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The early April vote by Amazon employees in Bessemer, Alabama to reject unionization – by a 71%-29% margin – has resulted in soul-searching among organized labor advocates and now formal objections filed by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, alleging to the National Labor Relations Board that “Amazon intimidated and threatened employees into voting against unionizing.” Few labor activists can believe, it seems, that workers in Bessemer would willfully, thoughtfully, and overwhelmingly turn down the chance to join the union and reap its supposed benefits. Nefarious actions must therefore be at play.
Such disbelief, however, is unwarranted - steeped in a nostalgic view of “good blue collar jobs” being only unionized ones in manufacturing and ignoring all of the other “good jobs” that have emerged since the heyday of private sector unions, especially in services or the lower-cost, right-to-work South. Wit
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York Regional Const. Richard Senior has been found guilty on 11 of 14 charges but he has been acquitted of the attempted robbery of a warehouse he believed to be stocked with cocaine and cash.
In her 188-page ruling, Superior Court Justice Vanessa Christie found the 15-year veteran officer guilty of possessing a police shotgun he took illegally for the planned robbery and for offering to sell cocaine he anticipated in stealing.
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“They’re very disappointed,” he said. “There’s always been a close connection between the police and the military, both are putting yourself out there to protect other people.”
The idea for the cruiser decals dates back to 2006 after DRPS officers spontaneously attended every Hwy. 401 ramp in Durham Region to pay tribute to fallen soldiers who were being transported from CFB Trenton to Toronto.
“We expressed our disappointment to the chief,” said Goodwin. “It’s the chief’s decision to make, but I hope the service changes its mind, and we go back to putting them on our cruisers.”
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He was the love of her life, her Prince Charming and staunchest ally, the dashing naval officer who sacrificed his own career and often, his manly pride so he could walk two paces behind and serve his Queen for more than seven decades.
The longest-serving royal consort in history, the Duke of Edinburgh died Friday morning at the age of 99, just four years into retirement after only giving up his day job in 2017. A workaholic of astounding stamina, he’d carried out more than 22,219 solo engagements and more than 630 solo visits overseas.
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