As Clark County and the Service Employees International Union prepare to sit down at the bargaining table to negotiate a new contract, the labor organization is positioning itself as more of an ally than an adversary. On Tuesday, the union reached out to the County Commission, unveiling four financial initiatives to help prop up the deficit-plagued University Medical Center, the ...

Rory Reid called county commissioners approval of his slate of fiscal moves Tuesday a watershed moment. For one thing, the 5-2 vote sets Clark County on course to hand off its hospital. As radical as the possibility of privatizing University Medical Center might have once sounded, though, winning enough yes votes toward dumping the troubled and costly hospital was the ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A top banking industry group on Monday defended the practices of traditional banks while facing protesters who railed against Wall Street abuses. The American Bankers Association, which has gathered for its annual convention, said the protests were misplaced because it is largely community bankers that are attending. "You did not make any abusive subprime loans; you did not ...

PITTSBURGH As Richard Trumka assumed the presidency of the AFL-CIO Wednesday, he issued a sweeping call for reunification to a number of unions that left the nations largest labor organization in a bitter split four years ago. To truly succeed we need an AFL-CIO that speaks for all union members ...