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These updates are republished press releases and communications from members of the Science|Business Network TU Berlin: Berlin University Alliance promotes international cooperation The Berlin University Alliance aims to increase the networking activities and diversity of international perspectives in Berlin as a center of science and research. Thirteen joint research projects focusing on issues of social cohesion, graduate studies education, and global health promote the BUA’s strategic coop...

Uber lobbies for Prop 22-style gig work standards in the EU Read full article February 15, 2021, 6:51 AM·24 min read Uber is shooting its shot at EU lawmakers as they dial up scrutiny of working conditions on gig platforms to decide whether new rules are needed to improve the lot of gig workers. The ride-hailing and on-demand food delivery giant has published a white paper today in which it lobbies European policymakers for what it couches as a "new standard" for platform work. In the paper Ub...

We missed this earlier.  In a joint submission to the Labour Ministry, a group of 23 trade unions, civil society organisations and members of academia have raised concerns with the Draft Rules for the Code on Social Security, 2020. In particular, they have raised concerns surrounding the burden of registration of workers, workers’ data privacy, and overall ease of accessibility to benefits, among other things. The submission lays down concerns as well as recommendations on the Draft Rules th...

A rare showing of bipartisanship to pay tribute to their own. tip oneill, they officially renamed a government office building near the capitol in oneills honor. >> can you get a little closer, donnie? "the dallas morning news," the environmental protection agency has temporarily suspended bp from new contracts in the united states because of a, quote, lack of business integrity. existing contracts will not be affected. the deep water horizon spill of 2010 resulted in the death of 11 platform wo...

Hard decision for the coast guard calling off the search for those 11 platform workers who were working at the oil platform. you see some of the video there. missing since tuesday after the big explosion in the gulf of mexico. 115 workers were able to get off that platform. 17 of them were hurt. also, there were four critically injured workers and two of them have been released from the hospital. even in a country known for drug violence, this crime pretty shocking. you heard the story? gunmen...