health

Keystone XL heads to Senate for vote

November 18, 2014 By Blake Skylar

Many activists fighting against Keystone are expecting - or hoping - that if the bill does get its 60 votes, Obama will simply veto it anyway.

SCOTUS to rule on whether retirees can get health benefits for life

November 14, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Can retirees get lifetime health care benefits under a union contract? That question hit the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 10.

NNU leader: U.S. hospitals won’t protect workers vs. Ebola unless feds order it

October 31, 2014 By PAI

The largest U.S. organization of nurses steps up the demand for tougher Ebola safety precautions in the nation's hospitals.

Injunction halts action against Philly teachers contract

October 29, 2014 By Beth Edelman

At stake in this whiplash fight to fund public education is whether the SRC can abrogate the contract with the PFT, imposing its terms.

A rational response to the Ebola epidemic

October 27, 2014 By Flávio Casoy, MD

The panic surrounding the 2014 Ebola epidemic is more infectious than the virus itself; this is the time for forward-thinking activists to take a deep breath.