Healthcare Contract Issues

Gov. Tom Corbett's new government privatization task force is studded with major political donors and executives from companies that could see financial gain if the state spins off government services to the private sector. The 24 members of the panel,...

Lake County finance officials have unanimously endorsed a plan that will hand over the management of a county-run senior residence to a private healthcare company, …...

TALLAHASSEE — Good morning and happy Thursday. Here are the top five stories you should be reading this morning. The Sun-Sentinel/Orlando Sentinel reports on the cash that has flowed in from well monied health care and gaming interests. From the...

My column today on Disney hotel workers, in which they share concerns about the possibility of rising healthcare costs and the use of a productivity-monitoring system they call the "electronic whip," has drawn lots of comments on our website from......

As tensions continue to rise between labor and Southern California’s three leading grocery chains, hundreds of workers rallied outside of the local headquarters of Albertsons, Vons and Ralphs on Tuesday to protest possible cuts to their healthcare...

The Corbett Administration ... ... has announced the terms of its contract agreements with Council 13 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and Local 668 of the Service Employee International Union. The deals were announced...

Two private companies are vying to manage services at a Lake County senior citizen healthcare and rehabilitation center. Prism Healthcare Management Group of Westmont and …...

A stand-off between Verizon Communications Inc. and about 45,000 of its employees entered a second day of strikes with no apparent end in sight. On Monday morning, Candice Johnson, a spokeswoman for the Communications Workers of America said Verizon had...

Will Southern Californians face another grocery store strike? Depending on what happens in the next few days, the answer could be yes. Labor negotiations are dragging into the sixth month between the United Food and Commercial Workers and Ralphs, Vons.......

Members of a union that represents 62,000 grocery workers in southern California overwhelmingly voted to approve to strike if a new labor deal cannot be reached with leadership from Vons, Ralphs and Albertsons supermarkets....

Disgruntled L.A. Unified board member Richard Vladovic turns the tables on an insurance provider....

The labor negotiations between Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons, and the seven United Food and Commercial Workers union area locals were temporarily put on hold Tuesday because the federal mediator responsible for overseeing the talks had to leave Southern...