ReAssurance Health, Inc., ReAssurance Health Insurance, or ReAssurance Health Insurance Group (“ReAssurance”) has sold numerous fraudulent health insurance policies to consumers[Read More…]

Illinois receives $1.6 million grant from Jobs for the Future’s Accelerating Opportunity Initiative

“This is great news for Illinois,” says Illinois Community College Board Chair Alexi Giannoulias Springfield—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2011. Helping adults in Illinois earn the credentials and skills they need to get and succeed in family-sustaining jobs are keys to fueling the economy and boosting employment. Jobs for the Future (JFF) has[Read More…]

Army Releases November 2011 Suicide Data

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2011. The Army released suicide data today for the month of November.  Among active-duty soldiers, there were seven potential suicides:  none have been confirmed as suicide and seven remain under investigation.  For October 2011, the Army reported 17 potential suicides among active-duty soldiers.  Since the release of[Read More…]

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