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The scaffolding apparently became unhinged on one side, trapping two men at least seven stories up.

The scaffolding apparently became unhinged on one side, trapping the man at least seven stories up.

Women are coming together and improving their workplaces by fighting for policies that include everything from raising the tipped and minimum wage, making equal pay for equal work a reality, demanding more consistent and adequate hours in retail scheduling to making sure everyone has access to affordable child care and can receive basic workplace accommodations during pregnancy. These women workers know collective bargaining and collective action are important for achieving workplace policies that work for women and families. 

He may run for dog catcher, he said, after introducing his naughty pooch.

The Wall Street Journal reported on June 18 that federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission are collecting evidence for a grand jury probe into whether Republican congressional staff on the House Ways and Means Committee tipped Wall Street traders off about changes in health care policy.

A new study from the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business took a comprehensive look at 17 years of CEO pay and found the common argument that higher CEO pay leads to better company performance is an assumption not based on fact. Authors Michael Cooper, Huseyin Gulen and Raghavendra Rau found that the link between high CEO compensation and low shareholder returns hold up after controlling for a variety of factors shown to have an affect on corporate performance. 

From day care to nannies to au pairs, find out how much families spend on child care in the United States.