LABOR NEWS
Massachusetts RNs win fight as state leaders agree to ban on mandatory OT.
Public employee contracts for Minnesota state workers are likely to face opposition in the Republican-controlled Legislature. A House-Senate subcommittee plans to consider the pacts next week after labor unions representing 31,000 employees approved contracts negotiated with Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration.
Amid booming business and record profits, Caterpillar is seeking major concessions from its workers.
HEALTH CARE
The lawsuit has been settled, but patients say there are lessons that shouldn’t be forgotten from the furor over debt collection practices at Fairview Health Services.
