Healthcare Contract Issues

SOUTH BEND -- South Bend Community School Corp. employees who carry the district's health insurance, along with their covered dependents, could have access to free medical services at one or more primary care clinics in the coming months. At a special...

SOUTH BEND -- Starting as soon as this summer, South Bend schools employees covered by the district's health insurance will likely be able to pop into an on- or near-site clinic to get physical exams and other preventive services. The clinic will also be...

Hundreds of heavy equipment operators are walking off the job and onto the picket line in northern Indiana. They’re not fighting for higher wages, but more health insurance benefits. The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150...

By Ulf Laessing KHARTOUM, May 15 (Reuters) - In a cramped government office in Khartoum, engineer Ahmed Taha and dozens of other Sudanese, lured by local newspaper adverts for jobs in the Gulf, sit waiting to get a permit to leave the country and work...

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - In a cramped government office in Khartoum, engineer Ahmed Taha and dozens of other Sudanese, lured by local newspaper adverts for jobs in the Gulf, sit waiting to get a permit to leave the country and work abroad. "I've had enough...

* FTSEurofirst 300 ends up 0.4 pct at 1,233.49 points * Euro STOXX 50 up 0.4 pct at 2,785.24 points * DAX sets new record high * BT and Novartis boost telecom and health stocks By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON, May 10 (Reuters) - European shares scaled...

More than 200 Glendale Water & Power employees and their union comrades packed City Hall Tuesday night to protest a contract that cuts their pay by 1.75%. Despite the showing, the City Council — unable to reach a deal with the International...

(For other news from Reuters Health Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/Health13) * CDC chief worries as potential flu pandemic looms * FDA sees long-term consequences in recruitment, future leadership * Tenet takes a $50 million hit,...

By tim bross ST. LOUIS, May 3 (Reuters) - A lawyer for the United Mine Workers of America on Friday told a bankruptcy judge it would be forced to strike if Patriot Coal Corp succeeds in voiding its contract with the union, as five days of contentious...

By Nick Brown May 1 (Reuters) - As mineworkers and retirees battle to salvage their pensions and benefits from the bankruptcy of Patriot Coal Corp, lawyers for their union are trying an unusual gambit - and one that may be a test case for workers' rights...

(Reuters) - As mineworkers and retirees battle to salvage their pensions and benefits from the bankruptcy of Patriot Coal Corp, lawyers for their union are trying an unusual gambit - and one that may be a test case for workers' rights when companies...

April 29 (Reuters) - Insurer Highmark Inc. on Monday completed a $604.2 million bondholder buyout of troubled West Penn Allegheny Health System at 87.5 cents on the dollar. The buyout, in which Highmark acquired just over 85 percent of the outstanding...