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A federal labor agency has issued a formal complaint against Sean Penn's disaster relief group after the actor accused employees who spoke out about long hours and poor meal options of 'broad betrayal' and encouraged them to quit. In January, two people claiming to work for the Community Organized Relief Effort, or CORE, challenged the company line in the comments section of a New York Times article about a vaccination drive at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles. One of the alleged workers - whose identities have not been verified - complained about 18 hour work days and a lack of...

Memorial Day Videos: 'Baseball Hero Saves the Flag' and 'America the Beautiful' Posted by Noel Sheppard on May 28, 2007 - 11:29. Folks, last year at this time, I posted a number of commemorative videos to help you celebrate Memorial Day. “The True Meaning of Memorial Day” can be seen here, and Ray Charles marvelously singing “America the Beautiful” here. By far, the most popular was “Another Memorial Day Video: Baseball Hero Saves the American Flag.”In it, the uplifting story of Chicago Cubs outfielder Rick Monday was told: [T]hirty years ago this past April, as America was in the process of celebrating its...