Stop Pushing Nurses and Patients Out of Hospital Care Kaiser RNs in a recent rally in Oakland CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2013. Registered nurses from Northern California Kaiser Permanente facilities will pay a visit to a Kaiser recruitment event in Sacramento this afternoon, September 17 to bring a message to the[Read More…]
Day: September 17, 2013
Nurses, Healthcare Workers in 13 Countries Join Global Day of Action for a Healthy Economy
New York Action Will Also Press Demand for ‘Robin Hood’ Tax on Wall Street Nurses, Healthcare Workers in 13 Countries Call Day of Action September 17 in Stepped Up Call to Stop Austerity, Healthcare Cuts Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2013. Leading nurse and healthcare union organizations in 13 countries in the[Read More…]
Sierra Club Announces 2013 National Awards
SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2013. A photographer who has documented the world’s vanishing glaciers, an organization that has helped protect land in the United Kingdom, and an environmental activist who has been jailed for his opposition to a major water project in South Korea are among the people and organizations who[Read More…]
SEIU: Census Numbers Underscore Why Movement to Boost Wages Must Succeed
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2013. The U.S. Census today released annual data on income, poverty and health insurance. The data revealed household income fell slightly and is now 8 percent less than it was before the 2007-2009 economic recession. The federal poverty rate remained at 15 percent or 46.5 million living[Read More…]
U.S. Census Announces Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States for 2012
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 17, 2013. The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that in 2012, real median household income and the poverty rate were not statistically different from the previous year, while the percentage of people without health insurance coverage decreased. Median household income in the United States in 2012 was $51,017,[Read More…]
Waterlogic Recalls Water Cooling, Heating Systems Due to Fire Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2013. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall date: September 17, 2013 Recall number: 13-287 Chiller RF – Innowave Recall Summary Name of product: Chiller-based water dispensers Hazard: The hot water[Read More…]
The Children’s Place Recalls Footed Pajamas Due to Violation of Federal Flammability Standard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2013. Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Recall date: September 17, 2013 Recall number: 13-286 Pink bunny ruffled footies Recall Summary Name of product: Children’s one-piece footed pajamas Hazard: The footed[Read More…]
Space Weather’s Effects on Satellites
MIT study finds that high-energy electrons in space may be to blame for some satellite failures CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2013. Is your cable television on the fritz? One explanation, scientists suspect, may be the weather — the weather in space, that is. MIT researchers are investigating the effects of space[Read More…]
4 Ways Austerity Demands Have Reached New Extremes
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2013. In an effort to avoid a government shutdown, Senate Democrats have accepted spending levels equivalent to previous House Republican budgets, yet House Republican leaders are now insisting on new, deeper spending cuts in exchange for preventing a government shutdown, according to a new issue brief released[Read More…]
License to Kill: Report Shows How Weak Concealed Carry Laws Can Combine with Stand Your Ground Laws to Produce Deadly Results
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2013. The Center for American Progress today released a report illustrating how Stand Your Ground laws paired with weak state gun-carry permitting laws allow dangerous individuals to carry concealed, loaded weapons in public with little law enforcement oversight or discretion. The release of the report was planned[Read More…]
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