1+ hour, 45+ min ago   (643+ words) Todd Holden, executive board member of AFSCME Local 1072, speaks at the Labor Solidarity Picnic at Hornbake Plaza on Oct. 8, 2021. (Joe Ryan/The Diamondback) Jen Patterson, a specialist in the University of Maryland’s IT division, said they do not feel valued…...

1+ hour, 50+ min ago   (772+ words) Fund Australia’s home of LGBTQIA+ journalism Longtime LGBTQIA+ advocate Shelley Argent OAM has launched a counter petition calling for Queensland’s Department of Education to restore workplace inclusion support, following news it is withdrawing from the Pride in Diversity program. Argent’s…...

2+ hour, 29+ min ago   (105+ words) The News-Item KULPMONT — A vote to revoke the Kulpmont Fire Department chiefs’ combined stipend of $2,400 failed due to a lack of a second and sparked a heated debate between council members and Chief Marshall Mirarchi III during…...

8+ hour, 3+ min ago   (603+ words) Sunday, September 13, 2026 - 6:10 PM Professor Natacha de la Torre Fariñas reported that she is being removed from her teaching position at the San Alejandro Academy and attributed this decision to her critical stances regarding the political and social situation in Cuba....

11+ hour, 21+ min ago   (261+ words) Neither ministry invoked the essential-services framework Katoen Natie had requested days earlier. Instead, officials grounded the order in Uruguay's Ports Law No. 16,246, Article 65 of the Constitution, and standards from the International Labour Organization's Committee on Freedom of Association, which separates…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1035+ words) Los Angeles Unified has blocked students from accessing generative artificial intelligence on district-issued devices while it develops new rules for the technology, a move that has won praises from some parents but raised questions about how students will learn to…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1619+ words) Autorickshaw and taxi drivers in Ahmedabad staged a four-day strike from September 7 to 10 over declining earnings and competition from app-based transport platforms. Twelve driver organisations said around 200,000 drivers were involved. Strikers demanded minimum fares for online bookings, controls on high…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1062+ words) About 10,000 public servants in New Zealand took part in a half-day strike on September 9 against the National Party-led government’s moves to drive down wages. The government also intends to cut about 8,700 jobs across government departments—14 percent of the core public…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1649+ words) French firefighters began another national strike Tuesday, following a major strike and protest August 13, and after an exceptionally severe wildfire season. The stoppages are scheduled to continue in various forms for more than a month with a national demonstration in…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (413+ words) (The Center Square) – Maryland was one of six states to receive an F for its public-sector labor laws in a new national report as lawmakers expanded collective bargaining rights to more government workers this year. The Commonwealth Foundation’s fifth annual…...