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In our regular weekly feature, we'll be taking a look at the winners and losers of the week in the struggle for the rights of working families. The winners will be the people or organizations that go above and beyond to expand or protect the rights of working families, while the losers will be whoever went above and beyond to limit or deny those rights.
Rep. Michael Grimm says he is relieved to finally have an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against criminal allegations.
Leon Jenkins, president of the Los Angeles NAACP says Donald Sterling will not be receiving its lifetime achievement award.
This combination photo shows Monday's aftermath of the tornado that ripped through Quapaw, Okla. on Sunday. Tornadoes rumbled across the country overnight, killing at least 16 people across three states.
Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) President Baldemar Velasquez will be in London, England, on Wednesday to urge British American Tobacco to use its influence as a 42% stakeholder in Reynolds American Inc. (and a major customer) to persuade the company to respect and protect the human and workers’ rights of its migrant tobacco farm workers.
A tornado touched down in Quapaw, Oklahoma last night leaving behing severe structural damage.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka visited hunger strikers last week outside the White House who are protesting deportations that rip families apart from each other. We asked our mobile supporters to text in messages of solidarity and encouragement to the hunger strikers.If you want to send your own message to the hunger strikers, text HUNGER to 235246 (standard data and message rates may apply).
Jurors at the trial of a Tampa military wife accused of killing her two teenagers will see many disturbing images and hear hours of troubling evidence.
PROVO, Utah — Prosecutors have filed six first-degree murder charges against a Utah woman accused of killing six babies after giving birth to them, and keeping their bodies in boxes in her garage.
On Thursday afternoon, April 24, members of the Postal Workers (APWU) staged a spirited protest at a Staples store located in Baltimore. This was just one of more than 50 such rallies held by union members, taking place at 80 Staples stores in 27 states across the country. A few local social justice activists also joined in support of the union.
