Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2011 – 1:51 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thanks for coming to your daily briefing at the White House. I have no announcements, so I go to the Associated Press. Q Thank you. Given that White House officials have said that[Read More…]
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State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, October 5, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2011. Index for Today’s Briefing KEYSTONE XL Keystone XL Meetings / Working with other Federal Agencies / Meetings with Various Groups FOIA Request Secretary of State Role SYRIA Reports of Syrian Americans Harassed / Legal Issues / FBI Veto in the UN / Syrian Opposition /[Read More…]
Nurses File Federal Charges to Sanction Sutter Corporation for Illegal Lockout to Harm RN Rights
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2011. The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United filed formal federal charges late Tuesday that Sutter corporation through its hospital affiliates conducted an illegal lockout following a one-day strike last month that violated the legal rights of Sutter RNs. In a complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board,[Read More…]
Protests: ‘Another World Is Possible.’ Oct. 5, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October, 5, 2011. Reports indicate that today is seeing the largest Wall Street protest to date, see. For more information and for livestreaming see and see. ARUN GUPTA, ebrowniess at yahoo.com A founding editor of the New York City based Indypendent, Gupta also helped found the Occupied Wall Street Journal.[Read More…]
MA Nurses Association Comes to Occupy Boston
MASSACHUSETTS–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2011. The Massachusetts Nurses Association have come to show solidarity and march through the Financial District. They came in five separate, full-sized buses. It’s a great day. Source: occupyboston.com
Massachusetts Teachers Association Supports Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Boston
MASSACHUSETTS–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2011. The Massachusetts Teachers Association supports Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Boston and similar protests across the country that are calling attention to political and economic systems that unfairly reward the wealthy at the expense of everyone else and are contributing to high levels of unemployment and economic insecurity.[Read More…]
Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, October 5, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2011. NRC Staff Proposes Priorities for Post-Fukushima Actions Industry/Regulatory/Political Issues A U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff paper that prioritizes recommendations from the near-term post-Fukushima task force was released today. The document, which will be the basis for an Oct. 11 commission briefing, divides the recommendations into[Read More…]
Six Million New Teachers Needed to Ensure UN Goal of Universal Primary Education
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–5 October 2011. The United Nations marked World Teachers’ Day today with a warning that 6.1 million more teachers are needed to meet the internationally agreed Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of attaining universal primary education by 2015. Two million of these are additional posts, with sub-Saharan Africa alone accounting[Read More…]
‘Bank Of America Customers Get The Heck Out Of That Bank!’ Senator Dick Durbin (Video)
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) tells Bank of America Customers to ‘get the heck out of that bank.’ "If it uses a PIN number," Durbin says, the cost for a debit transaction is about $0.04. That’s it. Story is in the video.
UAW and Ford Create Jobs for America
DETROIT –(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. UAW leaders from around the country gathered in Detroit today to hear details of a tentative agreement between the UAW and Ford Motor Co. The agreement, the second reached between the UAW and the domestic automakers, builds on the UAW-GM contract, ratified by workers last week. [Read More…]
