Labor

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Money man: Joseph T. Hansen is departing as president of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union with a warning about pensions. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this June 17, 2014 file photo, people rally for an increase in the minimum wage on the Great Western Staircase at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. With the Assembly remaining in control of downstate Democrats and the Senate is now more firmly in the hands of upstate and Long Island Republicans, the New York Legislature is likely looking at stalemate in 2015, when it comes to boosting the minimum wage beyond its next two incremental increases. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

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Ebola health care workers carry the body of a man suspected of dying from the Ebola virus in a small village Gbah on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. A U.N. peacekeeper who contracted Ebola in Liberia will be flown to the Netherlands for treatment, a Dutch Health Ministry spokeswoman said Friday. (AP Photo/ Abbas Dulleh)

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U.S. Attorney Ron Machen (above) called Brian Thompson "a crooked HUD employee" who "diverted the proceeds of real estate sales from the U.S. Treasury to his own pockets through lies and trickery." (Associated Press)

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National Edition News cover for December 21, 2014 - Obama charged with throwing Sony under bus, failing to lead on terrorist threat: President Barack Obama gesturess during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. The president claimed an array of successes in 2014, citing lower unemployment, a rising number of Americans covered by health insurance, and an historic diplomatic opening with Cuba. He also touts his own executive action and a Chinese agreement to combat global warming. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. The president claimed an array of successes in 2014, citing lower unemployment, a rising number of Americans covered by health insurance, and an historic diplomatic opening with Cuba. He also touts his own executive action and a Chinese agreement to combat global warming. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Barack Obama waves to reporters at the conclusion of his news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. The president claimed an array of successes in 2014, citing lower unemployment, a rising number of Americans covered by health insurance, and an historic diplomatic opening with Cuba. He also touts his own executive action and a Chinese agreement to combat global warming. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais )

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President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. The president claimed an array of successes in 2014, citing lower unemployment, a rising number of Americans covered by health insurance, and an historic diplomatic opening with Cuba. He also touts his own executive action and a Chinese agreement to combat global warming. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

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President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. The president claimed an array of successes in 2014, citing lower unemployment, a rising number of Americans covered by health insurance, and an historic diplomatic opening with Cuba. He also touts his own executive action and a Chinese agreement to combat global warming. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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In this Oct. 9, 2012, file photo, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, is taken from the Centre County Courthouse by Centre County Sheriff Denny Nau, left, and a deputy, after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky lost a legal battle to restore his $4,900-a-month pension, a benefit that was canceled two years ago after he was sentenced for child molestation. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007, file photo, an overweight person eats at a bench in London. The European Court of Justice says obesity can be a disability, a ruling that could have consequences for employers across the continent. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)

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Mayor Vincent C. Gray Wednesday delayed the Corizon Health's $66 million, 3-year contract to provide health care to D.C. Jail. He pulled the contract to give Corizon more time to "get the facts out" after activists made allegations of poor care. (Associated Press)

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The Treasury Department's inspector general is looking into why the department hired a woman already under federal investigation for steering millions of dollars in no-bid contracts to a friend's company, and why she misled investigators who were looking into the matter. (PRNewsFoto/U.S. Treasury Department)

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In this Nov. 5, 2014 file photo, Nissan trim and chassis workers work on a new 2015 Nissan Murano at the Nissan plant in Canton, Miss. The Labor Department releases the Producer Price Index for November on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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National Edition News cover for December 12, 2014 - Obama budget battle preview of last 2 years: President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the Senior Executive Service, composed of the senior leadership of the Federal workforce, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, in Washington. Obama is launching a leadership program for future government career executives with a goal of giving potential managers multi-agency experiences and breaking out of a tradition of promoting senior bureaucrats from within their own agencies. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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The birth control pill remains the most common method of female contraception in the U.S. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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VCU coach Shaka Smart been the subject of rumors for hirings at blue blood college programs for several years. (Associated Press Photographs)

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People gather to protest for an increased minimum wage outside a McDonald's restaurant n Highland Park, Mich. The protests are part of a campaign called "Fight for $15," which has included several rounds of actions. (AP Photo)

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In this Nov. 28, 2014 file photo, shoppers Manuel Orellano, center, with his daughter Marcela, left, and her son Manuel, 6, shop for children's clothing at JCPenney at the Glendale Galleria shopping mall in Glendale, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) **FILE**

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Peggy Young, a Virginia woman who lost her UPS job because she became pregnant, left, accompanied Marcia Greenberger, founder and co-president of the National Women's Law Center, center, and Young's attorney, Sharon Fast Gustafson, right, speaks to reporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)