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Mar 14 2024
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Unión de Uniones to gather 1,500 tractors in Madrid, donate oil
The Unión de Uniones organization is planning a demonstration in Madrid this Sunday to protest the crisis in the agricultural sector. They aim to gather around 1,500 tractors for the protest, which will include symbolic acts like donating 125 liters of olive oil to the NGO “Messengers of Peace”. The demonstration is the second one organized by Unión de Uniones, with the motto “We still have
Alaska CommonsApr 16 2024
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Volkswagen union vote in Tennessee to test UAW's power after victories in Detroit
DETROIT — Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will vote this week on whether to organize with the United Auto Workers in a key test of the union's sway. A victory would give the UAW its first major automaker win outside General Motors , Ford Motor , and Chrysler parent Stellantis . It would also offer a launching point for the union's unprecedented organizing campaign of 13
CNBCApr 21 2024
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Houston police union warns city is 'not safe' as murder suspects are left 'walking the streets'
Leaders of the Houston Police Officers' Union are sounding the alarm on the city's safety as criminal suspects walk the streets on bond while the police department battles officer shortages. "I have never in my lifetime – and I'm a lifelong Houstonian – seen this many suspected murderers and capital murderers who are walking the streets of Houston out on multiple bonds," the union's executive
Fox News (Online News)Apr 21 2024
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‘Get pampered’: How a Union Square barbershop became a hot spot for Bay Area celebrities
For years, while carving out a successful real-estate career, Brown had daydreamed about this place: an upscale barbershop, where men could escape daily stressors as a hairstylist made them look and feel their best. What Brown couldn’t have envisioned was how quickly it would take off. Little more than three years after Dapper Down opened in a speakeasy-style setup at the Varlow Building, it
San Francisco ChronicleApr 18 2024
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Japanese firms agree 5.2% pay raise, biggest union group Rengo says
TOKYO, April 18 (Reuters) - Japanese companies have agreed to raise pay by 5.20% on average this year, the biggest in 11 years, the country's largest union group Rengo said on Thursday, wrapping up its fourth tally of the 2024 labour talks. The outcome of the "shunto" labour offensive is a barometer for spending and durable inflation, and a key factor the central bank gauges to decide on next
ReutersApr 17 2024
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3rd federal trial for former Philadelphia union boss John Dougherty underway
READING, Pa. (CBS) -- The latest federal trial for former Philadelphia electricians union boss John Dougherty is underway. A jury has been selected, opening statements were read and testimony began on Wednesday. The trial is the third for Dougherty, the former International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 boss, in as many years. This time, Dougherty and his nephew, Greg Fiocca, are
CBS News (Online)Apr 17 2024
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Biden promises union workers to keep US Steel 'American-owned, American-operated'
He spoke in Pittsburgh during a campaign swing in battleground Pennsylvania. Biden promises union workers to keep US Steel 'American-owned, American-operated' President Joe Biden on Wednesday continued his 2024 campaign swing through Pennsylvania, speaking to the United Steelworkers union as he proposed tripling tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum and denouncing the sale of Pittsburgh-based
ABC News (Online)Apr 17 2024
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Biden calls for tripling of Chinese steel tariffs while courting Pennsylvania union workers
President Joe Biden called for tripling the tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum, a policy proposal timed for his meeting with union workers in Pennsylvania on Wednesday.
While speaking before the United Steelworkers union, Biden will call upon U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to triple the tariffs from their average level of 7.5%.
A White House fact sheet said the
Washington ExaminerApr 21 2024
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San Jose man gets 18 months for gang’s plot to rob Union City trap house
SAN JOSE — A San Jose man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for his involvement in a plot to rob a drug dealer in Union City, one that authorities say was thwarted thanks to a massive wiretap operation. Kyle Leonis was sentenced last month by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, after he pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to commit a robbery. Leonis was charged as
San Jose Mercury NewsApr 07 2024
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Police search for suspect in burglary at Golden 1 Credit Union in Lincoln
LINCOLN - A search is on for a suspect and people are asked to stay away from the scene of a burglary at Golden 1 Credit Union in Lincoln Sunday afternoon, police said. Around noon, the city of Lincoln urged people to avoid Lincoln Boulevard near the Safeway shopping center as officers searched for the suspect. About 15 minutes later, the city said the Safeway had closed and all customers left
CBS News (Online)