McDonald’s workers file sex harassment claims

May 22, 2018 Leave a comment

McDonald's workers and supporters rally outside a McDonald's in Chicago in April 2015. Fight for $15 announced Tuesday it’s helping women in several U.S. cities to file complaints with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging they experienced sexual harassment while working at McDonald’s. (M. Spencer Green/AP file photo)

Energized by the #MeToo movement, two national advocacy groups are teaming up to lodge sexual harassment complaints against McDonald's on behalf of 10 women who have worked at the fast food restaurant in nine cities.

Tagged with: employees mcdonalds sexual harassment women

‘If I could do it over’ — businesses learn from experiences

May 22, 2018 Leave a comment

In this Saturday, May 12, 2018, photo, April Oury, owner of Body Gears physical therapy center poses for a portrait with her instructional skeleton George, in Chicago. Oury started her physical therapy practice 14 years ago wanting to give all aspects of her business the same focus and attention to detail she gave patients, even when it came to choosing paint colors or an internet provider. She wouldn’t do it that way again. “There was not enough time in the day or the workweek to put that kind of effort into every single thing,” says Oury. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

April Oury started her physical therapy practice 14 years ago wanting to give all aspects of her business the same focus and attention to detail she gave patients — even when it came to choosing paint colors or an internet ...

US clings to health coverage gains despite political drama

May 22, 2018 Leave a comment

This screen grab shows the main page of the healthcare.gov website in Washington, on Monday, May 21, 2018. A major government survey finds that the U.S. clung to its health insurance gains last year, a surprise after President Donald Trump’s repeated attempts to dismantle “Obamacare.” The survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is out May 22, and finds that 9.1 percent of Americans were uninsured in 2017, or a little more than 29 million people. (HealthCare.gov via AP)

WASHINGTON — The U.S. clung to its health insurance gains last year, an unexpected outcome after President Donald Trump’s repeated tries to take apart the Obama-era coverage expansion, according to a major government survey released Tuesday. Overall, the survey from ...

Records: Teen suspect said he ‘drove at’ Maryland officer

May 22, 2018 Leave a comment

Maryland State Police divert traffic at Belair Road and Chapel Road after a Baltimore County officer was killed in Perry Hall, Md., May 21, 2018. Rifle-toting police swarmed into the Baltimore suburb where a female officer was fatally injured Monday, searching for suspects believed to be armed after witnesses reported hearing a pop and seeing the officer run over by a Jeep. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after the slaying of a Baltimore County, Maryland, police officer, and three other suspects are still being sought, police said Tuesday on Twitter.

Tagged with: Baltimore County baltimore county police perry hall