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Domestic violence: New Garda approach may outlast pandemic Efforts to tackle abuse during lockdown set to be ‘locked into’ policy, says senior garda Wed, Jan 27, 2021, 01:55 Conor Lally Security and Crime Editor Listen now 3:19 Det Chief Supt Declan Daly outside the Harcourt Square Garda complex in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly.   The “overwhelming�...

Amir Khafagy for Documented Unionized workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market left the job in a dispute over wages and health care. On Saturday, they finally won a 70-cent-per-hour raise. Amongst the industrial landscape of Hunts Point, warehouse worker Cheick Oumar A. Barry took refuge from the crippling winter air as he huddled over the amber flames of a campfire. Exhausted and cold, his spirit was not depleted. He said he was willing to endure the bitter cold another week.  Pictured above: outside the Hunts Point produce market. This article was originally published by Documented, a ...

The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe to Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? When 1,400 laborers at the Hunts Point Produce Market, a 113-acre distribution hub in the Bronx, decided to strike earlier this month, their demands were simple: a $1 hourly raise and better health benefits. Their employer had offered them a 32 cent-per-hour increase, which the workers considered an ins...

A Strike That Essential Workers at Hunts Point Produce Market Won Unionized workers at the Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market began a strike after management refused to raise their wages. On Saturday, they announced they had won an 70 cent-per-hour raise Amongst the industrial landscape of Hunts Point, warehouse worker Cheick Oumar A. Barry took refuge from the crippling winter air as he huddled over the amber flames of a campfire. Exhausted and cold, his spirit was not depleted. He said he was willing to endure the bitter cold another week.  “This is nothing. Even if it’s raining or s...

Transcript This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We turn now to look at how over 1,400 essential workers at the largest wholesale produce market in the country won a major victory this weekend after going on strike for nearly week to demand better wages. Before the strike, workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx, here in New York, tried to negotiate with management for a $1-an-hour raise, after keeping the New York City region’s food supply going through the pandemic. They voted to end their strike Saturday after approving a new contract t...