British ports could face up to 7,000 lorry queues if businesses do not cooperate and get proper paperwork to make it through the county of Kent, according Minister for Cabinet Office Michael Gove. “The biggest potential cause of disruption are traders not being ready for controls implemented by EU Member States on 1 January 2021,” Gove wrote to British businesses in a letter leaked this week, […]
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School Bus Drivers Lead Protest To Safely Reopen Los Angeles Schools August 16, 2020 School Bus Drivers Lead Protest To Safely Reopen Los Angeles Schools2020-08-162020-08-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/schoolbuses-e1597620057599.jpg200px200px Above photo: School bus drivers take part in caravan to demand proper funding for schools to support distant learning and a safe return to classes, in Los Angeles. School bus drivers from the second largest school district in the United States led […]
School Bus Drivers: ‘No Reopening Without Safety First!’ By USWA Local 8751, Workers.org. August 11, 2020 School Bus Drivers: ‘No Reopening Without Safety First!’2020-08-112020-08-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/bus-e1597167325962.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Left to right, USW Local 8751 Chief Steward Frantz Cadet, Trustee Fred Floreal, and President Andre François at May 14 action in conjunction with Haitian Flag Day. The union protested recent unjust firings of their members and demanded enforcement of Local […]
The logo of German car maker Volkswagen is seen on flags fluttering in front of a car dealer in Hamm, western Germany, on May 25. One of VW’s many legal settlements over the Dieselgate scandal has finally been carried to its conclusion, the FTC says. Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images The logo of German car maker Volkswagen […]
Activists Camp At State House For Giving Undocumented Immigrants Driver’s Licenses By Lucas Phillips, Boston Globe. July 21, 2020 Activists Camp At State House For Giving Undocumented Immigrants Driver’s Licenses2020-07-212020-07-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/boston-e1595353821853.jpg200px200px Above photo: An encampment has been erected in front of the State House since Friday. People with Pioneer Valley Workers Center and Cosecha Massachusetts are rallying for driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants. Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff. Two groups urging […]
South Dakota has agreed to share driver’s license and state ID records with the U.S. Census Bureau as part of efforts to carry out an executive order for citizenship data that President Trump announced in July 2019 with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (left) and U.S. Attorney General William Barr in the White House Rose Garden. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP Updated at 7:57 […]
Tempers frayed in the pit lane at the Xfinity Series in Kentucky on Friday as drivers Harrison Burton and Noah Gragson traded blows in a fierce bust-up after their cars collided on the track minutes before. With just 13 of 200 laps remaining in the race, Gragson’s No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet clipped the back of Burton’s No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, causing both cars to graze […]
A Wisconsin man was charged on Thursday with a hate crime killing after he swerved his pickup truck to purposely hit a retired police officer on his motorcycle because he believe Harley Drivers are “white racists.” Daniel Navarro swerved his truck and hit Phillip Thiessen head on. Theissen, a retired police officer, was found dead in the road. WBAY reported: TRENDING: Radical Seattle City Councilmember Kshama […]
Royal Society president Venki Ramakrishnan urged everyone to wear facemasks as the “new normal” until the coronavirus disappears, comparing the refusal to do so with antisocial behaviors like driving without seatbelts or drunk. No one should leave their home without a face covering in their possession, and they should be worn “particularly indoors in enclosed public spaces” where social distancing is difficult, Venkatraman ‘Venki’ Ramakrishnan, a […]
Antifa is posting videos online on how you can smash windshields, cut seatbelts and drag people from their vehicles. This antifa member says its necessary when Americans don’t stop and wait during their street protests. Advertisement – story continues below There is NOTHING about this group that is civil or lawful. What she meant was…. “i’ve seen some cars getting away when protesters tried to stop […]
NYC Bus Drivers Union Refuses To Transport Protesters For NYPD May 30, 2020 NYC Bus Drivers Union Refuses To Transport Protesters For NYPD2020-05-302020-05-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/bus-1-e1590847470793.jpg200px200px Organized labor is supporting people who are protesting the police killing of George Floyd. Workers for New York City’s MTA are refusing to transport people arrested during protests against police brutality in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. […]
Bus Drivers Refuse To Help Police, Prison Labor Replaces Meatpackers And More By Mike Elk, Payday Report. May 29, 2020 Bus Drivers Refuse To Help Police, Prison Labor Replaces Meatpackers And More2020-05-292020-05-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/minneapolis-riot-police-protest-george-floyd-0527201-777×437.jpg200px200px Above photo: People face off with police near the Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct. Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via Getty Images. 230 Strikes on the Map With fast-food workers out on strike in Oakland over being asked to […]