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The stepdaughter of a Delaware pediatrician accused of "waterboarding" her as discipline testified at his trial Monday that the punishment made her afraid she was going to die.The 12-year-old girl took the witness stand for the first time in the case of Dr.
In the second in a regular Monday series, StandUpToALEC.org is highlighting the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and its agenda on immigration. ALEC pursues an extreme corporate agenda in state legislatures, directly attacking the rights of working families. In the recent decades the organization has been operating, they have had successes in rolling back the rights of Americans on a variety of issues. In the past few years, though, broad efforts have been made to push back against the ALEC agenda and while there have been a lot of victories, more work needs to be done. Raising awareness about the organization is a big part of that, and Mondays with ALEC is an effort toward that goal.
Students at one North Texas high school say they're terrified about being in class Monday after hundreds of students fell ill from a mysterious stomach bug at Richardson High School last week.The Richardson Independent School District was able to confirm that 26 staff members called in sick Monday.
Just a day after the eastern U.S. was treated to unseasonably balmy temperatures, forecasters said Monday that Americans should brace for a veritable triple-whammy as three storms pound much of the country over the next week.“Across the U.S.
On Feb. 12–14, workers at the Chattanooga, Tenn., Volkswagen factory will vote to unionize. If successful, they plan to organize under the works council model that is common at the company's factories outside the United States. Currently, the Tennessee location is the only major Volkswagen production facility in the world that does not have labor representation. Works councils enable workers to collaborate with management in improving the workplace and increasing company success.
Residents of a California community were fearful of another mountain lion sighting after a 50-year-old homeless man suffered severe injuries in what officials believe was an attack over the weekend.An emergency call was placed around 8 a.m.
While on a retreat from Capitol Hill last week, House Republicans leaked a document that outlines some principles for immigration reform. The document falls far short of a real plan to action. It hasn’t been released formally by House Speaker John Boehner or anyone in the Republican Party; it remains merely a “draft for discussion.” Most troubling, the document focused heavily on enforcement and anti-worker provisions and did not provide aspiring Americans with a real opportunity to ever become citizens.
As family, friends and fans mourn the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman, new details about the actor's apparent drug overdose emerged Monday.The Oscar-winning actor, 46, was found dead in a New York City apartment just after 11:30 a.m. Sunday — with a syringe still in his arm.
In a new 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 winner will be the person or organization that goes above and beyond to expand or protect the rights of working families, while the loser will be whoever went above and beyond to limit or deny those rights.
You may have heard that Fast Track has helped depress wages for America’s workers over the past 20-plus years. How does it do this? Sign a petition to stop Fast Track dead in its tracks here.
