Why is the United Steelworkers providing Vale strikers only poverty-level strike pay?
July 1 marked one month since 2,450 workers at Vale’s Sudbury, Ontario mining and processing complex went on strike.
Workers have thus far rejected two concessions-filled contract offers. The first of these was unanimously recommended to them by the United Steelworkers (USW) Local 6500 bargaining committee. The most recent was voted down 10 days into the strike, with a decisive 87 percent of workers voting to reject in a ballot in which 84 percent of the strikers participated. Recognizing the anger and militancy among the workers, the USW felt compelled to call for Vale’s second offer to be rejected, even though it had advised acceptance of essentially the same terms less than two weeks earlier.
by Allan Lengel
Jeffrey S. Freeman The former owner of a national skin care product company is suing her Birmingham lawyer, accusing him of stealing millions from her in a tax-fraud scheme the lawsuit describes as shockingly corrupt. Ashley Vann filed the case March 31 in U.S. District Court in Detroit against Jeffrey S. Freeman. The suit alleges that Freeman swindled her out of $6.5 million in 2013 by convincing her she owed more than she actually did to the IRS. The suit alleges he pocketed the money, which she didn t discover until 2019. Neither Freeman nor his attorneys returned a call for comment.
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Highland Park Resident Launches Shalom Family Mediation By Harry Glazer | January 21, 2021
It’s an oft-told tale: someone who’s lost their job decides to view the occasion as an opportunity and pivots their career to focus on their true passion.
What makes Betzalel Rothstein’s experience so unique is that his passion, and now his profession, will serve to reduce tensions in Jewish families, improve children’s prospects and aid people facing some of their toughest challenges.
Betzalel had been working successfully as a sales engineer for a firm that sold internet service when COVID-19 pulled the rug from under the company. He was furloughed in the spring and at first he was not sure what to do next. Then he decided to act on some hard-earned experience and refocus his career to do what he’d already been doing, informally, for years.