by Tyler Durden
By Mark Solomon of FreightWaves,
There is no love lost between Jeff Bezos and Fred Smith, given the unpleasant break- up of their companies’ shipping marriage in 2019.
Yet in decisively thwarting efforts to organize 5,800 workers at Amazon.com s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse, Bezos took a page right from the FedEx founder’s anti-union playbook.
Other than about 5,000 unionized pilots that came over after FedEx acquired the old Flying Tiger Line cargo airline in 1988, and a smattering of workers at its FedEx Freight LTL unit, FedEx has remained non-union for its 50-year history. Smith and Co. have beaten back multiple organizing efforts by persuading FedEx workers that wages, benefits, working conditions and an open-door relationship makes third-party bargaining units irrelevant.
Winnipeg Free Press
Beer-can design opens much-needed discussion on relationship with liquor
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Last Sunday, Chippewa and Potawatomi artist Nancy King better known by her Anishinaabe name Ogimaa Kwe Bnes, or Chief Lady Bird announced on Twitter she had designed beer labels with traditional images and designs for Great Lakes Brewery, an independent craft brewery in Etobicoke, Ont.
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Last Sunday, Chippewa and Potawatomi artist Nancy King better known by her Anishinaabe name Ogimaa Kwe Bnes, or Chief Lady Bird announced on Twitter she had designed beer labels with traditional images and designs for Great Lakes Brewery, an independent craft brewery in Etobicoke, Ont.
Friday, 5 March 2021, 10:23 am
Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu is prepared to respond to
the urgent need to ensure Māori communities participate in
the COVID-19 immunisation programme. Pouārahi Helen Leahy
says that the Whānau Ora commissioning role can play a
crucial role in engaging these communities, and providing
consistent and accurate messaging about the
vaccines.
The effort to ensure whānau understand the
impact of the COVID-19 vaccine comes in response to a survey
conducted late last year by Horizon Research, which gauged
public attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines and expected
levels of uptake. Their findings indicated that there will
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