Adam O’Neal, Republican mayor of Belhaven, NC, holds up a picture of Portia Gibbs, who at 48 died from a heart attack while waiting for an airlift to a hospital in Norfolk, VA. The hospital 25 minutes from her house closed just a week before. Gibbs’ son Justin (left), and Moral Monday movement leader
Read moreSusan Dentzer, Senior Policy Adviser to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, moderates a panel on “Rising Mortality Rates in Women in the U.S.” on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. New research yields particularly troubling trends in female mortality rates across much of the United States, said a panel of health experts at a recent forum
Read moreU.S. Vice President Joe Biden outlines the fundamental organizing principles that must be sustained through the 2014 midterm elections during his keynote address at the 2014 Netroots Nation conference in Detroit. (Photo by Bill Burke / Page One Photography) Get to the polls in November. That was the overall directive given to the more than
Read moreTCU President Bob Scardelletti, right, stands in solidarity with IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger at the 34th Regular TCU/IAM Convention in Las Vegas. (Photo by Bill Burke / Page One Photography) Hundreds of TCU/IAM members converged on Las Vegas this week for the 34th Regular TCU/IAM Convention. This year’s convention marked the 115th anniversary of
Read moreStruggling with the financial burden of your student loans? The IAM and Union Plus may be able to help. Three lucky union member winners will be able to put a major dent in their student loan debt by receiving a grand prize of $10,000 or one of two $5,000 loan payments. Other prizes include: SAT/ACT/GRE
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