Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2015. Linda Weston, 55, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to all charges in a racketeering and hate crimes case that involved holding disabled adults captive in locked closets, basements and attics in Philadelphia’s Tacony section and in other states. Weston pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, kidnapping[Read More…]
Author: Rosemary Piser
US Labor Department Promotes Pay Transparency Among Federal Contractors
Prohibits discrimination against workers who discuss pay WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2015. Ensuring that women earn equal pay for equal work is essential to improving the economic security of our families and the strength of our middle class. In too many workplaces around the country, however, a culture of secrecy keeps[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending Sept. 5, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 10, 2015 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending September 5, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 275,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised down by 1,000 from 282,000 to 281,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton’s Statement on the Endorsement from the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2015. Hillary Clinton made the following statement after the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers announced their endorsement. The Union represents 80,000 skilled masonry-trowel trades craftworkers and their endorsement comes after previous backing from the American Federation of Teachers and the Machinists Union. “As a longtime[Read More…]
Calvary United Protestant Church to Host ‘Waffles and the Word’ on Sept. 27
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2015. Calvary United Protestant Church, 425 North Orchard Boulevard, Park Forest, will host ‘Waffles and the Word’ on September 27 at 10 a.m. in the Church’s Fellowship Hall. Come and eat and explore an informal worship setting. Source: Calvary United Protestant Church
Hillary Clinton, Vowing to Vigorously Enforce Nuclear Deal, Lays Out Five-Point Plan To Counter Iran
Reuters/Gary Cameron – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton discusses the Iran nuclear agreement at the Brookings Institution in Washington, September 9, 2015. Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2015. At the Brookings Institution today, Hillary Clinton vowed to vigorously enforce the Iran deal as part of a larger strategy toward Iran. She made[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Encore and Portfolio Recovery Associates Must Refund Millions of Dollars and Overhaul Debt Collection and Litigation Practices WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against the nation’s two largest debt buyers and collectors for using deceptive tactics to collect bad debts. The Bureau[Read More…]
Kraft Heinz Company Expands Voluntary Recall of Wrapped American Slices
Northfield, Ill. –-(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2015. The Kraft Heinz Company is expanding the voluntary recall of select code dates and manufacturing codes of individually-wrapped American slices due to the possibility that a thin strip of the individual packaging film may remain adhered to the slice after the wrapper has been removed.[Read More…]
Filmmaker Katie Young Embarks on Her Newest PBS Project
Photo via: Right2Water Ireland CLEVELAND, OH –(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2015. Producer of the international award-winning documentary The Graceful Descent, Katie Young, is embarking on her newest project: the Irish Water protests and the escalating fight against austerity-driven water charges and shutoffs from Dublin to Detroit and beyond. The new PBS-sponored documentary film,[Read More…]
Public Forum on Illinois’ Failing Prison Healthcare System Sept. 12 in Chicago
CHICAGO, IL –(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2015 — Disturbing stories about lack of care and inattention to prisoners’ health inside the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) will be shared by former prisoners and their families during a public forum on prison healthcare injustice in Chicago. Formerly incarcerated men and women, their families, as[Read More…]
