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Supervisor accused of instructing workers to inflate number of people contacted for possible exposure to syphilis.
Supervisor accused of instructing workers to inflate number of people contacted for possible exposure to syphilis.
More than 1,000 North Carolinians called on the state legislature to restore funding for public school students’ education and to back off its attack on teachers’ rights and its support of school privatization in a Moral Monday rally at the state Capitol in Raleigh.
Louisiana police found the woman with a chain around her neck shortly after she escaped a home where she was tortured and abused for years. KTAL’s Alese Underwood reports.
When a rampage shattered the calm of Sunday morning in Las Vegas, an unassuming man made a decision that would pause the violence, but end his life.
GM announced last week that 15 workers, including some executives, had been shown the door.
During the annual Walmart shareholders meeting last week, moms who work at the retail giant walked off the job across the country. Joined by co-workers and allies, they have been calling for respect and decent wages—at least $25,000 a year—and demanding an end to retaliation against employees who speak out for better working conditions. Some Walmart associates even took their message to Walmart chairman and heir Rob Walton personally, and to the annual Walmart shareholders meeting in Bentonville, Ark.
Celebrate your dad in solidarity style this Father's Day by getting him a gift that sports the union label. Check out some union-made Father's Day gift ideas from our friends over at Labor 411, the union business directory from the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor.Don't forget to text MADE to 235246 for more union-made-in-America product lists.
Clayton Lockett's heart and larynx were retained by the Oklahoma coroner, as state law allows.
Here are some headlines from the working families’ news we're reading today (after the jump).
