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New Jersey lawmakers said Monday they will form a special investigative committee, with the power to order testimony from witnesses, to probe the George Washington Bridge lane closures that have exploded into a scandal for Gov. Chris Christie.
During the holiday season last month, emergency unemployment insurance payments for 1.3 million workers who have been out of work for six months or longer lapsed, leaving these families without a necessary lifeline. This shocking and heartless Republican move ignores that the jobs just don't exist for this many workers and, without these payments, many families don't have the money to pay rent or buy food. And if things continue, without Congress fixing the problem, the numbers of people without an income will grow by more than 3 million more by the end of June.Take action now and sign the petition telling Congress to bring the extension to a vote now and do the right thing in making sure that millions don't suffer any further.
Deadly violence against striking garment workers has set off a global response by unions and allies around the world. Over the past several days, unions, labor rights activists and student groups protested at Cambodian embassies and consulates first in Seoul, Berlin and Jakarta and since then in Washington, D.C., London and Hong Kong. During the Jan. 10 protest in Washington, D.C., the AFL-CIO delivered a letter calling on the government to cease violence, investigate the violent events, release detained workers and return to negotiations with workers for a fair wage.
This story is part a week-long series on women and the economy based on "The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink."AMARILLO, Texas—Last Tuesday afternoon, 25-year-old Jessica Welch escorted her three young children into her well-appointed, four-bedroom duplex.
Gender equality is not a reality yet, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter writes for the Shriver Report. Knowles-Carter points out that even though women make up half of the workforce, the average female worker only makes 77% of what a working man makes.
Adding a headache for Gov. Chris Christie, a federal agency will investigate whether New Jersey improperly spent Hurricane Sandy relief money on an ad campaign that featured the governor while he was running for re-election, a lawmaker said Monday.
Here are some headlines from the working families news we're reading today (after the jump).
WASHINGTON — An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck north of Puerto Rico on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.It said the quake, initially reported as a magnitude 6.4, was very shallow, at a depth of 17.7 miles below the seabed. It struck at 12:01 a.m.
A Southwest Airlines passenger plane carrying upwards of 100 passengers landed at the wrong Missouri airport Sunday evening, the company said.
A pair of Nevada organizations have filed a lawsuit against the federal government, alleging that mismanagement of wild horses who have been rounded up has damaged the rangelands — and the animals themselves.
