Houston If labor doesn’t have enough problems, all we need is another breakout of internecine warfare. One of the most difficult and divisive disputes in recent decades, since maybe the P9 meatpacking struggle in Minnesota, occurred a half-dozen years ago in Northern California between former SEIU Local 250 renamed SEIU United Healthcare Workers’ West (SEIU-UHW) …
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Blue Cross Loses Its State Tax Exemption in California
Little Rock The state of California in an unusual and precedent setting move withdrew the state tax exempt status of Blue Cross Blue Shield of California. The Los Angeles Times said they did so “quietly,” but trust me on this one, their action will reverberate with a loud roar throughout the soft chairs and well-appointed …
Important Suit to Stop Diversion of Foreclosure Relief Funds for Other Purposes
Peterborough Three California-based nonprofits, the National Asian American Coalition, COR Community Development Corporation, and the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Coalition sued Governor Jerry Brown and his team in California demanding replacement of $369 million obtained for the state for mortgage foreclosure relief and diverted to pay for state debts. The suit alleges that according to …