Sex workers with HIV removed from Tenn. sex offender registry
Tennessee is Excluding sex workers It removed people with HIV from the sex offender registry following two lawsuits that argued state law doesn’t take into account scientific advances about the spread and prevention of HIV. Chattanooga Times Free Press. Under the state’s decades-old law, prostitution was a misdemeanor for the vast majority of sex workers. […]
AI concerns spur video game workers to go on strike starting Friday
SAG-AFTRA video game performers are planning to strike starting Friday as AI “loopholes” raise concerns. Starting at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, video game voice actors and motion capture performers from the Screen Actors Guild and National Federation of Television and Radio Artists will go on strike over protections for artificial intelligence. This is the second […]
Construction workers union endorses Harris
The Laborers International Union of North America (LiUNA) has voted unanimously to support Vice President Harris’ presidential bid, becoming the latest labor union to endorse a potential Democratic presidential nominee. A major construction workers union endorsed Harris along with more than a half-dozen national labor groups. “Vice President Harris has been a key partner in […]
Theater workers’ union opposes casino bid for Times Square
The HOV might get caught on the hook. The union representing the majority of Broadway theater employees wants to scrap a “blueprint” for a Times Square casino project backed by rapper Jay-Z. “A casino in New York would add a new dimension to New York City’s vibrant entertainment industry, but locating it in the middle […]
Bosses implemented return-to-office mandates hoping their workers would quit
See what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com As the COVID-19 pandemic draws to a close, many large companies are urging their employees to return to the office five days a week, leading many employees to “quietly quit” in protest of this policy. Maybe that’s exactly what their bosses wanted. new Investigation result According to a survey published […]
Where Workers Go from Here
Former President Donald Trump and his new running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), are scheduled to speak together on Saturday in Michigan, a bastion of private-sector unionism and the historic home of the United Auto Workers (UAW) and Democratic Party activism. But now Trump and Vance, semi-backed by the Teamsters, are threatening the legitimacy of […]
Union Leaders Back Away from Joe Biden as Donald Trump Courts Union Workers
Labor leaders are reportedly distancing themselves from President Joe Biden and hoping for another Democratic candidate to replace him, while former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), are aggressively seeking support from union members who are increasingly drifting away from the upper-middle-class leftism of the Democratic Party. On Friday, leaders […]
Mobile shop worker’s alleged actions against customer exposed
Two women were forced to confront a mobile phone shop worker after he allegedly stole their phones. One of the women had left the phone at a well-known mobile phone store in New Zealand for repairs, and the two went to collect it on July 10. However, when the woman picked up her phone to […]
Philadelphia city workers return to full-time office schedule after lawsuit dismissal
Philadelphia city employees have returned to their offices following a judge’s dismissal of a union’s attempt to halt Mayor Cherelle Parker’s mandate for full-time office attendance. District Council 47 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees filed a lawsuit claiming this mandate violates its contract and would negatively affect city workers. Representing […]
NY water workers stumble on 14-foot boa hiding in pipe
It’s terrifying. While working to repair a water main in the nation’s capital, Albany Water Department workers came across a clogged pipe that turned out to be a 14-foot-long boa constrictor that had been living inside the pipe. Local authorities say. Albany Water’s Facebook page said crews were repairing a 48-inch water main in the […]