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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Mapped: Typhoon Krathon heads to Taiwan after lashing Philippines

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Could old cookbooks be the secret to surviving the cost-of-living crisis?

ABC

Grandma's meatloaf, broken glass jelly and Weet-Bix slice. "We started during COVID because so many people couldn't access certain foods," Ms Bowtell said. "It's the easy stuff, the basic stuff that people need," Ms Bowtell said. "It's been wonderful to hear from all these people potentially saving an arm and a leg during their weekly shop," she said. "Some younger …

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4 months, 1 week ago

17,000 AT&T workers across the Southeast strike over contract negotiations

NPR

17,000 AT&T workers across the Southeast strike over contract negotiations toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images More than 17,000 AT&T workers across the Southeast are on strike after accusing company management of “unfair labor practices” during recent contract negotiations. A statement released Friday by the Communications Workers of America — the union representing the striking employees — said AT&T did not …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Microsoft’s World of Warcraft development workers are unionizing

Associated Press

NEW YORK — More than 500 workers behind the popular video game franchisee “World of Warcraft” are unionizing. It also builds on an expansion of organized labor seen among Microsoft video game workers since the tech giant’s $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard last year. With Wednesday’s World of Warcraft news, alongside other recent organizing efforts, CWA says more than …

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5 months ago

Activision Blizzard’s ‘World of Warcraft’ game developers vote to unionize

LA Times

Video game workers at Blizzard Entertainment who work on the popular game “World of Warcraft” have voted to unionize. The more than 500 game developers at Blizzard Entertainment who work on the blockbuster video game “World of Warcraft” have elected to form a union, marking the latest entrant in a wave of unionizing efforts in the video game industry. “We …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Country Women's Association of WA makes history in vote to allow men as members

ABC

The West Australian Country Women's Association has welcomed men into its ranks after 100 years, with members voting almost unanimously to grant men membership rights. The vote comes as the CWA celebrates its centenary in Western Australia, and the historic vote is part of a swathe of constitutional changes voted in by members at the association's annual general meeting. CWA …

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9 months ago

'Sisterhood' of CWA in Western Australia is 100 years old, but is the women-only club about to change?

ABC

Rachel Mitchell is almost two years older than the Country Women's Association in Western Australia. Men on the agenda CWA state chief executive Trish Langdon will be hosting the 100th WA conference in July, where potential changes to the group's constitution will be voted on. "It's important the organisation is governed in a contemporary manner," Ms Langdon said. "I think …

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1 year ago

Documenting a nation: Why food traditions and old cookbooks still matter

ABC

Each Christmas, Janet Gunn lovingly creates a pound cake based on an old family recipe included in a 1930s cookbook that was first owned by her grandmother. "The CWA community cookbooks started in the 1930s, and one of the things that's great about them is that the recipes come from ordinary people," she says. "It's been in our family for …

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1 year ago

C Homework Help: Top 5 Websites for Outsourcing Programming Homework

Hindustan Times

Sometimes, learners get too many tasks from learning institutions that do not leave them enough time and/or motivation to organize tasks on their own. To solve this, companies offering the best C programming homework help come in handy. Here are five highly regarded websites that provide the best C programming assignment help: DoMyAssignments.com – The best do my programming homework …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Earthquake of magnitude 5.9 rocks Taiwan's Taipei

India TV News

Taiwan was hit by a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 on the Richter scale on Tuesday, sending tremors throughout the island, including the capital city of Taipei. The earthquake's epicenter was located at sea, approximately 120.2 kilometers east of Hualien County Hall, at a depth of 5.7 kilometers, according to Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau. The intensity of the …

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1 year, 2 months ago

What the Microsoft Activision deal means for labor unions

LA Times

A labor neutrality agreement between the Communications Workers of America and Microsoft kicks in at Activision Blizzard 60 days after the acquisition closes. Microsoft’s $69-billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard could provide the growing labor movement among video game workers a boost because of a labor neutrality agreement the company entered last year. CWA President Claude Cummings Jr. called the acquisition, …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Grindr loses nearly half its staff to strict return-to-work rule

LA Times

About 80 employees resigned after Grindr in August mandated that staff members return to work in person two days a week or be fired, according to the Communications Workers of America. About 80 of the 178 employees at the LGBTQ+ dating app company resigned after the company in August mandated that workers return to work in person two days a …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Samuel Alito’s Wetlands-Destroying Opinion Pretends Physics Doesn’t Exist

Slate

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. You may have heard about the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Sackett v. EPA that the Clean Water Act does not permit the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the use of wetlands that are not connected at the surface to lakes, rivers, and …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Higher rents will help reduce rental stress by encouraging people to 'economise' on housing, RBA governor says

ABC

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe says there is no immediate fix for people struggling in Australia's rental markets. Key points: RBA governor Philip Lowe say extremely high population growth is exacerbating the housing crisis He says higher interest rates will force people to economise on housing Mr Lowe says policymakers need to increase Australia's capital stock in line with population …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Charlton, The Friendly Town, welcomes new visitors and home owners on the back of OK Motels music festival

