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In 2011, Connecticut became the first state to require employers to provide paid sick days for workers, including part-time employees. At the time, extreme pro-business interests in the state ran through the common, yet tired, arguments about paid sick leave in efforts to stop the law from passing. After 18 months of the law being in effect, researchers Eileen Appelbaum, of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), and Ruth Milkman, a professor at CUNY, surveyed more than 250 employers in the state to determine the effects of the law. The results of the study pretty soundly reject the conservative arguments against paid sick leave.
More than 100 former police officers, firefighters and other city workers are accused of faking mental disabilities in order to get tens of thousands of dollars in Social Security benefits, NBC 4 New York has learned.
Tell me if you've heard this one before:"Unions were good at one time, but haven't they outlived their usefulness?"
The 15 finalists in the Electrical Workers (IBEW) annual photo contest have been selected, and you can choose who takes home the top honors. The photos, shot by IBEW members, showcased an array of stunning images—displaying that talent extends far beyond the tool belt.
A Venezuelan actress and beauty queen was shot to death with her husband during a highway robbery, police said Tuesday. Their 5-year-old daughter survived.Monica Spear Mootz, 29, had starring roles in several telenovelas and was Miss Venezuela in 2004.
The Senate reached cloture today on extending unemployment insurance for the 1.3 million jobless workers who were left out in the cold this holiday season by House Republicans who did not renew the emergency jobless benefits before the end of the year.
The NAFTA model has failed.When NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement) took effect 20 years ago, we were promised mutual gain.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky described his career and retirement from Penn State by video link Tuesday as testimony began in a hearing into whether he can get back the retirement benefits he lost after being convicted of child molestation.
Here are some headlines from the working families news we're reading today (after the jump).
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka sent the following statement yesterday on the confirmation of Janet Yellen as the chair of the Federal Reserve (after the jump).
