Less than a month after a decertification effort failed spectacularly, the nurses’ union at Maine Medical Center signed its first contract – a historic achievement, possibly a milestone in reviving the union movement. As just about everyone knows, unions, until the pandemic, had been declining for decades, with their private sector membership a third of […]

THE CONVERSATION — President Joe Biden has – not for the first time – suggested that the U.S. would intervene “militarily” should China attempt an invasion of Taiwan. In an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” on Sept. 18, 2022, Biden vowed to protect the island in the face of any attack. Pressed if that meant the U.S. getting “involved […]

The NBA recently suspended Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver for a year and fined him $10 million after an investigation found he engaged in what the league called “workplace misconduct and organizational deficiencies.” The findings of the league’s report, published on September 13th, came nearly a year after the NBA asked a law firm to […]