Organized labor groups rallied today on Ketagalan Boulevard to commemorate International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day in many parts of the
A huge labor endorsement went to President Joe Biden today. The Associated Press reports: “President Joe Biden picked up the endorsement of North America’s Building Trades Unions at a Wednesday event where the president and his allies set out to dismantle Republican Donald Trump’s reputation as a successful real estate developer. “Donald Trump is incapable… Source
The family-friendly event is free to the public.
BUFFALO TOWNSHIP, UNION COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) announced Wednesday a Union County man was charged with possessing child pornography. Investigators say the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) provided troopers with a social media account of 39-year-old, Gregory Eugene Thomas, who was allegedly in possession of child sexual abuse material []
Unions scoring notable victories, not in manufacturing but in the service industry.
Two weeks ago, workers at Volkswagen's Chattanooga, Tennessee, factory voted for United Auto Workers representation. Much has been written about how "historic" this decision is. The Chattanooga plant makes VW the frst foreign-owned car manufacturer in the South to unionize. What isn't being discussed: How big government and big labor colluded to sway the vote and why VW employees are likely to regret it. The union successfully organized Volkswagen’s Pennsylvania facility in 1978. Years of...
Apple recently announced updates to its app distribution terms for developers in the European Union (EU). These changes address the Core Technology Fee (CTF) and the upcoming application of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) to iPadOS.
Members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference have authorized strikes against Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Kansas City, the union has announced today (May 1). Some 93.3% of train and engine crews at CN returned ballots, with 97.6% voting in favor of a strike. At CPKC, 91.7% of train and engine crews returned ballots, with []Read More
Lawyers from the Police Benevolent Association have filed a lawsuit against NYPD Police Commissioner Edward Caban and Mayor Adams over recent policy changes relating to the use of performance enhancing drugs such as steroids by active duty officers. From NY Daily News: The 2011 contract prohibited officers from ingesting or possessing any anabolic steroid or other forms of human growth hormones without a medical prescription. — Read the rest
The sophomore outfielder and the rest of the Lancers (16-10) are heating up at the right time.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The University of New Mexico's Student Union Building remains closed Tuesday evening as the university cleans up from an overnight protest that ended with over a dozen arrests. The protest started late Monday afternoon with a group that moved from the duck pond into the SUB. UNM said vandalism was left throughout []
The EU has officially opened a significant investigation into Meta for its alleged failures to remove election disinformation. While the European Commission’s statement doesn’t explicitly mention Russia, Meta confirmed to Engadget the EU probe targets the country’s Doppelganger campaign, an online disinformation operation pushing pro-Kremlin propaganda. Bloomberg’s sources also said the probe was focused on the Russian disinformation operation, describing it as a series of “attempts to replicate...