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El Instituto Coordenadas advierte de que Chile compromete 8.000 millones de dólares y 95.000 empleos con la suspensión de concesiones
MADRID--(BUSINESS WIRE)--El Instituto Coordenadas para la Gobernanza y la Economía Aplicada advirtió este miércoles de que la suspensión de adjudicaciones de concesiones decidida por el Gobierno de Chile compromete una cartera superior a 8.000 millones de dólares ya adjudicada y alrededor de 95.000 empleos, además de quebrar la seguridad jurídica del que ha sido durante tres décadas el único modelo concesional exitoso de América Latina. Así lo sostiene en su informe especial 'Chile quiebra la s...
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UNITE HERE Launches GraduateFails.org About AJ Capital Partners and Graduate by Hilton Hotels
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hotel workers’ union UNITE HERE has launched the website GraduateFails.org detailing ways AJ Capital Partners and Graduate by Hilton Hotels have failed workers and communities across the country. The website is accompanied by digital ads to hotel customers and follows the issuing of a travel advisory for the brand. Graduate Hotels are owned by AJ Capital Partners, and their preferred operator is Schulte Hospitality Group. Graduate by Hilton Hotels are themed around...
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CUPE holds solidarity rally outside Villa Marconi, amid growing pile-up in the laundry department
OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The residents of Villa Marconi are running out of clean laundry, and it is due to negligent policy making by management. In June, members of CUPE 4793 held an information picket outside the long-term care facility on Baseline Road to call out the callous layoffs in the laundry and environmental services department. Since then, management has cut hours for union workers and begun a campaign of retaliation and harassment against union members. Workers have been sent home...
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Prince William County Named One of the World’s Top Economic Development Organizations
PRINCE WILLIAM, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prince William County is competing and winning at the highest level of the economic development profession. The Prince William County Department of Economic Development and Tourism (PWCDEDT) has been named the 2026 Economic Development Organization of the Year by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), the world's largest association for economic development professionals. Prince William County took the top honor in IEDC's largest population...
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Union Publishes Website Called Mill Road Capital’s Potholes; Case Studies Show Mixed Investment Results for This Small Private Equity Firm
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Union questions investment record of small private equity firm Mill Road Capital in new website, called MillRoadCapitalpotholes.com....
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CUPE, ONA and OPSEU to rally against 101 job cuts at the Queensway-Carleton Hospital in Ottawa, as provincial hospital funding cuts hit patient care
OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In July, the Queensway-Carleton announced that it would be cutting 101 jobs at the hospital, including 87 nurses, seven housekeepers, and four emergency department personal care aides. The hospital is citing insufficient funding amidst rising costs of operations including drugs, salaries, and supplies. CUPE is joining forces with the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) and OPSEU to hold a rally on August 19 to demand that the hospital reverse the cuts. They are also calli...
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Ottawa’s Inaction Lets Smith Destroy Health Care
EDMONTON, AB--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CUPE Alberta President Raj Uppal is calling out the Liberal government in Ottawa for its inaction while the UCP dramatically expands private, patient paid health care in the province. “It’s been almost a year since the UCP passed Bill 11, allowing wealthy patients to buy their way to the front of the line for health care services,” said Uppal. “After all that time, Minister Michel this week sent a sternly worded note to the province asking them to change direction...
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Union to hold solidarity rally outside Villa Marconi to protest job cuts, employer intimidation
OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The residents of Villa Marconi are running out of clean laundry, and it is due to negligent policy making by management. In June, members of CUPE 4793 held an information picket outside the long-term care facility on Baseline Road to call out the callous layoffs in the laundry and environmental services department. Since then, management has cut hours for union workers and launched a campaign of retaliation and harassment against union members. Workers have been sent ho...
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CUPE members take action to demand a fair deal from Extendicare
Sudbury, ON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CUPE 1182, one of 8 CUPE locals participating in the Extendicare Central Table bargaining held a rally in Sudbury today. The union representing workers at Extendicare York in Sudbury is calling attention to the ongoing delays at the bargain table. This coordinated bargaining has set the pattern for long-term care wages and benefits in Ontario. Since the COVID-19 Pandemic, helping to improve the conditions for workers in long-term care and retirement homes across th...
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Prodigy Care Services Ranks No. 43 in Health Services on the 2026 Inc. 5000
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prodigy Care Services, a pharmacist-founded workers' compensation pharmacy company, today announced its debut on the 2026 Inc. 5000 following three-year revenue growth of 975%. Prodigy ranks No. 43 among Health Services companies, No. 47 among Texas companies and No. 354 nationwide, placing the company within the top 7% of America's fastest-growing private companies. Founded in 2020, Prodigy manages pharmacy spend for workers' compensation payers under clinical oversig...