WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2012. SEIU applauds today’s announcement by the Obama Administration to knock down bureaucratic obstacles for U.S. citizens who currently face hardship because their spouses cannot remain in the country legally. The decision makes a small but significant change. It will allow spouses and a small number of[Read More…]
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LIUNA: Hopeful Unemployed Construction Workers Need Congress to Pass a Highway Bill in 2012
Despite Uptick in National Jobs, Construction Unemployment Climbs Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2012. Numbers released by the U.S. Department of Labor today suggest that despite a drop in the overall national unemployment rate, America’s construction industry remains weak. Currently, more than 1.3 million construction workers are jobless. While the construction sector[Read More…]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Gives Early Christmas Gift to Industry
WASHINGTON D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2011. Today the Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted to approve the final rule for the Westinghouse AP1000 design. The Commission voted to approve the design despite the fact that Dr. John Ma, one of Commission’s longest-serving staff, warned that the reactor’s containment, a structure which serves as[Read More…]
Cold Hearted Extremism: Unemployed Americans Left Out in the Cold
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2011. Following the House of Representatives’ failure to agree on a bill to extend federal unemployment insurance benefits, Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement: “Right wing House Republicans’ refusal to compromise on a bill that would extend federal[Read More…]
Arctic Attack In House Funding Bill
Many anti-environmental provisions dropped from must-pass bill Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed funding legislation which includes a harmful measure that moves clean air authority for Arctic offshore drilling from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the Department of Interior, but doesn’t include any previous[Read More…]
National RNs to Newt: ‘We Know Nurses, You are Not a Nurse;’ Largest RN Organization on Gingrich
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. The nation’s largest organization of registered nurses ridiculed Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s attempts to excuse his ethics violations and callous treatment of his wives because he was feeling the same exhaustion experienced by many nurses. “I know nurses. I work with nurses every day. You,[Read More…]
AARP Statement on Wyden-Ryan White Paper
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond issued the following statement on the “Guaranteed Choices to Strengthen Medicare and Health Security for All” white paper released yesterday by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). “AARP continues to review the Wyden-Ryan proposal, and just as with[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the Ryan-Wyden Plan to Cripple Medicare
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. The Ryan-Wyden proposal cripples Medicare in order to give the Republican Party a political boost and to earn Senator Wyden praise from powerful people who care more about the appearance of bipartisanship and insurance industry profits than the health of America’s seniors. The basic idea is[Read More…]
Dozens of Anti-Environment Riders Are Kept Out of Spending Bill
NRDC: But two provisions will hurt energy efficiency and weaken air protection in Arctic WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. A massive year-end spending bill has been agreed to by congressional and White House negotiators that should avert a government shutdown. The following is a statement by Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural[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…]
