The state's
biggest health care union, 1199SEIU, is highlighting what it says is a critical piece of funding, vital to keeping 28 financially troubled hospitals afloat.
Not exact matches
The paper also reported that more than half of that cash has come from the
biggest players in Albany: Labor
unions, the real estate and construction industries, the
health care sector and lobbying firms.
The plan actually includes some significant victories for the powerful
health care workers
union, which has a long - standing relationship with Cuomo and played a
big role in the resurrection of his political career through his election to the AG's office in 2006.
(The powerful
health care workers
union was a
big financial backer of the campaign, too, and it has long been a close ally of the governor).
The list of top donors to housekeeping accounts is dominated by special interests that are highly regulated and / or subsidized by state government: real estate firms,
health -
care and pharmaceutical interests, labor
unions, telecom companies, the beverage industry,
big tobacco and gambling interests.
With that said, here's the latest: Presidential Election to Impact Employment Issues — The National Law Journal reports: «This year's presidential election could mean some
big changes for employers, warn corporate counsel, who are bracing for everything from higher
health care costs to more
union organizing.»