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[Link] NSW public school teachers to strike for first time in a decade as sector faces ‘perfect storm’
Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
New South Wales public teachers will strike for the first time in more than a decade in response to a “statewide staffing crisis” caused by stagnating wages and an escalating workload.
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[Link] Gopuff Delivery Workers Plan National Strike Ahead of Thanksgiving
Read: 23/11/2021 www.vice.com
Some participating workers plan to not work their scheduled shifts as part of the strike, and others will refuse to fill in for them, organizers say. They hope this will have a “significant impact” on a company that promises delivery of food and goods in just half an hour.
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[Link] Workers Walk Out As Board, Company Stand Behind Activision Blizzard CEO Accused of Covering Up Sexual Abuse
Read: 16/11/2021 www.vice.com
Activision Blizzard’s board of directors says it stands by CEO Bobby Kotick after a Wall Street Journal report alleged that he hid assault and harassment at the company from the board. Meanwhile, employees have reportedly walked out.
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[Link] Now the GOP Is Coming for John Deere Workers
Read: 11/11/2021 www.vice.com
So much for the party of workers. Approximately 10,000 workers at John Deere facilities in five states went on strike in mid-October, the majority of them in Iowa.
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[Link] Outrage as McDonald’s CEO appears to blame parents of slain Chicago children
Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
McDonald’s chief executive, Chris Kempczinski, has sparked outrage after the emergence of a text exchange with the Chicago mayor, Lori Lightfoot, in which he appears to blame two Chicago parents whose children were fatally shot.
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[Link] New York City Taxi Drivers Win Debt Deal After 15-Day Hunger Strike
Read: 4/11/2021 www.gizmodo.com.au
The New York Taxi Workers Alliance has declared victory in its struggle with the city government that had made millions artificially inflating the price of taxi medallions and then left taxi drivers to suffocate under debt as those prices plummeted in the age of Uber.
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[Link] Alec Baldwin Just Shot Someone and He’s Tweeting Through It
Read: 3/11/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. While filming a scene near Santa Fe, New Mexico for the Western last month, Baldwin, 63, shot and killed Halyna Hutchins, the film’s director of photography, and injured director Joel Souza.
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[Link] Netflix hit with unfair labor charge from suspended and fired employees
Read: 31/10/2021 www.avclub.com
After weeks of controversy surrounding its release of—and then vocal high-level support for—the transphobic material in Dave Chappelle’s comedy special The Closer, streaming giant Netflix now faces an unfair labor charge from two of its current/former employees.
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[Link] Amazon ‘Delivery Partners’ Hit Amazon With $150 Million Lawsuit
Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com
Two Amazon delivery companies in the Portland area sued Amazon Monday, claiming that the e-commerce giant controls nearly every aspect of their business and penalizes them for circumstances beyond their control. The companies are seeking $15 million in damages.
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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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