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New York Post
4 weeks ago
New York City

NYers rip controversial $15 congestion pricing as MTA opens public hearings: 'Don't make a lot of money as it is'

New Yorkers will have the opportunity to voice their opinions on the $15 congestion toll.
Public servants, including first responders, are concerned about the impact of the new fee.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
New York City

Diana's Necklace, With Its 178 Diamonds, Is Up for Sale

Good morning.We'll look at a necklace that was made for Diana, Princess of Wales, shortly before she died.It will be sold in New York next month.We'll also look at a survey that says one in four New Yorkers lost at least one person they were close to during the early part of the pandemic.Credit...Jacqueline Arzt/Associated Press In London, the preparations for the coronation of King Charles III are all but complete.
moreNew York City
London
www.standard.co.uk
9 months ago
London

Hundreds of security guards at UCL told to reapply for jobs and face 13,000 pay cut, union says

H undreds of security guards at a London university will have to reapply for their roles in a major shakeup that could see them lose 13,500 per year, a union says.Up to 40 security officers who are contracted by Bidvest Noonan to work at UCL could lose their jobs or be offered work elsewhere in the company under new proposals.
www.standard.co.uk
1 year ago
London

On The Breadline: Another 1m giveaway in our cost of living appeal

T he total given out in our On The Breadline campaign has hit almost 4 million after more than 1 million was today handed to charities supporting disadvantaged people across London.The focus of this second and final phase of funding has been to help groups disproportionately hit by the cost of living crisis.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
London

Met pays out to black brothers searched and handcuffed outside home

The Metropolitan police has settled a complaint by black brothers who were stopped, searched and handcuffed outside their family home.Nicholas Peart, 24, and Leon Peart, 20, both black, are Christians who regularly attend church and say they have never smoked tobacco let alone taken drugs.They told of their feelings of trauma and humiliation after about 20 minutes in handcuffs when arrested outside in Chingford, east London.
the Guardian
1 year ago
London

'Some people must be earning millions': inequality in the UK's highest-earning constituency

"You have got to be kidding me," says Louis Margeite."If that's the average salary, some people must be earning millions because no one we know earns anything remotely close to that."
moreLondon
www.npr.org
9 months ago
Health

Spare a thought for Gustavo, the guy delivering your ramen in the wildfire smoke

Gustavo Ajche snapped a selfie on the street while making his rounds on Wednesday.Gustavo Ajche As many New Yorkers isolated inside this week to avoid the smoke that enveloped the city, one man was rushing ramen across town for a customer's dinner.He's one of thousands of workers who just had to suck it up literally.
individuals
Mashable India
10 months ago
Remote teams

'Living in La-La Land' Elon Musk's Controversial Work-From-Home Critique Sparks Online Outcry

Elon Musk, the renowned entrepreneur and CEO of companies like Tesla and SpaceX, has recently shared his perspective on remote work, expressing concerns about its productivity and ethical implications.Musk believes that working from home not only hampers productivity but also sends a misleading message to employees who don't have the luxury of remote work, such as essential workers in factories and other industries.
Streetsblog San Francisco
1 year ago
San Francisco

Oaklanders: Vote Yes on Measure 'U'

Advocates want Oakland to keep fixing its roads, adding bike lanes and other safety features while they do it
QNS.com
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Schneps Media honors Leaders of Labor at Terrace on the Park - QNS.com

Hundreds of business people celebrated the most influential and impactful members of the labor community and the organizations that support them at Schneps Media's 2022 Leaders of Labor event represented by MetroPlus Health on Thursday, Sept. 15, at Terrace on the Park.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Many States Have Created or Expanded Tax Credits to Help Families Get By

Several states have created or improved tax credits this year - particularly state earned income tax credits (EITCs) and state child tax credits (CTCs) - to support families struggling to afford the basics as costs rise amid the pandemic.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Toronto

Immigration minister says he's working on a faster path to permanence for temporary residents | CBC Radio

