At Issue: Sutter’s disingenuous use of Affordable Care Act as excuse to slash nurses healthcare Oakland, CA–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2013. A federal Administrative Law Judge with the National Labor Relations Board handed the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) a resounding victory this week, finding Sutter Bay East Hospitals engaged in[Read More…]
Year: 2013
UN Unveils ‘Free & Equal’ Campaign to Promote Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Rights
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–26 July 2013 – With consensual, same-sex conduct a criminal offence in more than one-third of the world’s countries, the United Nations human rights office today launched its first global public education campaign to raise awareness and respect for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality. ‘Free & Equal,’ a[Read More…]
Historic Agreement Reached for Navajo Generating Station
Plan Proposes Collaborative Path Forward for Reduced Emissions, Continued Power Generation, and Clean Energy Development WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2013. The Department of the Interior today announced it is part of an agreement reached that will allow for the continued delivery of electricity from the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) in Arizona[Read More…]
Halliburton Resolves Department of Justice Deepwater Horizon Investigation
Houston, TX—(ENEWSPF)—July 26, 2013. Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) yesterday announced that it has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to conclude the department’s criminal investigation of the company in relation to the April 20, 2010 incident involving the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. A Halliburton[Read More…]
Take Action: House Bill Will Prohibit EPA Ban on Sulfuryl Fluoride
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2013. Thousands of people from across the country took action last month to prevent Dow AgroSciences from using its influence to insert Farm Bill language that would allow the food uses of the pesticide sulfuryl fluoride to continue, despite a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to[Read More…]
Third Circuit Rules Against Wood Cabinet Company’s Challenge to Contraception Coverage Rule
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2013. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit today ruled against a Pennsylvania company that makes wooden cabinets and furniture and its owners that wished to avoid compliance with the federal rule requiring employers to provide insurance coverage for contraception. The court upheld a lower court’s[Read More…]
Judge Rules Landmark Lawsuit, First to Link Bundling of Mortgage-Backed Securities and Racial Discrimination, Can Proceed
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2013. A federal court yesterday ruled that a landmark discrimination lawsuit against Morgan Stanley can move forward. Judge Harold Baer denied in part the investment bank’s motion to dismiss the case, which alleges Morgan Stanley violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by encouraging lenders to push high-risk[Read More…]
ACLU Comment on Justice Department Plans to Help Protect Voting Rights in Texas
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2013. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. yesterday said he will ask a federal judge to require Texas to submit all voting law changes to the Justice Department for approval due to the state’s history of discrimination. The move follows the recent Supreme Court ruling in Shelby County[Read More…]
Secretary Hagel Statement on 60th Anniversary of Armistice Friday, July 26, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2013. I am honored to join President Obama and the Korean delegation this weekend at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., as we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War. Korean War veterans stepped forward to serve at a defining[Read More…]
Dubuis Health System and Southern Crescent Hospital for Specialty Care, Inc. to Pay U.s. $8 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2013. Dubuis Health System and Southern Crescent Hospital for Specialty Care, Inc. (Southern Crescent) have agreed to pay the United States $8,000,000 to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare, the Justice Department announced today. Dubuis Health System manages long-term acute care hospitals in multiple[Read More…]
