Britain is one of the few places in the world where schoolchildren have permission to express contempt for their nation’s flag. So it is hardly surprising that pupils at Pimlico Academy in South London protested against their school’s policy of flying the Union Jack. Nor is it surprising that the …
Read More »Parents sue Los Angeles teachers union & school district for ‘holding children hostage’ to political agenda with ongoing closures
The suit, which was filed this week in Los Angeles County Superior Court, accuses the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) of breaching its responsibility to students by letting teachers dictate when schools shuttered amid Covid-19 pandemic can reopen. The other defendants, the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) union and …
Read More »Pro-Amazon bots fill Twitter with anti-union rhetoric as company faces first unionized facility in Big Tech history
The last batches of votes from Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama are being counted to determine whether the facility will be Amazon’s first – and by extension Big Tech’s first – to unionize, a massive milestone that Amazon seems to dread despite its sky-high profit margins. On Monday night, …
Read More »‘Flag shagging’ or completely normal? New rule says Union Jack to fly on all govt buildings, polarizing Brits
Under instructions issued to government personnel by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Department, the Union Jack should be displayed every day, unless there is already a flag on display to mark a special event. The guidance will take effect in summer. The government is also encouraging all local councils …
Read More »Amazon-owned Twitch removes anti-union ads pushed by parent company after media and users complain
“Twitch does not allow political advertising, and these ads should never have been allowed to run on our service,” the company said in a statement on Wednesday, thanking the “community” for bringing them to attention. One of the ads, shared on Twitter by journalist and activist Rod “Slasher” Breslau, showed …
Read More »How union-hating Amazon is building an army of ex-FBI agents to beef up its security
Investigative outlet the Intercept has drawn attention to Amazon ramping up employment of former US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) operatives to its global security center in Goodyear, Arizona. A cursory search of the company’s employees via its official LinkedIn page shows 126 users mention Amazon and the agency in …
Read More »Irony meets hypocrisy? When it comes to UNION vote, Amazon argues that in-person ballots are crucial for valid & fair election
In this case, the online retailing behemoth is arguing that in-person voting is needed for a “valid and fair” election when employees at one of its warehouses in Alabama vote whether to unionize. Amazon has asked the National Labor Relations Board to delay the union vote for 6,000 warehouse workers …
Read More »America’s fantasy that China will soon collapse like the Soviet Union did is based on arrogance and ideology, not facts and reason
2020 was a year to forget, but it was also immensely geopolitically significant. The outbreak of Covid-19 was a world-changing event which will profoundly alter the globe. Not least because the political shockwaves it created have brought relations between the United States and China to their lowest ebb in modern …
Read More »How convenient: Teachers union leader battles to keep schools closed… while on vacation in the Caribbean
Union area vice president Sarah Chambers has been claiming that re-opening Chicago’s public schools next Monday would put students, teachers and the wider public at risk due to widespread Covid-19 infections. But these apparent concerns for public health didn’t stop her jetting off to Puerto Rico, despite the small Caribbean …
Read More »America is now ruled by people older than the ‘gerontocracy’ of Soviet Union’s twilight days
It is often overlooked that Donald Trump currently holds the distinction of being the oldest-ever US president, being 70 at the time of his inauguration. Biden will take that trophy as well if he’s inaugurated in January 2021, having turned 78 last month. Even so, he is actually younger than …
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