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Authorities are investigating what caused the blast on the vessel, which was moored and being repaired at the First Marine facility in Calvert City.
Authorities are investigating what caused the blast on the vessel, which was moored and being repaired at the First Marine facility in Calvert City.
Authorities are investigating what caused the blast on the vessel, which was moored and being repaired at the First Marine facility in Calvert City.
The Sioux City Police Department filed charges against two boys, ages 12 and 13, in connection with the vandalism of 50 beehives last month that left half a million bees dead.
The Sioux City Police Department filed charges against two boys, ages 12 and 13, in connection with the vandalism of 50 beehives last month that left half a million bees dead.
Victory at Los Angeles Times Continues Digital and Newsroom Organizing Momentum
Los Angeles Times newsroom employees made history by voting 248–44 to be represented by the NewsGuild—the first newsroom union in the paper's 136-year history.
The vote at the Times is part of a larger trend that has been going on in recent years where folks in newsrooms that are digital or have a strong digital presence have been exercising their freedom to come together in union.
Approximately 400 employees at Vox Media recently voted to be represented by Writers Guild of America, East, and the company voluntarily recognized the union. The union organizing committee at Vox said: "Through voluntary recognition, Vox Media has joined the growing ranks of digital media companies that understand the necessity of unions to secure basic protections for those of us who work in an always-evolving industry. A union will give us the means to maintain what we love about working for this company, and to have a collective voice when we address anything that may change."
The wave of digital media companies unionizing gained momentum in 2015, when the now-...
Influenza virus might be spread simply by breathing, a new flu experiment shows. People might spread flu virus by coughing, sneezing and by breathing.
Here's a look at the people who grabbed the reins after sexual misconduct claims felled their predecessors.
Here's a look at the people who grabbed the reins after sexual misconduct claims felled their predecessors.
Union Organizer and Antiwar Activist Paul Booth Passes at 74
AFSCME
Paul Booth, a longtime union organizer and leading antiwar activist, died this week from chronic lymphocytic leukemia at the age of 74.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued the following statement:
I offer my deepest condolences to Heather and the entire Booth family. Everyone who had the privilege of knowing and working with Paul is grieving today. Paul was a good friend and a lifelong activist for working people. From college campuses to Chicago union halls to AFSCME headquarters, he gave every minute and ounce of sweat he had to the cause of social justice. Now, more than ever, we must continue that important work. As he recently urged, 'Let us all be missionaries—missionaries for solidarity, for organizing, for growing our unions and for the fights for justice.’
AFSCME President Lee Saunders also spoke about Booth: "Paul was an organizer’s organizer, a man of great generosity and integrity, a friend and mentor to so many people in AFSCME, the labor movement and the progressive community." AFSCME's website paid further tribute to...
