Posts tagged healthcare costs
An embattled Adams gathers his union allies at Gracie Mansion
January 31, 2025 // Mayor Eric Adams, who has been laying low with a reported medical condition this week, hosted two union presidents at Gracie Mansion on Monday night as he contemplates his political future. The meetings — confirmed by two people with direct knowledge of them, who were granted anonymity to freely discuss a private event — come as Adams grapples with an upcoming corruption trial, sagging poll numbers and dire financial problems.
‘When nurses are treated fairly, patients win, too’: UnityPoint Health nurses unionizing
December 2, 2024 // Teamsters Local 90 leaders say they're working with nurses from four UnityPoint facilities, Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Methodist West Hospital, Blank Children's Hospital and Iowa Lutheran Hospital, to help them create "a stronger voice to address critical issues affecting their profession and the care they provide."