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☆ Amazon Labor Union faces next showdown in upstate New York
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The next month, that same group, the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), fell short at a smaller facility across the street. On Wednesday, workers at an Amazon facility near Albany, New York, will begin voting on whether to join the ALU and become the second unionized Amazon warehouse in the United States. It also comes as Amazon has still not formally recognized the union in Staten Island or come to the bargaining table. Chris Smalls, a leader of the Amazon Labor Union, leads a march of Starbucks and Amazon workers and their allies to the homes of their CEOs to protest union busting on Labor Day, September 5, 2022, in New York City, New York. “I think they have an uphill battle ahead,” Kochan said of the union vote at the ALB1 facility.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Monae said she uses both she/her and they/them pronouns. Jerrod CarmichaelJerrod Carmichael accepts Outstanding Writing for "Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel" at the 74th Primetime Emmys in Los Angeles, on Sept. 12, 2022. Charlee CorraCharlee Corra speaks at Human Rights Campaign dinner on March 12, 2022 in Los Angeles. Ellia GreenEllia Green, right, with his partner Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts and their daughter in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 15, 2022. Blair came out publicly this year after serving as a consultant for Amazon Prime’s very queer TV reboot of the decades-old film.

☆ College costs keep snowballing despite Biden’s efforts to ease student debt burden
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-01 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Shannon-Pettypiece-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Shannon Pettypiece | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Loans from private banks have gone up even faster, with some charging more than 13% for student loans this fall, people familiar with the industry said. Borrowers with existing loans that have variable rates have started seeing their monthly payments go up from the higher rates, they said. Increased costs mean many students have to borrow more money at higher rates, further exacerbating the student debt problem the Biden administration set out to address. The problem is the cost of higher education,” said Betsy Mayotte, president of The Institute of Student Loan Advisors. “We commend this administration for responding to the call of addressing of the student loan debt crisis,” said Derrick Johnson, president of the NAACP.

☆ Trump fan who assaulted Officer Fanone on Jan. 6 sentenced to more than 7 years in prison
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | Ryan J. Reilly Is A Justice Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump fan who brought his teenage son along as he assaulted then-D.C. police officer Mike Fanone and another officer at the Capitol on Jan. 6 was sentenced to more than seven years in prison on Tuesday. Former Metropolitan police officer Michael Fanone during a House select committee hearing on July 12. After Fanone's statement, a supporter of the Jan. 6 defendants called Fanone a "piece of s---." More than 850 people have been charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack and more than 350 have pleaded guilty. The longest sentence of 10 years in federal prison went to an ex-NYPD officer who assaulted a D.C. cop with a flagpole and tackled him to the ground, and then lied on the stand about his conduct.

☆ Former University of Southern California dean pleads guilty in political bribery case
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

LOS ANGELES — A former dean at the University of Southern California pleaded guilty Monday in a bribery case involving a powerful Los Angeles politician who promised to help steer a multi-million contract to the school if his son got a scholarship and a teaching job. Flynn and Ridley-Thomas, who is now on the Los Angeles City Council, were charged in the public corruption case last year. He pleaded not guilty last October, only hours after his colleagues suspended him and the city controller cut off his pay. Mark Ridley-Thomas at the re-opening of Leimert Park, in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 19, 2021. Flynn, who could have faced up to 10 years in federal prison, pleaded guilty to one count of bribery.

☆ Flacăra olimpică a sosit la Tokyo; Ceremonie discretă și tristă pe un stadion gol și pe o vreme ploioasă
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-09 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaFlacăra olimpică a sosit la Tokyo; Ceremonie discretă și tristă pe un stadion gol și pe o vreme ploioasăFlacăra olimpică a sosit vineri la Tokyo pentru o ceremonie pe un stadion gol, a doua zi după ce autorităţile japoneze şi organizatorii au decis să interzică prezenţa spectatorilor de teama Covid-19. Flacăra olimpică a sosit vineri în Tokyo, metropola care va găzduit Jocurile Olimpice de Vară, în perioada 23 iulie-8 august, dar publicul a fost ţinut departe de ceremonie. Într-o dimineaţă ploioasă, cu exact două săptămâni înainte de ceremonia de deschidere a celui mai mare eveniment sportiv de când a început pandemia, flacăra a fost adusă pe scenă într-un felinar şi înmânată guvernatorului oraşului, Yuriko Koike. Tribunele erau goale pe stadionul Parcul Olimpic Komazawa, suburbiile sud-estice ale capitalei, care a fost folosit şi la Jocurile Olimpice de la Tokyo din 1964. Tokyo, JAPAN 9 July 2021.