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says his government is preparing to reinstate a program that would help to speed up the process of turning newcomers in Canada under temporary permits into permanent residents.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Here's who will get $500 checks from the state starting next week

The payments are through the state's COVID-19 Essential Employee Premium Pay program.
moreindividuals
www.cbc.ca
10 months ago
Toronto

Unions aim to identify those who crossed picket line during public service strike | CBC News

Several smaller unions say they're looking to identify anyone who crossed the picket line during last month's federal worker strike with one asking members to provide names.The Union of Veterans' Affairs Employees (UVAE) says those who continued working during the 12-day strike "disrespected" other members of the union, one of 15 that make up the much larger Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC).
Toronto
10 months ago
Toronto

Toronto needs to reinvent downtown core to recover from pandemic, research shows

Toronto is lagging behind similarly sized cities in terms of pandemic recovery and "reinventing" the downtown core could be a key solution, according to data from the University of Toronto's School of Cities.By measuring cellphone activity, researchers ranked Toronto 55th of 63 North American cities recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Toronto

Science table says Ontario needs new approach as COVID-19 burden set to fall on primary care | CBC News

The burden of COVID-19 going forward will sit on the shoulders of primary care doctors and nurses if no new variant emerges, but the way that medical care is delivered must be reconsidered, Ontario's now-defunct science table said Monday in its final bit of advice to the province.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Toronto

Provinces demand more control over immigration to combat labour shortage | CBC News

Citing a nationwide labour shortage, several provincial immigration ministers say they want more control over the immigration process, and have sent a letter to their federal counterpart calling for change.
CBC
1 year ago
Toronto

Thousands march in Toronto on May Day to highlight issues impacting workers | CBC News

Thousands of essential workers, union leaders and community organizations gathered Sunday afternoon at several locations in downtown Toronto, including Queen's Park, for rallies calling attention to issues impacting workers on May Day.
Exchangewire
10 months ago
Marketing tech

The Current Retail Media Landscape

Touted as digital advertising's "third wave", retail media has emerged as one of the hottest topics in ad tech.Although the Covid-19 pandemic initially forced retailers to shift their focus onto the medium, retail media's exponential growth can be attributed to a couple of key factors.The first is how the medium fits in with evolving privacy regulations: retail media is a goldmine for detailed first-party data, allowing advertisers to sidestep privacy concerns associated with third-party data cookies entirely.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
New York City

900,000 New Yorkers Lost at Least 3 Loved Ones to Covid

Josefa Santana, 96, did not leave her Washington Heights apartment when New York City shut down to slow the spread of the coronavirus in March 2020.But her son, a butcher, had to work.He was the only one to leave the apartment in those weeks, so he probably was the one who brought the virus in.Despite her family's efforts to protect her, Ms. Santana got sick, and then died.
Eater Chicago
1 year ago
Chicago

Lagunitas to Reopen Chicago Brewpub After Three-Year Slumber

Three years after closing its brewpub, Lagunitas Brewing is reopening on April 13 to the general public in North Lawndale, near Douglass Park.The closure was a part of a glut of shutters as restaurants coped with their health, government mitigation measures, and dwindling consumer confidence during a pandemic without a COVID vaccine.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Albertsons, despite debt, will hand $4 billion to owners before merger

A Safeway grocery in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Oct. 18, 2021.(Ash Ponders/Bloomberg News) The 2,270-store Albertsons grocery company is facing mountains of debt.It owes about $4.9 billion to worker pension funds and another $7.5 billion to creditors.Credit rating agencies say the company has a substantial risk of being unable to repay.
amNewYork
1 year ago
Parenting

Hochul announces $70 million in funding for New York child care providers | amNewYork

Governor Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday that over $70 million for child care will go to 344 brand new child care providers.
Los Angeles Times
2 years ago
Los Angeles

L.A. Unified says it's working toward ending indoor mask mandate at schools

Los Angeles school officials are working toward ending the indoor campus mask mandate, they said Friday night, as the state and L.A. County removed their requirements and handed decision-making power to local districts.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
World politics

