Emulate let me turn now to the updates of recent weeks perhaps the most important change in the labor mood in the United States has been the wave of strikes by public school teachers started in West Virginia but has now spread to Kentucky Oklahoma Arizona Colorado and beyond I want to make sure everyone understands that in some of these cases unions were important in getting these successful strikes going but in other parts the workers did it on their own without unions they have been stunningly successful they have organized brilliantly they have overcome divisions among the teachers those in rural areas versus those in urban those who are registered Democrats and those who are registered Republicans and so on they did this in order to get together to do something fundamental raise their wages and salaries to an acceptable level and get the schools that they ve given their lives to the funding necessary to educate this generation of children they ve made both those demands central to
For tips and tools to help turn addiction around a public service announcement brought to you by the Ad Council. The Senate voting to roll back regulations on the banking industry bipartisan group of lawmakers approves the bank rules rollback measure by a 67 to 31 vote majority the legislation would increase the threshold for banks being considered too big to fail the goal is to increase lending and boost the economy but some Democrats object to the easing of rules under the 2010 legislation known as Dodd Frank saying the measure is a win for mega banks the Senate bill will now be merged with a similar House version or President Trump has signaled he would sign it if it reaches his desk Tom Graham Fox News convicted killer in Alabama says he wants to die as soon as possible Michael Wayne Eggers dropping his appeal as attorney arguing to the U.S. Supreme Court he schizophrenia can delusional and should be allowed to make that decision on his own and in the state parole board in Georgia
Could benefit from our half price to give us a call at 3. 56. 710947 f.m. . 60. 3 resources today 75056. 947 f.m. . 1690 dot com. Business radio station money 60. News this hour from townhall dot com I m Gordon Griffith Afghan authorities have raised the death toll from Saturday s suicide bombing in Kabul now to one o 3 as hundreds of people gathered for funerals or waited word of loved ones outside of hospitals and morgues the attacker driving an ambulance filled with explosives was able to race through a security checkpoint by saying that he was transferring a patient to a hospital explosion damaged or destroyed dozens of shops and vehicles in the heart of the city your government buildings another 235 people were wounded the House votes on a bill this week that would force athletic organizations to report sexual abuse allegations more quickly the bill follows the conviction and sentencing of Larry Nasser the former doctor for USA Gymnastics was sentenced on Wednesday to up to 175 y
Union but also because the level of grumpiness in the Tory Party also has such a bearing on whether or not he is able to manage the Tory party acts whole the labor pay Lord Mandelson has been sacked from the party s front bench for attending the controversial Presidents Club dinner last week women hostesses at the all male charity event say they were groped Lord Mandelson says he didn t see any of the alleged incidents and he and reservedly condemned such behavior the u.s. President has to visit the u.k. Later this year but no date has yet been fixed the trip came up for discussion when he met to reason why at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland after their private meeting Donald Trump dismissed talk of a rift in u.s. U.k. Relations for forever what are the correct correct he correctly that when you do it . We we love you Frank believe he will work you know I think that changing here the economic. Drain. Maybe most of what we really carry the u.s. Casey Affleck has been withdrawn
Good morning it s 6 o clock on Friday the. Work starts today on a bridge on a main road. Bridge is being upgraded as part of the electrification work on the middle mainline diversions are expected to be in place for 7 months here s our reporter. On cutting a road will be raised to allow electric wires to pass beneath is part of the upgrade of the middle and main line between Kettering in Colby It means cutting a road will be closed to traffic into the 14th of August diversions will be in place Network Rail say is the biggest upgrade of the railway since it was 1st built in $170.00 but some local businesses have expressed concerns that fewer people might come in to call the old village during the reconstruction work scientists are taking a step towards creating a universal blood test for cancer the team in the United States has trial the method that detects 8 common forms of the disease overall it found 70 percent of the cancers Dr Nicholas public led the study says the results have be