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Violence at work MLB removes marijuana from drugs of abuse; will now test for opioids
It is the first American sports league to lessen punishment for marijuana use.December 12, 2019, 9:25 PM5 min read MLB has become the first major American sports league to remove marijuana from its list of drugs abuse. The league, in association with its players union, announced the changes to its Joint Drug Program on Thursday…
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Workplace discrimination Howard Stern blames Simon Cowell for Gabrielle Union’s ‘America’s Got Talent’ exit
CLOSE Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough joined the show in Season 14. Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel and Terry Crews are expected to return, Variety reported. USA TODAYHoward Stern is pointing fingers in the ongoing “America’s Got Talent” drama over Gabrielle Union’s controversial exit. The former “AGT” judge and radio shock jock says Simon Cowell is to blame for…
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Sexual harassment Placido Domingo says US accusations have been ‘nightmare’
Placido Domingo disputes sexual harassment allegations against him and says he has always behaved like a gentleman in an interview with a Spanish online newspaperNovember 29, 2019, 8:04 PM3 min readMADRID — Placido Domingo is disputing allegations of sexual harassment against him, saying he has always behaved like a gentleman but that “gallant gestures are…
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Violence at work Multiple people arrested in deadly ambush of Americans in Mexico
Nine Americans from a Mormon group were killed in early November.December 2, 2019, 1:11 AM6 min read Mexican authorities announced Sunday they had arrested “several individuals” connected to the ambush and cold-blooded murders of nine U.S. citizens, including many young children, in Chihuahua state on Nov. 4. The Attorney General’s Office of the Republic (FGR)…
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WORKPLACE SAFETY She sued Tinder, founded Bumble and now, at 30, is the CEO of a $3 billion dating empire
Story by Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN BusinessVideo by Richa Naik and Craig Waxman, CNN Business Updated 6:23 AM ET, Fri December 13, 2019 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what’s happening in the world as it unfolds. Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe He…
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Employee rights Google’s ‘Thanksgiving Four’ plan to file unfair labor practice charges with a federal agency
Aytac Unal | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesFour former Google employees who were fired days before Thanksgiving plan to file unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board, the group wrote Tuesday.The former employees, dubbed the “Thanksgiving Four,” announced their plans to file charges in a Medium post. Google has said it fired…
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Workplace discrimination Harvard grad student workers go on strike, seeking $25 minimum wage, other demands
CLOSECAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Slogging through snow showers and slush, hundreds of Harvard University graduate student workers picketed Tuesday at Harvard Yard, as thousands went on strike seeking higher pay and other demands.It marked the first strike of graduate students on the Ivy League campus since 1973, when teaching fellows and protested the university’s financial aid program. Dining hall workers staged a…
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Employee rights House leaders slam Google for hiring ex-Trump administration official who worked on immigration
Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during signing ceremony committing Google to help expand information technology education at El Centro College in Dallas, Texas, October 3, 2019.Brandon Wade | ReutersDemocratic congressional leaders from the Hispanic, Black and Asian Pacific American caucuses scolded Google CEO Sundar Pichai for the recent hiring of a former Trump administration official…
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Sexual harassment Justice Clarence Thomas rebukes Biden-led confirmation hearings in new film
New documentary revisits Clarence Thomas confirmation battle. November 28, 2019, 10:05 AM8 min read Justice Clarence Thomas is joining public criticism of Joe Biden whose handling of Thomas’ 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings when he was a senator has been a flash point in the former vice president’s 2020 presidential campaign. In a forthcoming documentary,…
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Sexual harassment Simple questions about the Trump impeachment hearings answered
As hearings in the impeachment inquiry enter a new phase with the House Judiciary Committee this week, here’s everything you need to know about allegations against President Donald Trump, his defense, and why the phrase “quid pro quo” is dominating the debate: So what happened exactly? It started with a single whistleblower, who last August…