[Link] Activision Blizzard ends forced arbitration as CEO takes a massive pay cut

Read: 31/10/2021 www.theverge.com

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick sent a letter updating employees on the further steps he and the company will take to change its image in the wake of multiple sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuits.

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[Link] McDonald’s Employees Will Strike Over Sexual Harassment

Read: 25/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. The employees, organizers said, will strike in cities like Chicago, Detroit, Houston, and Miami. They will also call for workers to unionize, since McDonald’s, they say, has failed to adequately protect employees.

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[Link] Russian gay family in controversial ad flee to Spain after threats

Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

A lesbian couple and their family, who were featured in an advert for a Russian supermarket chain that led to a national scandal have fled the country after facing online abuse and death threats.

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