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As the boys of summer get ready to play the all-star game, Chilly weather in Minnesota leaves fans wonder where is the hot weather.
A Nevada woman treads water for more than four hours in the middle of Lake Mead after a sudden storm. KSNV's Sergio Avila reports.
In January, AFSCME committed to helping 50,000 people join the union with a “50,000 Stronger” campaign. AFSCME President Lee Saunders announced on the first day of the organization's international convention that the union has nearly doubled that goal, with more than 90,000 workers choosing AFSCME so far in 2014. More than 20,000 of the new members are home care workers, who were recently the target of the troubling Supreme Court ruling in Harris v. Quinn.
Second Lt. Darryn Andrews' family believes he was killed while searching for Bergdahl after he disappeared and was captured by Taliban.
Civil rights groups argue that a new Tennessee law criminalizing taking drugs while pregnant will prevent addicted women from seeking prenatal care.
Latest details on Texas man accused of killing six members of a Houston family. KPRC's Amanda Perez reports.
In our regular weekly feature, we'll be taking a look at the winners and losers of the week in the struggle for the rights of working families. The winners will be the persons or organizations that go above and beyond to expand or protect the rights of working families, while the losers will be whoever went above and beyond to limit or deny those rights.
What could be a more appropriate place than the Staples Center in Los Angeles to protest the U.S. Postal Service’s privatization scheme centered on establishing “postal counters” at Staples stores staffed with low-wage, high-turnover Staples employees rather than postal employees? That’s where delegates from AFT’s convention and members of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) and allies rallied Sunday in support of a boycott of Staples.
Fire crews evacuate more than 100 passengers after a Disney monorail loses power during severe weather. WESH’s Travell Eiland reports.
In a rare display of bipartisan cooperation, the U.S. Congress has approved new federal workforce development legislation, including provisions that stand to increase the voice of workers in the system. The House passed (415–6) the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) July 9.
