Mobile app users: Click here to get the quiz! Labor Day this year is Monday, Sept. 2, 2024 — and millions of Americans are celebrating the national holiday. How well do you know the facts about the popular holiday? Try the Labor Day quiz above — and see how well you do! For more...
Labor Day should be a time for celebrating the American worker, not just enjoying an extra day off work or the unofficial end of summer. Yet every year union officials inevitably attempt to steal the spotlight from rank-and-file workers in order to argue for more government-granted powers to the detriment of the rights of the...
Congress’ only career firefighter will introduce Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, at the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) conference in Boston Thursday in an effort to urge members to support the Trump-Vance ticket, after they were the first labor union to endorse President Biden in 2020. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., became a City of Miami firefighter...
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance was booed Thursday by some members of a firefighters union in Boston while delivering a speech in which he asked members “after supporting Democrats for so long in this union, what has it gotten you?” The boos were heard immediately after Vance took the stage at the International Association...
Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz spoke to union firefighters and emergency medical personnel on Wednesday in Boston, insisting that Vice President Kamala Harris – not former President Donald Trump – will fight for their rights to collectively bargain, while protecting their pensions and maintaining funding for federal fire fighting resources. The event...
Chicago’s school district is facing criticism for delaying the academic year start by a week — with detractors arguing that it’s a politically motivated move. Students were regularly scheduled to return to school on Monday. The School Year 2025 (SY25) calendar published by the district depicted 176 full-student-attendance days, beginning Monday and ending June 12,...
Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will tout their education policies to the nation this week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Walz, a former teacher married to a former teacher, speaks often about his time in the classroom. But anyone curious about the future of education under...
FIRST ON FOX: A national parents group grades both Vice President Harris and Gov. Tim Walz with an F on school choice. As the DNC continues this week, the Invest in Education Coalition announced grades for the Democratic ticket, slamming each of their education track records. The organization advocates school choice. The group said its...
WNBA teams resumed play just four days after the end of the Paris Olympics. For some players, this has been a difficult turnaround. Two-time WNBA MVP and New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart spoke out about the lack of time off for the players that represented the U.S. in Paris and brought home gold for...
CHICAGO– United Automobile Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain said he would not have spoken at the Republican National Convention (RNC) last month like fellow union leader Sean O’Brien after Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign apparently snubbed the Teamsters president this week. Fain spoke with a small group of reporters on the sidelines of the Democratic...
