Hub consumer group joins AFL-CIO in AstraZeneca suit
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The AFL-CIO and a Boston-based consumer advocacy group sued AstraZeneca yesterday, accusing the drug manufacturer of deceptively selling doctors and patients
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A group called the Coalition for a Stronger FDA yesterday launched a campaign to boost the Food and Drug Administration's budget.
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Pressure mounted on TJX Cos. yesterday after an Alabama bank filed a class action lawsuit against the Framingham discounter for negligence and breach of contract as Massachusetts Congressman Ed Markey called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate how the company lost control of potentially millions of customers' credit- and debit-card data.
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The largest union in the AFL-CIO &#151; representing state and local government workers &#151; is beginning a multimillion-dollar effort to mobilize its members to vote, work for improved health care and organize more workers.
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A union representing some of the paperâs employees is using the campaign to highlight its disagreements with the paperâs management.
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The California Nurses Association, one of the nation's largest unions of registered nurses, announced yesterday that it was affiliating with the AFL-CIO to join the labor federation's campaign for universal health insurance.
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Group that protects whistle-blowers says the FDA tried to discredit an outspoken safety officer who was challenging the agency's drug safety policies.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- A Colorado assistant store manager at Costco has filed a federal lawsuit, alleging she was passed over for a promotion because she is a woman.
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Long criticized for its health care coverage, the retailer unveiled a plan Tuesday intended to cut employee costs, expand coverage and offer workers thousands of cheap prescription drugs.
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A U.S. judge has ordered pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co to pay double damages in a case over false mark ups of U.S. drug prices through 2003, according to court documents filed on Friday.
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Retailer agrees to pay compensation to customers in move to end long-running price-fixing saga
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Anglo-Swedish drugs giant AstraZeneca and British peer GlaxoSmithKline said Wednesday they had been approached by EU regulators as part of an antitrust probe into the pharmaceutical sector.
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Six New England steel-working firms have filed an antitrust lawsuit against one of Boston's most powerful and politically connected unions, alleging that the labor group has conspired to shut out nonunion companies from major construction projects in the region.
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The health care union that led a 24-hour strike Wednesday at nine regional hospitals filed a lawsuit Friday against Sutter Health and a recruiting firm that hired replacement workers.
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The software maker has filed a claim over its per-employee pricing plan, highlighting the tech industry's increasing focus on patents, News.com has learned.
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The head of a technology industry trade group that for years encouraged aggressive legal action against Microsoft Corp. for antitrust violations personally received nearly $10 million as part
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Eleven companies in Greater Cincinnati have been singled out for exporting jobs out of the country by Working America, an organization affiliated with the AFL-CIO labor organization.