• San Diego’s Oceanside Pier is destroyed by a major fire, forcing visitors to evacuate the 1,954-foot-long structure, the longest pier on the West Coast

    San Diego's Oceanside Pier is destroyed by a major fire, forcing visitors to evacuate the 1,954-foot-long structure, the longest pier on the West Coast - By Rachel Bowman for Dailymail.Com Published: 7:22 p.m. EDT, April 25, 2024 | Updated: 00:33 EDT, April 26, 2024 Firefighters work to extinguish a fire that broke out at the historic Oceanside Pier in San Diego.The fire was reported around...

  • How to View Transcripts in Apple Podcasts

    In this article we show you how you can view transcripts in Apple Podcasts. In today’s digital age, podcasts have become a ubiquitous source of entertainment, information, and inspiration. However, for some, keeping up with the spoken content can be challenging. If you’ve ever wished you could read along with your favorite podcast, Apple has […]

  • Reader's View: Rules for me — but not for the DNR

    I have a complaint regarding the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources using explosives to eliminate what they deemed illegal deer stands (“Minnesota DNR used dynamite to destroy deer stands in state forest,” April 17).

  • A Valedictory Recommendation for What Unions Need to Do

    The following piece by Harold Meyerson appeared in The American Prospect. Last Friday, D. Taylor stepped down as president of UNITE HERE—the union of hotel and casino employees. His nearly dozen years at the helm of one of America’s most member-involved unions saw it become an improbable political powerhouse in a host of swing states… Source

  • The Teachers' Unions Are More Political than Ever

    The Teachers' Unions Are More Political than Ever Authored by Larry Sand via American Greatness, In the past, teachers’ unions concentrated on fighting to keep all teachers employed—competent or otherwise—laying off teachers by seniority when necessary and soaking taxpayers every chance they could. While those activities are still part of their mission, they have, over time, increasingly delved into the political/social realm, promoting Black Lives Matter, Critical Race Theory,...

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    Best Smart Scale for 2024

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  • Starbucks Has Begun Negotiations With Its Workers’ Union

    Negotiations are underway between Starbucks and union workers. Reuters reports: “Starbucks held contract negotiations with the Workers United union over a two-day session in Atlanta, both the parties said on Friday, with plans to meet again in late May. The coffee chain and Workers United, that represents Starbucks workers in the United States, began negotiations… Source

  • Guest Essay: Why NYU RAs are unionizing

    Guest essays reflect opinions from writers beyond WSN. If you’d like to submit a guest essay for consideration, please email [email protected]. Resident assistants, like all student workers, are among the people on the ground doing the hard work to make the NYU community what it is. It’s a job for which we waited years to apply, This story Guest Essay: Why NYU RAs are unionizing appeared first on Washington Square News.

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    The best smart scales from top brands like Garmin and Fitbit.

  • Drivers rally with national union leaders

    Massachusetts labor leaders brought in the cavalry, welcoming a pair of national union officials in the latest push to overhaul working conditions for drivers on platforms like Uber and Lyft.

  • Congress should close this labor union loophole

    Transparency, accountability, honesty. Federal labor law requires that businesses uphold these basic principles out of respect for workers. But labor unions have no such obligation, and they use this opening to their unfair advantage. They can secretly place union organizers at companies, deceiving workers and employers alike, while businesses must publicly disclose their attempts to […]

  • Steering toward quantum simulation at scale

    Researchers simulated a key quantum state at one of the largest scales reported, with support from the Quantum Computing User Program, or QCUP, at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.