MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'afl cio'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:33:54 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5078031&cid=t_248296_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FFHoLk-8rWDc%2F With the annual Forest Laboratories shareholder meeting just three weeks away, the AFL-CIO is urging shareholders to vote ceo and president Howard Solomon right off the board. The move is in response to the recent disclosure that Solomon faces being excluded from participating in federal healthcare programs by the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General. The feds took that step not long after a subsidiary, Forest Pharmaceuticals, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice, distributing an unapproved drug and illegally promoting two other meds. As part of its deal, Forest made a $313 million payment that included $164 million in criminal penalties, and signed a corporate integrity agreement (see here). Forest argues that Solomon was not involved and, therefo... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5078031 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:21:58 +0100 5078031 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684270&cid=t_248296_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FpKlx44gYfOU%2F By Daniel GriswoldTo no great surprise, the Obama administration announced today that it has cut a deal with the government of Colombia to address concerns about labor protections and to finally move toward enacting the long-stalled free-trade agreement between our two countries. This is welcome news for trade expansion and for strengthening our ties to a key Latin American ally. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is expected to arrive later this week in Washington to cement the deal. In exchange for the agreement, Colombia has reportedly agreed to expand its efforts to protect union members from violence and to more vigorously prosecute those responsible. As my Cato colleague Juan Carlos Hidalgo and I documented in a Cato study earlier this year, concerns about labor protections were ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684270 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:54:59 +0100 4684270 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3023103&cid=t_248296_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fcl_3Rv3NzC8%2F Sunday marked the third anniversary of the signing of a free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia. It is an embarrassment to our great nation that this agreement with an important Latin American ally still sits on the shelf three years later, a victim of congressional trade politics. As my Cato colleague Juan Carlos Hidalgo and I argued in a 2008 Free Trade Bulletin, and as I wrote in a more recent op-ed, the FTA with Colombia is a win-win for Americans. It fully opens the Colombian market and its 44 million pro-American consumers to our exports, while deepening our ties with one of our most dependable allies in the Western Hemisphere. The AFL-CIO and other opponents of the agreement demand that Colombia further reduce violence against trade unionist before approval can b... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3023103 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:33:31 +0100 3023103 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3105026&cid=t_248296_97_f&fid=35606&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheangriestpharmacist.com%2F2009%2F08%2F30%2Fpharmacy-optimization-with-enterprise-re-engineering-my-disdain-thoughts-and-call-to-arms%2F P.O.W.E.R. — (n. – ENG) Pharmacy Optimization With Enterprise Re-engineering. It’s okay. It hasn’t hit my area yet, but my fellow citizens aren’t stupid. They are asking what it is, what my thoughts are, and what they should do. [Again, you have my word that I do *NOT* work for Walgreens -- at all...] Anyway, my marquee is exactly as I said it would be (Yes, heart included): Your Rx Filled RIGHT HERE by OUR Pharmacist ♥ It’s going over good. Some people know and they like it. Others don’t know and they ask…so I’m starting the word of mouth of all the rumblings and grumblings. All the fodder I need is on the Student-Doctor Network or other various message boards. Everyone has a problem. No one has stated, supported, backed, and pushed ... The Angriest Pharmacist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3105026 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:32:23 +0100 3105026 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2517209&cid=t_248296_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FElVLv7wCGBM%2F President Obama is meeting today with a bipartisan group of lawmakers to talk about reforming our broken immigration system. The challenge for both parties will be whether they can overcome opposition within their respective bases to expanding legal immigration. For Republicans, the chief opposition remains the faction of talk-radio-driven conservatives who just don’t like immigration, period, especially when it comes from Latin America. For Democrats, who now run Washington, the chief opposition to allowing more foreign workers to enter the country legally is represented by organized labor. As the Wall Street Journal reports this morning, advocates of immigration reform “worry that Democrats will defer to the AFL-CIO on the issue of legal immigration. The labor confederation has oppos... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2517209 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:27:00 +0100 2517209 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=675442&cid=t_248296_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F16%2Fdollars-against-diabetes-volunteers-hit-the-street-corners-this%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, ResearchWhen you're out driving this Father's Day weekend and stop at a busy intersection, look for the volunteers wearing the orange shirts. They are tirelessly soliciting donations from passing motorists to support Dollars Against Diabetes, an annual campaign organized by the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO to benefit the Diabetes Research Institute. Dollars for Diabetes has raised a whopping $17 million since 1987. Throw some change in the bucket, and maybe even some greenbacks. We all know it is going to a good cause. If you miss the orange shirts in your area, union members raise additional dollars through walk-a-thons, softball/golf tournaments, raffles and other local events. Thank you Building and Construct... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=675442 Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 675442