Above Photo: UAW members who manufacture Case and New Holland equipment say they were inspired by last year’s strike at John Deere. UAW Region 4. Eleven hundred workers who manufacture agricultural and construction equipment for CNH Industrial in Burlington, Iowa, and Racine, Wisconsin, have been on strike since May 2. At the core of the strike is the company’s three-tier pay system. Workers hired before 1996 make $6 to $8 more per hour than those hired after 2004; those hired between 1996 and 2004 earn somewhere in between. Workers want to see at least the bottom tier abolished. Workers are also […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010141080765306-yerevan-says-azerbaijan-attacking-military-equipment-on-armenian-territory/ Both Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of conducting attacks after the sides agreed to a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, beginning on 10 October. On Wednesday, Yerevan stated that the Azerbaijani Army had attacked Armenian military equipment situated on Armenian territory. The Armenian Ministry of Defence stressed the country’s forces reserved the right to attack any military object on Azerbaijani territory. The decades-old frozen conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh or the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh escalated on 27 September, after both Baku and Yerevan accused each other of sparking military hostilities. Azerbaijan declared a counteroffensive and […]
US police departments taking advantage of the ability to acquire Washington’s surplus military equipment could very well be contributing to unrest and violence in the same communities they are sworn to protect, according to a new analysis. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution revealed on Thursday that data from the US military and police departments nationwide presented a disturbing relationship between police killings and the US Department of Defense’s 1033 program – an initiative that allows everyday law enforcement to acquire surplus equipment designed for war. “The results paint a troubling picture: The more equipment a department receives, the more people are shot and […]
A Doctor Smuggles Lifesaving Equipment By Blaise Malley, Prospect.org. September 24, 2020 A Doctor Smuggles Lifesaving Equipment2020-09-242020-09-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/malley-syria-092120-e1600969619724.jpg200px200px Above photo: A doctor in Idlib in June. Anas Alkharboutli/Pcture-Alliance/DPA/AP Images. NOTE: This article illustrates how US imposed economic coercive measures harm people in the countries that are targeted and how people are working around the sanctions to provide basic necessities. Unfortunately, this article also uses terms like the “Assad regime” and tries to portray it as ‘brutal.’ This is typical for mainstream media coverage of countries that are targeted by western imperialism and should be recognized for the propaganda that it is. – MF […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106800/54/1068005442_0:180:1920:1260_1200x675_80_0_0_931b8fb3e5be31d58529728258b3b57d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/society/202009231080553911-razor-blades-found-at-parks-playground-equipment-in-us-city/ Authorities in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, temporarily closed all public parks in the city on Tuesday after finding 41 razor blades at two parks in the city. According to a Tuesday Facebook post by the Eaton Rapids Police Department, officers were dispatched to playgrounds in the area on Monday after a group of people at a playground reported to police that they had found several razor blades on and around the park equipment. Some of the blades seemed to have been intentionally placed to cause harm, the department added. Additional blades were found lying in […]
The board of directors of bitcoin mining manufacturer Canaan approved a buyback program Monday for its lagging shares. Source link
New Delhi (Sputnik): Amid border tensions, India is considering the participation of Chinese tech players like Huawei and ZTE in the sharpening and development of its 4G and 5G networks. At this time, India’s state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is clouded by risks of losing non-Chinese equipment maker Nokia over unpaid dues. Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia, which controls 40 percent of BSNL networks in India, has threatened to pull support if dues mounting over $121 million are not cleared “immediately” by the Indian state-run telco. In a letter addressing BSNL Chairman PK Purwar, Nokia has also warned that if […]
In 2017 Sepura, which produces digital mobile radio products, was bought by Chinese company Hytera, in which Beijing government has 2 percent stake. Hytera has been banned by the United States over concerns that its equipment may be used for surveillance. The United Kingdom continues to use equipment produced by the Sepura company, including radios used by police officers, in particular, during protection of members of the royal family, the British media have reported. Systems and applications are used by British ambulance and fire services in airports, despite the fact that Sepura’s owner, Hytera, was blacklisted by the White House, which […]
On two separate days, deputies save two lives at the same location Shortly after 11pm on Monday, June 29th, a 16-year-old girl was reported to be at the top of the parking structure across the street from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office location at 215 SW Adams Avenue in Hillsboro. Before police arrived, several deputies from the Washington County Jail quickly responded to the location. After several minutes of speaking with the girl, our deputies were able to secure her from the outside railing where she was preparing to jump. The quick actions by these jail deputies undoubtedly saved her life. […]
The British government has announced that starting next year, telecommunications companies would be banned from buying Huawei equipment for the U.K.’s 5G network. Existing Huawei equipment will need to be removed by 2027. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Leon Neal/Getty Images Months after approving some limited involvement by the Chinese technology giant Huawei in constructing the U.K.’s next-generation wireless data network, British regulators reversed course Tuesday. Beginning in January, U.K. regulators will implement a ban on telecom operators buying Huawei equipment. Existing Huawei 5G equipment will need to be removed from the U.K.’s 5G network by 2027. The decision […]
Police departments that get more equipment from the military kill more civilians than departments that get less military gear. That’s the finding from research on a federal program that has operated since 1997 that I have helped conduct as a scholar of police militarization. That finding was recently confirmed and expanded by Edward Lawson Jr. at the University of South Carolina. This federal effort is called the “1033 Program.” It’s named after the section of the 1997 National Defense Authorization Act that allows the U.S. Defense Department to give police agencies around the country equipment, including weapons and ammunition, that the […]
The 2018 Camp Fire killed 85 people in all and destroyed nearly 19,000 buildings. Noah Berger/AP hide caption toggle caption Noah Berger/AP The 2018 Camp Fire killed 85 people in all and destroyed nearly 19,000 buildings. Noah Berger/AP Pacific Gas & Electric pleaded guilty on Tuesday to 84 separate counts of involuntary manslaughter and one felony count of unlawfully starting a fire in a case stemming from a horrific 2018 blaze that destroyed much of the town of Paradise in Northern California. PG&E CEO and President Bill Johnson entered the guilty pleas in Butte County Superior Court one at a time […]
By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News WOODBRIDGE, Va.—As Inova Health System sought donations in March to buy personal protective equipment for its staff to treat COVID-19, Zach Mote, a police officer turned brewer, came to their aid. Even though his Water’s End Brewery taproom in this Washington, D.C., suburb had been forced to close, he enlisted the help of nearby Beltway Brewing to make a new ale, PPE beer. They’ve donated the more than $18,000 from its sales to the hospital system to help buy masks, gloves and other personal protective equipment. Inova, which serves some of Washington’s wealthiest suburbs, told […]
Opinion 00:54 GMT 21.05.2020(updated 00:55 GMT 21.05.2020) Get short URL Although the US COVID-19 pandemic has mostly ravaged urban areas to date, it will soon bear down on rural areas home to more vulnerable populations, Dr. Tara Smith, an epidemiologist and professor at the Kent State University College of Public Health, told Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear Wednesday. “What we’re concerned about is as this moves from urban to rural areas, there are a lot of places that are really underprepared, and we are seeing this already hit some communities, especially those that have places where this can really get into […]