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Last week on a North Carolina tobacco farm, Oscar Sanchez, a Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) organizer and “Respect, Recognition, Raise” campaign leader, was punched in the face by a representative of the Growers Association during an outdoor meeting with workers.
The ruling came from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the same panel that last month declared Utah's ban on marriage unconstitutional.
State Department holds daily press briefing.
President Obama delivers a statement on the situation in Ukraine.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power offers condolences to the families of those who died in the crash of a Malaysia Airlines plane. Powers also called for a full investigation into the incident.
Firefighters came to the aid of woman Thursday after her car stalled in high water in Wichita Falls, Texas.
President Obama delivers a statement on the situation in Ukraine.
President Obama delivers a statement on the situation in Ukraine.
The AFL-CIO and the Solidarity Center released a new policy brief Thursday on how to improve the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and ensure that it delivers on its ambitious goals of supporting democratic governance, enhancing civil society, combating corruption and promoting the rule of law in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The U.S. Coast Guard airlifts an Oregon man who fell into a ravine near Gales Creek campground. The man reportedly suffered multiple broken ribs and a punctured lung.