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Lilly Ledbetter found out she was being paid less than her male counterparts for almost two decades when she was a supervisor at a Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant. And then she made the decision to fight back.
A rare winter storm hatched a nightmare traffic jam that paralyzed parts of the South — especially the city of Atlanta — that is ongoing, nearly 24 hours after it began.
For more than 20 years (including in last night's State of the Union address), America’s workers have heard that we need new trade agreements so we can export more and create jobs. It’s a great theory. It’s just that—because of the way our trade deals are negotiated, finalized and executed—it doesn’t work in practice.
Here are some headlines from the working families news we're reading today (after the jump).
AFL-CIO affiliate unions and allies shared their reactions to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address (after the jump).
A rare winter storm glazed the South with snow and ice and paralyzed the city of Atlanta, which was so choked with traffic that drivers abandoned their cars and trudged to churches and home-improvement stores to spend the night.
Meteorologist Jim Cantore has had to report on air while enduring some pretty extreme conditions.
ST. LOUIS - The U.S. Supreme Court granted a temporary stay of execution for Missouri death row inmate Herbert Smulls late Tuesday.
Hundreds of schoolchildren spent the night in classrooms or bus depots as authorities across the Deep South continued to struggle with a rare blast of winter weather.
Relief was in sight Wednesday for almost 600 Royal Caribbean cruise ship passengers struck down by a fast-moving gut bug, as their vessel headed towards port in New Jersey, officials said.
