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☆ Putellas fit and ready to go for Spain's World Cup campaign - coach
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

"All players are available to play tomorrow," Vilda said via a translator at a media conference in Wellington on Thursday. "In the case of Alexia, it's optimising all the training sessions that we've had to have Alexia with us. "We are very careful with everything that we do and we're trying every possible means so that Alexia would be in condition to play tomorrow." The Barcelona midfielder is expected to be a key cog in Spain's third World Cup campaign where they are favourites to top Group C ahead of Costa Rica, Zambia and Japan. Spain were eliminated in the last 16 by eventual champions, the United States, in France in 2019, four years after failing to reach the knockout phase on their World Cup debut in 2015.

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☆ Judge temporarily blocks NYC’s food delivery minimum wage law
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A judge has blocked New York City’s minimum wage law for food delivery workers from going into effect on July 12 until there is a hearing for a lawsuit filed by DoorDash and Grubhub against the city. The law, announced last month, would increase pay for app delivery workers to $17.96 per hour before tips on July 12 and bump up the minimum wage to nearly $20 per hour in April 2025. Uber — the parent company of Uber Eats — filed a separate lawsuit against the city challenging the law. New York City’s minimum wage law comes after online meal delivery services surged in popularity during the pandemic, and food delivery volumes still remain higher than pre-Covid levels. We look forward to the court’s decision and to apps beginning to pay these workers a dignified rate.”According to a news release from the city, Manhattan’s 60,000 food delivery workers currently make $7.09 per hour, on average.

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☆ In soccer, player revolts plunge Women's World Cup buildup into turmoil
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Player protests and high-level resignations are dominating headlines amid a growing sense of reckoning in women's soccer less than five months before the World Cup kicks off. Canada's women's team have vowed to boycott a pre-World Cup camp next month over equal pay and support, while Le Graet faced allegations of harassment. A government ministry audit concluded the 81-year-old Le Graet did not have the "necessary legitimacy" for the position. Neither Bontis nor Le Graet, however, are leaving the game. Bontis was named CONCACAF Council vice-president (North America) on Saturday, while Le Graet, who has denied all accusations, has reportedly been pegged to lead FIFA's Paris office.

☆ Player revolts plunge Women's World Cup buildup into turmoil
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Lori Ewing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Canada's women's team have vowed to boycott a pre-World Cup camp next month over equal pay and support, while Le Graet faced allegations of harassment. A government ministry audit concluded the 81-year-old Le Graet did not have the "necessary legitimacy" for the position. Canada are the reigning Olympic women's champions, while France topped their group in World Cup qualifying. Forward Janine Beckie, who was in Qatar for last year's men's World Cup as part of Canada's broadcast crew, saw the "disgusting" discrepancy between the two programmes. (This story has been corrected to change the World Cup start date in paragraph 6)Reporting by Lori Ewing Editing by Toby DavisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Spain's Hermoso backs team mates in dispute with federation
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Sept 29 (Reuters) - Jenni Hermoso, Spain's all-time leading goalscorer, has backed her team mates in their dispute with the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) over working conditions in the national women's team. The Spanish team, ranked eighth in the world, has been in crisis since the RFEF last week said 15 players had threatened to quit if head coach Jorge Vilda was not fired. read moreThe group of players, which did not include Hermoso, later denied asking for Vilda to be fired and lamented the federation's decision to make their communication public. Hermoso said she accepted that the players should not dictate every coaching decision but that their opinion had to be taken into account. Hermoso said she had been wracking her brains over the last few days for solutions to the problem.

☆ New York City sues Starbucks on claims the company illegally fired a Queens barista for union organizing
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-03 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

New York City is suing Starbucks for allegedly firing an employee and union organizer in Queens. "Starbucks continues to wrongfully fire pro-union workers nationwide in retaliation for union organizing," the fired employee said in a statement. In a statement, Locke urged Starbucks to "rehire all illegally fired workers and put an end to their illegal union-busting campaign." "It's been a year since the campaign with Starbucks Workers United began at a Starbucks in Buffalo, NY," Locke said. Starbucks continues to wrongfully fire pro-union workers nationwide in retaliation for union organizing."

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