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Tony Clark is resigning as head of MLB players union, AP source says, before potentially contentious labor negotiations.
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A young cancer patient at one of the remaining New York City hospitals where nurses are on strike says he misses his regular caregivers. Logan Coyle is a 9-year-old boy battling advanced liver cancer at NewYork-Presbyterian’s children’s hospital in Manhattan. Two other major hospital systems reached tentative deals to end the strike on Monday. Those proposals, if approved by union members, would see nurses return to work by Saturday. Negotiations at NewYork Presbyterian have progressed slower. The hospital says it has agreed to a proposal from mediators that includes many things the union has sought. But the union says there are no plans yet for negotiations to resume.
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Nurses and two major hospital systems in New York City have reached a deal to end a nearly monthlong strike over staffing levels, workplace safety and other issues. The tentative agreement announced Monday involves Montefiore and Mount Sinai hospital systems. Nurses remain on strike at NewYork-Presbyterian. The walkout began Jan. 12. The hospitals scrambled to hire legions of temporary nurses to fill in during a demanding flu season. The three-year deal still needs to be approved by union members. It affects roughly 10,500 of the some 15,000 nurses on strike at some of the city’s biggest private, nonprofit hospitals.
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Democrat Taylor Rehmet has won a special election for the Texas state Senate and flipped a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024. The labor union leader and veteran easily defeated Republican conservative activist Leigh Wambsganss in the Fort Worth-area district. Trump distanced himself from the loss Sunday, after urging votes for Wambsganss a day earlier. Rehmet was victorious with support from national organizations. Rehmet's win lasts only until early January. He is to face Wambsganss again in the November general election to decide the seat for a full four-year term.
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Hundreds of people went to Downtown Champaign Monday for the Labor Day Parade.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — As 2024 comes to an end this week, WAND News is looking back at the top political stories of the year. Illinois law…
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The Illinois sheriff whose deputy shot Sonya Massey, the unarmed Black woman who called 911 for help in her Springfield home, apologized Monday night during a community meeting. Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell faced a hostile crowd of more than 500 people at Union Baptist Church. Former sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson is charged with first-degree murder after answering Massey's 911 call about a suspected prowler on July 6 and shooting her in the face. On Tuesday, the union that represents Sangamon County sheriff's deputies announced it would not pursue a grievance filed July 18 seeking Grayson's reinstatement because he was fired “without just cause,” a decision celebrated in Chicago by leaders of a rally for Massey.
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DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — More than a dozen local labor unions gathered in downtown Decatur to celebrate Labor Day.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - Three labor unions gathered in Springfield today to celebrate those who fought for worker's rights.