Virginia is the only state where workers compensation does not cover repeated stress injuries. A bill by Del. Paul Krizek, D- Fairfax, aims to change that.
Chuck Simpson’s work history, starting as a boy, includes sweeping floors and running a cash register in his family’s store. The Floyd County native tended bar, owned a video cassette
On the picket line
St. Vincent Hospital nurses’ strike enters eighth week
Because of their dedication to improving the standard of care for their patients, nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., remain on the picket line. Their demands include a safer nurse-to-patient ratio (meaning the level of care necessary for each patient is a factor when determining nurse staffing), a pool of nurses who are trained to care for the more critically ill patients in intensive care units and a team of rapid response nurses who can be dispatched when a patient needs to be quickly stabilized during a life-threatening event.