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Every day, Guatemalan workers and trade unionists face harassment, abuse, intimidation and violence. Their rights are disrespected, and over the past five years, more than 50 Guatemalan trade unionists have been killed in acts of violence.
The Washington elite are returning to their obsession with the long term budget crisis which means extremists are once again calling for benefit cuts to Social Security and Medicare. Last week as the government reopened President Obama called for cooler heads to prevail and warned elected leaders to ignore the bloggers and paid activists who have been distracting lawmakers from the real task of growing our economy. The President’s warning should also apply to so-called moderates who continue to succeed in creating a fable to convince rational people to agree to make sacrifices of family sustaining programs rather than ask the rich to pay their fair share of taxes.
Michael Skakel, the Kennedy cousin granted a new trial after spending more than a decade in prison for the 1975 murder of teenager Martha Moxley, asked a judge Thursday to release him on bond.In court papers, Skakel's defense team asked that bail be set no higher than $500,000.
Michael Skakel, the Kennedy cousin granted a new trial after spending more than a decade in prison for the 1975 murder of teenager Martha Moxley, asked a judge Thursday to release him on bond.In court papers, Skakel's defense team asked that bail be set no higher than $500,000.
The Navy base in Millington, Tenn., is in lockdown after three National Guardsmen got into a fight nearby, and the argument led to gunfire.According to a U.S. military official, the men got into the altercation at the National Guard Armory in Millington and one pulled a small handgun.
Bobcats and coyotes are common hazards for hikers, but visitors to the Chino Hills State Park in Southern California complain of a much bigger problem - feral cattle, including “intimidating” wild bulls.
When the sanitation workers at Unity Disposal and Recycling in Laurel, Md., wanted to form a union with the Laborers (LIUNA), supervisors called a mandatory meeting to order them not to.At the meeting, Bladimir Padilla spoke up, saying, “We want our union because we’re looking for justice.”Tell Unity Disposal: Stop Treating Your Trash Collectors Like Trash.
When Alicia Beltran was 12 weeks pregnant, she took herself to a health clinic about a mile from her home in Jackson, Wis., for a prenatal checkup.
In a speech from the White House today, President Barack Obama discussed his support for a plan to boost the economy by more than a trillion dollars while also cutting the deficit by $1 trillion. The legislation, which already has passed the Senate, would create a new immigration system for the United States, one that includes a road map to citizenship for aspiring Americans and ensures they have access to workplace rights. Independent economists, Obama noted, project that over the next two decades, the law would boost the economy by $1.4 trillion and drastically reduce projected deficits.
Michael Skakel, the Kennedy cousin granted a new trial after spending more than a decade in prison for the 1975 murder of teenager Martha Moxley, could make a bid for freedom as early as Thursday.Skakel's defense team is expected to submit a bail application to a Connecticut court.
