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USA Today: Joe Biden considering forcing Americans to pay emergency aid to suppliers who could be hit hard by UAW strike… 10 days ago: Biden says massive auto workers strike is ‘unlikely’

via usatoday WASHINGTON – With the nation’s auto workers threatening to walk off the job at midnight Thursday, the Biden administration is preparing to offer emergency economic aid to auto suppliers to protect them from any long-term damage in the event of a prolonged strike, according to published reports. The Washington Post, citing anonymous sources …

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California quietly disavows medical misinformation law before courts can strike it down.

via justthenews: California’s COVID-19 medical misinformation law, which threatens the licenses of doctors who deviate from a fluctuating “scientific consensus” in conversations with patients, got a frosty reception in front of trial and appeals courts this year. Signed into law by Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom nearly a year ago, AB 2098 may not exist by …

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BBC: “Hollywood actors union eyes video game strike”

The union representing actors in the US is looking to authorise a second strike against major video game companies. Talks between SAG-AFTRA and companies like Activision and Electronic Arts have reached a “stalemate”, the union said on Friday, particularly on wage increases and artificial intelligence. Hollywood actors have been on strike since 13 July against …

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Mexico’s Truckers Plan 2 Day Nationwide Strike… Longer If Negotiations Don’t Go Well.

Mexico’s truckers plan nationwide strike, blockades A massive strike and protests by cargo truck drivers on roads across Mexico are planned for Tuesday and Wednesday, according to members of the Mexican Alliance of Carrier Organizations (AMOTAC). They said the two-day demonstration could include as many as 300,000 truckers and spotlights a host of demands: improved road safety, …

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Looming strike at Detroit automakers would cost US economy nearly $6 BILLION in 10 days, study says as union prepares to vote on work stoppage

UAW strike of all ‘Big Three’ Detroit automakers would cost economy $5.6B Less than a month remains until the September 15 deadline for new contracts Union boss Shawn Fain is calling a strike authorization vote next week A ten-day strike by the United Auto Workers that shuts down the ‘Big Three’ Detroit automakers would cost …

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UAW Declares War on Corporations, Seeks 46 Percent Wage Hike, September Strike Looms

via Mike Shedlock: The United Auto Workers (UAW) contract with GM, Ford, and Stellantis will expire on September 14. The UAW demands are outright ludicrous. A strike appears likely. UAW Demands 32-hour workweek 46 percent pay raise over 4 years Right to strike over plant closures Increased retiree benefits Defined pension plan for all workers …

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UPS Strike could be the most expensive in 100 years.

Hundreds of thousands of UPS drivers could go on strike by the end of the month, and the walkout could be the most expensive one in the U.S. in at least a century. That is according to a new analysis from the Anderson Economic Group, a Michigan-based think tank that specializes in the economic impact …

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3,500 Starbucks workers to go on strike.

Strikes at some organized U.S. Starbucks stores started Friday in Seattle, after the coffee giant and the union representing baristas publicly clashed over claims that the company was not allowing Pride month decor in cafes. The union, Starbucks Workers United, said more than 150 stores representing nearly 3,500 workers have pledged to join the strikes, …

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THOUSANDS of junior doctors began a 72-hour strike across England today as the government fails to meet workers on their demands

  THOUSANDS of junior doctors began a 72-hour strike across England today as the government fails to meet workers on their demands. Doctors gathered at picket lines outside their hospitals as rallies were held throughout the country, including in Oxford, Birmingham, London and Manchester. The action by members of the British Medical Association, which will …

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Italians call for national pasta strike as prices skyrocket (pasta used to be cheap eats – not anymore)

Italians are calling for a pasta strike to bring down prices. via alarabiya When it comes to skyrocketing pasta prices, Italians are crying: Basta! They have had enough after the cost of the staple of every Italian table soared by twice the rate of inflation. One consumer advocate group is calling for a weeklong national pasta strike starting June …

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Gaddafi’s Son begins hunger strike…

A son of Libya’s late leader Muammar Gaddafi, who has been held in Lebanon for more than seven years, began a hunger strike Saturday to protest his detention without trial, his lawyer said. Hannibal Gaddafi has been held in Lebanon since 2015 after he was kidnapped from neighboring Syria where he had been living as …

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Oil price hike incoming: Drones STRIKE two major oil refineries in Russia

via naturalnews: Russian officials have confirmed two drone attacks on two different oil refineries in the country. One drone attack caused a fire to break out near the major oil port of Novorossiisk. The attack caused significant damage to the surrounding infrastructure and disrupted operations at the port, which is a key export terminal for Russian crude …

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