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☆ Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy file for union vote at Disneyland
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Chris Isidore | Natasha Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The group had announced a union organizing effort in February, but very often such campaigns fall short of filing to hold a vote. Union organizing efforts have picked up in the last year, especially in the wake of a number of high profile contract wins by unions that provided union members with large pay raises. There are more than 21,000 Disneyland “cast member” employees, who are represented by more than a dozen unions. But it doesn’t include the performers who dress up as characters such as Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy and interact with visitors. Vo said it’s difficult for cast members to afford living on their own, and many have roommates.

Persons: “, ”, Kate Shindle, Mickey, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Disney, Mai Vo, Vo, Zach Elefante, Elefante Organizations: California CNN, Actor’s Equity Association, National Labor Relations Board, Disneyland, Disney, Union, Workers, CNN, showtime, Magic Kingdom Locations: Anaheim, California, Los Angeles, Orlando , Florida, Orlando, Southern California, Vo

☆ Opinion | Fixing the Quality Problems at Boeing
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “‘Shortcuts’ Paint a Picture of Boeing Ceding Quality” (front page, March 31):The sad story of Boeing unfortunately seems to be a metaphor for this country. Boeing — before being taken over by management brought in through the McDonnell Douglas acquisition in 1997 — was by far the best plane maker in the world. But new management in the post-merger period stressed return on investment and profitability rather than engineering and quality, and the company’s culture shifted over time. To the Editor:Re “Boeing Chief to Resign in a Major Reshuffle” (Business, March 26):Boeing’s latest leadership overhaul will achieve the necessary results only if the company does the hard work of changing its culture as well. For years, Boeing has been plagued by a culture that has been described as “broken,” “sick” and filled with “secrecy and intimidation.” Employees were notoriously afraid to speak out about problems they saw internally.

Persons: McDonnell Douglas, —, Charles H, ” Organizations: Boeing, Quality, Swissair, Employees Locations: Marblehead, Mass

He was ultimately acquitted after a Senate trial. Enough time and money has been wasted forcing Texas Attorney Ken Paxton, to defend himself," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. Paxton did not testify at his impeachment trial. Attorneys for the former Paxton aides called it a blatant attempt to avoid testifying. “Failure to at least consider this possibility runs the risk of AG Paxton making a mockery of the Texas Senate,” Sen. Drew Springer wrote in a letter to Republican Lt. Gov.

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☆ ESPN returning Emmys submitted under fake names
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Oliver Darcy | Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —ESPN returned dozens of Emmy statues and “disciplined” employees after an investigation disclosed Thursday found that the sports network had submitted fake names to the awards organization in a bid to secure trophies for on-air personalities who had been ineligible to receive them. The apparent fraud stretched back to 1997, ESPN said in a statement, acknowledging that members of its team “were clearly wrong” for concocting the scheme. “Some members of our team were clearly wrong in submitting certain names that may go back to 1997 in Emmy categories where they were not eligible for recognition or statuettes,” an ESPN spokesperson said in a statement. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, which administers the Emmys, said it discovered the fraud, prompting an investigation. NATAS said in a statement to CNN that it had identified several “fictitious credits” submitted by ESPN to multiple sports Emmys categories.

Persons: ”, NATAS Organizations: New, New York CNN, ESPN, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Athletic, CNN, ” Locations: New York

CNN —For nearly a decade, US Coast Guard leaders have concealed a critical report that exposed racism, hazing, discrimination and sexual assault across the agency. That investigation found that serious misconduct had been ignored and, at times, covered up by high-ranking officials, allowing alleged offenders to rise within the ranks of the Coast Guard and other military branches. The Coast Guard said this week it had enacted or partially enacted 60 of 129 recommendations, including additional training and additional support services for victims. The Coast Guard did not comment on concerns that problems remain at the agency, or the statistics or examples cited by CNN. Yet to this day, none of the accused service members from her case have faced any consequences.

