US shutdown is starting to hit business, says Commerce Secretary BBC News ...On Friday, the US defence contractor Lockheed Martin said it would put 3,000 workers on unpaid leave...
Progressives and Working Families Rally Against 'Chained' CPI and Other Safety Net Cuts AFL-CIO Now ...progressive members of Congress and working families are looking ahead to fight against any proposed grand "bargain" that would include benefit cuts to Social Security, Medicaid or Medicare...
Mount Rushmore blockage stirs anger in South Dakota Argus Leader ...The National Park Service placed cones along highway viewing areas outside Mount Rushmore this week, barring visitors from pulling over and taking pictures of the famed monument...
Truthdigger of the Week: Lori Wallach Truthdig ...The extreme want of coverage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal in even the independent, alternative press is a testament to the near-complete domination of politics and the news media by transnational corporate interests...
Man sets self on fire on National Mall Associated Press ..."I heard from people around me that he was yelling something about voting rights...[He] poured the gas can on his head and lit himself on fire.," describes witness...
Mugged by a Mug Shot Online New York Times ...for-profit Web sites, with names like Mugshots, BustedMugshots and JustMugshots ... routinely show up high in Google searches ... The ostensible point of these sites is to give the public a quick way to glean the unsavory history of a neighbor, a potential date or anyone else. That sounds civic-minded, until you consider one way most of these sites make money: by charging a fee to remove the image. That fee can be anywhere from $30 to $400, or even higher...
Now Mastercard Wants Your Fingerprints zero hedge ...MasterCard is joining the FIDO Alliance, signaling that the payment network is getting interested in using fingerprints and other biometric data to identify people for online payments...
Home Care Workers Vote To Unionize Vermont Public Radio ...Organizers say a vote to unionize by home care workers marks the largest unionizing effort in Vermont. It’s estimated there are 7,000 home care workers in the state. Now, as part of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, they will negotiate with the state over issues like pay, hours and benefits...
Bloomington GE workers protest job cuts ABC News Channel 6 ...By the end of October, 160 workers at Bloomington's General Electric refrigerator plant will be out of jobs, and dozens of workers were outside the plant Saturday protesting the company's decision...