Canada's Public Servants End Their Strike Without Remote Work Guarantee

A strike by more than 155,000 federal government workers in Canada came fully to an end on Thursday after a tentative deal was reached with the remaining holdouts tax agency employees.The walkout, which began on April 19, involved workers who mostly deliver services rather than professionals or policymakers and was largely prompted by union members' desire to recoup inflation-driven wage losses and to enshrine in their contracts the right to work from home.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

Out of Cash and Out of Fuel, Sri Lanka Runs on Patience

The rage at the failure and corruption of a ruling elite is matched by generosity and ingenuity to prevent complete collapse and anarchy.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

LA School Workers Win Historic Deal After 3-Day Strike

Los Angeles Unified School District teachers join school aids in their fight for better wages at LA State Historic Park in downtown Los Angeles during the SEIU/UTLA strike on Thursday, March 23, 2023.Sarah Reingewirtz / MediaNews Group / Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images Union negotiators for about 30,000 school support staffers in California's Los Angeles County struck a historic deal with the second-largest district in the United States on Friday after a three-day strike.
www.aljazeera.com
1 year ago
Coronavirus

Elderly leave cities as COVID infections surge in China

Families tell of sending elderly relatives away from China's cities amid reports of surging cases and deaths.Three days ago, Lily Wang tested positive for COVID-19.Isolating in her small apartment in Shenzhen, the 29-year-old is currently fighting a high fever and a sore throat.Despite her own illness, Wang's thoughts were for her grandmother who has been spared from sickness so far, thanks to the quick actions of her parents.
Streetsblog USA
1 year ago
SF politics

Opinion: Ending Our Oil Addiction Is a Moral Imperative for Inflation and the Climate

We have control over our demand for oil, if we have the courage and political will to act on it.
Nytimes
1 year ago
World politics

At a nuclear plant in the midst of fighting, dedicated Ukrainian operators work at gunpoint.

KYIV, Ukraine - In the winter darkness, tracer rounds from Russian armored vehicles streaked past nuclear reactors and high-tension electrical lines.A fire broke out.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Toronto

This man applied for his Nexus card in 2020. He's one of 333,000 Canadians still waiting for interviews | CBC News

Ontarians applying to renew their Nexus cards might have to wait even longer for an interview as the Canada's border service now estimates the current backlog has grown to 333,500, leaving applicants across the country in limbo.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Dining

To Tip, or Not to Tip? For Customers, That Is the Question.

Automated payment and the spread of tipping to every corner of the food-service business have helped workers weather the pandemic.But some consumers feel overwhelmed.
Bustle
1 year ago
Marketing

Why Everyone On TikTok Is Nostalgic For March 2020

Anyone who experiences quarantine nostalgia - a topic that has over 84 billion views on TikTok - admits that it's strange to look back on such a stressful, traumatizing time in human history and kind of... miss it?March 2020 was one long scramble to buy toilet paper while you worried about family and friends.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
California

Glendale City Council members accused of cutting in line for early COVID-19 vaccinations

Members of the Glendale City Council cut in line for scarce COVID-19 vaccinations when they first became available, and the chief of the city's Emergency Medical Services was demoted when he protested, according to a lawsuit filed by the former chief.Brian Julian, who remains a battalion chief in Glendale's Fire Department, says in the suit that he lost his position as "EMS chief" and suffered a pay cut just eight days after he complained in January 2021 about the alleged cheating.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
California

An LAUSD strike survival guide: What you need to know

Here is a guide for coping with the three-day Los Angeles Unified School District walkout set to begin Tuesday morning.The basics
The walkout - which will last Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday - would include as many as65,000 workers.Schools would be closed during a strike.That is leaving parents scrambling.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

LAUSD bus drivers, food workers, teacher aides give union OK to call strike if talks fail

Members of the union that represents most nonteaching employees in Los Angeles schools - cafeteria workers, custodians and teacher assistants - have overwhelmingly voted to allow their leaders to call a strike if negotiations don't lead to an agreement.The 30,000 workers represented by Local 99 of Service Employees International Union include bus drivers, campus security aides and gardeners - all essential to operations in the nation's second-largest school system.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Read Nury Martinez's full resignation statement