Organizations: Olympic Locations: Tokyo, Komazawa, Japan

☆ Navid Afkari: Executed Iranian wrestling star’s voice is ‘everywhere now’
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-28 | by ( Don Riddell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

Editor’s Note: Wrestler Navid Afkari was executed by the Iranian government on September 12, 2020. On that fateful morning, he learned that another Iranian wrestler, Navid Afkari, had been executed, hanged for a crime that his family and friends say he didn’t commit. The spirit of wrestling is deeply engrained in Iranian culture, where it has transcended the arena of sport. The executionAccording to the Afkari family, his final days were brutal, but there wasn’t necessarily any reason to think that the end was near. Iranians in Canada on Mel Lastman Square demonstrate against the execution of wrestler Navid Afkari by the Iranian regime, in Toronto, Ontario in September 2020.

☆ 35 de ani de la catastrofa de la Cernobâl; Dinspre Chișinău spre locul avariei au fost duși peste 3500 de lichidatori
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-26 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +5 min

Sursa foto: Igor Kostin35 de ani de la catastrofa de la Cernobâl; Dinspre Chișinău spre locul avariei au fost duși peste 3500 de lichidatoriAstăzi se împlinesc 35 de ani de la catastrofa de la Cernobâl, care s-a soldat cu mii de morţi şi a contaminat până la trei sferturi din continentul european. La 26 aprilie 1986 a explodat Reactorul 4 al centralei nucleare, iar multe zile după aceea, conducerea sovietică a păstrat tăcerea. Acoperişul reactorului, greu de o mie de tone, a fost aruncat în aer, iar un nor uriaş radioactiv a cuprins mare parte din Europa, inclusiv Moldova. Tchernobyl accident April 1986 - nuclear power station at Pripyat in the soviet union was the worst in the history of nuclear power generation the accident caused the the quick deaths of more than 30 people & 200 more contracted serious radiation sickness. On April 26, 1986, reactor N. 4 of the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, in the Ukrainian Soviet Republic blew up during a test of its emergency system, creating the worst nuclear accident in history.

De data asta a fost vorba de așa zisa ”reformă a justiției” și de ”acoperiții” din rândul magistraților. ”Suntem într-o permanentă reformă a Justiţiei - un pas înainte, doi înapoi!”, spune direct Dana Gîrbovan. Iar concluzia pare clară – și o numesc dezvăluirea anului: ”Suntem incapabili, la nivel de instituţii, să rezolvăm o problemă spinoasă, aceea a serviciilor de informaţii, indiferent de ce tip de informaţii vorbim”. ”Practic, acolo a fost izvorul protocoalelor”, consideră Gîrbovan, subliniind că există o corespondenţă: ”Când se desfiinţează SIPA se mută dincoace, la SRI, problema”. Cine ne dă garanţia că nu mai există, în prezent, ofiţeri acoperiţi, colaboratori sau informatori ai serviciilor de informaţii în Justiţie?”, întreabă Dana Gîrbovan,Întregul dialog Marius Tucă = Dana Gîrbovan îl puteți citi pe MEDIAFAX.

Persons: Marius Tucă, Dana Gîrbovan, Judecătoarea, Dan Gîrbovan, Dana, Monica Macovei, Gîrbovan, Dan Gîrbovan lui Marius Tucă Organizations: Uniunii Naționale a, Sputnik, CSAT, SRI, MEDIAFAX, Ei Locations: România, BUCUREȘTI, Justiție, Justiţie, preşedinte

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