Year: 2009

Saying they need a more “powerful national movement” to protect nurses, three unions merged in late February. United American Nurses, the California Nurses Association National/Nurses Organizing Committee and the Massachusetts… Read more »

California Nurses Association Will Work Together To Unionize Hospital Workers, Promote Universal Health Coverage The

Some patients wait in hallways to help free up beds for others Note From David:

Caritas deal gets support of leading theologians Critics of a proposed joint venture between the local Catholic hospital chain and a secular insurance company say they are concerned about the… Read more »

150 rally in support of concept at regional forum at UVM By Nancy Remsen, Burlington Free Press Staff Writer Dr. John Walsh, a neuroscience researcher from Worcester, Mass., stood Tuesday… Read more »

March 17, 2009, 7:12PM BURLINGTON, VT ­­- The White House may have hoped for a carefully structured discussion with a predictable and prescribed outcome that would fit smoothly into its… Read more »

By Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist  |  March 18, 2009 IF ANY STATE could be called a wholly owned subsidiary of the Democratic Party, it would be Massachusetts. Its

Bank of America CEO says recession under attack on many fronts Kenneth D. Lewis(Boston Globe) Bank of America chief executive Kenneth D. Lewis answers questions at a Boston luncheon sponsored… Read more »

March 16, 2009Massachusetts Faces Costs of Big Health Care Plan By

In his gas tax pitch to angry commuters, Governor Deval Patrick has insisted that he is fundamentally shaking up the transportation bureaucracy and taking a serious whack at generous union… Read more »