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Authorities are searching a lake in Bristol, Conn. — the hometown of Aaron Hernandez — in connection to the murder investigation against the former New England Patriots tight end, according to local police.
A South Philadelphia row home exploded and collapsed Monday, sending six people to the hospital and shifting the routine of the day into a panic-stricken morning for neighbors.The injured include four adults, a 15-year-old girl and an infant.
The AFL-CIO, along with labor and human rights advocates from around the world, opposed the United States–Colombia Free Trade Agreement, arguing that Colombia was not an appropriate trade agreement partner because of its history of denying workers' rights. The recent subcontracting at Tampa Cargo illustrates how workers are underpaid while their freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining continues to be denied.
The North Carolina legislature has moved to the extreme right in the 2013 session, passing a series of laws that assault the rights of the state's residents. The session comes to an end this week, but the damage from the laws that the Republican-led body has passed, and the governor is likely to sign, will be around for many years to come.
Officials warned that flash floods, mud slides and dangerously large surf could “threaten life and property” when Tropical Storm Flossie makes landfall in Hawaii on Monday even as forecasters said that the system showed signs of weakening as it continued marching westward toward the island state.
In the biggest strike yet in the growing fast-food/low-wage workers’ actions demanding a voice, thousands of workers making the minimum wage or just slightly more walked off the job in several cities today, demanding a living wage, no retaliation for striking and the right to join unions.
The defense opened its case in the federal racketeering and murder trial of James “Whitey” Bulger on Monday by calling for the jury to be sequestered.Defense attorneys J.W. Carney Jr. and Hank Brennan filed a motion in U.S.
More than 100 teenagers involved in sex trafficking and exploitation were rescued over the weekend in coordinated raids encompassing more than 70 cities, the FBI said Monday.The youngest child was 13 years old, the agency said.
For the past several months, the AFL-CIO has been asking you how we can create momentum around the commitment to building a stronger future for working people. In mid July, we examined what people have been telling us in our in-person listening sessions and online. To date, more than 4,700 people attended in-person listening sessions, including four regional state federation and central labor councils and more than 950 comments were posted to www.aflcio2013.org.
Baldemar Velásquez, founder and president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), appeared on "Moyers and Company" July 19 to discuss farm workers fighting for a voice on the job and fair treatment from North Carolina tobacco company giant R.J. Reynolds.Watch the entire show after the jump.
