By Scot Lehigh, Globe Columnist | March 10, 2010 LABOR LEADERS are in a lather. So deep runs their indignation that Governor Patrick canceled an appearance at a recent AFL-CIO… Read more »
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Patrick gets unions huffing and puffing
Pricey imaging pushes up health costs
Technology, changes in test sites drive rise By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff | March 11, 2010 In just two years, spending on MRIs, mammograms, and other imaging tests climbed by… Read more »
SJC upholds trigger locks in Massachusetts
By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff In a victory for law enforcement and gun control advocates, the state’s high court today said state law requiring gun owners to use trigger… Read more »
Morton Hospital Nurses and Health Professionals Deliver Petition to Hospital CEO In Appeal for Safe Conditions
TAUNTON, MA — In the wake of ongoing concerns about unsafe staffing/working conditions and the lack of progress in negotiations with management to address the situation, the registered nurses and… Read more »
Stop & Shop strike averted
By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff | March 8, 2010 Grocery workers approved new contracts yesterday with Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., ending months of tense negotiations and averting a threatened… Read more »
Unions’ support is no lock for Patrick
Budget woes strain relations By Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff | March 8, 2010 First in an occasional series. Of all the daunting challenges facing Deval Patrick this reelection year,… Read more »
Va. health bill could foil Obama proposal
State questions constitutionality By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff | March 8, 2010 RICHMOND – Here in the former capital of the Old Confederacy, where resistance to the supremacy of federal… Read more »
Shaw’s workers spread out protest
Union takes picket to local grocery stores By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff | March 9, 2010 Shaw’s Supermarket workers yesterday fanned out their protest to local grocery stores, a day… Read more »
Obama turns up the heat for health care bill
Prods Democrats to think past Nov. By Helene Cooper, New York Times | March 9, 2010 PHILADELPHIA – President Obama challenged wavering members of his party yesterday not to give… Read more »
For Haiti, new possibilities lie in reconstruction effort
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