ABC

The president of the Charlton Country Women's Association, Janet Stafford, attempts to be matter-of-fact when talking about her central Victorian home town. An unusual friendship There are plenty of ways to understand Charlton, the self-described Friendly Town home to about 1,000 people, but the OK Motels festival might provide one of the best entry points. There was a free-form, freewheeling …

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1 year, 10 months ago

How ‘crunch’ time and low pay are fueling a union drive among video game workers

LA Times

Some 3.6 billion people are expected to play video games globally by 2025. “People are sort of waking up to the idea that they are, in fact, entitled to predictable work schedules, healthcare, fair compensation and equitable treatment,” says Joost van Dreunen, a games industry analyst and the author of “One Up: Creativity, Competition, and the Global Business of Video …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Video game workers form Microsoft’s first U.S. labor union

LA Times

A group of video game testers is forming Microsoft’s first labor union in the U.S. and the largest in the video game industry. Communications Workers of America said that about 300 quality-assurance workers at Microsoft video game subsidiary ZeniMax Studios have voted to join the union. A group of video game testers is forming Microsoft’s first labor union in the …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Apple workers vote to unionise second Apple Store in US

The Hindu

Apple workers have voted in favour of unionising a second Apple Store in the United States. The Penn Square in Oklahoma City is the second Apple Store in the US to unionise after Apple retail workers in Maryland became the first union-represented Apple store in the U.S. The US National Labor Relations Board, on Friday, counted the ballots submitted by …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Microsoft, CWA enter into labour neutrality agreement

The Hindu

Microsoft and the Communications Workers of America said on Monday they have entered into a labour neutrality agreement, enabling workers to freely and fairly choose union representation. “This agreement provides a pathway for Activision Blizzard workers to exercise their democratic rights to organise and collectively bargain after the close of the Microsoft acquisition and establishes a high road framework for …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Apple Store employees in Atlanta file for union election

CNN

CNN Business — Workers at an Apple Store in Atlanta filed for a union election on Wednesday in a bid to become the first group of retail employees at the tech giant to unionize. Over 70% of the 100-plus eligible workers at the store in Atlanta’s Cumberland Mall have signed union authorization cards, according to the labor union Communications Workers …

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3 years, 6 months ago

NSW announces additional $100m to combat worsening mouse plague

ABC

New South Wales Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall has announced a further $100 million to tackle the mouse plague as farmers continue to struggle through the crisis. Key points: Adam Marshall says the rebate is based on farmers' median spend since February on zinc phosphide The announcement follows calls from NSW Farmers and the CWA for a $25,000 rebate The plague …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Quzhou, CWA to jointly popularize game of Go

China Daily

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2021-03-31 A signing ceremony takes place for a strategic cooperation agreement relating to popularizing the game of Go. A signing ceremony for a strategic cooperation agreement between the Chinese Weiqi Association, or CWA and the Quzhou municipal government was held on March 26 – regarded as a key step for Quzhou city in East China's Zhejiang province to …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Quzhou, CWA to jointly popularize game of Go

China Daily

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2021-03-31 A signing ceremony takes place for a strategic cooperation agreement relating to popularizing the game of Go. A signing ceremony for a strategic cooperation agreement between the Chinese Weiqi Association, or CWA and the Quzhou municipal government was held on March 26 – regarded as a key step for Quzhou city in East China's Zhejiang province to …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Inland rail fast-tracked in NSW, leaving farmers 'alarmed' by lack of consultation

ABC

The New South Wales government has escalated the inland rail project to "critical state significant" status as part of a raft of measures to get the economy moving. Key points: NSW Government elevates inland rail project to critical state infrastructure Farm lobby groups are "alarmed" by lack of consultation Affected farmer feels "powerless" to change the outcome on his property …

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Mapped: Typhoon Krathon heads to Taiwan after lashing Philippines

Could old cookbooks be the secret to surviving the cost-of-living crisis?

17,000 AT&T workers across the Southeast strike over contract negotiations

Microsoft’s World of Warcraft development workers are unionizing

Activision Blizzard’s ‘World of Warcraft’ game developers vote to unionize

Country Women's Association of WA makes history in vote to allow men as members

'Sisterhood' of CWA in Western Australia is 100 years old, but is the women-only club about to change?

Documenting a nation: Why food traditions and old cookbooks still matter

C Homework Help: Top 5 Websites for Outsourcing Programming Homework

Earthquake of magnitude 5.9 rocks Taiwan's Taipei

What the Microsoft Activision deal means for labor unions

Grindr loses nearly half its staff to strict return-to-work rule

Samuel Alito’s Wetlands-Destroying Opinion Pretends Physics Doesn’t Exist

Higher rents will help reduce rental stress by encouraging people to 'economise' on housing, RBA governor says

Charlton, The Friendly Town, welcomes new visitors and home owners on the back of OK Motels music festival

How ‘crunch’ time and low pay are fueling a union drive among video game workers

Video game workers form Microsoft’s first U.S. labor union

Apple workers vote to unionise second Apple Store in US

Microsoft, CWA enter into labour neutrality agreement

Apple Store employees in Atlanta file for union election

NSW announces additional $100m to combat worsening mouse plague

Quzhou, CWA to jointly popularize game of Go

Quzhou, CWA to jointly popularize game of Go

Inland rail fast-tracked in NSW, leaving farmers 'alarmed' by lack of consultation