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Seattle becomes first US city to ban discrimination by caste

Seattle is also the first city in the world to pass such a law outside South Asia

The Independent UK

Seattle becomes the first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination

Calls to outlaw discrimination based on caste, a division of people based on birth or descent, have grown louder among South Asian diaspora communities in the United States.

WEKU

Seattle bans caste-based discrimination, becoming first US city to do so

SEATTLE — Seattle made history Tuesday as the first city in the U.S. to expressly ban caste-based discrimination after an outpouring of input from South Asian Americans.

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Flight attendants to get more rest time under a new FAA rule

The FAA will require airlines to give flight attendants at least 10 hours of rest time in between shifts, the same as pilots, to help reduce fatigue. Current rules allow as little as 8 hours of rest.

WEKU

US to require more rest between shifts for flight attendants

Flight attendants are about to get an extra hour of required rest between shifts

The Independent UK

Bernie joins Starbucks picket line

"What you are doing is what people all over this country are beginning to do," Sanders said

Salon

Unions: Airlines should forgo stock buybacks until operations improve

Unions are pushing Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and other carriers to hold off on stock buybacks that would reward shareholders, saying carriers should first restore staffing to avoid operational meltdowns and complete labor contract talks.

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‘We are in the fight of our lifetimes,’ Bernie Sanders tells union partisans at Philly rally

PHILADELPHIA — Decrying the power of the “oligarchy that runs this country,” 80-year-old Sen. Bernie Sanders told thousands attending a pro-labor rally on Independence Mall that “we are in the fight of our lifetimes.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Delta flights attendants race to unionize: ‘We’re the people behind the profits’

Workers say they just want a fair deal on pay, conditions and schedules at an airline has long resisted union efforts

The Guardian - US

Flight attendants ‘fear for their safety’ amid spike in disruptive passengers

Some staff are reportedly skipping work because they ‘just don’t wanna deal with any of that stuff’

The Independent UK

Ohio man who groped flight attendants gets 60 days in prison

Maxwell Berry, 23, who was restrained in his seat with tape, also was sentenced to a year of supervised release after his jail time

The Guardian - US

Lifting of Covid mask mandate on US transportation horrifies health experts

Warning that ‘This is not the time to be pulling back on mitigation measures’ as CDC appeals judge’s overturning of face-covering rule

The Guardian - US

US airlines and trains relax rules after judge axes mask mandate

The United States has scrapped its mask mandate on public transportation after a federal judge ruled the directive was unlawful.

Evening Standard

US judge strikes down Biden mask mandate for planes and trains

The Florida judge’s ruling appeared to free operators to retain or discard masking policies, leading to confusion

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TSA will not enforce mask mandate after judge strikes down requirement. What happens next?

How airlines, public transit and the Biden administration are responding as one of the last pieces of pandemic-era public health protections comes to an end

Axios

Big Labor is failing to meet the moment, advocates say

After overseeing decades of decline, big unions aren't quite used to this kind of excitement around organizing.

Tribune News Service

Amazon union win in NYC holds potential to spread far and wide

Two years ago Amazon.com Inc.’s general counsel suggested focusing public attention on fired employee and labor activist Christian Smalls because he “wasn’t smart or articulate.”

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