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Two men and one woman are charged with aggravated kidnapping, police said. The men also are charged with aggravated robbery.
High Stakes in the Great Lakes: AFL-CIO Holds Regional 2018 Meeting
AFL-CIO
“Working people are ready to turn the tide, go on offense and win. We see it every day from coast to coast, in industries far and wide,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said to the crowd of more than 400 labor union activists gathered in Detroit, for the AFL-CIO Great Lakes District Meeting. “This much is clear: Our job has never been more important. Our unity has never been stronger. We are ready to do the hard work of rebuilding the American Dream."
Representatives from state federations, central labor councils and affiliate unions in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania discussed the stakes of the 2018 elections and how the union movement can win for working people.
Attendees at the conference heard from their counterparts in other states on how to achieve those victories, including analysis of the current political landscape, member engagement strategies and campaign planning.
Union membership grew by 52,000 members last year. #RightToWork is wrong for Michigan. Ron Bieber, President @MIAFLCIO pic.twitter.com/...
Hotel Workers Say #MeToo and Fight Back
UNITE HERE
As the #MeToo movement surges across the nation, working women are finding power in their union to speak out and fight back against sexual harassment and assault on the job. In the hospitality industry, housekeepers have been pursuing protections for years, and their union, UNITE HERE, has been shedding light on their struggle.
UNITE HERE surveyed hotel workers in several cities around the country and found that sexual harassment and assault are a pervasive problem. There is a clear power imbalance between men who pay for hotel rooms and the women, often immigrants or women of color, who clean their rooms alone. In Chicago, the survey found that 58% of housekeepers had been sexually harassed by a guest, and they’ve found similar results around the country.
Several hotel workers were featured as Silence Breakers for Time magazine’s 2017 Person of the Year. "I and our union are long in awe of the courage of our hotel housekeepers, cocktail servers, bartenders, waitresses and many more members in speaking out against the sexual harassment and assault that is too...
"This is Us" set social media ablaze with fans saying they'd toss out their Crock-Pots after a plot reveal.
In the latest fallout from the Larry Nassar scandal, MSU Athletic Director Mark Hollis resigned days after school president Lou Anna Simons stepped down.
Larry Nassar's accusers have detailed eight moments when they reported the Olympic gymnastics doctor, now jailed for sex abuse.
Larry Nassar's accusers have detailed eight moments when they reported the Olympic gymnastics doctor, now jailed for sex abuse.
Larry Nassar's accusers have detailed eight moments when they reported the Olympic gymnastics doctor, now jailed for sex abuse.
Trump at One Year: Giving Cover to Hate
Gage Skidmore
President Donald Trump's actions and rhetoric over his first year run counter to the values of working people. Here are some of the ways he has used his office to divide our country, abandon our values, and give cover to racism and other forms of bigotry.
Attacks Against the LGBTQ Community
Tried to ban trans people from joining and openly serving in the military, falsely claiming that trans-related health care is expensive.
Nearly one-third of his judicial nominees have anti-LGBTQ records.
Appointed Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. As opponents have feared, Gorsuch has not been friendly to LGBTQ Americans. He dissented against a ruling that requires same-sex parents to be listed on birth certificates.
Rescinded guidance from the Barack Obama administration telling K-12 schools that receive federal funding that trans students are protected under federal civil rights law.
Rescinded another Obama-era guideline that said trans workers are protected under civil rights law, enabling the federal government to argue that anti-trans...
Casey Affleck's publicist said the actor would not attend the March 4 ceremony. The star faced sexual harassment allegations in 2010 in two public civil suits.
