The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited pork producer Smithfield Foods for failing to protect workers from coronavirus exposure, the agency announced Thursday. It proposed a penalty of $13,494, which is the maximum […]
One day after premiering and receiving the most rapturous reviews of any film in competition, US-based Chinese director Chloé Zhao has won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival for her film Nomadland, a documentary-influenced […]
The Entertainment Union Coalition is hailing a bill signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom that will make it easier for workers to borrow from their employer-sponsored pension plans. EUC members include the California IATSE […]
Carolina Rodriguez said she had never thought much about joining a union until a co-worker lost his job. The colleague, a fellow teacher at a charter school system in San Jose, told Rodriguez that his contract had not been renewed […]
The actor Diana Rigg, known for her roles on stage and in film and television – including The Avengers and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – has died at the age of 82. Rigg, who rose to prominence in the 1960s through her starring role […]
In Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro, 4-year-old Mei chases a couple of mysterious creatures through some shrubs into a forest and stumbles into a hole at the base of a giant tree. There, she meets a giant, slumbering creature who roars […]
The SAG-AFTRA Health Plan will be offering an 80% reduction in COBRA premiums for many participants who no will longer qualify for coverage starting October 1. Facing staggering deficits due to skyrocketing health care costs […]
TIFF will now require fest-goers to wear face coverings during all in-person movie viewing at its Bell Lightbox multiplex. Fest organizers cited a surge in new COVID-19 cases in Ontario for the U-turn on an earlier mask-optional policy […]
As promised when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its Academy Aperture 2025 initiative in June, new standards of representation and inclusion have been announced by AMPAS Tuesday that will gradually be […]
“When unions are strong, our communities are strong,” writes Amanda Menas in Education Votes. “This is a long-held belief of former Vice President Joe Biden, who supports ‘laws that allow labor unions to flourish and fight for basic worker […]
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