LEM Products Distribution Recalls 5-Tray Food Dehydrators Due to Fire Hazard Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2013. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall date: May 02, 2013 – Recall number: 13-182 LEM 5-Tray Dehydrator model[Read More…]
Year: 2013
NOW to President Obama: Penny Pritzker Appointment is Good, But Still Not Good Enough; More Women Should be in the Cabinet
Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2013. With President Obama’s appointment of Penny Pritzker to be Secretary of Commerce, his second-term roster of cabinet secretaries is nearly complete. NOW has done the math, and the numbers are good, but not great. The Obama cabinet is only about[Read More…]
Louisville Slugger OneX Fastpitch Softball Bats Recalled by Hillerich & Bradsby Due to Injury Hazard from Breakage
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2013. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall date: May 02, 2013 – Recall number: 13-183 Recall Summary Name of product: Louisville Slugger® OneX Fastpitch softball batHazard: the bat’s barrel can[Read More…]
United Steel Workers’ Gerard Urges Caterpillar to Resume Negotiations
PITTSBURGH–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2013. United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard today called upon Caterpillar management to resume good faith negotiations with Local 1343 on behalf of 803 workers at the company’s South Milwaukee plant after workers soundly rejected a proposed 6-year labor agreement in a vote yesterday. Gerard said that[Read More…]
Billions of Birds Wing Their Way North
Audubon Tips on How To Help Migrating Birds Larry Crist / USFWS New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2013. Every spring from March to June, billions of birds travel from their winter homes in the south to their summer breeding grounds as far north as the Arctic. They often fly at night,[Read More…]
How Medicaid Affects Adult Health
Study: Health insurance helps lower-income Americans avoid depression, diabetes, major financial shocks CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2013. Enrollment in Medicaid helps lower-income Americans overcome depression, get proper treatment for diabetes, and avoid catastrophic medical bills, but does not appear to reduce the prevalence of diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol,[Read More…]
DOT Fines Southwest Over Late, Incomplete Responses to Consumer Complaints
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2013. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) yesterday assessed a civil penalty against Southwest Airlines for not responding in a timely manner to complaints filed by consumers, including passengers with disabilities, and for not adequately responding to the passengers’ specific complaints in its responses. The airline was[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Releases Current and Estimated Future Immigration Numbers Based on S. 744
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2013. Today, the Center for American Progress released new analysis of the numbers of current and estimated future immigrants. The bipartisan Senate “Gang of 8” immigration bill, S. 744, which was introduced on April 23, lays out a clear road map to citizenship for the 11.1 million[Read More…]
Governor Chris Christie to Sign Bill that Would Help Prevent Drug Overdose Deaths Today at 2:00 p.m.
Legislation Encourages Calling 911 in Drug Overdose Cases and Expands Access to Overdose Antidote Naloxone Bon Jovi, Families Who Have Lost Loved Ones to Overdose and Advocates to Attend Signing Trenton–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2013. Today at 2:00 p.m., Governor Chris Christie is scheduled to sign into law the Overdose Prevention Act,[Read More…]
ACLU: Indiana Governor Signs Law That Targets Women’s Health Center
INDIANAPOLIS–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2013. Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana signed a law today that singles out the Planned Parenthood Lafayette Health Center, mandating medically unnecessary structural changes. The law would force the center, which provides family planning services and abortions by medication, to alter its physical structure as though it provided surgical[Read More…]
