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The student, Bailey McDaniel, will be represented by powerhouse gay-rights lawyer Roberta Kaplan, who helped bring down the Defense of Marriage Act.

The student, Bailey McDaniel, will be represented by powerhouse gay-rights lawyer Roberta Kaplan, who helped bring down the Defense of Marriage Act.

The student, Bailey McDaniel, will be represented by powerhouse gay-rights lawyer Roberta Kaplan, who helped bring down the Defense of Marriage Act.

Vatican Receives Letter Urging Support for Nabisco Workers

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The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' (BCTGM’s) campaign against the outsourcing of North American Nabisco jobs has generated widespread support. From U.S. congressional leaders, university students, union trade and justice activists to American veterans and consumers, the message carried by Nabisco workers across the nation has resonated loud and clear: Stop the global exploitation of workers that is devastating families and communities.

The campaign has grown particularly strong within the faith community, as leaders and activists have rallied behind Nabisco workers, embracing their fight for justice on both a local and global scale. It is the faith community that has helped shine the light on how the company has broken faith with its workers, and by extension, broken faith within communities.

In the last half of 2017, a coalition of faith and labor representatives, led by Interfaith Worker Justice, conducted a six-city investigation of Nabisco bakeries across the United States and Mexico. The group studied the impact of the...

David and Louse Turpin are scheduled to appear Friday in a Riverside courtroom for a conference about their case. They have pleaded not guilty to torture and other charges and each is held on $12 million bail.

In a months-long investigation, NBC News spoke with nearly a dozen women and experts who described widespread misconduct in hospitals and health care.

In a months-long investigation, NBC News spoke with nearly a dozen women and experts who described widespread misconduct in hospitals and health care.

In a months-long investigation, NBC News spoke with nearly a dozen women and experts who described widespread misconduct in hospitals and health care.

Flu vaccines are made months in advance using old-fashioned technology

Is West Virginia a Bellwether? The Working People Weekly List

Every week, we bring you a roundup of the top news and commentary about issues and events important to working families. Here’s this week’s Working People Weekly List.

Dem Wins Kentucky State House Seat in District Trump Won by 49 Points: "Kentucky Democrats on Tuesday reclaimed a rural district in the state House of Representatives that went heavily for President Trump in 2016. Linda Belcher (D), a former state legislator who lost her seat in the Trump landslide in Kentucky, reclaimed the Bullitt County district by a more than two-to-one margin, defeating her GOP opponent Rebecca Johnson 68% to 32%."

Poll: Few Voters Report Seeing Bigger Paychecks After Tax Changes: "Most voters aren’t noticing more money in their paychecks under the new tax law, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. Just a quarter of registered voters, 25%, say they have noticed an increase in their paycheck, the poll shows. A majority, 51%, say they have not."

Postal-Service Workers Are Shouldering the Burden for Amazon: "Every day postal trucks drop off about 4,000 packages at a U.S...