Amazon workers in North Carolina vote against union effort

Amazon workers in North Carolina vote against union effort

Workers at an Amazon warehouse in North Carolina rejected a proposal to unionize, becoming the latest group of the company’s employees to side against union representation. About three-quarters of employees at an Amazon fulfillment center in Garner, a town located near Raleigh, voted against joining a grassroots labor organization called Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity…

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EEOC seeks to drop transgender discrimination cases, citing Trump's executive order

EEOC seeks to drop transgender discrimination cases, citing Trump’s executive order

Signaling a major shift in civil rights enforcement, the federal agency that enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws has moved to dismiss six of its own cases on behalf of workers alleging gender identity discrimination, arguing that the cases now conflict with President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, court documents say. The requests by the U.S. Equal…

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New details emerge in deadly D.C. plane crash

New details emerge in deadly D.C. plane crash

New details emerge in deadly D.C. plane crash – CBS News Watch CBS News The National Transportation Safety Board has released a minute-by-minute report of the deadly midair collision between a military Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger plane near Ronald Reagan National Airport. The report was created with flight data and recovered…

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Trump tours updated Boeing plane that would replace 30-year-old Air Force One

Trump tours updated Boeing plane that would replace 30-year-old Air Force One

President Trump toured a Boeing airplane to check out new hardware and technology features and highlight the aircraft maker’s delay in delivering updated versions of the Air Force One presidential aircraft, the White House said Saturday. Mr. Trump visited the private aircraft parked at Palm Beach International Airport. “President Trump is touring a new Boeing plane to…

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U.S. bird flu hospitalizations rise to 4 after Ohio discloses case

U.S. bird flu hospitalizations rise to 4 after Ohio discloses case

Ohio’s health department confirmed Saturday that a farmer in the state was discharged from the hospital after being sickened by bird flu, marking the fourth American to have been hospitalized with the H5N1 virus. “The individual had respiratory symptoms. He was previously hospitalized and has since been released,” a spokesperson for Ohio’s health department told…

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