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When Microsoft, Oracle, Facebook and the other big-time cyber giants say they need to import more foreign high-tech workers and then put on a full-scale lobbying assault to up the number of H-1B visas allowed in the immigration reform bill now under consideration, what are they really after? AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has the answer in an op-ed in today’s edition of USA Today.This is about powerful companies pursuing lower wages.
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee charged Wednesday that Attorney General Eric Holder's involvement in a secret search warrant for a Fox News reporter’s private emails contradicts" his testimony to the panel about investigating members of the news media.The charge , in a letter to Holder, is the opening salvo in what committee aides say is an inquiry into whether Holder lied to the pan...
A teacher fired after becoming pregnant through artificial insemination was expected to tell jurors her version of events as the trial in her lawsuit against a Roman Catholic archdiocese and two of its schools entered its second day.Christa Dias has sued the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and the schools over her 2010 dismissal, contending they fired her simply because she was pregnant and unmarried. H...
An explosion that killed seven Marines during a training exercise at an Army depot in Nevada in March was caused by human error, a military investigation has found.The blast, which also injured eight other service members, happened when a Marine operating a mortar "did not follow correct procedures, resulting in the detonation of a high explosive round at the mortar position," according to a news ...
Join Damon Silvers, director of policy and special counsel for the AFL-CIO, June 5 from 3–4 p.m. EDT for a live Twitter chat that will explode the economic myths peddled by the “austerians” and offer a range of alternatives and an economic vision that will work for working families.
By Eun Kyung Kim, Avni Patel and Erica Hill, NBC News Christina Hubbert recently started on the road to a better life with the help of a low-interest loan that allowed her to buy a 2006 Honda, ending her dependence on public transportation.A car means Hubbert no longer spends two hours each way to and from work in suburban Atlanta. It means spending more time with her 3-year-old daughter — and no ...
Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, is expected to ask a military judge Wednesday for permission to represent himself at his murder trial.The judge had set Wednesday for the start of jury selection but delayed it until next week so she could hear Hasan’s request to fire his lawyers. The trial is scheduled to begin Jul...
