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The Telecoms Industry Spends $US230K a Day To Make Sure Your Broadband Sucks Share Photo: Justin Sullivan / Staff, Getty Images If broadband in the United States sucks, you can thank the telecoms industry, which is apparently so obsessed with maintaining our current crappy internet infrastructure that it spent a combined total of $US234 ($319) million lobbying against faster, cheaper competitors during the 116th Congress. According to a new study conducted jointly by Common Cause and the Commun...

Workers Struggles: The Americas Latin America Guatemalan government imposes “state of prevention” in response to protests Guatemala’s president Alejandro Giammattei announced July 12 that the government was going to impose a “state of prevention” from July 14-28. The announcement followed protests demanding his resignation for his mishandling of the pandemic and lack of vaccinations. On July 10, about 300 protesters had gathered in the capital Guatemala City’s Constitution Plaza to ...

Last modified on Sun 18 Jul 2021 03.01 EDT For most of her 36 years at the Hufcor factory in Janesville, Wisconsin, Kathy Pawluk loved working there, at least until a private-equity firm took over four years ago. There were Christmas parties and summer picnics, and workers could listen to the radio as they built accordion-style room partitions for convention centers and hotel ballrooms. “They treated people like they were family, not a number,” said Pawluk, 62. “We had the best h...

6 Min Read MILAN (Reuters) - U.S. and international unions have accused Ray-Ban maker Luxottica, the Italian arm of eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica, of violating workers’ right to unionise at a U.S. plant in Georgia and asked the Italian, French and U.S. governments to mediate. FILE PHOTO: The Luxottica name is reflected in a pair of sunglasses in this photo illustration taken in Rome February 4, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/ In a statement sent to Reuters, the Communications Workers of ...

Ray-Ban maker Luxottica accused of anti-union behaviour at U.S. Georgia plant Reuters | Jul 15, 2021 03:52 PM EDT The Luxottica name is reflected in a pair of sunglasses in this photo illustration taken in Rome (Photo : REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/) U.S. and international unions have accused Ray-Ban maker Luxottica, the Italian arm of eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica, of violating workers right to unionise at a U.S. plant in Georgia and asked the Italian, French and U.S. governments to mediate. I...

Ray-Ban maker Luxottica accused of anti-union behavior at US Georgia plant Jul 16, 2021 10:05 AM PHT Reuters US and international unions have accused Ray-Ban maker Luxottica, the Italian arm of eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica, of violating workers right to unionize at a US plant in Georgia and asked the Italian, French, and US governments to mediate. In a statement sent to Reuters, the Communications Workers of America (CWA), together with the AFL-CIO and two other workers groups, alleged that m...

Read Article Union workers at legacy phone and internet company Consolidated Communications in Maine and neighboring New England states say they have authorized a potential strike. Union representatives said Wednesday in a news release that the labor contracts of more than 1,000 workers in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire expire Aug. 7, and that negotiations over new contracts have been underway since March with no resolution in sight. While there are no immediate plans for a work stoppage, re...

Northern New England communication workers authorize strike Published: 7/14/2021 4:24:48 PM PORTLAND, Maine — Union members with a phone and internet company in northern New England said Wednesday they have authorized a potential strike. The contracts of more than 1,000 union employees of Consolidated Communications in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont expire on Aug. 7. Representatives for Communications Workers of America said an “overwhelming majority” of union members voted to authorize...

Left-leaning groups pressure Schumer to act on voting bill Brian Slodysko Tags:  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 12, 2021, as the Senate resumes work after the Independence Day recess. Schumer said Friday that he wants his chamber to vote on pivotal budget and infrastructure legislation before lawmakers break for their August recess, and warned he may delay that summer break to allow more time for work on President Joe Bidens top...

Record-Courier newsroom employees form union to fight for better pay, benefits, job security Print Newsroom staffers at the 191-year-old Record-Courier, a Kent-based local news outlet covering Portage County, are unionizing as they fight for better pay, benefits and job security. The newsroom, which has been greatly diminished in recent years amid different owners, consists of seven people who say they have signed and filed cards with the National Labor Relations Board to be represented by the ...