Photo: Justin Sullivan The California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 22 in a unanimous decision on Thursday. The ballot measure allows Uber, Lyft and a plethora of other gig app companies to classify drivers on their services as contractors instead of employees. Prop 22 passed in November 2020 with 58.6 percent of voters in favor of … Read more
With the Colorado peach harvest underway, shoppers are already seeing locally grown fruit in stores, at farmers market stands and on restaurant menus. This year, locals may also notice price increases. Producers on the Western Slope say they’ve raised prices to help offset increases in operating costs, such as labor and fertilizer. Talbott Farms in Palisade, … Read more
American Airlines and the union representing its flight attendants said they have reached agreement on a new contract that includes pay raises. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Originally Published: July 21, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic … Read more
After Qatargate, everyone in Brussels hopefully knows that (allegedly) receiving bags of cash from foreign agents is a big no-no. But in a city driven by political deal-making against a backdrop of flashy lobby soirées, there is plenty of scope to lose sight of your principles. Here are lessons from three veterans. Jan Huitema: Keep … Read more
When Teamsters president Sean O’Brien addressed the Republican National Convention yesterday, it was the first time a leader of the union—of any union, in fact—had taken the stage at the RNC. “President Trump had the backbone to open the doors to this Republican convention and that’s unprecedented,” he said in his speech, which was sharply … Read more
“Eight euros for a doner!” one man yelled at German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Munich in a video posted to TikTok. “Talk to Putin! I want to pay four euros for a doner. Please!” It’s become such an issue, that some politicians belonging to the far-left Die Linke, or the Left party, are calling for … Read more
The Labor Party conference approved on Friday the union agreement to establish the Democrats party and a series of decisions that strengthen the position and control of the party chairman, Yair Golan, over the party’s mechanism. Despite criticism from veteran Labor circles regarding the merger agreement with Meretz that Golan signed last week, and … Read more
Delegates of the newly formed “Democrats” party will convene in Tel Aviv on Friday to officially approve the merger agreement between the left-wing Labor and Meretz parties, as well as approve a number of other provisions related to the new party’s leadership and organizational structure. The convention will be held at the Tel Aviv … Read more
Likud MK and Chairman of the Special Committee for Foreign Workers Eliyahu Revivo said last month at a government hearing that he will sue the state over the lack of documentation for foreign workers who come to Israel from abroad. “For months I have been asking for documentation of the process of sorting out … Read more
Outside groups spent roughly $5 million to influence several Democratic legislative primaries last month, an eye-popping sum revealed in final disclosures this week that was part of a broader struggle for influence over the state’s dominant political party. Beyond the outside money, the candidates spent more than $1.8 million in those races themselves. Much of … Read more
