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The AFL-CIO Executive Council is meeting in Texas this week as a sign of confidence that the southern state has great potential for workers who are organizing on the job. A Houston Chronicle profile takes a look at efforts in Texas and goals for broader organizing efforts in the South.
From spy films to novels to its real-life chilly atmosphere during the Cold War, the Russian capital has long been shrouded in intrigue. NBC’s Keir Simmons reports.
After unprecedented interference from politicians and out-of-state extremists like Grover Norquist and the Koch brothers, workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tenn., plant voted 712–626 against representation by the UAW that would have led to the establishment of a works council, the first such model of labor-management relations in the United States.
Police are searching for a gunman suspected of shooting a woman multiple times outside of an Indianapolis day care early Tuesday, authorities said.The shooting — believed to be a domestic dispute — occurred around 7:20 a.m.
Photos posted on social media by a member of the Wisconsin National Guard — including an image of soldiers striking comedic poses around a coffin — have sparked outrage, prompting an official investigation.
Here are some headlines from the working families news we're reading today (after the jump).
Figure skaters Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding sit down with NBC’s Mary Carillo to look back at the 1994 attack on Kerrigan that generated headlines and controversy for months.
An 84-year-old nun and two fellow Catholic peace activists will learn Tuesday whether they will spend the next six to nine years in prison.On July 28, 2012, the activists trespassed on the grounds of a nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
The former Miami Dolphins lineman implicated in a report documenting hazing on the team apologizes for "being a big baby."
Good morning, and happy Tuesday. Here are six of the top stories we are following this morning at NBC News:1.
