For teachers, the riot is a tough subject to discuss
Laura Meckler, Donna St. George, Hannah Natanson and Perry Stein, The Washington Post
Jan. 7, 2021
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David Stewart went to sleep Wednesday night wondering how he would explain the chaos that had transpired in the nation s capital that day, only 10 miles from Alexandria, Va., where he teaches elementary school.
He decided to let his fourth-graders bring it up, and it didn t take much to open the floodgates, even over Zoom. Students said they were upset, angry and scared. Some talked about how they were sad because they saw on TV that Americans, people who live in this country, are breaking the windows of a government building. How people were walking out of buildings with blood on their faces, said Stewart, 39.
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao became the first Trump Cabinet member to resign in the wake of Wednesday's storming of the Capitol by the president's supporters.
By SAM SWEENEY, MATTHEW VANN, LUIS MARTINEZ, STEPHANIE EBBS and SOPHIE TATUM, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Thursday became the first Trump Cabinet member to resign because of Wednesday’s storming of the Capitol. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos joined her hours later, according to a resignation letter obtained by ABC News. In [.]
More than 100 progressive groups, labor organizations and advocacy groups are calling on President-elect Joe Biden to use the soon-to-be Democratic majority in both chambers of Congress to move quickly on a major coronavirus relief bill.
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Jan 08, 2021 09:21 AM EST
On Thursday, the Associated Press reported that President-elect Joe Biden strategies to appoint Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. He is his former union boss to serve as U.S. Secretary of Labor, quoting two anonymous sources aware of the situation.
According to the Associated Press, Walsh was the former president of Laborers Local 223. Thus he has a long history with labor. Also, he served for more than a decade, holding senior positions with Boston s Building and Construction Trades Council, a union umbrella organization while in the state legislature.
Reportedly, AFL-CIO, a federation of 55 unions representing more than 12.5 million workers across America, led by their President Richard Trumka, began reaching out to fellow union supervisors in November to support Walsh s nomination. In his Twitter account, he wrote, Walsh will be an exceptional labor secretary for the same reason he was an outstanding mayor: he carried t