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Workers at Trump Taj Mahal Begin Preparations for Strike

UNITE HERE Local 54 members speak to the press outside of their “strike pod.” While Donald Trump’s push for the Republican nomination for president is showing no signs of slowing, worker unrest at a hotel and casino that bear his name appears near the boiling point. Strike preparations have begun for over 1,100 non-gaming casino …

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Republican House Bill Cuts Workers’ Health Care Coverage

Some 1 million workers could lose their employer-provided health insurance under a Republican bill (H.R. 30) passed by the House (252-172, with 12 Democrats crossing the aisle) today. On top of stripping health care coverage from those workers, the bill also would add some $53.2 billion to the federal deficit over the next decade, according to …

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“It’s good to know that at the end of the day you’ll have the help if you need it.”

Jerry Depeine is a single father of two and works as a dietary aide at a West Palm Beach, Fla., nursing home. Despite working in a healthcare setting, Depeine doesn’t have insurance since he cannot afford the plans his employer offers. For Depeine, getting sick often meant he’d have to miss more time from work …

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The “New” Discrimination: Retaliation Based on Health Care Rights

If you don’t already know, the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), a/k/a Obama Care, does not take effect all at once. (I say “if you don’t already know,” because a recent poll shows that 42% of Americans are unaware that Obama Care is currently the law of the land). Title I of the Act, which is considered one …

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Making Health Care Reform Work: A Perspective from California Doctors

LOS ANGELES—At a conference convened by the organization Reporting on Health at the University of Southern California this week, doctors and health care experts shed light on labor-related aspects of the health care field as the sweeping health care reform legislation is set to take effect after being upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. They …

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Challenge to Health Care Law Flying Under the Radar

Summer is a sleepy time at the Supreme Court as most of the justices exit the scorching Washington heat.  Justice Stevens was known to keep busy on the tennis court while Justice Thomas often heads around the country in his RV.  As for Justice Kennedy, he regularly teaches abroad and others hit the speaking circuit. …

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Rite Aid Workers Continue Calls for Affordable Healthcare at Shareholders Meeting

Rite Aid workers from seven states last week rallied against management’s plan to make employees pay more for their healthcare and to show support for a 15-week “unfair labor practice” strike by Rite Aid employees at seven stores in Cleveland, Ohio. With strong support by the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, United Students Against Sweatshops and the Harrisburg-area …

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Former Massachusetts Reform Head Warns HHS Not To Overreach On Essential Benefits

This morning, the Institute of Medicine began its second day of deliberations into defining what would constitute “essential health benefits” under the Affordable Care Act. Even though the law identifies general categories that insurers will have to cover beginning in 2014 — emergency services, mental health care, outpatient and inpatient care — these meetings are …

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The Biggest Lie of 2010, And What We Can Learn From It

Politifact, the fact-checking web site of the St. Petersburg Times, announced the biggest lie of 2010. But it doesn’t stop there, the NYTimes, FactCheck.org and a number of other experts agree with Politifact’s analysis. The lie? That the government will be taking over health care. I’ll leave it to Politifact to debate the “why.” I’m …

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Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.