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[Link] The Starbucks Union Push Is So Successful It Could Start a Turf War
Read: 6/5/2022 www.vice.com
The UFCW filed to represent workers at three Starbucks in Wisconsin. Not everyone is happy about that. The tsunami of union organizing at Starbucks is one of the U.S. labor movement’s most high-profile successes in recent years.
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[Link] The ‘backbone’ of regional Australia under strain as volunteer groups suffer pandemic burnout
Read: 29/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
The cumulative effect of natural disasters and the Covid-19 pandemic has increased fatigue and stress among volunteers in regional Australia, making it harder for them to provide essential support within the community, a study has found.
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[Link] The restoration project giving oyster shells a new life
Read: 27/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
Discarded oyster shells from restaurants, usually destined for landfill, are being recycled to create shellfish reefs in Queensland's Moreton Bay. It is the biggest community-driven reef restoration in Australia.
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[Link] A Black Cop Was Fired for Saying the N-Word. He Finally Got His Job Back.
Read: 24/8/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. But now, nearly six months later and after waves of support from the community, local officials voted to reverse the department’s decision.
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[Link] Why isn't the census translated into languages other than English?
Read: 9/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Back in Shanghai, Xueli Zhao was a hospital doctor. Now living alone in a public housing flat in Melbourne's inner-east, 84-year-old Dr Zhao relies heavily on her children to communicate with various authorities as she is lacking English language skills.
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