Nury Martinez released the following statement Wednesday as she resigned from her seat on the Los Angeles City Council.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Southern California grocery workers union signs tentative wage hike agreement, averting strike

Unions representing 47,000 Southern California grocery workers tentatively signed a new three-year contract with Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions, averting a strike they had authorized last week.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Just in time: Metrolink brings back service for 24 trains, adds 2 new trains

For the first time since the start of the pandemic, Metrolink has brought back service to 24 trains and added two new trains to its daily schedule.
The expanded service started Monday.
Los Angeles Times
2 years ago
Los Angeles

L.A. County will align with state to end school mask mandate after March 11

Los Angeles County health officials on Monday said they will align with the state's move to end indoor school masking requirements after March 11, giving officials in the county's 80 schools districts - including L.A. Unified - the ability to make their own decision about whether to continue with local mandates.
lehighvalleylive
1 year ago
Remote teams

If you have to go into the office, these 2 days are preferred most by N.J. and N.Y. commuters

The middle of the week is prime commuting time in New Jersey and it reflects what the Partnership for New York City and New Jersey Chamber of Commerce called the new workplace normal of hybrid work schedules, dividing the work week between home and office.And mid-week is the preferred time for employees to be in the workplace, as shown by the most recent NJ Transit customer survey data.
The Manual
1 year ago
Productivity

This is how to reset your work/life balance

It would be an understatement to call what has happened to the workforce an upheaval.
Yahoo
1 year ago
Public health

Senator cites Elon Musk in urging agency heads to end remote work

During a heated hearing on Thursday, a Republican senator invoked the words of Tesla ( TSLA) CEO Elon Musk when pressuring public health officials to bring more federal workers back to in-person work.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

'A big win': New contract gives grocery workers their biggest pay raises in decades

Whipsawed by the pandemic, spurred by fury over wage stagnation and alarmed by inflation, Southern California's unionized grocery workers gained their biggest pay raises in decades Thursday as they ratified a new contract with the region's largest food chains.
financialpost
2 years ago
Public health

Mental health emerges as top concern for Canadian employers worried about workers' low-grade trauma from pandemic

Report finds business leaders fretting about toll of mental health issues, from absenteeism to added costs for treatment
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 year ago
Washington DC

This George Santos Bobblehead Is Ready to Take Pinocchio's Lying Doll Crown - Washingtonian

With its tiny legs stuck firmly into place, a new bobblehead of Congressman George Santos will have a hard time scurrying away from its inspiration's cornucopia of falsehoods -or from pesky reporters who have questions about them .The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in Milwaukee-and yes, that's a real thing!
Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 year ago
Washington DC

DC Is Expected to Get Fare-Free Buses by the Summer

Tuesday, the DC Council passed  Metro for DC, a bill that will ease the financial burden of commuting for DC residents.It will make all bus routes that begin in the District fare-free; add 12 overnight bus routes; create a $10 million improvement fund; and establish a $100 monthly SmarTrip subsidy program for DC residents.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Why Strike-Averse Britain Is Gripped by Industrial Action

Britain isn't accustomed to the waves of labor unrest that can be a fact of life in countries where the right to strike is enshrined in law.Until recently, it appeared that coordinated industrial action was largely a thing of the past, thanks partly to union-busting reforms pushed through by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
Independent
1 year ago
Public health

Nurses working in 'horrendous' conditions as 100,000 patients left on trolleys

Nurses and midwives are working in "horrendous" conditions and are suffering from stress and burnout, as it emerged that more than 100,000 patients have been left waiting on trolleys in Irish hospitals this year.he Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has warned that staff are "stretched to the limit", with staff shortages reported across the country.
Independent
1 year ago
Medicine

