The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) sends unwavering solidarity to transport workers striking in Argentina today.
"I am proud of our democratic processes. Although I wanted a second term, I will respectfully step aside and participate in a smooth transition process,” Masisi said.
Way to go Botswana!
Thanks, I will export and import my profile. Hopefully things will be smoother in the future, but being able to export the some of the profile is better than nothing
Thanks for answering. I will do this
Thanks. I wonder why this is a low priority. If the people attracted t the fediverse want decentralization and interoperability, it would make sense that many people would want to migrate from one instance to another as easily and smoothly as possible.
Thanks again for the detailed answer
How can I migrate all my likes, community subscriptions, posts, comments etc to another instance?
Is this even currently possible?
Thanks for reading
German carmaker warns of stagnation in the European sector amid news of deeper-than-expected action
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21371247
> German carmaker warns of stagnation in the European sector amid news of deeper-than-expected action > > The German carmaker Volkswagen is planning to shut at least three factories in its home country, lay off thousands of workers and cut pay by 10%, according to the company’s union. > > The deeper-than-expected cuts come as the company faces weak sales and slow expansion in the electric vehicle (EV) sector amid tough competition from Chinese manufacturers. > > “The board wants to close at least three factories in Germany,” the works council chief, Daniela Cavallo, told employees at VW’s headquarters in Wolfsburg on Monday. Its remaining manufacturing sites will reduce capacity, she said, citing information provided by management. > > As Europe’s top economy suffers a crisis in manufacturing and fears of mass unemployment, VW is aiming for a fundamental restructuring to cut costs. It had initially warned last month that it had the equivalent of two factories of extra capacity in Germany.
I've been trying to find browsers extensions that do this so that I would spend less time on youtube. Pretty sweet that youtube is doing it on their own!
The Trudeau government will announce plans for a high-speed train linking Quebec City and Toronto in the coming weeks, Radio-Canada has learned.
Proponents of the project hope the train will take passengers from Montreal to Toronto in three hours. By car, it takes about five-and-a-half hours to travel between the two cities.
Sources told Radio-Canada the train will travel 300 kilometres per hour — double the speed of Via Rail's current trains.
Ottawa announced plans back in 2021 to build what it called a "high-frequency" (HFR) rail corridor with stops in Toronto, Peterborough, Ottawa, Montreal, Trois-Rivières, Laval and Quebec City. Sources told Radio-Canada the federal government has now decided the Toronto-Quebec City link will be high-speed.
The train would use a newly built, separate electrified track and run frequently. In addition to Quebec City, Montreal and Toronto, it would serve Trois-Rivières, Laval, Ottawa and Peterborough.
Non paywall article:
From the article: https://archive.is/FKuOF
Bangladesh’s new central bank chief has accused tycoons linked to the toppled regime of Sheikh Hasina of working with members of the country’s powerful military intelligence agency to siphon $17bn out of the banking sector during her rule.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Ahsan Mansur — who was appointed Bangladesh Bank governor after Sheikh Hasina fled the country in June — said the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence had helped force takeovers of leading banks.
Mansur said an estimated Tk2tn ($16.7bn) had been spirited out of Bangladesh after the bank takeovers, using methods such as loans made to their new shareholders and inflated import invoices.
“This is the biggest, highest robbing of banks by any international standards,” he said. “It didn’t happen on that scale anywhere, and it was state-sponsored and it couldn’t have happened without intelligence people putting guns [to former bank CEOs’] heads.”
