Special Education Teacher Sarah Chambers (Source: Facebook) Chicago transit workers, teachers, and allies rally at Labor Relations Board office downtown against suppression of workers rights to organize and freedom of speech. Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2017. Transit workers and teachers will be joined by community supporters to protest attacks on[Read More…]
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Grassroots Collaborative Statement of Support for Nursing Home Workers on Picket Line
Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2017. Grassroots Collaborative supports the over 10,000 nursing home workers who are walking picket lines today across the Chicagoland area. These workers, members of SEIU Healthcare, work at for-profit nursing homes and have not had a raise in 3 years and have reached an impasse in[Read More…]
Over a Thousand Nursing Home Workers Protest at 11 Facilities in Chicagoland
As Nursing Homes Come Under Fire For Illegally Discharging Patients…Workers call for good jobs, safe staffing, and improved patient care CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2017. As Illinois nursing home owners come under heightened scrutiny for improper patient discharges and inadequate staffing care, more than 1,000 nursing home workers picketed at 11 nursing[Read More…]
Syria: As United States Responds Militarily to Chemical Attack, UN Urges Restraint to Avoid Escalation
Secretary-General António Guterres. UN Photo/Violaine Martin (file) NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–7 April 2017 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today urged restraint to avoid any escalation of the situation in Syria, after the United States responded militarily to an alleged chemical weapons attack earlier this week. “I continue to follow the situation[Read More…]
Award-Winning Chicago Shakespeare Theater Brings “Romeo and Juliet” to Chicago Heights Stage on April 27
Barnes & Noble College Auditorium (Source: prairiestate.edu) CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2017. Prairie State College (PSC) is welcoming the Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) to the college to perform “Short Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet,” at 11 a.m., Thursday, April 27, in the Barnes & Noble College Auditorium, located on the PSC main[Read More…]
Unemployment Rate Declines to 4.5 Percent in March 2017; Payroll Employment Edges Up by Only 98,000
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 7, 2017. The unemployment rate declined to 4.5 percent in March, and total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 98,000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in professional and business services and in mining, while retail trade lost jobs. Household Survey Data The unemployment[Read More…]
Operation Inherent Resolve: Strikes Continue Against ISIS Terrorists in Syria, Iraq, April 7, 2017
SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, conducting 24 strikes consisting of 58 engagements against ISIS targets yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments[Read More…]
Senator McGuire to Keynote Student Leaders Forum on Higher Education at Governors State University on April 12
University Park, IL –(ENEWSPF)—April 7, 2017. The Governors State University Student Senate will host a roundtable discussion about the state of higher education in Illinois Wednesday, April 12, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Sherman Hall. The event is open to the public. State Senator Pat McGuire (D) will[Read More…]
Join Inter Faith Power & Light at the People’s Climate March on April 29
CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—April 7, 2017. In only a few weeks, on Saturday, April 29th, we’ll be speaking out together for our neighbors and the climate we share, forming a faith contingent at the People’s Climate March in Washington DC. Sister marches will amplify our message around the country! We’ll speak out for[Read More…]
FDA Approves Two Hepatitis C Drugs for Pediatric Patients
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2017. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved supplemental applications for Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) and Harvoni (ledipasvir and sofosbuvir) to treat hepatitis C virus (HCV) in children ages 12 to 17. Harvoni and Sovaldi were previously approved to treat HCV in adults. These are the first[Read More…]
