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YouTube Music contractors vote overwhelmingly to unionize in landmark election
On Wednesday, a group of contractors at YouTube Music voted to unionize with the Alphabet Workers Union-Communications Workers of America (AWU-CWA). Out of the 49 workers who were eligible to vote, 41 voted in favor of the action, with the remaining eight abstaining. As of last year, the workers were already paying AWU-CWA dues but were seeking bargaining rights. In March, the group won a landmark legal victory when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that Google must bargain with them to ratify their union contract.
WE WON!
41 YES’s
0 No’sAfter months of union-busting by @Google & @Cognizant, our YouTube Music members have just won their NLRB union election in a blowout victory & are ready to bring BOTH of their employers to the negotiating table to win their fair share.✨✨ pic.twitter.com/zJot09Dsx8
— Alphabet Workers Union (AWU-CWA) (@AlphabetWorkers) April 26, 2023
While Google vowed to challenge the ruling, the results of today’s vote could have significant implications for the company. Provided the NLRB’s decision stands, Google will need to collectively bargain with a group of its US employees for the first time in the company’s nearly 25-year history. That’s something that could prompt other groups within the tech giant to pursue unionization.
“After months of union-busting by Google and Cognizant, our YouTube Music members have just won their NLRB union election in a blowout victory and are ready to bring both of their employers to the table to win their fair share,” the Alphabet Workers Union tweeted.
Although Wednesday’s vote was months in the making, it comes after Google laid off 12,000 employees – or about six percent of its global workforce – in late January. This week, the company shared its Q1 earnings results, reporting a net income of $15 billion. It also announced a $70 billion stock buyback. In 2022, the year workers at YouTube Music Content Operations filed for union recognition with the NLRB, Google compensated CEO Sundar Pichai to the tune of $226 million.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/youtube-music-contractors-vote-overwhelmingly-to-unionize-in-landmark-election-213844906.html?src=rss
OnlyFans Actress Filmed Sex Act at Ancient Colombian Landmark, Sparking Outrage
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Colombian OnlyFans actress Katty Blake has become national news in the Latin American country after she posted a video of herself performing oral sex at the Rock of Guatapé, a 721-foot-high (220 meters) batholith that is considered a national landmark. Now, her and her partner may face legal trouble.
Met Police may be harbouring more monsters like Wayne Couzens and faces being broken up, landmark report reveals
THE Metropolitan Police faces being broken up, a report warns today.
Britain’s biggest force was labelled institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic and in need of radical reform.
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The report was compiled by Baroness Louise Casey of Blackstock who spent more than a year shining a light into what she called the “dark corners” of the Met and its culture and standards following the murder of Sarah Everard by firearms officer Wayne Couzens.
She also called for the disbandment of the armed protection unit on which Couzens and serial rapist David Carrick both worked.
She said the London force’s firearms command was a boys’ club riven by bulling and sexism.
Baroness Casey also admitted she could not “sufficiently assure” people there were not more predators in the Met like Couzens, and Carrick, who was named as a rapist and abuser on nine occasions.
Her report said the Met’s misconduct system was “not fit for purpose”, adding it was incapable of running its own disciplinary cases.
Baroness Casey expressed disappointment that, 25 years after the Macpherson Inquiry report labelled the Met institutionally racist, not enough change had resulted.
The report also concluded that the London force, now headed by Sir Mark Rowley, was failing women and children, with frontline policing and public protection suffering amid a chronic shortage of resources.
Inexperienced officers were overburdened by large caseloads and the de-prioritisation of public protection “has put women and children at greater risk than necessary”.
One officer told the Casey review: “If you look at our performance around rape, serious sexual offences, the detection rate is so low you may as well say it’s legal in London.”
It says the Met repeatedly claimed that violence against women and girls was a top priority but officers told a different story, with one saying: “You don’t want to be a victim of rape in London.
“Anyone who relies on policing in London for anything I’m scared for.”
Baroness Casey painted a picture of chaotic investigations into rapes and serious sex crimes.
Officers on Sapphire rape teams relied on “over-stuffed, dilapidated or broken fridges and freezers” instead of fast-track forensic services to keep evidence and staff lunch boxes were even left lying next to evidence.
