What is going on at the DNC? It hasn’t even been a week since they decided to hold a do-over election in an effort to get rid of David Hogg. That was preceded by an embarrassing leak in which DNC Chair Ken Martin said he was on the verge of quitting because Hogg was undermining...
Sunday turned out to be the night of the long knives in the Democratic Party. Two top union leaders–from public employee unions, no less–have resigned from the Democratic National Committee. Randi Weingarten, colloquially known as “The Devil” in some circles, and the less well-known but nearly as important Lee Saunders of AFSCME have left the...
Joe Pike Political correspondent PA Media There was a “pervasive fraud environment” at one of the UK’s largest trade unions, an auditors’ report obtained by the BBC has concluded. Unite, which used to be Labour’s biggest donor, also faced an “impairment” – effectively a financial hit – of £53.8m related to the building of a...
Bin worker strikes in Birmingham could last until December, after they voted to continue industrial action in a dispute over pay and jobs, according to union Unite. On-and-off strike action began on 6 January with 12 walkouts planned across four months, and the union began an indefinite all-out strike on 11 March. The union said...
In his first and only season in the league, Cheika says he has “enjoyed the ride” in the East Midlands and has been surprised by the diversity of playing styles across the Premiership, citing Bristol’s free-wheeling approach. He also believes the league has the potential to rival Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) and become one...
A shining light within the U.S. labor movement over the past several years has been the rising wave of unionization and militancy among graduate workers, whose labor helps prop up the entire system of U.S. higher education. Tens of thousands of graduate workers have unionized over the past half-decade at institutions like Stanford, UChicago, MIT,...
The Zimbabwe-born forward has spent the past season playing for Cape Town-based side Stormers in the United Rugby Championship where he played nine times. “Thank you to Rob (Baxter, Exeter director of rugby) and everyone involved at Exeter for giving me the opportunity all those years ago, was a special journey going from the Championship...
Kabangu becomes the second signing of the Derek McInnes era at Tynecastle, following the capture of Greek winger Alexandros Kyziridis. “I had a great conversation with Elton about how I see his role in the team and what I think he can achieve at Hearts,” said McInnes. “We’re both excited about what the future holds...
This story was originally published by Prism. At Florida International University (FIU), where more than 60% of students identify as Latinx and many are immigrants or international students, fear is mounting. The university’s decision to enroll in the federal 287(g) immigration enforcement program, a partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has sparked outrage...
This is pretty big news that I really hadn’t seen anything about. I suppose with everything happening in the world right now, it got lost in the sauce. But on any other day the looming possibility of all the commuter trains running from New Jersey into New York City being just-this-close to shutting down would,...
Joshua Nevett Political reporter PA Media The government’s efforts to fix the prison crisis may not work without “bold investment decisions”, the leading union for the probation service has said. Ian Lawrence, general secretary of Napo, said a review of sentencing policy by former Conservative Justice Secretary David Gauke “may come to little effect” if...
The SF Standard published a great story last weekend about a business started more than 40 years ago in Berkeley, CA. Urban Ore is a warehouse space for the sale of salvaged, donated items which was started with motto “To End the Age of Waste.” Here’s a recent post on their Instagram page. Founder Daniel...
Air traffic controllers at Newark Liberty International Airport briefly lost communications with planes under their control, “unable to see, hear, or talk to them” last week, a union spokesman has said. The 28 April incident led to multiple employees being placed on trauma leave, resulting in hundreds of delayed or diverted flights. More than 150...
A school leaders’ union says it is taking legal action against Ofsted over proposed changes to the way it inspects schools in England. The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has asked for a judge to review plans for new school report cards, which are due to be introduced in the autumn after Ofsted got...
“They just look at you like you’re nothing,” said a housekeeper from the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Buffalo, New York. Sitting with me for a conversation in her East Side apartment, the housekeeper, who requested not to be named due to fear of retaliation, spoke of slashed hours and stagnant pay, arduous and unfair...