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Friends of victims say Shaun Varsos should never have had access to weapons after domestic abuse arrest Colleagues say theyre frustrated after their friend was killed in a murder-suicide. and last updated 2021-04-13 21:24:45-04 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Three lives were lost in a murder-suicide Monday morning and now family friends say they’re torn on what to do next. While some want to grieve the loss, they also want answers on what stood in the way of confiscating Shaun Varsos’...

Slovenia Times 14. April, 2021 Ljubljana – Trade unionists have came out against legislative amendments that would provide the legal basis for ride hailing platforms such as Uber arguing they often violate labour rights. Refuting the charge, Infrastructure Minister Jernej Vrtovec said the goal was to make transport services cheaper and more modern. Amendments to the road transport act, which the minister expects to be passed in May, would add app-based ride services for a pre-agre...

US unions not fazed by Amazon setback and vow to keep up the organizing fight Michael Sainato © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images The coronavirus has spurred worker organizing efforts around the United States, as the spread of the virus created a sense of urgency in improving working conditions, safety protections and job security. That has meant a surge in support for unions in America, and has given the national labor movement a powerful...

Unions eye Brookings, Urban Institute as push to organize think tanks grows POLITICO 3 days ago By Rebecca Rainey © Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo Efforts are being made to unionize two of the most influential think tanks in Washington, D.C. Workers at two of the largest, most influential think tanks in Washington, D.C. are forming a union, adding to a growing trend in white-collar collective bargaining. Staff at the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute on Tues...

Bombarded by Amazon’s anti-union messaging in captive audience meetings, text messages and even on flyers plastered in the bathroom stalls, a majority of workers at the company’s warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., unsurprisingly voted against joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.

Apr 13, 2021 The lopsided vote against a union at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, was a major disappointment to organized labor, which regards the fight with Amazon as central to labor’s survival. Yet the defeat doesn’t mark the end of the campaign against Amazon so much as a shift in strategy. In interviews, labor leaders said they would step up their informal efforts to highlight and resist the company’s business and labor practices rather than seek elections at indi...

One victim of a double shooting Monday morning in the StoneBridge neighborhood was president of a union that represented about 1,100 workers in Middle Tennessee. Deborah Sisco, 60, is also described as a friendly neighbor on Whispering Oaks Drive, where residents frequently walk their dogs. "She was really nice. She just waved all the time," neighbor Debbie Geisser said. "Shed try to pet my dog." Sisco and her daughter Marie Varsos, 31, died in a shooting that Lebanon Police Department Sgt. P...

Amazon’s win in Alabama is latest victory in power struggle between tech giants, workers Author: Nitasha Tiku, Eli Rosenberg, Jay Greene, Craig Timberg, The Washington Post Updated: 1 hour ago Published 1 hour ago Share on Facebook Print article Amazon’s defeat of a union organizing effort in Alabama on Friday was the latest setback for workers who have been clamoring to assert more control over the technology companies that depend on them - one that showed how Silicon Valley giants...

Amazon's defeat of a union organising effort in Alabama is the latest setback for workers who have been aiming to assert more control over the companies that depend on them.

KERA News Members of the Texas Organizing project joined a rally calling on AT&T to stop donating to the states GOP leaders over legislation in Austin that would limit ballot access. Voting rights advocates gathered outside of AT&T’s corporate headquarters in downtown Dallas on Thursday to call on the company to stop donating to lawmakers who want to limit voting access. AT&T is one of several Texas companies in activists crosshairs. The rally was part of a coordinated statewide strategy by...