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USA: Alta-Bates Summit nurses to hold strike in Oakland and Berkley
USA: Shawn Fain, an insurgent, edged Ray Curry as UAW president after calling for a harder line in contract talks
USA: The three-day LA school strike is over. But get used to short, disruptive strikes like it
USA: LA School Workers Win Historic Deal After 3-Day Strike
USA: Starbucks Workers Build Steam
USA: What is to be done? Aftershocks of the academic workers strike
UAW Reformers Clinch the Presidency
UPDATED: Reform challenger Shawn Fain has won the presidency of the United Auto Workers, the federal monitor announced today. Fain will be sworn in just in time to chair the UAW's bargaining convention, which begins Monday.
The vote count had begun March 1, but the initial tallies were so close that final results hinged on a few hundred challenged ballots. The painstaking process to check which ones were valid dragged on for weeks.
UAW Reformers Clinch the Presidency
UPDATED: Reform challenger Shawn Fain has won the presidency of the United Auto Workers, the federal monitor announced today. Fain will be sworn in just in time to chair the UAW's bargaining convention, which begins Monday.
The vote count had begun March 1, but the initial tallies were so close that final results hinged on a few hundred challenged ballots. The painstaking process to check which ones were valid dragged on for weeks.
Review: The Blind Spots, by Thomas Mullen
Thomas Mullen is an author I’d never come across before, but his other books have gotten rave reviews. And this one had an intriguing premise: imagine a world where in the course of a few months, every human being is blinded. (That’s a lot easier to do now after the COVID pandemic.) The next step is a little bit less plausible: imagine that scientists come up with a way, using a device implanted in your head, to allow people to see again.
That’s implausible not because scientists can’t create amazing solutions, but because of the very possibility that such devices, connected to the net, could be manipulated. And that’s the heart of this imaginative science fiction / police procedural set in the near future.
A device that not only replaces your vision but “enhances” it by showing you the nearest restaurants, the local weather and so on is almost certainly going to be used for evil purposes. And it is.
I won’t give the main plot line away — suffice it to say that this is a well-crafted, gripping novel with characters that have some genuine depth. The author has taken a sci-fi premise and run with it, imagining all the issues that would come up in such a world. A world, by the way, that I would never want to live in.
USA: Court ruling opens door to gig driver unionization bill, union says
USA: Oakland Teachers, Parents & Unionists Speak Out For Public Education At OEA Wildcat Strike
Antisemitic Attacks Hit Record High
According to a report released by the Anti-Defamation League, incidents of antisemitism in the United States jumped to its highest level since the organization began tracking it in 1979, up 36% from the year before. What do you think?
Report: French Protests Can Only Mean Something Crazy Happened With Way M&M’s Marketed Over There
EQUINUNK, PA—Watching as more than 1 million people took to the streets in violent demonstrations across France, U.S. residents reported Friday that the intensity of the French protests must mean something crazy happened with the way M&M’s are marketed over there. “Seeing how passionate these protesters are leads me…
NPR Launches New Podcast Exploring Lives Of Employees They Just Laid Off
NEW YORK—In the wake of a cost-cutting decision to terminate roughly 10% of its workforce, National Public Radio announced Friday that it had launched a new podcast exploring the lives of employees they just laid off. “Although the decision to eliminate roughly 100 employees was not taken lightly, we are so excited…
Nation Asks For Just 5 More Minutes On TikTok Before Congress Bans It
NEW YORK—Pleading for a little extra time to scroll their “For You” page, the nation asked Friday if it could have just five more minutes on TikTok before Congress banned it. “We just want to finish this four-part video of this woman discussing her terrible date before you take our app away—pretty please?” said…
Short Concertgoer Annoyed After Getting Stuck Behind Man Growing Continuously Taller
LOS ANGELES—Standing on her tiptoes and craning her neck to no avail, short concertgoer Kate Wulff reportedly grew annoyed Friday night after getting stuck behind a man growing continuously taller. “Goddamn it, this guy’s got to be at least 6-foot-4—and now he’s 6-foot-5, 6-foot-6, 6-foot-7,” said Wulff, who groaned…
Utah Passes Social Media Law Stating That Teens May Only Be Groomed In Person By Religious Leaders
SALT LAKE CITY—In an attempt to crack down on predators who seek to manipulate children they meet on social media platforms, the Republican supermajority in Utah’s state legislature passed a law Friday stating that teens could only be groomed in person by religious leaders. “I intend to sign this bill so we can curb…
Parents Waiting To See Son’s Test Scores Before Prohibiting Him From Playing Football
MARBLEHEAD, MA—Amid growing concerns about the sport’s potential effects on child brain development, local parents Jim and Angela Garza told reporters Friday that they were waiting to see their son’s test scores before prohibiting him from playing football. “We’re certainly concerned about what concussions and other…