Subsidies

California aims to maximize health insurance subsidies for workers during labor disputes

California aims to maximize health insurance subsidies for workers during labor disputes

By Annie Sciacca This spring, Chevron workers testified that the company revoked the health coverage of hundreds of United Steelworkers Local 5 members at the refinery in Richmond, Calif., during a strike that ultimately lasted two months. . Thousands of Stanford Health Care nurses were told in April that they would lose their health insurance …

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Berlin warms to French 'Buy European' plans as global trade rules erode

Berlin warms to French ‘Buy European’ plans as global trade rules erode

Press play to listen to this article Expressed by artificial intelligence. BERLIN — Threatened by a new package of U.S. subsidies that could hammer European industry, Germany is backtracking on its longstanding objections to programs such as France’s “Buy European Act” that would lay down provisions on buying goods locally. Berlin’s growing sympathy for the …

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