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After nearly nine years of waiting, two immigrant workers who suffered serious workplace injuries were able to bring their cases to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)—an international body that promotes and protects human rights in the Americas. However, because of dysfunctional U.S. immigration policies the workers could not be in the room. In fact, both of them faced deportation threats after seeking workers’ compensation after their accidents. Now they are challenging the U.S. government's failure to protect their rights from their homes in Mexico, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Employment Law Project and the University of Pennsylvania's Transnational Legal Clinic.
The Cornell University Worker Institute and the Berger-Marks Foundation have released a new report with detailed advice and real-world tools that can be used to create women's committees in labor unions and worker-centered organizations. The publication, A Guide to Organizing Women’s Committees: Everything You Need to Know to Make a Difference, provides step-by-step methods for the development and implementation of women's committees. And if your organization already has a women's committee, the guide easily can be used to help existing committees expand and grow. The report is filled with good information on program ideas and strategies for community outreach.
Video of a March 4th incident allegedly involving intoxicated Secret Service agents driving a government vehicle at the White House is played during a Tuesday House committee hearing.
Vallejo police are asking for the public's help in locating a 30-year-old woman believed to have been kidnapped for ransom.
Two men and a woman were vacationing with their families in the Keys when they died on Monday in individual snorkeling incidents.
The Canadian government said it would expand its military mission against ISIS by launching air strikes against positions in Syria, as well as Iraq.
Vice President Biden accompanies Afghanistan President Ghani to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.
Robert Durst's lawyer, Dick DeGuerin, says his client "was tricked" by the filmmakers behind the popular HBO series "The Jinx."
Ted Cruz said there's room in his campaign to work with people who reflect all social perspectives.
Hillary Clinton joked about her "complicated" relationship with the media, hours after meeting Barack Obama amid speculation about her candidacy.
