DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — The local chapter of the Communication Workers of America could lose about 40 Brightspeed employees as they say it's an uphill battle trying to get more of a fair labor contract. The labor agreement for Brightspeed's Dothan chapter and North Alabama chapter expired one month ago. After negotiation a few weeks []
In 2007, after Paul Ross Evans pleaded guilty to leaving a bomb outside of a women’s health clinic in Austin, he assured the judge: He never meant for anyone to get hurt. “Except,” he clarified, “for the abortionists.” For almost two centuries, the moniker “abortionist” has branded those who help terminate pregnancies as illegitimate, dangerous, […]
The clock is ticking down on the final few hours of negotiations between the TTC and members of the union representing about 650 communications, electrical, and signal workers. After months of unsuccessful contract talks between the two sides, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) - Local 2 is set to strike on Monday at 12:01 a.m., if a deal isn't reached. The workers have been without a collective agreement since March 2022. In February, they voted 99.3 per cent in favour of a...
The World Health Organization has announced that over 500 physicians and health workers, including 204 women, have been trained in basic emergency care. The World Health Organization’s office on Sunday, April 21st, broadcasted a training video on social media platform X to increase the capacity of health workers in emergency care and reduce premature mortality. […]
Michael Dallard was left 'angry and upset' by the snub.
After Eaze workers unionized with United Food and Commercial Workers, company cut pay and wouldn’t address it in negotiationsDelivery drivers and other workers at the US’s largest cannabis-delivery company are threatening to strike in what would probably be the biggest work stoppage to hit the cannabis industry.Nearly 600 workers at 11 depot locations owned by Eaze, a cannabis-delivery company in southern and northern California, are threatening to strike over pay and conditions. Continue...
The province of British Columbia and most hospitals in Ontario continue to require at least two doses of the experimental COVID shot for healthcare workers, despite understaffed hospitals leaving many Canadians without access to care.
Eleven people are missing following storms that battered southern China, state media said Monday, with tens of thousands evacuated away from the torrential downpours.Heavy rain has descended upon the vast southern province of Guangdong in recent days, swelling rivers and raising fears of severe flooding that state media said could be of the sort only "seen around once a century"."A total of 11 people are missing after continuous heavy rainfall hit many parts of (Guangdong) in recent days," state...
Vice President Kamala Harris will appeal to healthcare workers, an important labor union industry for President Joe Biden‘s 2024 reelection campaign, in Wisconsin on Monday, announcing two new federal government regulations while she is in the battleground state. During a conversation with nursing home and community-based healthcare workers in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Harris, as chairwoman […]
Eleven people are missing following storms that battered southern China, state media said Monday, with tens of thousands evacuated away from the torrential downpours
Eleven people are missing following storms that battered southern China, state media said Monday, with tens of thousands evacuated away from the torrential downpours.Heavy rain has descended upon the vast southern province of Guangdong in recent days, swelling rivers and raising fears of severe flooding that state media said could be of the sort only "seen around once a century".
JOPLIN, Mo. — There continues to be a high-demand for healthcare workers -- which is the center of an upcoming academy for local students. "So, this upcoming Monday, we have the mash camp so we're hosting about 40 high school students from Franklin Technology here, just giving them exposure to different health care careers that []