Locked out ExxonMobil workers fight for jobs and safety at Texas refinery
More than 650 oil workers remain locked out of ExxonMobil’s Beaumont, Texas refinery and packaging plant. The company escorted the workers out of the plant on the morning of May 1, the day after ExxonMobil rejected a comprehensive contract proposal from the United Steelworkers union, which included an offer by the USW to freeze its members’ wages. Negotiations have not resumed since then.
Striking Workers (Credit: WSWS Media)
The workers’ last contract, signed in 2015, with the oil and gas giant expired in January this year. During the 2015 strike of some 6,500 Shell, BP, Tesoro and other oil workers, the USW International leadership forced ExxonMobil workers to remain on the job, angering Beaumont workers. The USW International then signed a deal with ExxonMobil separating Beaumont workers from the industry-wide pattern agreement and imposing a different contract expiration date on Beaumont workers. T
My research focuses on how children develop gender and ethnic stereotypes and how that process can be disrupted, and how children and adolescents understand and perceive individual-level and structural (i.e., policy-based) forms of gender and ethnic discrimination. My research is centered around the school context, with a focus on the role of teachers and peers, peer norms, and academic outcomes.
Specifically, my research focuses on 3 themes. First, I examine children’s and adolescents’ perceptions of gender and racial/ethnic discrimination. We have conducted studies about perceptions of discrimination by teachers and coaches (Brown & Bigler, 2004; Brown, 2006), and studies about sexual harassment experienced by girls (Leaper & Brown, 2008; Jewell & Brown, 2014). I have examined ethnic peer and teacher discrimination faced by immigrant children and their parents, funded by the Foundation for Child Development and UK Center for Poverty Research (Brown & Chu, 2016; Brown, 2
Great-grandfather, 89, who allegedly used handgun in scrapyard dispute attempts to strike plea deal
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An 89-year-old man who allegedly used a handgun to settle a junkyard dispute may have had his hopes for a plea deal scuttled by prosecutors.
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The Ravenhall shooting happened after a falling out between the men over a business arrangement
Mr Mannici s lawyer told the court the great-grandfather would plead guilty to reckless conduct endangering life and possessing an unregistered handgun
His bail has been extended and he is due to appear in court again in June
Georgetown Police charge 3 with selling alcohol to underage customers The Georgetown Police Department say an operation conducting checks to determine if businesses would sell alcohol to minors resulted in charges against three people. By Patrick Phillips | March 11, 2021 at 10:06 AM EST - Updated March 11 at 10:14 AM
GEORGETOWN, S.C. (WCSC) - The Georgetown Police Department say an operation conducting checks to determine if businesses would sell alcohol to minors resulted in charges against three people.
Capt. Nelson Brown said at the investigation, done in accordance with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division’s Alcohol Regulatory Unit, included checks at 30 retail locations.
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