SFGate Apple, Yahoo, eBay, Zynga, Genentech bus drivers vote to unionizeSFGateBus drivers who herd employees to and from the offices of Apple, Yahoo, eBay, Zynga and Genentech voted to join the powerful Teamsters union Friday. Shuttle drivers employed by Compass Transportation voted 104-38 in favor of representation, with 16 not …Bus …
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A century and a half after the end of the Civil War, the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C., last week opened an exhibition of stamps and mail that tell the everyday story of slavery, abolition and civil rights. More: continued here
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Read More »Who Gets Food Stamps? White People, Mostly – Huffington Post
Beacon Review Who Gets Food Stamps? White People, MostlyHuffington PostWASHINGTON — Gene Alday, a Republican member of the Mississippi state legislature, apologized last week for telling a reporter that all the African-Americans in his hometown of Walls, Mississippi, are unemployed and on food stamps. "I come from a town …Who Gets …
Read More »Would You Live in an Antarctic Penguin Post Office? – Smithsonian
Would You Live in an Antarctic Penguin Post Office?SmithsonianThe BBC reports that the post office on Goudier Island has “comfortable” living conditions, but the lodgings aren't exactly hotel-quality. With no power grid, heat or hot water, limited communications and 24-hour daylight, applicants must be willing to … More: continued here
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BBC News 'Scarlett Johansson' hen's round egg sells on eBay for £480BBC NewsA "perfectly spherical" chicken egg has sold for an "unbelievable" £480 on the internet auction site eBay. Kim Broughton found one of her hens – now renamed Ping Pong – had laid the round egg in her garden …
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Royal Mail set to increase stamp pricesGulf Daily NewsLONDON: Britain's Royal Mail postal service yesterday said stamp prices would rise from March 30 as it tries to offset the impact of a steadily falling number of letters to deliver each year. Royal Mail said the price of first and second …
Read More »Bus Drivers for Apple, Yahoo, eBay, Zynga, Genentech Vote For Union … – Forbes
Forbes Bus Drivers for Apple, Yahoo, eBay, Zynga, Genentech Vote For Union …ForbesBus drivers for Apple (whose employee shuttle is shown above), Yahoo, Genentech, eBay and Zynga voted for union representation on Friday. Drivers of the buses, which became a symbol of tech's effect on income inequality, are largely choosing …
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WQAD.com Taylor Ridge Post Office armed robbery suspect in custodyWQAD.comPolice say an arrest warrant was issued for a Viola, Illinois man in connection with an armed robbery at the Taylor Ridge Post Office that took place in January. According to a statement from Rock Island County Sheriff Gerry Bustos, an …
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