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☆ Apple’s first US labor union reaches new milestone for tech industry
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Workers at Apple’s first unionized retail store began collectively bargaining with management on Wednesday, in a milestone moment not only for the iPhone company but for all of Big Tech. The worker group, based out of a mall near Baltimore, is organized with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) union. “Other Apple workers will be watching this,” she said. Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThe success of the Towson Apple store workers’ unionization bid came amid a broader wave of workplace organizing. David DiMaria, the lead organizer of the Towson Apple store union campaign with the IAMAW, said excitement was high among the Apple store workers ahead of Wednesday’s first meeting.

But too often, this behavior is an excuse for avoiding the mucky work of maintaining relationships, both personal and professional. Many managers and employees want to escape the unchecked animus they experience online, preferring the workplace feel like a safe cocoon. This year we should all work to reverse the trend and lean in to conflict — and conflict resolution — instead. Perfectionism affects and, in turn, limits the ways we feel safe communicating, which makes perfect sense. The pandemic, not surprisingly, is another culprit, exacerbating students’ experience of relational tension.

☆ In Maryland, a White Kitchen Goes Au Naturel
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

When they purchased the modest-sized, woodland house in Towson, Md., from an interior designer in 1999 for $570,000, businessman David Watts and his wife, Nancy Watts—aged 59 and 58, respectively—fell in love with its natural wood finishes, especially the hewed cedar walls and beautiful chestnut beams in the family room. Over the years, they complemented the rustic elements with additions of their own, including naturally shed elk and deer antlers from their property, repurposed as cabinet hardware. “Yet, while the other spaces largely echoed the woods around, the white kitchen stuck out like a sore thumb,” says Mrs. Watts. “They wanted the kitchen to be reflective of the surrounding nature. We opted for warm woods in raw, unfussy forms, and smooth limestone-like finishes for the floors,” says Ms. Smith-Shiflett.

☆ At 3 weeks old, she caught RSV, the virus that's packing hospitals across the US
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Christina Zdanowicz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

And pediatric hospitals are feeling the strain, with more than three-quarters of their hospital and ICU beds occupied for the past few months. Her prematurity “increased her risk of how her body would react to the RSV virus,” the doctor explained. Medical teams at Greater Baltimore Medical Center helped Ayra Pokharel before she was transferred to another hospital. Sending patients to other facilities for treatment is common during the height of flu and RSV seasons, Nguyen said. RSV symptoms RSV is a common virus, but it can cause serious illness, especially in younger infants and older adults.

☆ A convicted killer who confessed to another murder from '91 told Florida authorities of 'hatred for women'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Michael Townson, 53, allegedly confessed to killing Linda Little while he was serving a life sentence for the 2007 slaying of another woman, Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young told reporters. A Volusia County grand jury on Monday indicted Townson on a charge of first-degree murder, Young said. Courtesy DBPDTownson admitted to other killings in central Florida and Tennessee and is considered to be a suspected serial killer, Daytona Beach Police Detective Dave Dinardi said at a news conference. Little, a 43-year-old North Carolina native, had lived in the Daytona Beach area for two years and was working as a waitress when she vanished after her shift around 1 a.m. on Oct. 11, 1991, The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported. In 1991, Townson was living in Orlando and would travel to the area to visit the beach, Dinardi said.

☆ Workers at Apple stores in Australia went on strike for an hour and are refusing to repair AirPods or handle deliveries in a dispute over pay and conditions
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Dozens of Apple workers in Australia went on strike on Tuesday in a dispute over pay and conditions. The workers are now refusing to repair AirPods, fix screens, or handle deliveries. "Apple workers represented by RAFFWU have stepped up where no other retail workers in Australian history have gone. Apple workers were not permitted to speak to media but made comments that could be heard by reporters, per The Herald. In June, an Apple store in Towson, Maryland became the first to officially unionize.

☆ How the filmmakers behind ‘Till’ depicted Black trauma without showing violence
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Harmeet Kaur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The problem with ‘Black trauma porn’“Black trauma porn” – much like “disaster porn” or “poverty porn” – generally refers to graphic depictions of violence against Black people that are intended to elicit strong emotional responses. The implication is that these images can be needlessly traumatizing to Black viewers for whom violence is an inescapable fact of life. “There’s a difference between telling a story of Black trauma and telling a story that is ‘Black trauma porn.’”How Till avoids the trap of ‘trauma porn’What, then, is the line between a story of Black trauma and “Black trauma porn?”For Young, the distinguishing factor is context. Put bluntly, is that depiction of Black trauma intended to appeal to the sympathies of White people? It’s notable that many of the recent projects deemed to be “Black trauma porn” have been the work of Black creatives – an obvious reminder that Black people are not a monolith.

☆ Apple store workers in Oklahoma to vote on labor union
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Apple workers in Oklahoma City are set to vote this week on whether to form the second-ever labor union at one of the tech giant’s US stores. The Apple store workers in Oklahoma are seeking to gain representation with the Communication Workers of America union. Just under 100 employees at the Apple store in the Penn Square Mall are eligible to vote in this union election. Earlier this year, Apple store workers at a mall in Towson, Maryland, made history when they voted to become the first unionized Apple store in the United States. Patrick Hart, another worker at the Oklahoma City Apple store, echoed that sentiment.

☆ Analysis: Gaffe or insight? Deciphering Biden's unguarded answers
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Trevor Hunnicutt | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to reporters as he departs for Boston from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., September 12, 2022. U.S. President Joe Biden's tendency to ad-lib in impromptu press situations is often referred to in Washington as his "gaffe" problem. After Biden spoke on defending Taiwan in a CBS News "60 Minutes" interview this month, officials quickly said that U.S. policy towards Taiwan is unchanged. His apparent willingness to commit U.S. forces to a battle in Taiwan clears up a long-standing disconnect in U.S. policy towards Taiwan. While Biden's off-the-cuff remarks sometimes reveal deeper truths about his policy or opinions, other times they are simply misleading.

☆ 22-year-old shares nightmare of getting scammed by a fake job: 'I went from excited to devastated in a month'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Callie Heim, 22, went viral on TikTok for sharing how she got scammed by a fake job listing. Callie Heim was thrilled to start her marketing job with Waymo, the buzzy self-driving car company, earlier this summer. Heim had been scammed by a fake job listing. She was invited to a phone interview the next day, where the interviewer said the job would entail getting a computer and phone to do her job remotely. In reality, this is what's known as a fake check scam, where scammers hope you'll send them money and "reimburse" you with a bad check.

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