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No criminal charges were filed against current or former GM employees or executives.
GM agreed Thursday to pay the federal government $900,000 and appoint an independent safety monitor in a DOJ settlement over faulty ignition switches.
More and more young union workers are becoming involved in the political process after realizing that the opportunity to earn a decent living and live a decent life depends on who they vote into office. The New Jersey State AFL-CIO has been leading the effort to encourage young workers from every sector of the labor movement to pursue a progressive agenda through the state federation’s YES (Youth Engagement in Solidarity) groups forming through our central labor councils around the state.
Seasonal hiring for the holidays will remain flat this year despite an expected 2.4 increase in sales, according to a widely watched forecast.
Thousands of bunnies are running wild and causing serious damage to property in Langley, Washington. KING's Eric Wilkinson reports.
If the Federal Reserve announces an increase in its benchmark federal funds rate on Thursday, here are 5 ways Americans will feel the impact.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued the following statement after extremists in the Missouri Legislature failed to override Gov. Jay Nixon's (D) veto of a proposed "right to work" law.
Large chunks of concrete from crumbling Utah bridge fall into traffic below. KSL's Keith McCord reports.
A Washington school district is investigating Joe Kennedy's practice of praying following football games. KING's Drew Mikkelsen reports.
One hundred immigrant women are walking 100 miles to welcome Pope Francis and remind the whole world of the importance of immigrant work, and working people in the labor movement will join them. On Saturday, Sept. 19, Neidi Dominguez, director of Worker Centers and assistant director for Community Change at the AFL-CIO, and María Elena Durazo, vice president of Immigration, Civil Rights and Diversity at UNITE HERE, will join these courageous women to speak out against immigrant families being separated as a result of the broken immigration system in the United States. The labor movement is proud to join the women in their fight against wage theft, gender discrimination and sexual harassment on the job. As we await the historic arrival of Pope Francis, we join activists from across the country to give him a warm welcome and uplift the voices of the immigrant women who help make this country better every day.
