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The Michigan judge who ruled last week that Detroit’s bankruptcy filing violated the state constitution's ban against tampering with public employees’ pensions, adjourned a hearing on the case this morning until July 29. Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said:As you all know, my decision last week was because there’s been a violation of constitution. I don’t believe the constitution should be made of Swiss cheese.
The deadline for the 2013 Berger-Marks Foundation Edna Award is Aug. 16. The award recognizes a young woman who has made an extraordinary contribution to social justice and to improving the lives of working women and men.Fill out the nomination form here, and read more about the Edna Award here.
A registered sex offender was expected to be charged Monday after the discovery of three female bodies wrapped in garbage bags in an impoverished Cleveland suburb.
A Maryland woman survived a terrifying plunge after a tractor-trailer rammed into her vehicle and threw it over the edge of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.Morgan Lake, 22, of Sunderland, Md., plummeted 40 feet into the water just before 8:30 p.m.
More than four in 10 private-sector workers and 80% of low-wage workers do not have paid sick days. This means people, especially women who are more likely to work in low-wage jobs, constantly have to choose between their health and a paycheck.
For centuries, people move to make a better life for themselves and their families. This is illustrated in the experience of immigrants who uproot their lives and move to the United States to achieve the American Dream. Recipients of Union Plus scholarships this year have expressed how union benefits offer their families greater security, more dignity and respect in the workplace, better wages and more protection for workers, including rules that prohibit discrimination on the basis of national origin.
Heavy rainfall helped crews contain the massive Mountain Fire in Southern California, officials said early Monday, bringing joy and relief to residents able to return to their homes.Firefighters have the 42-square-mile blaze 68 percent contained, according to a statement from officials at 9.15 p.m.
Charges were expected to be filed Monday against a registered sex offender over the discovery of three female bodies wrapped in garbage bags in an impoverished Cleveland suburb.
Investigators in a Cleveland suburb called off their search Sunday night for more possible victims after the recent discovery of three bodies wrapped in garbage bags.
Police in Washington state were searching for a convicted felon suspected of shooting and killing his girlfriend's 4-year-old son Sunday, police said.
