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Courtney Kilmer just graduated twice — once with Otterbein University's Class of 2017 and again in an intimate ceremony with those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer.
UFCW Members Make Safety a Priority at Tyson Poultry Plant
Alice Welch
On a typical day at the Tyson Foods processing plant in Glen Allen, Virginia, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400 shop steward Aleta Johnsons was operating the Packmat bagging machine. All of a sudden, she heard a co-worker yelling, "Stop, stop, stop! Please help—stop the line!"
She ran to the conveyor belt, where she saw five-pound bags of wingettes piling up and falling on the floor. Then, she immediately pulled a switch and stopped the line.
Just 10 days earlier, this would not have been possible. Only managers had the power to stop the line. But thanks to a recently instituted reform worked out between Local 400 members and Tyson management, any worker has the power to halt the entire production line if he or she witnesses a safety hazard, as Aleta did.
"We’re supposed to have 10 to 13 people on our line, but since I’ve been working there, we’ve only had six," Aleta said. "On that day, there were just four and one was a new person being trained while the line was running. It was too much too fast for too few people. That’s why...
Maternity care. Mental health. Dentist visits for kids. States trying to save money health insurance are likely to ask to cut these and other services if the latest version of the GOP's health reform bill passes, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
A Pentagon investigation has found that more than 100 civilians were killed after the U.S. dropped a bomb on a building in Mosul, Iraq, in March.
A Pentagon investigation has found that more than 100 civilians were killed after the U.S. dropped a bomb on a building in Mosul, Iraq, in March.
23 Million People Lose Health Insurance Under the House Republican Plan
Three weeks after members of Congress voted 217-213 to pass the so-called American Health Care Act, they—and we—finally know how much damage it will do, and it is not pretty. Congress’ own experts in the Congressional Budget Office said that the Republican health plan will cut 23 million people off of health insurance within a decade, while cutting taxes by $992 billion, overwhelming for the wealthy few and corporations. Remember, this is the plan then-presidential candidate Donald Trump promised would provide “insurance for everybody.”
The biggest hit to health coverage comes from the Republican plan’s attack on Medicaid. The House-passed bill cuts 14 million people off Medicaid within 10 years. Many of these are working people who earn so little they cannot afford to buy private coverage or whose employers do not offer them any health benefits. They also include some of the three in five senior nursing home residents whose care is paid for by Medicaid, the two in five kids who get access to medical care only because of Medicaid, and the nearly half of pregnant women...
Evan Young says his work with the Transgender American Veterans Association is about saving vets like himself.
Evan Young says his work with the Transgender American Veterans Association is about saving vets like himself.
Gov. Scott Walker wants to make Wisconsin the first state in the country to require childless adults applying for Medicaid to undergo drug screening.
Gov. Scott Walker wants to make Wisconsin the first state in the country to require childless adults applying for Medicaid to undergo drug screening.
