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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.
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the prisoner of war released after five years in captivity in Afghanistan, was in stable condition Monday at a military hospital in Germany, where doctors are paying special attention to his diet, the military said.
Rescue crews recover dozens of people in Iowa left stranded on Nebraska’s Elkhorn River by lightning and pouring rain. WOWT’s Mike McKnight reports.
The AFL-CIO has endorsed the Postal Workers’ (APWU's) boycott of the office supply giant Staples over the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS's) privatization of retail operations by contracting mail services to Staples, with “postal counters” staffed with low-wage, high-turnover Staples employees rather than postal employees.
A 22-year-old woman was bitten by what officials think might have been a bull shark Sunday while inner-tubing in Fort Lauderdale.
A group of students send mini pillows with inspiring messages inside to other children recovering from injury, battling cancer, or suffering from depression. WWBT's Karla Redditte reports.
Tonight, when North Carolina’s Moral Monday actions at the state Legislative Building in Raleigh focus on environmental and health justice, the faith, labor, community and other activists better keep their hands in their pockets and their mouths shut or they could face arrest.
In our new regular feature, we'll be taking a look at the villains who are doing their best to prevent the United States from raising wages for all or some Americans. We're going to try to take a look at more than just the usual suspects in these posts, and we'll probably stay away from government officials to give you a look at other key players who are part of the problem.
Hundreds of Walmart Moms are going on strike this week in dozens of cities across the country to protest Walmart’s terrible treatment of working women. Their courage is admirable. It’s not easy to take on Walmart, especially because the company has a history of illegally retaliating against its workers.
Officials have called off the search for six climbers after conditions got too dangerous to keep looking for them. Park rangers said the climbers probably fell to their deaths after an avalanche hit the mountain.