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☆ 3M agrees to pay almost $10 million to settle apparent Iran sanctions violations
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —3M has agreed to pay almost $10 million to settle apparent violations of Iranian sanctions, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control said last week. The agency said 3M had 54 apparent violations of OFAC sanctions on Iran. One US person employed by 3M Gulf, a subsidiary in Dubai, was “closely involved” in the sale, OFAC said. OFAC notes Iranian law enforcement stands accused of human rights violations both in Iran and Syria. 3M voluntarily self-disclosed the apparent violations after discovering the sale hadn’t been authorized, according to OFAC.

Persons: Taavon Naja, OFAC, ” OFAC, “ Organizations: CNN, of Foreign, Control, 3M, Law Enforcement Forces, “ Locations: Iran, Switzerland, Dubai, Syria, United States, PFAS

☆ The state of return-to-office policies: a post-Labor Day reset?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Some big-name employers are signaling they will get tough on enforcing their return-to-office mandates after Labor Day. It’s hard to say whether such moves by well-known companies signal a broader trend of employers getting serious about enforcing RTO policies. Meanwhile, one study suggests the hours employees spend at work on the days they do go in may be changing. The state of enforcementFor all the various data and research that seeks to capture the reality and impact of hybrid work policies, it’s hard to find nationally representative, statistically significant samplings of HR executives detailing their organization’s return-to-office policies or enforcement strategies. For example, the HR team at Gartner, which helps clients design and implement workplace policies, did a live poll survey of 225 of its HR clients during a webinar on May 31.

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☆ At Taser maker Axon, ex-staff say loyalty meant being tased, tattooed
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Scottsdale | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +34 min

Reuters also interviewed 63 current and former Axon employees, including nine former executives. No one with whom Reuters spoke was aware of deaths or lawsuits stemming from tasings of Axon staff. Axon has faced fewer lawsuits since 2009, the year it introduced a new Taser model with a lower charge. Screenshots from an Axon promotional video show CEO Rick Smith taking a Taser hit in 1993, the year he co-founded the business. And that’s off-putting.”Gorman, the former Axon lawyer, said he “vividly” remembers an executive asking him if he was going to be tased.

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Jeff Bezos had purchased The Post for $250 million in 2013, less than a year after Mr. Baron had taken over. Mr. Bezos, who arrived at media ownership after founding Amazon and remaking online shopping, wanted his top editor to transform the newspaper from a regional news organization into a truly global one. But Mr. Bezos, whose representatives kept an eye on the budget, didn’t believe The Post needed to add many new editors to accomplish that task. So, Mr. Baron came up with a workaround, according to his coming memoir. “To avoid setting off alarms up the line, my deputies and I would strip the word ‘editor’ from proposed new positions whenever possible,” Mr. Baron writes.

Persons: Martin Baron, Jeff Bezos, Baron, Bezos, “, ’, Mr, ” Organizations: The Washington Post

☆ Anchor Brewing, the Oldest Craft Brewer in the U.S., Will Close After 127 Years
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Livia Albeck-Ripka | More About Livia Albeck-Ripka | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But recent economic pressures proved too much for the oldest craft brewer in the country: After 127 years, Anchor Brewing Company is shutting down. Anchor added that although it had stopped brewing, it would continue packing and distributing beer while available. In 2021, Anchor Brewing tried to adapt, rebranding and bottling and canning more of its beers to sell in grocery stores. But those changes “couldn’t make up for the significant loss of sales,” he added. In a last-ditch attempt to stay afloat, Anchor limited sales of its beer to California, and stopped producing one of its products, a Christmas ale.

Persons: ” Sam Singer Organizations: Anchor Brewing Company, ” Employees, Anchor Brewing Locations: Sapporo, California

On the contrary, he’s fired Twitter employees who publicly disagreed with him about engineering issues at the company. Musk originally claimed he bought Twitter because he wanted to encourage more free speech on the platform. But no one should be surprised that “free speech” for Musk really means free speech for the powerful. But that doesn’t make him an avatar of free speech. But like other bosses, he’s got a genius for manufacturing unfreedom.

