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After working more than 1,000 days without a contract, more than 200 unionized NBC NewsDigitalworkers on Thursday launched a 24-hour walkout to protest the media giant’s ongoing “unfair labor practices,” including …
‘Stop Union-Busting’: After 1,000+ Days Without Contract, NBC News Workers Walk Out Read More
A US-based financial forensic firm has alleged that India’s Adani Group, led by the world’s third-richest person Gautam Adani, is involved in a massive and “brazen stock manipulation” and “accounting …
A US research firm has accused Adani of pulling “the largest con in corporate history” Read More
The drops in both new jobs and wage growth contained in a Department of Labor report released on Friday elicited cheers from financial world insiders. “This is a really terrific jobs …
US: Financial world celebrates slowing wage and employment growth in new jobs report Read More
Washington state rang in the New Year with the launch of its most ambitious plan to slash carbon pollution. The new “cap-and-invest” program is designed to follow in the footsteps …
Washington state just started capping carbon emissions. Here’s how it works. Read More
Sarah McKinley describes a structural reset to democratise our economies. The results of the recent midterm elections in the US were less polarised than anticipated and the threatened Republican Red …
All things being unequal Read More
(Monday 19th December) Commenting on the adoption of Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP15 in Canada today, Katie Leach, Head of Biodiversity at responsible investment NGO ShareAction, said: “World leaders have today …
COP15 Global Biodiversity Framework – ShareAction response Read More
Legislation that Sen. Bernie Sanders unveiled 13 years ago to help boost workplace democracy and curb worsening inequality in the United States was included in the $1.7 trillion omnibus package approved by …
Sanders’ Bill to Expand Worker Ownership Passes Senate in Omnibus Read More
More investments in Africa could see the Biden administration reduce China and the EU’s dominance in trade with Africa The US is optimistic that if the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) …
Why the US is backing the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Read More
How could mutual respect rein in Covid deaths? Irene van Staveren offers an explanation. Why were the Covid-19 death rates in populist countries such as the US, Brazil and India, …
Did social closeness beat Covid? Read More
Climate and environmental campaigners on Wednesday hailed the first-ever U.S. government offshore wind power lease sale off the Pacific coast, an auction that drew over three-quarters of a billion dollars in …
Historic Offshore Wind Lease Sale in California Gets Over $750 Million in Winning Bids Read More