[ad_1] CNN — When Lovie Smith was hired by the Houston Texans in February 2022 as the team’s new head coach, he said the NFL had “a problem” with hiring Black coaches and diversity. “I realize the amount of Black head coaches there are in the National Football League,” Smith …
Read More »Nurses strike: Mount Sinai NICU mom stays by her son’s side in hospital after his primary nurses leave to strike
[ad_1] New York CNN — Lora Ribas hasn’t left her son’s bedside in four days. Her one-year-old baby, Logan, has been in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) since he was born. For the past three and a half months, he’s been under the care of Mount Sinai Hospital where …
Read More »UK nurses say strikes still on after ‘disappointing’ talks with government
[ad_1] London CNN — British nurses and ambulance drivers will press on with more strikes in a dispute over pay after talks with the government failed to produce a breakthrough on Monday. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN), which represents close to half a million nurses, midwives and health care …
Read More »Nurses from New York City hospitals set to strike as contract negotiations stall
[ad_1] New York CNN — Negotiations aimed at averting a nurses strike at two major New York City hospitals went past a midnight deadline with a walk-out by 7,000 nurses looming as soon as 6 a.m. ET Monday. Tentative deals were reached in recent days covering nurses at seven hospitals, …
Read More »Amid negotiation gridlock between Mount Sinai Hospital and the nurse’s union, newborns in intensive care are caught in the middle
[ad_1] CNN — Crucial union negotiations between Mount Sinai Hospital and the New York State Nurses Association appear to be at a standstill and both parties say the other is refusing to return to the bargaining table. As the impasse continues between the hospital and union, the most vulnerable patients …
Read More »Nursing union says Mount Sinai management walked away from negotiations ahead of planned Monday strike
[ad_1] CNN — Famed Manhattan hospital Mount Sinai is moving newborns in their intensive care unit to other hospitals ahead of a planned New York nursing union strike. Around 10,000 nurses at five private New York City hospitals are set to strike Monday after not yet reaching agreements on contracts …
Read More »The US economy added 223,000 jobs in December
[ad_1] Minneapolis CNN — The US economy added 223,000 jobs in December, according to the monthly employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, capping a year of extraordinary job growth and marking the second-best year for the labor market in records that go back to 1939. The unemployment rate …
Read More »At least 1 killed as powerful bomb cyclone slams into California with hurricane-force winds and heavy rain
[ad_1] CNN — A powerful bomb cyclone slammed into the California coast Wednesday night, lashing the state with heavy downpours and hurricane-force winds as the storm advanced onshore, knocking over trees and killing a child. The low-pressure storm system moved in from the Pacific, bringing damaging winds, excessive rainfall and …
Read More »US job openings fell again in November, in sign the labor market may be loosening up
[ad_1] Minneapolis CNN — The number of available jobs in the United States totaled 10.46 million in November, according to data released Wednesday by the Department of Labor. That’s more than the 10 million total job openings that economists were expecting, according to Refinitiv, and slightly lower than the upwardly …
Read More »Damar Hamlin’s toy drive fundraiser tops $3 million in donations in hours after his on-field collapse
[ad_1] CNN — An online toy drive fundraiser started by Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin topped $3 million in donations in the hours after the NFL star collapsed on the field during a game Monday night. The 24-year-old is in critical condition after suffering a cardiac arrest following a tackle …
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