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The recent revelations of long waiting lists for military veterans seeking treatment at Veterans Affairs (VA) health care facilities and of management cover-ups has prompted AFGE to again call on Congress to fully staff the VA in order to provide the health care veterans deserve.
House Homeland Security Committee holds hearing on unaccompanied children crossing the border. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testifies.
A Woman causes a stir at a Memphis Zoo after she nearly climbed into the lion’s cage in order to serenade and feed the big cats. WMC’s Janice Broach reports.
Police intensified their search overnight for a convicted murderer who escaped from an Arkansas prison this weekend. NBC’s Kerry Sanders reports.
Here are some headlines from the working families’ news we're reading today (after the jump).
NTSB meets to determine probable cause of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 . NTSB Acting Chairman Christopher Hart holds media availability after.
The girl's parents thanked the world for an outpouring of support.
More than 250 working women, along with AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Elizabeth Shuler, attended the White House Summit on Working Families on Monday to join with the president in calling for more family- and women-friendly workplace policies. There are some employers participating in the president's agenda to raise wages and improve working conditions, but Shuler and the AFL-CIO emphasize that the best path to most women workers seeing improvements is through collective action and bargaining. While the summit had a broad focus on issues important to working families, Shuler emphasized that workers talk to her about issues like raising wages, paid sick days, paid family leave, pay equality, flexible work practices, stability in scheduling and others.
After an outpouring of support and money, it turns out a woman’s claim that she was asked to leave KFC because of her granddaughter’s facial scars may not be true. A local newspaper reports it was a hoax. NBC’s Katy Tur reports.
A Richmond, Texas Police Officer Sgt. L. Neinast pulls a woman from a car that on train tracks seconds before the train rushes by.
