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Workers at Trump’s Pennsylvania speech were told they had to attend or use paid time off or receive no pay
At least some of the workers who attended the speech were instructed not to protest the President, who told the crowd of workers at the Royal Dutch Shell plant he would be imploring their union leaders to support his reelection. The instructions to the workers came in a memo, a copy of which was obtained …
Katy Perry and collaborators ordered to pay $2.78 million for copying Christian rap song
‘American Idol’ judge Katy Perry ‘collapses’ after contestant’s steamy performance ‘American Idol’ judge Katy Perry was blown away by contestant Uche Ndubizu’s steamy performance of Bruno Mars’ ‘Finesse’ Sunday night, so much so that she ‘collapsed’ on the table as fellow judges Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan pretended to perform CPR. ‘Excuse me, are we …
Ebola is a reminder of why the world should pay attention to Congo
WHEN CONGOLESE blood is spilled by machete-wielding militiamen, outsiders barely notice. Was the death toll from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s civil war 800,000 or 5m? No one kept an accurate tally. By contrast, when blood spills out of Congolese Ebola victims, the world pays attention. The World Health Organisation says that 1,707 people have …
Fired LSU Health Center attorneys sue over pay disparities
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two former attorneys for the LSU Health Science Centers have sued the board of supervisors for… NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two former attorneys for the LSU Health Science Centers have sued the board of supervisors for gender discrimination. The Times-Picayune/ The New Orleans Advocate report Katherine Muslow and Meredith Cunningham claim …
Proms pay space-aged tribute to Nasa engineer Christopher Kraft
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionProms 2019: Nasa director honoured by Public Service Broadcasting Christopher C Kraft, the man who founded Nasa’s mission control and oversaw the Apollo 11 moon landing, was honoured at the BBC Proms on Thursday. Public Service Broadcasting dedicated their song Go to the engineer, who died on …
Facebook fine: Company to pay an unprecedented $5 billion over privacy breaches
The settlement resolves a formal complaint by the FTC alleging that Facebook “used deceptive disclosures and settings” that eroded user privacy, violating a prior agreement Facebook signed with the commission in 2012. Facebook also broke the law, the FTC alleged, by misusing phone numbers obtained for account security purposes to also target advertisements to its …
Hope Solo Petitions Court To Join USWNT’s Equal Pay Mediation As The Designated Ass-Kicker
Photo: Getty The USWNT will soon enter mediation with the U.S. Soccer Federation in an effort to resolve the team’s equal pay lawsuit. Former USWNT star Hope Solo is concerned about whether the current national team will have the kind of cussed hard-ass they’ll need on their side so that they don’t settle for anything …
Pennsylvania school district tells parents to pay their lunch debt, or their kids will go into foster care
The letter, which was reviewed by CNN, told parents that there have been “multiple letters sent home with your child” and that no payments had been made. “Your child has been sent to school every day without money and without a breakfast and/or lunch,” the letter read. It also said failure to provide children with …
94-year-old D-Day veteran slams ministers for breaking promise on BBC licence fee and warns they will pay for it at next election
The free TV licence was introduced in 2000 but the BBC agreed to take on the cost for funding it as part of their settlement in 2015. Ted told The Sun Online: “The Government have gone back on their word. “They promised in the election they would continue with the licence concession. “They put the …
Women’s Soccer World Cup — About That Alleged World Cup Pay Gap
Carli Lloyd of the U.S. and team mates celebrate winning the Women’s World Cup with the trophy, Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France, July 7, 2019. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters) After the U.S. women’s soccer team won the World Cup on Sunday, a major focus from the team and the media was a complaint over an alleged gender-pay disparity. …