More than 100,000 patients left waiting on trolleys at hospitals

More than 100,000 patients have gone without beds in Irish hospitals so far this year.he Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has called for the Government to bring in measures needed to retain nurses and midwives to help address the crisis.In analysis released on Tuesday, the INMO said more than 1,903 children have been waiting on trolleys.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Column: Biden turns tables on Newsom by backing California farmworker bill

California farmworkers may struggle with clout in our state Capitol, but they definitely have friends in higher places.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Biden Endorses California Bill That Would Make Unionizing Easier for Farmworkers

Labor organizers in California and across the country welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden's " unexpected and powerful" endorsementof the state's pending legislation to make it easier for farmworkers to unionize - a bill that's sitting on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Hundreds of California Farmworkers Are Marching for Union Voting Rights

On Wednesday, around 250 farmworkers and their supporters took their first steps of a 24-day Delano-to-Sacramento march to demand more voting options for farmworkers when casting a ballot on unionization.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
UK politics

New year honours list includes outspoken critics of government

Sir Michael Marmot, the world-leading expert on health inequalities, has been made a Companion of Honour in the new year honours, among a series of people to be rewarded despite their often outspoken criticism of ministers and government policy.Marmot, who headed a landmark inquiry into UK health inequalities and has since been vocal about the lack of action to address them, receives one of the most prestigious honours in existence.
the Guardian
1 year ago
UK politics

Don't make Partygate official Martin Reynolds our man in Riyadh, urge Tories

Senior Tories are warning Boris Johnson against appointing an official at the heart of the Partygate scandal to a top diplomatic job after it emerged that the man was being lined up to be Britain's ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Pay Disparity Is Rising. Let's Commit to an Equitable Economy in the New Year.

CEOs will make more than the average annual pay for all U.S. workers before the end of the first workday of 2023.Public outrage over extreme pay gaps has led to broadening support for strategies to address them.PeopleImages / iStock / Getty Images Plus If the typical CEO of a large U.S. corporation clocks in at 9 am on January 2, by 3:37 pm that afternoon he'll have earned $58,260 - the average annual salary for all U.S. occupations.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Over 100 Starbucks Stores Go on Strike to Protest Company Union Busting

Workers for more than 100 Starbucks locations nationwide are staging a strike on the company's "Red Cup Day" on Thursday in protest of union-busting tactics that the company has relentlessly unleashed on pro-union workers.The "Red Cup Rebellion," as workers have dubbed it, will see more than 2,000 workers on strike , the union says, with 112 stores on strike in dozens of cities from coast to coast .
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

This Holiday Season Could Be Watershed Moment for Amazon Organizers

This article was originally published by Labor Notes.
Could this November see the biggest coordinated international day of action at Amazon yet?
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Luxury Building Workers in New York City Authorize Strike

Thousands of porters, doorpersons, superintendents, concierges, and handypersons with SEIU Local 32BJ gathered on Park Avenue in Manhattan on Wednesday for a rally to demand a fair contract.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Senate Cafeteria Workers Successfully Defend Jobs and Push Democrats to Back Them

@JeffMerkley came out strong for the workers, standing in solidarity and promising to continue internal work improve their conditions pic.twitter.com/sOyNvCiuU3
Nieman Lab
1 year ago
Media industry

Newsrooms recognize women of color as the canaries in the coal mine

For my 2023 prediction, I'm ramping up my urgent call for us to make room in journalism and media for women of color to rise up and lead us.It's a call to action that's been simmering within me for years.But something happened earlier this month that provided the cultural touchstone for me to take to my keyboard and write this piece.
San Jose Spotlight
1 year ago
Media industry

San Jose Spotlight wins 8 state journalism awards - San Jose Spotlight

San José Spotlight has won eight California Journalism Awards in the annual contest sponsored by the California News Publishers Association, including four first place honors.
Eater
1 year ago
Food & drink

The Hottest Trend of 2022: Worker Strikes

In 2022, after two years of working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, workers across the country made clear that they'd had enough, and walked off the job.This year brought an unprecedented spike in strike activity across multiple industries, but from Starbucks to Chipotle to McDonald's, nowhere was this surge of worker power on display more prominently than in the restaurant industry.
San Jose Spotlight
1 year ago
Education

