News by subject: AVO

Consumer Action for a Strong Economy launched a new public education campaign today -- "Crush the Can Tax" -- in opposition to a recent petition filed with the International Trade Commission by steel behemoth Cleveland-Cliffs and the United...

Hospital Professionals represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO) will be holding rallies on Thursday, April 27 to speak out against the threat that Bill 60 poses to the regulation of their professions and the safe...

China's commitment to standing on the side of peace over the Ukraine crisis has been proved, once again. During a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday said that dialogue and negotiations...

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 as part of the debt ceiling negotiations. Included in this bill are bold reforms, particularly the REINS Act and work requirements for food stamps...

After weeks of ongoing violent activities in cities across the country in major cities, TakeCharge founder and president Kendall Qualls today called on leaders in the black community to seize the moral authority...

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation related to the federal debt limit, threatening major programs vital to people living in America's cities and resources used to tackle the nation's biggest challenges. In response, Tom...

Today, the Alzheimer's Association brought its purple presence again to Capitol Hill, urging access to FDA-approved Alzheimer's treatments during Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure's testimony before...

Hospital Professionals represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO) will be holding rallies on Thursday, April 27 to speak out against the threat that Bill 60 poses to the regulation of their professions and the safe...

America is a peculiar land that killed off its native peoples but preserved the names honoring their ancient history, writer Jamaica Kincaid once observed. That historic pattern survives in modern Tennessee, according to John W. Boyd, Jr., president...

The United Steelworkers union (USW) today filed unfair labor practice charges against Blue Bird Corporation, alleging the bus manufacturer's management broke the law in trying to dissuade workers from forming a union....

The Galactosemia Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization that advocates for people with galactosemia and their families, urges the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to incorporate the experiences and perspectives of people living with...

SB 556 ? legislation that gives people who live near oil wells and have developed cancer, respiratory illnesses and birth defects the right to hold oil drillers liable for their illnesses ? passed the California Senate Judiciary Committee in a 8 - 2...

In what civil rights groups are calling both a shocking and heinous move, Florida State Senator Lauren Book, long known for the extreme legislation she has supported against the families of persons required to register as sexual offenders, has...

Members of Unifor Local 4304 could go on strike Monday, May 1 if a new contract cannot be negotiated before midnight on April 30, 2023. "Transit operators were on the front lines of the pandemic and maintenance staff made sure the busses were...

A report from People's Daily: Saudi Arabia and Iran recently signed a joint statement in Beijing, with which the two countries announced the resumption of diplomatic relations. Since they held talks in Beijing in March, the two sides have made new...

As we grapple with numerous states across the country enacting harmful anti-LGBTQ legislation, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), the nation's leading suicide prevention organization, calls upon local legislators to reject...

Lupus advocates from across the country returned to Capitol Hill for the National Lupus Advocacy Summit, which took place April 23-25. Hundreds of lupus advocates joined as the Lupus Foundation of America (LFA) gathered for the largest lupus advocacy...

The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien and Teamsters Motion Picture Division Director Lindsay Dougherty regarding negotiations between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and...

The international grassroots civil rights movement #EndJewHatred announces historic legislative proclamations declaring Saturday, April 29th as '#EndJewHatred Day' around the United States. This significant victory comes on the one year anniversary...

Today, Define American is launching Creativity is Boundless: An Inclusive Guide, a new resource with practical recommendations for artist support organizations and grantmaking programs to make funding opportunities more inclusive and accessible to...

The Center for Electoral Quality and Integrity (CEQI), a non-partisan group of quality experts, is seeking to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat in elections throughout the United States. The CEQI was created by ASQ, the US based global...

Today, the United Spinal Association ("United Spinal"), Not Dead Yet ("NDY"), Institute for Patients' Rights ("IPR"), Communities Actively Living Independent & Free ("CALIF"), and individual plaintiffs, Lonnie VanHook and Ingrid Tischer, filed a...

Veronica La Gentile wants to share a disgraceful cover up by two previous provincial governments granting the opportunity for the financial institution to accumulate a monetary cushion to support the separatist movement in...

Today, Paralyzed Veterans of America Executive Director Carl Blake Brown issued a statement in light of the House' consideration later today of the debt limit package (Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023). ...

In honour of National Nursing Week (May 8 ? 14), a group of nursing associations from across Canada are coming together to launch the #HeyNurse social media campaign, calling on the public to share personal thank you messages and memorable stories...

Asad Khaqan, owner of the former Fountain Inn (a.k.a Spring Fountain Motel) located on Route 1 in Bucksport, Maine, today announced that he has filed a federal lawsuit against the Town of Bucksport and its representatives. The complaint, setting...

The NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots (NJASAP), the labor organization representing the 3,000-plus pilots employed by Berkshire Hathaway's NetJets, Inc., filed a complaint against the luxury jet carrier in the United States District...

Food innovation leaders from coast to coast assembled in the nation's capital today to advocate on behalf of their industries' agriculture, climate and biotechnology/biomanufacturing priorities, as well as to discuss the importance of American...

In an application addressed today to the Canadian Energy Regulator, three Anishinabeg Algonquin First Nations are requesting that the Regulator intervene with the Government of Quebec in the matter of the export of electricity to New York City. The...

Ewing Morris & Co. Investment Partners Ltd. ("Ewing Morris") has been a shareholder of Irish Residential Properties REIT ("IRES") since January 2021. We currently own more than 3 million shares. We have reviewed the letter issued by Vision Capital...

The International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, and Reinforcing Iron Workers proudly endorses President Joe Biden's run for reelection to a second presidential term. The endorsement comes as President Biden continues to hold true to...

The United States shrimp industry recently made its case to maintain antidumping orders on imported shrimp from India, Thailand, and Vietnam before the International Trade Commission (ITC). On April 11, 2023, the ITC conducted a hearing in connection...

It's been over three months since the arbitrary arrest of five water defenders from Santa Marta in El Salvador and Canadian and international organizations are marking the moment as part of an International Week of Action to urgently call for their...

Today, The Concord Coalition released a blog by executive director Robert L. Bixby, on the partisan standoff over the debt limit and the federal budget. Bixby observes that: "President Biden's budget proposed a 10-year deficit reduction goal of $2.8...

Workers in the fixed collections units at the American Red Cross facilities in Greensboro and Winston-Salem have voted to join Teamsters Local 391. This is the fifth organizing victory at a Red Cross facility in North Carolina in the last 60 days....

Proposed legislation would enact important changes to hold dangerous doctors more accountable in California, but excludes crucial reforms that will continue threaten patient safety, said Consumer Watchdog. The bill creates a public member majority on...

In a letter sent to California Governor Gavin Newsom and key state budget leaders, Alcohol Justice is encouraging raising the state's current alcohol excise tax to a reasonably modern level to contribute an additional $4.66 billion in State revenue...

On the heels of the House Judiciary Committee's approval of a landmark bill that would deter mass illegal immigration, end asylum abuse and rein in the Biden administration's abuse of parole authority, the House Homeland Security Committee has rolled...

California Assembly Bill 316 (AB 316), a Teamster-supported, bipartisan bill that would require a trained human operator in autonomous vehicles weighing over 10,000 pounds, overwhelmingly passed the California Assembly Communications and Conveyance...

Patt Maney, a Republican who represents part of the Florida Panhandle in the state's House of Representatives, implied that police officers in some smaller Florida communities fail to follow traffic stop protocols during a committee meeting on April...

RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association (RESOLVE) will recognize National Infertility Awareness Week®, April 23 through April 29, 2023. The movement brings together millions of Americans who want to remove the stigmas and barriers that stand in...

Following is a statement from Eileen O'Reilly, president of the National Press Club and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute on the detention of Chinese Journalist Yuyu Dong....

Registered nurses (RNs) and health-care professionals in many locations across the province are out in their communities today, asking the public to support them and join in their fight for better care....

Following is a statement from Eileen O'Reilly, president of the National Press Club, and Gil Klein, president of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the publication of an audio recording in which local officials in McCurtain County,...

An amendment to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill is set to be debated by the Earl of Lytton in the House of Lords on Monday, 24th April 2023. The Polluter Pays Amendment will provide added protection to property owners who've discovered their...

Registered nurses (RNs) and health-care professionals in multiple cities across Ontario will be out on Sunday to ask the public for support in calling on hospital CEOs to settle a better contract with 60,000 public hospital nurses and health-care...

Government investment in the clean economy, including electric vehicle production, is necessary to secure good paying jobs and a prosperous future for Canada's auto sector says Unifor....

A news report from China.org.cn on China's Global Security Initiative:   After seven years of severed relations, decades of political confrontation and centuries of religious divide, Iran and Saudi Arabia, two major Middle Eastern powers, finally...

APIA Scholars (Asian Pacific Islander American Scholars), with the support of 281 organizations and individuals in higher...

In a bipartisan effort, former homeland security advisor to Vice President Mike Pence and President George W. Bush appointee Olivia Troye, former U.S. Congressman...