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One female officer told the review fridges were so full it would take three officers to close them, with one to push the door close, another to hold it shut and one more to secure the lock with bungee rope.
The officer said that in last year’s heatwave one freezer broke down and all of the evidence inside was destroyed.
She also said she had lost count of the number of times she had asked a colleague where the necessary evidence for cases was before being told it had been lost.
Baroness Casey told a news conference yesterday that the broken fridge was “symbolic of an organisation that has lost its way”.
She added that Met claims to be taking violence against females seriously rung hollow, adding that its services to women and children were unforgiveable.
Baroness Casey said yesterday: “If it cannot be changed or fixed then we should revisit.
“If they cannot get it right then we probably need to split the Met up but I do think they can reform it.”
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She said it was horrific that more than a fifth of Met officers and staff had experienced bullying — with the figure rising to a third for disabled and LGBT employees.
One gay Met officer told the review he was so scared of homophobic bullying he avoided walking past police stations and officers on his way to and from work.
The report also tells how a Sikh policeman had his beard cut for a joke and bacon was left in a Muslim officer’s boots.
One male recruit was sexually assaulted in a shower as part of an initiation ceremony and female officers made to eat a whole cheesecake until they were sick, said the report.
It states: “We have found widespread bullying, discrimination, institutional homophobia, misogyny and racism, and other unacceptable behaviours…”
Baroness Casey said in a foreword to her report: “Policing needs to accept that the job can also attract predators and bullies.”
She made 16 key recommendations, including creating a dedicated women’s protection service.
The 363-page report was commissioned by former Met chief Dame Cressida Dick.
CHANGE ‘IS ON WAY’
MET boss Sir Mark Rowley has refused to call the Metropolitan Police institutionally racist, sexist or homophobic.
Responding yesterday to findings in Baroness Casey’s review, the commissioner insisted: “I am not going to use a label myself that is both ambiguous and politicised.”
However, Sir Mark said he accepted the Met had “systemic failings, management failings and cultural failings”, adding: “I understand use of the term institutional.”
But he stressed: “It’s not a term I use myself. I’m a practical officer.”
The Met boss, who took over the force from Cressida Dick six months ago, also dismissed warnings it could be broken up.
Promising the report would lead to “meaningful change”, he said reforms were already under way.
Rishi Sunak will vow to tackle winter crisis gripping NHS in landmark speech
RISHI Sunak will today spell out his plans to tackle the winter crisis gripping the NHS.
He will also announce everyone has to study maths until they are 18 to boost numeracy levels.
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Rishi Sunak will spell out his plans to tackle the winter crisis gripping the NHS[/caption]
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The PM is to make a major speech outlining his blueprint for a “better future” — with a focus on easing the backlog of cases in the NHS likely.
The cost of living crisis will also be a focal point, as well as getting a grip on the small boats issue in the Channel.
He will also say giving every child the highest possible standard of education was “the single most important reason why I came into politics”.
He will say: “This is personal for me. Every opportunity I’ve had in life began with the education I was so fortunate to receive.
“With the right plan – the right commitment to excellence – I see no reason why we cannot rival the best education systems in the world”.
He will start bringing about the changes in this Parliament and complete the work afterwards.
Eight million adults in this country have the numeracy skills of primary school children and only half of 16-19 year olds study any maths at all.
The majority of major nations including Australia, the US, France and Canada all teach some maths up until 18 allowing them to deal with personal finances or mortgages confidently.
He will add: “One of the biggest changes in mindset we need in education today is to reimagine our approach to numeracy.”
It comes ahead of a keynote speech by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer tomorrow.
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Praise be, landmark improvements are coming to Age Of Empires 4
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Age Of Empires 4 is the first RTS I’ve taken seriously. I’ve practised build orders, memorised specific civ counters, watched pro matches and agonised over key bindings. I have gone down into the nitty gritty of sheep micro, just to shear off microseconds from early villager gathering times, but I’ve never seen a good reason to build half of the landmarks in the game. It’s a blessed relief, therefore, to see “landmark improvements” on the roadmap for Season 4, alongside a new mode and a funky purple-looking biome.
Landmark subsea cable connecting Ireland and Iceland now complete
Iris, which is managed by the Icelandic government, is expected to be in service by the first quarter of 2023.
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