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Apr 18 2024
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GOP Senators Seek to Reinstate Secret Ballots for Unionization as Volkswagen Workers Vote on Joining UAW
A group of Senate Republicans is seeking to reinstate secret ballots for unionization of workplaces in the United States as about 4,300 auto workers at Volkswagen’s Chatanooga, Tennessee plant decided whether to join the United Auto Workers (UAW). Last year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) abandoned more than half a century of precedent where secret ballot elections were considered
Breitbart NewsApr 18 2024
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‘Done out of anger.’ Former Kentucky youth worker admits guilt in excessive force case
A former worker at a Kentucky juvenile detention facility pleaded guilty in connection with breaking a 15-year-old boy’s arm. Nathaniel Lumpkins pleaded guilty to a federal charge of violating the teen’s Constitutional right to be free from excessive force. The incident happened in January 2019 at the Woodsbend Youth Development Center in Morgan County. Lumpkins responded to a call to help two
Yahoo NewsApr 07 2024
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Nevada Culinary Workers Union has mastered political organizing
I was in Las Vegas this past November when Culinary Workers Union Local 226 members voted to approve a record-setting contract agreement with the world’s three largest casino companies: Caesars Entertainment, Wynn Resorts, and MGM Resorts International. The agreement included multiple wins for the employees, such as the largest pay increase in the union’s 88-year history, a reduction in
Daily KosApr 15 2024
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Fed up with burglaries, gaming store workers wrestle alleged thief to the ground in California
Employees of a novelty store in California were fed up by robberies and wrestled to the ground the last alleged thief who brazenly stole from the shop. Unfortunately, the man was armed and escaped after threatening the workers. The incident unfolded on Friday at about 8:00 p.m. at the "Into the Retroverse" store in the city of Colton. The workers said that the alleged burglar walked into the
The BlazeApr 07 2024
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‘Pillar of the community’ shoots Chipotle worker in quarrel over guacamole
In the latest outbreak in America’s epidemic of fast food violence, a Detroit man felt so strongly about this guacamole that he busted a cap into a Chipotle worker. The incident went down at the Mexican-American eatery’s location at 26147 Evergreen Road in Southfield on Friday evening when the “pillar of the community” began arguing with the 21-year-old employee in a quarrel that rapidly
Bizpac ReviewApr 15 2024
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Youth detention center leadership sided with staff over residents, former worker testifies
Meehan alleged he suffered physical, sexual, and emotional abuse while incarcerated at the facility in the late 1990s, and his lawsuit argues this was possible because of the state’s negligence. The state rejects that idea and claims the abuse was caused by a few “rogue” employees. After Meehan brought the case in 2020, more than 1,100 other people came forward with lawsuits of their own, also
The Boston GlobeApr 19 2024
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21-year-old utility worker dies after responding to gas leak, Georgia deputies say
A utility worker died after a reported gas leak in southeast Georgia, deputies said. Wayne County deputies were called on Monday, April 15, after an Atlanta Gas Light employee was found unresponsive at a home in Jesup, Sheriff Chuck Moseley said in a news release. The Jesup Fire Department and Wayne County EMS also responded, Moseley said. The worker, 21-year-old Brandon Butler, was taken to a
Miami HeraldApr 12 2024
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NYC sanitation worker arrested for leaving kid alone in car that gets towed
Cops cuffed a New York City sanitation worker accused of leaving his young daughter alone in his car — which was then carted away by a tow truck, police said Friday. Trent Washington allegedly left his 7-year-old daughter asleep in the back seat of his car when he pulled in front of a Chipotle Mexican Grill in a strip mall on Bartow Ave. in Co-op City around 5:30 p.m. Thursday and ran into the
New York Daily NewsApr 12 2024
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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Says AI Will Boost Productivity, Worker Pay
BlackRock Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink said that his firm’s investment in artificial intelligence will ultimately raise his employees’ pay.
“If we continue to drive more productivity, what it also means is rising wages,” Fink said on the company’s earnings call Friday. “So people do more, and the whole organization is doing more with less people. That is really our ambition
BloombergApr 14 2024
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Chicago health workers protest American Medical Association differing response to Gaza and Ukraine
Dozens of healthcare workers protested the American Medical Association’s board of trustees meeting Sunday, once again demanding the organization call for a cease-fire in Gaza. It was the fourth protest by Chicago Healthcare Workers for Palestine at the health association’s River North office since October 2023, which were held alongside weekly vigils late last year. Speakers condemned a “
Chicago Sun-Times