Tennessee court upholds employee rights to petition lawmakers in Blue Cross Blue Shield case
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Tennessee court upholds employee rights to petition lawmakers in Blue Cross Blue Shield case

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Published by the Tennessee Lookout, Reporter Anita Wadhwani – June 12, 2023 In October 2021, during a politically-charged special session of the Tennessee General Assembly to address the COVID crisis, Rep. John Ragan read aloud an email from a Blue Cross Blue Shield employee opposed to her employer’s vaccine mandate. The employee, Heather Smith, was…

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders rallies for minimum wage hike in Nashville
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders rallies for minimum wage hike in Nashville

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Published by the Tennessee Lookout, Reporter Alexander Willis – June 3, 2023 U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont and state Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville held a rally at Nashville’s Fisk University pushing for Tennessee’s minimum wage to be increased to $17 an hour. “We default to $7.25, and we say you cannot survive off of $7.25,” Jones…