The governor said Mohammed Saiful Alam, founder and chair of industrial conglomerate S Alam, and his associates had “siphoned off” at least $10bn “as a minimum” from the banking system after taking control of banks with the help of the DGFI. “Every day they were granting loans to themselves,” he said.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21355499
> Link to original Financial Times page: https://www.ft.com/content/0b295e1e-a0bf-40e0-88f2-99c1ace8603d > > From the article: > > Bangladesh’s new central bank chief has accused tycoons linked to the toppled regime of Sheikh Hasina of working with members of the country’s powerful military intelligence agency to siphon $17bn out of the banking sector during her rule. > > In an interview with the Financial Times, Ahsan Mansur — who was appointed Bangladesh Bank governor after Sheikh Hasina fled the country in June — said the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence had helped force takeovers of leading banks. > > Mansur said an estimated Tk2tn ($16.7bn) had been spirited out of Bangladesh after the bank takeovers, using methods such as loans made to their new shareholders and inflated import invoices. > > “This is the biggest, highest robbing of banks by any international standards,” he said. “It didn’t happen on that scale anywhere, and it was state-sponsored and it couldn’t have happened without intelligence people putting guns [to former bank CEOs’] heads.” > > The governor said Mohammed Saiful Alam, founder and chair of industrial conglomerate S Alam, and his associates had “siphoned off” at least $10bn “as a minimum” from the banking system after taking control of banks with the help of the DGFI. “Every day they were granting loans to themselves,” he said. > >
Nearly two-thirds of workers reject offer that includes a 35 percent pay rise.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21202408
> From the article: > > Boeing workers on the West Coast of the United States have voted to reject the aircraft giant’s latest contract offer and extend their nearly six-week strike. > > Nearly two-thirds of workers rejected the offer, which included a 35 percent wage rise over four years but did not restore a defined pension plan sought by many employees, the Seattle branch of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union said on X. > > About 33,000 workers have been on strike since mid-September when union members overwhelmingly rejected Boeing’s proposal for a new four-year contract. > > On Wednesday, the company reported a third-quarter loss of more than $6bn. > >
Nearly two-thirds of workers reject offer that includes a 35 percent pay rise.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21202408
> From the article: > > Boeing workers on the West Coast of the United States have voted to reject the aircraft giant’s latest contract offer and extend their nearly six-week strike. > > Nearly two-thirds of workers rejected the offer, which included a 35 percent wage rise over four years but did not restore a defined pension plan sought by many employees, the Seattle branch of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union said on X. > > About 33,000 workers have been on strike since mid-September when union members overwhelmingly rejected Boeing’s proposal for a new four-year contract. > > On Wednesday, the company reported a third-quarter loss of more than $6bn. > >
Nearly two-thirds of workers reject offer that includes a 35 percent pay rise.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21202408
> From the article: > > Boeing workers on the West Coast of the United States have voted to reject the aircraft giant’s latest contract offer and extend their nearly six-week strike. > > Nearly two-thirds of workers rejected the offer, which included a 35 percent wage rise over four years but did not restore a defined pension plan sought by many employees, the Seattle branch of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union said on X. > > About 33,000 workers have been on strike since mid-September when union members overwhelmingly rejected Boeing’s proposal for a new four-year contract. > > On Wednesday, the company reported a third-quarter loss of more than $6bn. > >
Nearly two-thirds of workers reject offer that includes a 35 percent pay rise.
From the article:
Boeing workers on the West Coast of the United States have voted to reject the aircraft giant’s latest contract offer and extend their nearly six-week strike.
Nearly two-thirds of workers rejected the offer, which included a 35 percent wage rise over four years but did not restore a defined pension plan sought by many employees, the Seattle branch of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union said on X.
About 33,000 workers have been on strike since mid-September when union members overwhelmingly rejected Boeing’s proposal for a new four-year contract.
On Wednesday, the company reported a third-quarter loss of more than $6bn.
This is great news! I wonder how they grew so fast, and what best practices can be learned from them
Samsung India strike: The workers, employed at Samsung's Sriperumbudur plant, have been on strike for over a month, demanding higher wages, union recognition, and reduced working hours. Their key demands include an increase in average wages from Rs 25,000 to Rs 36,000, recognition of workers' unions...
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/26440261
> Samsung India: government files cases against 625 employees and union activists during strike for union recognition, higher wages, and 8-hour workday
Leather goods workers in the Italian city of Prato, who were holding a protest to demand better working conditions, have been attacked while manning a picket line, their trade union said on Wednesday.
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/26440834
> Italy: hooded attackers target leatherworkers on picket line, employees from other firms strike in solidarity
A major overhaul of workers' rights is planned, but the changes will not take place for two years.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20694419
> Major overhaul of workers' rights to be outlined
Sahle-Work Zewde, a former diplomat who became Ethiopia's first female in 2018, has been replaced by the foreign minister, Taye Atskeselassie.