Why test scores are plummeting at San Jose schools - San Jose Spotlight

Santa Clara County test scores are plummeting, especially for low-income students, and the drop goes beyond the classroom.The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the disparities across low-income households with the digital divide, disproportionate loss of loved ones and housing insecurity, all factors in the state's drop in standardized test scores.
San Jose Spotlight
1 year ago
Education

Gianocaro: Respect, protect and pay education workers - San Jose Spotlight

The Santa Clara County Office of Education laid off over 60 special education paraeducators, a position primarily held by women, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
amNewYork
2 years ago
Education

Charter school leaders reflect on two years of COVID | amNewYork

March 15 marks the two-year anniversary of the New York City public school system shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.independent.co.uk
1 year ago
France news

In France, fuel crisis frays nerves and workers' resilience

Even close to midnight on a school night, the tipoff was too important to ignore: A nearby gas station had just been resupplied.
So Aicha Far scooped up her 6-year-old and set off into the night.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

Workers at Two Northeast Portland New Seasons Stores File to Join Burgeoning Independent Union

Staff at two New Seasons Markets in Northeast Portland have filed paperwork to join the budding independent union representing workers employed by the chain grocery store.
Boston.com
1 year ago
Boston

Mass. trucker strike raises concerns about disrupted food delivery

BOSTON (AP) - More than 300 truck drivers at New England's largest wholesale food distributor have gone on strike, raising concerns about disrupted food deliveries to schools, hospitals and nursing homes.
Flipboard
1 year ago
Boston

Some MBTA Orange Line passengers still unaware of upcoming closure | Flipboard

Many of the people who use the MBTA are essential workers, who say they cannot shift to remote working.
Some are still unaware of the T's plans to shutdown service for a month.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Who Is Still Dying From Covid? The CDC Can't Answer That

Earlier this week, President Joe Biden seemed to commit one of his trademark gaffes by saying "The pandemic is over."The backlash was swift.
Document Journal
1 year ago
Career

Is it 'quiet quitting,' or are you just doing your job?

For a generation born into hustle culture, the idea that work shouldn't consume our lives is new The work-from-home boom kickstarted by the pandemic has become an integral part of corporate culture, with more and more jobs across the country allowing employees to work remotely part- or full-time.
sfist.com
1 year ago
San Francisco

Hey, Whatever Happened to That Downtown SF Congestion Pricing Plan? It's Been Paused,' SFMTA Says

As the state of New York barrels ahead with congestion pricing to battle climate change and traffic, a similar plan for San Francisco has been shelved, likely to the relief of retailers and small business owners.
sfist.com
2 years ago
San Francisco

Emergency Paid Sick Leave Could Be Permanent in San Francisco

Paid leave during a health crisis could soon be a basic human right in San Francisco.
sfist.com
2 years ago
San Francisco

More Stories Surface of Alleged SFPD Inaction on Crimes, Chief Claims Serious Morale Issues'

After a Chronicle report about police inaction toward a suspect trashing a downtown parklet, crime victims are coming out of the woodwork saying they were blown off too, but Chief Scott blames serious morale issues.
East Bay Times
1 year ago
Public health

Sequoia Hospital workers end strike, reach agreement with Dignity Health

REDWOOD CITY - After a nearly two-week-long strike by hundreds of Sequoia Hospital workers, management and strikers reached an agreement for a 16% raise effective immediately and provisions that could make healthcare benefit costs more predictable.
Austin Monitor
1 year ago
Austin

Amid affordability crisis, Austin could hike hourly minimum wage for city employees to $22 - Austin Monitor

Photo by Gabriel C. Pérez/KUT.The minimum wage for city workers could go up to $22 an hour next fiscal year.
Friday, June 17, 2022 by Skye Seipp, KUT
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

