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The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) resolved at its 2013 biennial convention last month to throw its denominational support and advocacy efforts behind paid sick leave legislation. The resolution also calls upon URJ congregations to support local paid sick leave campaigns and re-evaluate employment and contracting policies, making sure URJ congregations are an example of just employers in communities across the country.
Sexual assault charges have been dismissed against one of three former U.S. Naval Academy football players accused of raping a female classmate, a spokesperson for the U.S. Naval Academy tells NBC News. That leaves just one of three original defendants in the case still facing a court martial.
This Sunday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, union talent will be on full display at the 2014 Golden Globes Awards, hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.
A Florida woman sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot during a fight with her husband will remain in home detention after a judge ruled Friday that she did not violate the terms of her release when she left her house to run errands.
Congress allowed emergency unemployment insurance to expire on Dec. 28, 2013, leaving 1.3 million Americans without a vital economic lifeline. The U.S. Senate is now considering extending these benefits for another three months. Failing to do so would be unprecedented in the history of federal responses to high unemployment following economic recessions.
Here are some headlines from the working families news we're reading today (after the jump).
A chemical spill into a West Virginia river has led to a tap water ban for up to 300,000 people, shut down bars and restaurants and led to a run on bottled water in some stores as people looked to stock up.The federal government joined West Virginia Gov.
The nation’s unemployment dropped to 6.7% in December from November's 7%, and the economy added 74,000 new jobs last month compared to the 203,000 new jobs in November, according to figures released this morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Gov. Paul LePage (R-Maine), whose pants burst into flames over an outrageously false claim about lazy Mainers in October, is back in the headlines over a bizarre scheme to put the state’s economy back on its feet by putting 12-year-olds to work.
