Category: WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
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Violence at work Racial injustice themes fill empty NFL stadiums
Jason Myers kicked off to start the Seahawks’ season-opener against the Falcons, and the ball sailed through the end zone for a touchback. No one moved a step.Instead, the players all dropped to one knee.After years of pleading with the NFL to act against systemic racism, they were willing to wait another 10 seconds to…
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Violence at work Trade deal at risk as EU says UK must honor Brexit agreement
Prospects of a trade deal between Britain and the European Union look to be dimmingBy JILL LAWLESS and RAF CASERT Associated PressSeptember 10, 2020, 5:30 PM• 5 min readLONDON — Prospects of a trade deal between Britain and the European Union appeared to dim Wednesday, with the EU saying that even the smallest U.K. breach…
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Violence at work Trade deal at risk as EU says UK must honor Brexit agreement
Prospects of a trade deal between Britain and the European Union look to be dimmingBy JILL LAWLESS and RAF CASERT Associated PressSeptember 10, 2020, 3:46 PM• 5 min readLONDON — Prospects of a trade deal between Britain and the European Union appeared to dim Wednesday, with the EU saying that even the smallest U.K. breach…
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Violence at work Mourners gather to bid farewell to murdered Mexican reporter
Mourners have gathered at the wake of a newspaper reporter whose decapitated body was found a day earlier in an area suffering for months under organized crime violence in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz in MexicoBy FÉLIX MÁRQUEZ and LEV GARCÍA Associated PressSeptember 10, 2020, 8:28 PM• 3 min readTEZONAPA, Mexico — Mourners gathered…
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Violence at work Coronavirus shutdown threatens Mexico’s storied dance halls
The Salon Los Angeles has been crowded every weekend since 1937 with couples twirling on the dance floor to mambo, chachacha, salsa and danzonBy MARK STEVENSON Associated PressSeptember 8, 2020, 2:38 PM• 5 min readMEXICO CITY — The Salon Los Angeles had been crowded every weekend since 1937 with couples twirling to mambo, cha-cha-cha, salsa…
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Violence at work Review: Put down that phone, urges doc ‘The Social Dilemma’
Social media connects us and also divides usBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment WriterSeptember 8, 2020, 1:51 PM• 5 min read“The Social Dilemma” is the first film you’ll watch and immediately want to toss your smartphone into the garbage can. And then toss the garbage can through the window of a Facebook executive.It’s an eye-opening look…
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Violence at work Girl, 8, among 10 dead in Chicago’s holiday weekend gunfire
Police say an 8-year-old girl shot in the back was among 10 people killed in gunfire over the Labor Day weekend in Chicago, marking the latest deadly weekend in the nation’s third-largest cityBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated PressSeptember 8, 2020, 9:15 PM• 4 min readCHICAGO — An 8-year-old girl shot in the back was among 10…
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Violence at work Unions threaten work stoppages amid calls for racial justice
NEW YORK — Ahead of Labor Day, unions representing millions across several working-class sectors are threatening to authorize work stoppages in support of the Black Lives Matter movement amid calls for concrete measures that address racial injustice.In a statement first shared with The Associated Press, labor leaders who represent teachers, autoworkers, truck drivers and clerical…
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Violence at work Unions threaten work stoppages amid calls for racial justice
NEW YORK — Ahead of Labor Day, unions representing millions across several working-class sectors are threatening to authorize work stoppages in support of the Black Lives Matter movement amid calls for concrete measures that address racial injustice.In a statement first shared with The Associated Press, labor leaders who represent teachers, autoworkers, truck drivers and clerical…
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Violence at work Mayor promises police reforms following Daniel Prude’s death
The mayor of Rochester says reforms are coming to the police department as community elders seek to bring calmer minds to a fifth night of demonstrations over the March death of Daniel Prude, who lost consciousness after police held a hood over his headSeptember 7, 2020, 5:11 AM• 6 min readROCHESTER, N.Y. — The mayor…