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A former volunteer paramedic in West, Texas, has been arrested on a charge of possession of a destructive device, NBCDFW.com reported Friday, the same day a officials launched a criminal probe into last month's deadly blast.Bryce Reed, 31, who had a high profile in the days after the April 17 explosion at a fertilizer facility, was in federal custody Friday after being picked up by the McLennan Co...
Fast food workers at more than 60 restaurants in Detroit walked off the job Friday. This may be the largest fast food strike in American history, involving more than 400 workers from McDonald's, Long John Silver's, Burger King, Popeyes and KFC. Some locations were forced to shut down. At issue is workers' right to form a union and an increase in base pay to a minimum of $15 per hour.
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried in Virginia, his uncle said on Friday.Authorities confirmed Thursday that after a week of confusion and controversy, they had located a final resting place, but did not provide any details. His uncle, Ruslan Tsarni, said Friday he had been buried with the help of a "faith coalition," reported The Associated Press.Many cemeteries ref...
On Monday we asked our readers what we can do together to make a better future for working people and to build a bigger and stronger movement. We need to know what you think because our 2013 AFL-CIO Convention will focus on how the labor movement should change and what we can do together to improve the future of all working people.Your response has been tremendous. Nearly 300 of you have gone to our AFL-CIO Convention discussion page and told us what you think has to be done to give working families a better deal. Further below are excerpts from some of your suggestions and thoughts.
After 21 years in the Navy, Ashley Gonzalez, 40, had to make a tough choice last year: uproot his family from San Diego for an assignment in Mississippi or retire and rejoin the civilian world. Gonzalez, a chief petty officer, had previously deployed to counter-narcotic operations in South and Central America and participated in a routine war games exercise on the Korean peninsula. Civilian life, ...
The AFT has been a partner in helping revitalize McDowell County, W.Va., for more than a year now, and those efforts are paying major dividends for the local education system. On Wednesday, the West Virginia Board of Education unanimously approved a community schools plan for McDowell County Public Schools. In a separate vote, the state board also voted to return the county's schools to local control. The board had taken control of the schools in an attempt to save them from the poor conditions the county was experiencing.
