February 10, 2011 NILRR News Clips
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Hospital Chain Alleges Union Extortion, As SEIU Study Exposes High Infection Rates
Prime Healthcare Services Inc. (PHS), owner of 14 acute care hospitals in California, is speaking out against what it says is an extortion campaign by the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West alleging Medicare fraud or infection control problems by the hospital chain during an ongoing labor dispute.
Union Relinquished Arbitrator’s Fine Award By Disclaiming Work at Job Site, Court Rules
In granting the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters’ motion for summary judgment seeking to invalidate both awards, Judge James B. Zagel found that Sheet Metal Workers Local 73 relinquished the fine award when the National Labor Relations Board accepted SMW’s disclaimer of interest in the remaining work to install stainless steel siding at the worksite, known as the “Apple Store.â€
Democrats Can’t Filibuster ObamaCare Repeal, Or Can They?
Keith Hennessey, a former White House colleague of mine, says Democrats are wrong. He argues that Republicans can repeal health-care reform with a simple Senate majority.
The Next Repeal Target
The latest penitent is Kathleen Sebelius, who has finally admitted that there are severe fiscal problems with a new entitlement for long-term care that was included in ObamaCare. Speaking Tuesday at the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Health and Human Services Secretary defended the new government insurance program, known by the acronym Class. But she also said that “The law, while the structure in the statute wasn’t perfect, provided ample flexibility to make sure that Class is successful. . . . We at HHS are committed to using that authority to making sure that both the program meets people’s needs while remaining fiscally sound.”
Reaganomics: What We Learned
Then Reagan entered center stage. His first tax bill was enacted in August 1981. It included a sweeping cut in marginal income tax rates, reducing the top rate to 50% from 70% and the lowest rate to 11% from 14%. The House vote was 238 to 195, with 48 Democrats on the winning side and only one Republican with the losers. The Senate vote was 89 to 11, with 37 Democrats voting aye and only one Republican voting nay. Reaganomics had officially begun.
Pilots Union in Shift on Garbage Plant
Without any public explanation, the country’s largest pilots union has abandoned its previously strong opposition to a garbage facility being built about 2,000 feet from the end of a runway at La Guardia Airport.
Fire, Police Unions Fight for Bonuses
New York City’s police and fire departments have a historic rivalry.
But on Wednesday the heads of the police and firefighter unions stood shoulder-to-shoulder on the steps of City Hall united against Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who they both called a “liar.” What brought the rivals together? Money.
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