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A former Veterans Affairs official who resigned from his post last year amid revelations that the department had spent vast sums of taxpayer money on a pair of extravagant conferences was largely tight-lipped at a hearing Wednesday that lasted just three minutes.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was shouted down by protesters at Brown University, forcing administrators at the Ivy League school to call off his lecture on "Proactive Policing in America's Biggest City.
In fighting claims of black lung disease and the disability benefits that sick and dying coal miners are due when they are diagnosed with the crippling and fatal disease, coal companies employ “cutthroat” law firms and a select group of physicians—including a unit at the nation’s top-ranked hospital, according to a new investigative report by the Center for Public Integrity in partnership with ABC News. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka—a third-generation coal miner—will discuss the report tonight on ABC “World News with Diane Sawyer” at 6:30 p.m. in most markets and later on “Nightline” at 12:35 a.m. Thursday. Check your local listings.
A South Carolina man suspected of killing his girlfriend, her parents and two of her nephews before shooting himself was locked in a custody battle and facing up to 25 years on a burglary charge, officials said Wednesday.
Next year, the millions of Social Security recipients will see the smallest cost-of-living adjustment ever—just 1.5% or about $19 a month. If the politicians—and their billionaire friends who don’t want to pay the same taxes workers do—who are pressing hard for the "chained" CPI benefit cut had their way, the adjustment would be even smaller than 2014’s historic low.
The latest video from the Electrical Workers (IBEW) shows that skilled union workers were among the first on the scene when Superstorm Sandy hit, and they helped get power back to the families affected by the hurricane. The advertisement is airing in New York and New Jersey.
Workers at two Montgomery County, Md., sanitation companies are back on the job this morning after two-week strikes. About 50 workers, members of the Laborers (LIUNA) at Potomac Disposal, voted Tuesday to approve a three-year agreement that includes pay raises, an additional holiday and sick and vacation days.
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Richard Griffin to serve as the general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka applauded the confirmation and the fact that the NLRB finally has all of its appointed positions filled and confirmed by the Senate for the first time in years, allowing the board to fairly and impartially oversee the workplace rights of millions of America's working families.
DREAMers Gabriela Pacheco, Jose Machado and Hareth Andrade appeared on the Fusion network show "America with Jorge Ramos" to tell their personal stories and the stories of their families. The stories are powerful, from Andrade being separated from her parents for four years beginning when she was eight, to Pacheco having to fight each year to make sure her family can stay in the United States.Watch the video after the jump.
After years of organizing and a prolonged contract fight, the 1,750 workers at the Resorts World Casino New York City finally may have hit their own jackpot: a living wage.Under the new agreement with the New York Hotel & Motel Trades Council (HTC), the casino and racetrack complex will increase the salaries of 1,400 of its workers to more than $60,000 per year by 2016, doubling the take-home pay of many of those workers. In addition to the pay raise, the contract provides free family health care, training programs for career advancement and retirement security for workers.
