Chairman of Egypt's media union has referred Egyptian journalist Yasmin Ezz to interrogation on accusations of inciting violence, following formal complaints made by women's councils about her TV show. Two women's rights bodies in Egypt have filed formal complaints against journalist Yasmin Ezz after a series of offensive comments she has made about women. On […]
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Egypt: Media union refers Yasmin Ezz to interrogation for offensive comments about women
Fallout and Doom QA Testers Just Formed the Biggest Union in the US Games Industry
Quality assurance workers at Microsoft’s ZeniMax Studios, the people who make the Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Doom, games, just voted to form a union, making it the first games studio to unionize under Microsoft and the largest group of union-represented Quality Assurance testers at any U.S. game studio. ZeniMax Workers United and the Communication Workers […]
December 1st, 1913 – The Union of Crete with Greece
Like many Greek regions which revolted during the Greek War of Independence of 1821, Crete remained under Ottoman Control. Several major Cretan rebellions followed: 1841, 1858, 1866-69, 1878, 1895-98, and all were brutally put down. The continual fight for freedom by the Cretans maintained pressure on the Ottomans. In 1878, the Cretans secured some concessions,… […]
How union solidarity improves everyone’s health care
“People want to see us being treated well so they’re treated well. We were fighting for everyone.” Source Views: 0
Big Pharma Has Always Been One of the Major Forces Behind the European Union
BY RHODA WILSON ON OCTOBER 31, 2022 • ( 13 COMMENTS ) Five years ago, long before the Covid era began, Jon Rappoport wrote that the pharmaceutical empire was and is one of the major forces behind the European Union (“EU”). It is no accident that these drug corporations wield such power. They aren’t only involved in controlling the medical cartel; they […]
British Palestinians condemn sacking of student union president
Originally published by The Electronic Intifada. Shaima Dallali has been sacked as NUS president after criticizing Israel. (Twitter) Palestinian groups in the UK have condemend the National Union of Students after it fired its president Shaima Dallali, a Palestine solidarity activist. The firing will “contribute to anti-Palestinian racism and the silencing of legitimate advocacy for […]
CICA on course to the establishment of the Asian Union.
The sixth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) – an international forum uniting the states of the Asian continent with the mission of strengthening relations to ensure stability and security in the region – has ended in Astana. Official representatives of more than 30 states of the Asian region […]
France fuel crisis: Strikes continue as trade union snubs pay rise offer
Some strikes are continuing in France’s refineries despite hopes an agreement over pay would alleviate recent shortages at the pumps. The CGT trade union on Friday rejected a wage increase offer for employees of French energy giant Total Energies amid three weeks of strike action that has sparked fuel shortages across the country. CGT says […]
Workers Say Amazon Is Punishing Them for Observing Union Vote
Amazon’s ALB1 warehouse near Albany, New York, began its union election process on Wednesday. In a total of eight polling sessions through next Monday, workers will have the chance to vote on whether ALB1 will join the Amazon Labor Union and become the second Amazon warehouse to unionize. But lawyers for the ALU say that […]
‘Huge victory’: Starbucks agrees to begin contract talks with 230+ union stores
“We’ve been ready to bargain since day one,” said one union leader, “but now we’re operating together on a national level to make sure all of our voices are heard, together.” Source Views: 0
Bread Prices In The European Union SOAR
Bread Prices In The European Union SOARPosted on September 21, 2022 By Mac Slavo In addition to energy shortages, the European Union is facing soaring bread prices. Household food bills around the globe have been rising dramatically in recent months, as runaway inflation keeps propelling the prices for important staple foods much higher.The cost of […]
‘No regard for the law’: Starbucks to deny union workers new paid leave benefits
Starbucks management is reportedly planning to deny new paid leave benefits to unionized workers, another wrinkle in the company’s aggressive and unlawful campaign to stamp out organizing momentum nationwide. According to an internal memo obtained by More Perfect Union, Starbucks is set to announce Monday that it is ending Covid-19 sick pay benefits that offered employees two five-day rounds of paid […]
‘No regard for the law’: Starbucks to deny union workers new paid leave benefits
Starbucks management is reportedly planning to deny new paid leave benefits to unionized workers, another wrinkle in the company’s aggressive and unlawful campaign to stamp out organizing momentum nationwide. According to an internal memo obtained by More Perfect Union, Starbucks is set to announce Monday that it is ending Covid-19 sick pay benefits that offered employees two five-day rounds of paid […]
Teachers’ Union Shuts Down Seattle Schools amid Worst Learning Loss in 30 Years
The Seattle Education Association shut down public schools for the first day of classes just one week after the U.S. Department of Education announced the worst learning loss seen in the United States in 30 years. Views: 0
Teachers Union Head Blames COVID School Closures on Trump, Says Biden ‘Gets Reopening Done’
Amid reports of severe learning loss suffered by American children during school closures, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten is trying to deflect the blame for the widespread school closures onto the Trump administration. “While former President Donald Trump and his education secretary, Ms. [Betsy] DeVos, ranted and raved, their successors put the […]
Workers Speak Out as UPS Continues Retaliation against Union Activists
Starting at 8:00 a.m. on September 1, workers and allies began to congregate at the steps of the Metro Queens UPS facility. The rally built on two-days of tabling, where dozens of coworkers posed for solidarity photos and encouraged coworkers to sign a petition defending “all fired activists.” Veterans of the 2014 ‘Maspeth 250’ wildcat strike, a […]
Companies Are Required to Report Their Union Busting, but Many Don’t
$4.3 million in one year spent on anti-union activities at Amazon. $2,625 a day to stop UPS drivers from fighting for their survival amid heat waves and a lack of air-conditioning in their trucks. Over $1 million spent on the union-busting firm Labor Relations Institute to stop stressed-out truck drivers at concrete distributor Cemex from unionizing. Without the mandatory filings […]
Turkey is a threat to the European Union: President
Turkey is a threat to the European Union noted the President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou during an official dinner at the Presidential Mansion in honour of the visiting Slovakian president and her delegation. Sakellaropoulou pointed out that the revisionist policies of both Russia and Turkey, and Turkey’s illegal actions, are a challenge not […]