SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chileans resoundingly rejected a new constitution to replace a charter imposed by the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet 41 years ago, dealing a stinging setback to President Gabriel Boric who argued the document would have ushered in a progressive era. With 96% of the votes counted in Sunday’s plebiscite, the rejection […]
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After Strike, Workers Resoundingly Reject Contract At Volvo Truck Plant
Above Photo: DelegateTara/Twitter. Factory workers at a Volvo truck plant in southwest Virginia voted by 91 percent Sunday not to ratify a concession-filled contract negotiated by local and International Auto Workers (UAW) officials. “They made a billion dollar profit off our labor and we got nothing,” said Rhonda Sisk, a three-year assembler in the chassis department. […]
European Parliament Resoundingly Votes To End Glyphosate Use
Above Photo: From greenpeace.org Google is blocking our site. Please use the social media sharing buttons (upper left) to share this on your social media and help us break through. Brussels – Today the European Parliament resoundingly voted for an end to glyphosate use by 2022, with 355 in favour, 204 against and 111 abstentions. The […]