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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report that raising the minimum wage to $10.10 would lift 900,000 Americans out of poverty. The report also projected that raising the wage to $10.10 would cost 500,000 jobs by 2016. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka condemned the projection of job losses.
Fourteen Army National Guard members are being investigated for taking part in a photo that appears to mock funerals for fallen soldiers — a “totally unacceptable” display, Pentagon officials told NBC News.
The AFL-CIO Executive Council adopted several policy statements addressing wage growth and economic inequality, job outsourcing, Fast Track and trade, higher education and performers’ rights at its winter meeting in Houston on Tuesday.
Former flight attendant pushes for stronger safety measures in the airline industry. KPRC's Bill Spencer reports.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talks about the violence in Kiev, saying he is 'deeply disturbed.'
A former soldier likely committed suicide in prison where he was serving several life terms for gunning down four members of an Iraqi family while he was deployed to their country.The case was the first prosecuted under a new law governing military cases in civilian courts.
Voters in key 2014 battleground states made it clear in a new poll conducted by Hart Research Associates that raising wages, higher living standards and fair treatment are among their top priorities, and they want political leaders to do more on these issues. Nearly 60% of the surveyed voters from Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are unhappy with their state's economy. More than 90% said they are only keeping even economically or falling behind. More than 70% say that raising wages would be good for their state, despite claims that raising wages would increase prices or cost jobs. Gubernatorial candidates who say they want to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour would be more likely to be voted for by 61% of the voters surveyed, compared to only 23% who would be less likely to vote for such a candidate.
As many as 50 cars are involved in a massive pileup on a central Pennsylvania highway, officials said Wednesday morning, as dangerous freezing rain continues to sweep eastward.
The Wisconsin National Guard announced Tuesday that it had suspended a member from honor guard duties after she apparently posted to social media a photograph of soldiers mugging around an empty, flag-draped casket.
Here are some headlines from the working families news we're reading today (after the jump).