New report finds Brooklyn added 100k jobs since pandemic, outpacing city in economic recovery * Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn's economic recovery has outpaced that of the rest of the city, with the best borough having added more than 100,000 new jobs since the apex of the pandemic in April 2020.
Brooklyn Paper
1 year ago
Brooklyn

PHOTOS: Bay Ridge parties at back-to-back Viking Fest and Norwegian Day Parade * Brooklyn Paper https://www.brooklynpaper.com/bay-ridge-parties-viking-fest-norwegian-day/

Bay Ridge celebrated like Scandinavians on May 14 and 15 with back-to-back events from the northern European bloc.
Brooklyn Paper
2 years ago
Brooklyn

R train weeknight service suspended till June, weekend outages starting next month * Brooklyn Paper

The R train is set to see major service disruptions, starting today and trudging for nearly three months.
The subway line is set to undergo major track maintenance work through June.
Insidehighered
1 year ago
Higher education

Tuition waivers help colleges raise summer enrollment

After two years of pandemic-related unpredictability and financial uncertainty, college and university administrators are cautiously optimistic about summer enrollment prospects this year.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Letters: Why I'm a loyal CTA rider

I read with interest Steve Chapman's May 15 column about public transportation ( "Public transit will never be the same, post-pandemic").
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Starbucks workers win union elections in Cary and Peoria, the first in Illinois

Workers at Starbucks locations in Cary and Peoria won union elections Tuesday, making the stores the first and second Starbucks to unionize in Illinois.
time.com
1 year ago
US politics

Why Double Digit Rent Hikes Are Here to Stay

Garrett deGraffenreid, a 23-year-old New York University graduate student, knew the rent on his one-bedroom Manhattan apartment would jump when he saw a Trader Joe's grocery store pop up down the block.
9news
1 year ago
Coronavirus

COVID-19 isolation rules to change in NSW and Victoria. Here are the key things to know

Residents of New South Wales and Victoria will no longer be required to isolate for seven days if they are deemed to be a close contact of as both states make further relaxations to long-standing public health orders.
San Jose Inside
2 years ago
Coronavirus

Santa Clara County Optimistic Outdoor Mask Mandate Will Be Lifted March 2

Santa Clara County, the last remaining county in the state with an indoor masking mandate for vaccinated individuals, took one step closer to lifting the order today, but stopped short of announcing it definitely will occur.
Nytimes
1 year ago
NYC real estate

Strike Is Averted as Doormen's Union Reaches Contract Agreement

The union representing doormen and other workers in more than 3,000 apartment buildings in New York City reached a new contract agreement on Tuesday, averting a strike that could have left thousands of tenants standing guard in lobbies and hauling trash to the curb.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Europe news

Mimi Reinhard, Who Typed Up Schindler's List, Dies at 107

As a secretary in a forced-labor camp in World War II, she added her own name to the list of 1,100 Jews who would be spared from the gas chambers.
Streetsblog San Francisco
1 year ago
SF politics

Temple Night Club Parklet Endangers Howard Street Cyclists

Kyle Grochmal, advocate and Streetsblog contributor, lives in the Mission and travels regularly to Alameda by bike and AC Transit bus, which he catches from the Salesforce Transit Center.
Eater LA
2 years ago
LA food

Dine LA Returns Next Month With a Bunch of New Restaurant Deals

Dine LA returns to Los Angeles this spring, with a two-week run starting April 1.
The Independent
2 years ago
UK news

Government urged to nationalise P&O Ferries as protesters gather in London

Protesters in London have called on the Government to nationalise P&O Ferries after the company sacked 800 seafarers without notice.
the Guardian
2 years ago
World news

NSW rail chaos: Sydney trains back on a limited service amid industrial dispute

Limited train services will run across greater Sydney on Tuesday after the network was shut down on Monday amid an industrial dispute between the state government and a transport union.
the Guardian
2 years ago
World news

'We've had a run on champagne:' Biggest UK banker bonuses since financial crash

This week British bankers will start collecting the biggest bonuses since before the 2008 global financial crisis as their employers fight an "increasingly intense war for talent".
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