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May 14 2024
News
Organizer sees Westfield’s city-wide tag sale as bringing community together
WESTFIELD — Patty Wright hadn’t organized any Westfield events until 2021, when she created the Facebook page for the city-wide tag sale.
In her 30 years as a social worker, she organized seminars, retreats, and conferences. As a “Trekkie,” she also ran a campaign to get Walter Koenig — Chekov in the “Original Series” of “Star Trek” — a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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May 16 2024
News
The Week contest: Disney working
This week's question: Some remote workers have started using Disney World and its many onsite cafes as a co-working space. If Disney were to build a new theme park ride that could be enjoyed by guests who are busy tapping away on their laptops, what would it be called? Click here to see the results of last week's contest: Undressed wedding How to enter: Submissions should be emailed to contest
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May 15 2024
News
I grew up in Kenya's biggest slum and know from experience: International aid must shift toward community-based organizations
I grew up in Kenya’s Kibera slum, the largest urban slum in Africa, and experienced extreme poverty firsthand. I was a street child, constantly scraping by for food and water, and lacking basic services like education or healthcare. To me, charity was a dirty word. I didn’t trust charity workers, who approach aid through single issues—like health promotion or clean water supply—when the
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May 15 2024
News
Wage theft is on the rise in California: Here’s the deal
As fast food workers in California settle into a new $20 minimum wage, a study from the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations reports that wage theft is on the rise in the Golden State. The report found that wage theft numbers have nearly doubled in major metropolitan areas like San Francisco, San Diego and San Jose, but the biggest offenders come from the Los Angeles area.
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May 17 2024
Opinion
Americans Across the Political Divide Want a Federal Job Guarantee
There has been steadily increasing interest in a federal job guarantee since Bernie Sanders reintroduced the concept to the American public in the wake of the 2016 presidential primaries.
The idea of a job guarantee is to provide a public option for struggling workers to find gainful employment — especially contributing to badly needed public infrastructure projects but also a wide
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Oct 04 2023
News
Thousands Of Kaiser Permanente Hospital Workers Strike Over Wages
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Picketing began Wednesday morning at Kaiser Permanente hospitals as some 75,000 health care workers go on strike in Virginia, California and three other states over wages and staffing shortages, marking the latest major labor unrest in the United States. Kaiser Permanente is one of the country’s larger insurers and health care system operators, with 39 hospitals nationwide.
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Oct 04 2023
News
75,000 Healthcare Workers Go on Strike Over Wages
Picketing began Wednesday morning at Kaiser Permanente hospitals as some 75,000 healthcare workers go on strike in Virginia, California and three other states over wages and staffing shortages, marking the latest major labor unrest in the United States. Kaiser Permanente is one of the country’s larger insurers and healthcare system operators, with 39 hospitals nationwide. The non-profit
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Jan 23 2024
News
‘If it sounds like we’re angry, we’re angry’: 6 WSDOT workers hurt by suspected DUI driver
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Six Washington State Department of Transportation workers were just trying to do their jobs when a driver believed to be under the influence slammed into their trucks. It was 9:40 p.m. on Sunday when the driver hit the vehicles while the team was repairing potholes on Interstate 5 in Vancouver. The workers were taken to the hospital and are now recovering at home, according
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Oct 30 2023
News
Auto workers strike is over as union and GM reach potential deal
The United Auto Workers strike is set to end as the union and General Motors announced a tentative agreement on a new contract Monday, according to sources cited by CNBC. The pending deal comes just days after similar deals with Ford and Stellantis. The union announced a framework agreement with Ford on Wednesday, followed by on Saturday by a deal with Stellantis, which makes Ram, Dodge, and
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Nov 20 2023
News
Detroit Casino Workers Reach Historic Agreement, Strike Continues at MGM Grand
Unionized workers at two of the city’s major casinos have ratified a landmark five-year deal, marking the end of a 34-day strike. This historic decision, however, contrasts with the ongoing strike at the third major casino, MGM Grand Detroit, where workers have rejected the proposed contract. The Detroit Casino Council, a collective representing five unions, reached a tentative agreement on
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