Mark Friedman

California

Senior Editor at Arkansas Business

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AOC, Sanders Lead Massive LA Rally Against Oligarchy

1 week ago | randomlengthsnews.com | Mark Friedman

By Mark Friedman, Member International Association of MachinistsNearly 40,000 people joined labor unions to fill downtown Los Angeles’ calling all in earshot to fight oligarchy on April 12. This was a labor rally, but it was also for anyone looking for an opportunity to push back against the Trump administration and its anti-democratic, anti-labor, and anti-civil liberties policies. New York Rep.
CHI St. Vincent and UnitedHealthcare Resolve Reimbursement Dispute

1 week ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Mark Friedman

CHI St. Vincent, one of the largest health care providers in the state, has reached a multiyear agreement with UnitedHealthcare, ending an impasse over reimbursement rates that threatened to leave the insurance carriers’ customers out of CHI’s network. The agreement went into effect April 9 and allows patients to maintain in-network access to all CHI St. Vincent services across existing contracted products, including UnitedHealthcare and Medicare Advantage, CHI said in a news release Tuesday.
Baptist Health Reports $15.7M Operating Loss for 2024

1 week ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Mark Friedman

Baptist Health of Little Rock reported an operating loss of $15.7 million in 2024, as the state’s largest health care system saw expenses rise and pandemic relief funding end.
North Arkansas College Eyes Merger with UA System

1 week ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Mark Friedman

About a year ago, North Arkansas College in Harrison considered joining the University of Arkansas System, but its administrators still needed some convincing. By January, they were ready to join a trend, according to Rick Massengale, the two-year college’s president. He and the school’s cabinet decided to follow several other community colleges and began talks about merging with the system.
Progressive Power Gathers in Los Angeles

1 week ago | laprogressive.com | Mark Friedman |Rob Maurer

California AFL-CIO president Lorena Gonzalez rallied the crowd of more than 40,000 to defend unions and to support union organizing drives. “Which side are you on is the call of the labor movement. Are you with working people or the greedy corporations like SpaceX, Amazon, making billions off our labor and who are now trying to take away our rights? When they come for us, we respond: I am sticking with the union. Are you on the side of workers fighting to organize unions?
Nuevas protestas contra Trump en Los Ángeles

1 week ago | trabajadores.cu | Mark Friedman

El senador Bernie Sanders, la representante Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) y varios líderes sindicales de California encabezaron este sábado un multitudinario evento en Los Ángeles. Los políticos Sanders y Ocasio calificaron como el “mitin más grande” de su trayectoria juntos y uno de los más importantes de los últimos días de denuncias a la concentración de poder político y económico que impulsa el actual gobierno de Donald Trump.
FDIC Fines Former RiverBank Loan Officer Over $88K Embezzlement Case

2 weeks ago | arkansasbusiness.com | Mark Friedman

A former loan officer at RiverBank of Pocahontas was ordered to pay a $35,000 fine by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in November, ending a years-long case involving his embezzlement of nearly $88,000 of clients’ money. Bryan E. Dalton, 35, also is prohibited from participating in the banking industry without first getting approval from the FDIC.
One Million March Across US Against Trump/Musk Policies

2 weeks ago | laprogressive.com | Mark Friedman |Rob Maurer

Protests took place in more than 1500 cities and organized by over 150 organizations, groups and unions. In cities large and small, from 100,000 in New York, 40,000 in Los Angeles, and in all 50 states, protesters came in defense of national parks, Medicaid, social security, small businesses, public education, unions, immigrants’ rights (and specifically Mahmoud Kahlil) health care, constitutional rights, abortion and reproductive rights and voting rights.
LAX Protests by Flight Attendants, Government Employees and Allies

3 weeks ago | randomlengthsnews.com | Mark Friedman

Protests have erupted around the country by immigrants and their allies decrying deportations, and ICE raids in schools, hospitals, and communities. Women’s organizations held a march of 35,000 in downtown LA on March 8 to defend abortion rights. Special actions have been taken to protest the Secretary of State Marco Rubio-issued deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student with a green card and a U.S. citizen pregnant wife, due to his support for Palestinian rights.
Farmworkers and Unions Stand Together in Delano to Honor Cesar Chavez and Fight Deportations

3 weeks ago | randomlengthsnews.com | Mark Friedman

By Mark Friedman, member, International Association of Machinists #1484Delano, CA― Five thousand unionists representing 50 unions and organizations marched three miles under the slogan of “Con Estas Manos/With These Hands” in the birthplace of the United Farmworkers Union. to exemplify work in all areas of society― from agriculture to service industries and health care. of these essential workers.