☆ Twitter Workers Said to Resign By the Hundreds After Elon Musk Set Employment Ultimatum
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Alexa Corse | Sarah E. Needleman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Twitter Inc. suffered a new wave of departures Thursday to its already depleted workforce after many employees rejected Elon Musk’s demand that they commit to working “long hours at high intensity” in order to stay. Many staffers spent the past day weighing their options, after waking up Wednesday to an overnight email in which Mr. Musk told them to fill out a form by Thursday, 5 p.m. ET, to indicate if they want to remain at the company and are willing to be “extremely hardcore.” Employees who don’t opt in will be given three months of severance, Mr. Musk said.

☆ Twitter Workers Say Farewell After Musk Ultimatum
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Alexa Corse | Sarah E. Needleman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Twitter Workers Brace for Another Round of Departures as Musk Ultimatum Looms
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Alexa Corse | Sarah E. Needleman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Twitter employees are bracing for another round of departures, after Elon Musk issued an ultimatum telling them to commit to “long hours at high intensity” or leave. Many staffers spent the past day weighing their options, after waking up Wednesday to an overnight email in which Mr. Musk told them to fill out a form by Thursday, 5 p.m. ET, to indicate if they want to remain at the company and are willing to be “extremely hardcore.” Employees who don’t opt in will be given three months of severance, Mr. Musk said.

☆ Twitter Workers Say Farewell After Musk Ultimatum Over Terms of Employment Passes
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Alexa Corse | Sarah E. Needleman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A new wave of Twitter Inc. employees began posting farewells Thursday, after the deadline passed on an ultimatum Elon Musk issued for them to commit to “long hours at high intensity” or leave. Many staffers spent the past day weighing their options, after waking up Wednesday to an overnight email in which Mr. Musk told them to fill out a form by Thursday, 5 p.m. ET, to indicate if they want to remain at the company and are willing to be “extremely hardcore.” Employees who don’t opt in will be given three months of severance, Mr. Musk said.

[1/3] Eliza Luna, a ballot designer with the Maricopa County Elections Department, counts ballots for the Arizona Presidential Preference Election at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., March 17, 2020. Between July 11 and Aug. 22, the county election office documented at least 140 threats and other hostile communications, the records show. Maricopa officials appeared at times overwhelmed by threatening posts on social media and right-wing message boards calling for workers to be executed or hung. Eight people face federal charges for threats, including two who targeted Maricopa County officials. The county election director had instructed him to shut down the server for delivery to the Arizona State Senate in response to a subpoena.

☆ Google CEO Pichai tells employees not to 'equate fun with money' in heated all-hands meeting
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Jennifer Elias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

In this article GOOG Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTAlphabet CEO Sundar Pichai gestures during a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 22, 2020. Fabrice COFFRINI | AFP | Getty ImagesAs Google tries to navigate an unfamiliar environment of slowing growth, cost-cutting and employee dissent over cultural changes, CEO Sundar Pichai is finding himself on the defensive. Pichai admitted that it's not just the economy that's caused challenges at Google but also an expanding bureaucracy at Google. Pichai said leadership is combing through more than 7,000 responses it's received from employees regarding suggestions from the Simplicity Sprint effort. Kristin Reinke, head of Google finance, said at the meeting that sales teams will have more leeway to travel since their jobs require meeting with customers.

☆ Is Twitter ready for the midterms?
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-26 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

The disclosure alleges that Twitter is rife with security and privacy vulnerabilities that put users, investors and even US national security at risk, and that Twitter executives have misled its board and regulators about its shortcomings. Members of the US House Committee on Homeland Security on Thursday sent Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal a letter demanding that he address Zatko’s allegations and explain Twitter’s readiness for the 2022 midterms. In 2020, hackers tricked Twitter employees into handing over internal access that allowed them to take over the accounts of prominent figures such as former President Barack Obama and then-Presidential candidate Joe Biden. “Twitter employees were repeatedly found to be intentionally installing spyware on their work computers at the request of external organizations,” the disclosure states. Twitter’s employees use devices overseen by other IT and security teams with the power to prevent a device from connecting to sensitive internal systems if it is running outdated software, Twitter added.

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