Full article:
*The News
The Ethiopian parliament approved a new president to replace one that was widely seen as controversial amid ongoing political differences with the government.
Sahle-Work Zewde, a former United Nations diplomat, was replaced with Taye Atskeselassie who has held the position of foreign minister for the last eight months.
Know More
The role of president is largely ceremonial in Ethiopia, with limited political authority. Executive power is mainly wielded by the prime minister. Sahle-Work became Ethiopia’s first female president in 2018.
The outgoing president was appointed during the early years of the Abiy Ahmed premiership that saw prominent women appointed in important positions as part of an administration that sought to embrace gender parity for the first time.
In a post on X on Sunday that pressaged her impending resignation, she quoted a famous Amharic song about hopelessness and silence being the only option, stating: “I tried that for a whole year.”
Samuel’s view [the Journalist's view]
While the position of president is symbolic, Sahle-Work’s appointment was seen as groundbreaking. It was hoped she would bring a positive influence to a position usually held by male politicians at the end of their career.
But her tenure coincided with bloody conflicts — first the two-year war in the northern Tigray region, which ended in 2022, and then fighting in the neighboring Amhara region.
Sahle-Work faced heavy criticism for her silence, especially on issues of gender violence during the Tigray war in which thousands of people were killed and millions displaced. More that 120,000 women were sexually abused in the conflict, according to estimates by Genocide Watch, a non-governmental organization.*
She looks grea! I had no idea she was 75
Nice! Seems to be mostly in North America for now but that would be great to have continental level unions
What happened in the 70s and 80s for artists in their 20s to lose their dominance so much?
There asking for a raise of around $428 a month too.
How do we get a global union going to stop this BS everywhere? Maybe there already is one and I am unaware of it
"The Chennai plant is Samsung's second-largest in the country and generates nearly one-third of Samsung's annual revenue in India, which amounts to $12 billion (€10.8 billion)."
Jesus, the plant makes nearly $4 billion annually but these workers are only paid around 300 USD a month and want increases to 428 a month within three years.
Thousands of employees of the South Korean company have been on strike since September 9. They are demanding better wages, 8-hour working days, and union recognition.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20398519
> India: Police detain 600 striking Samsung workers at protest > > Thousands of employees of the South Korean company have been on strike since September 9. They are demanding better wages, 8-hour working days, and union recognition. > > Indian police on Tuesday detained around 600 employees of Samsung Electronics, one of the world's largest semiconductor and computer chip manufacturers, and union members for organizing a street protest. > > For the past four weeks, thousands of employees of the South Korean company in India have been on strike over their working conditions near the factory in Chennai and at other locations. > > According to senior state police official Charles Sam Rajadurai, the protesters were detained because their march was causing public inconvenience.
John Amos, the star of 'Good Times,' 'Roots' and 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show,' died on Aug. 21 in Los Angeles of natural causes. He was 84.
"When I tell you he's got his own money, I mean the boy has got his own money!!!" -Mr McDowell
Also, I always appreciated how he stood up for Lisa when the king was being disrespectful
John Amos, the star of 'Good Times,' 'Roots' and 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show,' died on Aug. 21 in Los Angeles of natural causes. He was 84.
I don't get why anyone from any company would say no. Do libertarians even believe what they say? wouldn't libertarians run companies be happy to take govt subsidies if it was offer to them?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/30074897
> cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/25996640 > > > https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-how-american-tech-workers-feel-about-joining-a-union/
Noooo!!! I just saw this and it's 30 mins past midnight. I let down Earth, Wind and Fire
I know we shouldn't make memes of the orange man going down on Laura but if those meme did exist I think his fascist loving base would have a hard time processing a man going down on a woman
They should be tried!
Good to see people calling out NYT for their nonsense
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I misread the title and thought it said 9.4% of its energy from renewables not just solar. Way to go Chile!
Homophobia unfortunately has a strong hold through most of Africa at the moment. Hopefully we will overcome it as a continent. Anyways, I wish Senegal success in curbing corruption and looting.