By Alex Nguyen, The Tyee. January 25, 2021 Above photo: BC hotel workers protested their treatment last summer, calling for better job protection in the pandemic. Unite Here Local 40. A former Pan Pacific employee’s bid to launch a class action lawsuit is the latest effort to protect workers in the sector. A former worker […]
Posts Tagged ‘firings’
Senators urge Army leadership to testify before Congress about Fort Hood firings
December 13th, 2020 Awake Goy
Image Credit: Bronte Wittpenn/American-Statesman In response to a recent independent review that documented years of sexual abuse and violence at the Fort Hood Army post in Killeen, Texas, at least 14 U.S. Army leaders were either fired or suspended earlier this week. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Ed Markey […]
White House firings signal Trump’s most hawkish era yet on North Korea and Iran
March 18th, 2018 Awake Goy
The Guardian | Julian Borger: The end, when it comes to a job in the Trump administration, can be messy and brutal. The secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, was fired while returning from a gruelling Africa tour not long after the death of his father. When he complained through an aide about the summary manner of his […]