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politics3 months ago

Senate Democrats Continue to Block Funding Over Healthcare Disputes

Senate Democrats are set to reject a stopgap funding bill for the 10th time, demanding guarantees on health care subsidies amid a prolonged government shutdown that has paralyzed Congress and affected federal workers. A new poll shows most Americans blame both parties for the shutdown, which continues without resolution. Other news includes a judge halting federal worker firings, US covert operations in Venezuela, and a cruise line avoiding China due to retaliatory port fees.

via AP News|
#ap-norc-poll#federal-workers#government-shutdown
entertainment2 years ago

WGA Secures Health Care Benefits Extension for Writers Facing Coverage Cutoff

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) West has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, ending the nearly five-month strike. As part of the agreement, the WGA West will extend health care benefits through the end of the year for members who were facing an October 1 expiration of coverage. The deal is expected to be ratified smoothly by the WGA negotiating committee, the board and council of the WGA West and WGA East, and the approximately 11,000 members. The strike order is still in effect but picketing has been paused, and writers are expected to return to work before the ratification vote is completed. This move by the WGA echoes a similar extension of health care benefits made by SAG-AFTRA, which has also been on strike.

via Variety|
#contract-agreement#coverage-extension#entertainment
politics2 years ago

Senate Expands Compensation for Nuclear Test Victims and Radiation Exposure

The Senate has passed a measure to provide health care benefits and compensation to communities affected by the first atomic nuclear bomb test in New Mexico, known as the "Trinity" test. Many individuals, including Native Americans and people of color, suffered from deadly cancers due to radiation exposure. The fallout from the test reached as far as Colorado, Idaho, and Montana. The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, passed in 1990, excluded survivors of the Trinity test, prompting lawmakers and native tribes in New Mexico to seek justice. The Senate amendment, sponsored by Senators Ben Ray Luján and Josh Hawley, was adopted in a bipartisan vote and extends benefits to victims of nuclear tests, uranium mining, and nuclear waste storage. The bill will now go to a conference committee to reconcile differences with the House version.

via HuffPost|
#compensation#health-care-benefits#nuclear-test
labor-relations2 years ago

Labor Dispute Resolved: YRC Freight and Holland Avoid Strike

The Central States Health and Welfare Fund has agreed to extend health care benefits for workers at YRC Freight and Holland, averting a potential strike. The fund trustees reversed their decision to end health care benefits on July 23 after intense discussions with Teamsters leadership. Yellow Corp now has 30 days to pay its $50 million in delinquent benefit payments, with the understanding that it will do so within the next two weeks. Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien emphasized the importance of health care for workers and expressed the need for a resolution that acknowledges their sacrifices.

via International Brotherhood of Teamsters|
#central-states#health-care-benefits#holland