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The announcement by Staples yesterday, indicating it is terminating its no-bid deal with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and replacing it with an “approved shipper” program, “is a ruse,” says American Postal Workers Union (APWU) President Mark Dimondstein.
Here are some headlines from the working families’ news we're reading today (after the jump).
Comedian Tracy Morgan is on the mend one month after a deadly car crash left him in critical condition. He made his first public comments outside his New Jersey home.
The annual Netroots Nation convention for progressive bloggers and activists will be held in Detroit this year, with a strong selection of labor panels, including the rise of Janet Yellen as the chair of the Federal Reserve, worker organizing in the South and how the original way to "lean in" is by worker solidarity and collective action. The full schedule of panels and speeches, which includes appearances by Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, can be found online.
Comedian Tracy Morgan is on the mend one month after a deadly car crash left him in critical condition. He made his first public comments outside his New Jersey home.
From a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas and more protests along the U.S. border, see the stories we're following.
A 19-year-old pilot put wheels down in San Diego Monday and landed in the record books as he completed a 29,000-mile solo flight around the world.
Ex-councilman spent so much money on lottery tickets that "it was almost a full-time job" to keep track of them, district attorney says.
Arizona residents will gather to protest the arrival of 40 to 60 illegal immigrant children at a boys camp in the mountains.
Some Oracle, Arizona residents are concerned that 40 to 50 undocumented children are moving into a popular campsite.
