National News for Feb. 03, 2017

02/03/17 Trump Imposes New Sanctions on Iran in Wake of Missile Tests Over 12,000 tweets are calling for Trump’s assassination States Are Cracking Down on the Biggest Protests Since ’60s Disney to Settle Animators’ Wage-Fixing Case for $100M Angie’s List Can’t Have Ex-Workers’ GPS Devices Iran tested nuclear-capable cruise missile Iran, Puzzled by Trump, Treads […]

Angie’s List Can’t Have Ex-Workers’ GPS Devices

Angie’s List Can’t Have Ex-Workers’ GPS Devices

INDIANAPOLIS (Courthouse News) – 2/2/17 – Ruling against the online review giant in an overtime wage case, a federal judge found that Angie’s List cannot force three of its former sales representatives to surrender personal laptops and cellphones they used for work. The ruling is a response to a discovery request from the crowd-sourced review company, the […]

Disney to Settle Animators’ Wage-Fixing Case for $100M

SAN JOSE, Calif. (Courthouse News) – 2/2/17 – Walt Disney Pictures has agreed to shell out $100 million to settle animation workers’ claims that they were victims of an industry-wide wage fixing scheme. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh must still grant preliminary approval of the settlement amount proposed by the four “Disney Defendants” in the case, which […]

NALC and APWU Statements Regarding Postal Reform Bill

NALC and APWU Statements Regarding Postal Reform Bill

NALC: Bipartisan postal reform bills reintroduced On Jan. 31, House Oversight and Government Reform (OGR) Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) reintroduced the Postal Service Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 756), and Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA), a member of the OGR Committee, reintroduced the Postal Service Financial Improvement Act (H.R. 760). The OGR Committee has jurisdiction […]

House Dissects Obamacare’s Flaws, and Human Toll of Repeal

WASHINGTON (Courthouse News) – 2/1/17 – At a partisan slug fest Tuesday over the federal health care law, House Republicans blasted waste, fraud and abuse, while Democrats focused on the human cost of repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act without a replacement. The hearing came just days after Mike DeBonis of the Washington […]

Exxon Mobil’s Rex Tillerson Confirmed as Secretary of State

WASHINGTON (Courthouse News) – 2/01/17 – Former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson won approval by the Senate on Wednesday to serve as secretary of state under President Donald Trump. The 56-43 vote gives Trump his sixth nominee, with the Senate having most recently confirmed Elaine Chao to lead the Department of Transportation. Sens. Heidi Heitkamp, […]

Postal Service Honors Civil and Women’s Rights Legend Dorothy Height

Postal Service Honors Civil and Women’s Rights Legend Dorothy Height

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service today kicked off this year’s Black History Month observances by dedicating the Dorothy Height Forever stamp during a ceremony at Howard University. The 40th stamp in the Black Heritage series honors Height, a tireless activist, who dedicated her life to fighting for racial and gender equality. She became one of […]