Category: WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
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Violence at work High-flying balloons to boost northern Mozambique’s internet
Balloons floating 12 miles over northern Mozambique are planned to provide the remote and violence-prone region with stable internet connections, according to Google’s parent company, Alphabet, and local mobile telecoms provider VodacomBy TOM BOWKER Associated PressMay 13, 2020, 3:03 PM3 min readMAPUTO, Mozambique — Balloons floating 12 miles over northern Mozambique are planned to provide…
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Violence at work Judge clears Baltimore’s planned aerial surveillance test
A federal judge has cleared a planned pilot program by the Baltimore Police Department to consistently surveil the city for six months using cameras attached to airplanesBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated PressApril 24, 2020, 7:37 PM4 min read A federal judge on Friday cleared a planned pilot program by the Baltimore Police Department to consistently…
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Violence at work Judge clears Baltimore’s planned aerial surveillance test
A federal judge has cleared a planned pilot program by the Baltimore Police Department to consistently surveil the city for six months using cameras attached to airplanesBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated PressApril 24, 2020, 7:14 PM4 min read A federal judge on Friday cleared a planned pilot program by the Baltimore Police Department to consistently…
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Violence at work May Day marks pain, not celebration for workers hit by virus
JAKARTA, Indonesia — May Day usually brings both protest rallies and celebrations rallies marking international Labor Day. This year, many in Asia are shut up at home, riding out the coronavirus pandemic. Among the ten of millions of people left idle or thrown out of work by the crisis, garment workers have been among the…
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Violence at work Despite virus, Pompeo in Israel to talk West Bank annexation
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has visited Israel for meetings with the Israeli prime minster and his new governing partner to discuss Israeli plans to annex parts of the West BankBy ILAN BEN ZION Associated PressMay 13, 2020, 7:38 PM5 min readJERUSALEM — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Wednesday with Israeli Prime…
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Violence at work New refugees struggle to find footing in US during pandemic
SALT LAKE CITY — Afghan refugee Mahmood Amiri arrived in the United States more than a month ago, but his children are still waiting for their first day at school. They have yet to go to a mosque to meet other Muslim families. And Amiri is itching to get a job, but nobody knows how…
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Violence at work Faith activism amid pandemic spans causes and denominations
In one 24-hour period this week, three prominent people of faith from different denominations pushed for more aid to workers and areas most acutely affected by the coronavirusBy ELANA SCHOR Associated PressMay 6, 2020, 4:42 PM5 min readNEW YORK — One religious leader appeared with nursing home workers seeking safer conditions. Another broadcast a roundtable…
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Violence at work Virus lockdown raises tensions in France’s poorest areas
CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France — Joining more than 1,000 others, Djemba Diatite stood for hours in line to feed her growing family, grateful for handouts of fruits, vegetables and soap. It was her first time accepting charity, but she had no choice. The coronavirus pandemic has turned her world upside down. With open air markets closed around…
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Violence at work Judge clears Baltimore’s planned aerial surveillance test
A federal judge has cleared a planned pilot program by the Baltimore Police Department to consistently surveil the city for six months using cameras attached to airplanesBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated PressApril 24, 2020, 7:13 PM4 min read A federal judge on Friday cleared a planned pilot program by the Baltimore Police Department to consistently…
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Violence at work Colson Whitehead’s ‘The Nickel Boys’ wins Pulitzer Prize
Colson Whitehead has become the rare author to receive Pulitzer Prizes for consecutive booksBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National WriterMay 4, 2020, 10:43 PM4 min readNEW YORK — Colson Whitehead became the rare author to receive Pulitzers for consecutive books when his novel about a brutal Florida reform school during the Jim Crow era, “The Nickel…