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…]
Opinion
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…]
Social Media in Protests: Study Finds ‘Recruiters’ and ‘Spreaders’
UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–16 December 2011. A study has explored the dynamics behind social network sites in recruiting and spreading calls for action that contribute to mass mobilisations in riots, revolutions and protests. Led by Oxford University and published in the journal Scientific Reports, the study finds that the most influential group[Read More…]
Controversial Defense Authorization Provisions Explained
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. With yesterday’s Senate passage of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, the Center for American Progress released “Terrorist Detainee Rules Are Not McCarthyist: Defense Authorization Act Does Not Establish Military Detention in the U.S.,” CAP Action’s “Defense Bill Puts New Conditions on How U.S. Delivers[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…]
New AFL-CIO Report ‘Crisis in Alabama: Investigating the Devastating Effects of HB 56’ Details Humanitarian Crisis Created by HB 56
Washington–(ENEWSPF)–Dec. 15, 2011. An AFL-CIO report released today sheds new light on the crisis Alabama immigrant families are facing as a result of HB 56, the latest and broadest law targeting immigrants. The report details what a delegation of prominent African American labor leaders saw in November when they traveled[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…]
SEIU Statement by L. Toni Lewis, MD: Repealing Healthcare Would Endanger the Lives of 2.5 Million Young Adults
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2011. L. Toni Lewis, MD, Chair of SEIU Healthcare issued the following statement today in response to a new data from the Department of Health and Human Services that shows that the Affordable Healthcare Act extended insurance to 2.5 million young adults: “The latest update on the[Read More…]
