Today is a regional public holiday in Launceston, Tasmania for the horse race, The Launceston Cup. It isn't a full holiday like in Melbourne, only public servants officially get the day off.
I'm working which I always volunteered to do in Melbourne when I lived there.
The thought of getting a day off in aid of the barbaric horse racing industry and the destructive gambling industry is abhorrent to me.
"I have something much bigger than even myself at stake. We are in the middle of a fight for the future of #democracy."
A slip by Hunter would weigh heavily on #POTUS as he seeks re-election. #Republicans & #conservative tabloids have relished documenting Hunter's alcohol & drug #addiction.
We are calling on the Philippine government to enforce legislation to ban the farming, slaughter, and consumption of dogs. #DogSlaughter for consumption was banned in the Philippines in 1982. This ban was reinforced in 1998 via the #AnimalWelfareAct which prohibits killing dogs for food with minimum penalties set at 1,000 pesos (equivalent to about US$22 at the time) and not less than six months in prison.
#Sweden: #union will no longer maintain or install #Tesla#Supercharger stations, joining #SympathyStrikes in nearly a dozen unions, including postal workers, dock workers, extending to neighbouring countries
#SouthAfrica: #unions march against mayor and #corruption, "As workers we are the last line of defence for good governance, efficient service delivery as well as honest leadership"
Amazon's EV company, Rivian, started 5 years ago when they bought a Mitsubishi factory in Illinois. At the old factory workers were union, made $30/hr, and had great benefits. Now, 25 years later, Rivian workers start at $20/hr, have no union, and injuries ran rampant.
FTA: "Prisoners, asylum seekers, drug addicts and other marginalized people are the involuntary early adopters of every form of disciplinary technology. They are the leading indicators of the ways that technology will be ruining your life in the future. They are the harbingers of all our technological doom."
[#ÉcoAContreCourant] L’exploitation, point de fuite de la contestation du capitalisme
Le philosophe Emmanuel Renault tente, dans son dernier ouvrage, de remettre la notion d’#exploitation au centre des luttes sociales, en partant de la réalité des expériences vécues dans le #travail.
[#ÉcoAContreCourant] L’exploitation, point de fuite de la contestation du capitalisme
Le philosophe Emmanuel Renault tente, dans son dernier ouvrage, de remettre la notion d’#exploitation au centre des luttes sociales, en partant de la réalité des expériences vécues dans le #travail.
Fresh Del Monte has claimed it should not be held liable for a civil lawsuit alleging killing, rape and violence by security guards at its Kenyan pineapple farm because it is domiciled in the Cayman Islands.
McClintock's position means #Republicans are down another vote as they try to impeach Mayorkas w/a razor-thin House majority. Rep #KenBuck (R-CO) is also opposed, w/several other Republicans undecided.
“The company’s platforms have been used to fuel the spread of #terrorism and violent #extremism, mass #violence and online #harassment. Meta’s core products – Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp – enable #HumanTrafficking, drug trafficking and the illegal wildlife trade, along with the proliferation of child sexual #abuse material and child #exploitation. People use Meta’s social media and messaging platforms to spread #propaganda, #disinformation and information warfare, undermining the integrity of our information ecosystems and #elections around the world.”
"McDonald’s has averaged 15 violations per 100 stores, ranking among brands with the highest rates of violations... Franchised models may have higher rates of child labor violations because they’re under pressure to limit labor costs to offset steep fees" https://wapo.st/4223LJQ
Today in Labor History February 3, 1910: Mary Harris "Mother" Jones addressed Milwaukee brewery workers during a two-month stint working alongside women bottle-washers while on leave from the United Mine Workers:
"Condemned to slave daily in the wash-room in wet shoes and wet clothes, surrounded with foul-mouthed, brutal foremen . . . the poor girls work in the vile smell of sour beer, lifting cases of empty and full bottles weighing from 100 to 150 pounds, in their wet shoes and rags, for they cannot buy clothes on the pittance doled out to them. . . . Rheumatism is one of the chronic ailments and is closely followed by consumption . . . An illustration of what these girls must submit to, one about to become a mother told me with tears in her eyes that every other day a depraved specimen of mankind took delight in measuring her girth & passing comments."