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Opposition mounts among US workers to repeal of mask mandate Opposition is mounting among teachers, service workers and industrial workers to the new COVID-19 safety guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that essentially eliminate masking or social distancing requirements for vaccinated individuals in most settings. The new guidelines have been issued under conditions where nearly two-thirds of the US population is not fully vaccinated. Without a way to determine who is vac...

Two funerals in one week at Sterling Stamping Plant: Part 2 This is the second part in a two-part series. Part one can be read here. The forced relocation of Terry Garr from his home in the Cleveland, Ohio area to the Detroit suburbs is an experience all too familiar to autoworkers, who have been hit by wave after wave of layoffs and plant closures over the last 40 years. When the United Autoworkers agreed to the closure of Twinsburg Stamping in 2010, workers were forced to seek transfers to ot...

Two funerals in one week at Sterling Stamping Plant: Part 1 . Last week, family, friends and coworkers laid to rest two autoworkers from Stellantis’s Sterling Stamping Plant north of Detroit. Terry Garr’s casket Crane operator Terry Garr, 57, died in the hospital the night of Wednesday, April 21, after a fatal accident, which occurred during a die set. Two days later, millwright Mark Bruce, 62, passed away after a fight with the coronavirus. Both were needlessly sacrificed on the altar of c...

A campaign team spoke to workers Thursday about the online May Day rally Saturday that will issue the call for the formation of the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees.

After two deaths in one week at Sterling Stamping Plant, autoworkers describe dangerous conditions inside Stellantis factories After two deaths last week at Sterling Stamping Plant near Detroit, autoworkers are speaking out against unsafe conditions in Stellantis factories. On Wednesday, crane operator Terry Garr was crushed to death in an accident while performing a die staging. At the end of last week, millwright Mark Bruce died of COVID-19. Bruce worked in the plant’s powerhouse on the fir...

Submitted to the Tribune The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board on Wednesday seated its new chair and vice-chair, welcomed new members and received commendations from the governors of both Nevada and California. The board elected Nevada governor’s appointee Mark Bruce as chairperson and Placer County Supervisor Cindy Gustafson as vice-chair. “I am grateful for the opportunity to be in this role during a time of positive momentum and strong partnerships in the Tahoe Basin,” Bru...

6 women sue Kansas Highway Patrol leaders, claim discrimination, sexual harassment Katie Bernard, The Kansas City Star © Dreamstime/TNS Six women have filed a lawsuit against the state of Kansas and several managers at the Kansas Highway Patrol. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Six women are suing the state of Kansas and several managers at the Kansas Highway Patrol, alleging a hostile work environment and culture of sexual harassment and gender discrimination that stems from the top of ...

Submitted by paula on Sat, 01/30/2021 - 12:04am LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. - The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) Governing Board on Wednesday seated its new chair and vice-chair, welcomed new Governing Board members, and received commendations from the governors of both Nevada and California. The board elected Nevada governor’s appointee Mark Bruce as chairperson and Placer County Supervisor Cindy Gustafson as vice-chair. “I am grateful for the opportunity to be in this role dur...

Mark Bruce, Chairman of the TRPA Governing Board Like many residents and visitors of Lake Tahoe, I have had the good fortune of running, hiking, swimming, skiing, dining, lodging and otherwise living in and around Lake Tahoe nearly all of my life. Tahoe has played a vital role in the development of my most treasured relationship, with my wife Lisa, where we both learned to care for much more than ourselves, and where we were married 25 years ago on the west shore. Over the years, Lake Tahoe�...

Like many residents and visitors of Lake Tahoe, I have had the good fortune of running, hiking, swimming, skiing, dining, lodging and otherwise living in and around Lake Tahoe nearly all of my life. Tahoe…