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Airbnb offers chance to stay in The Godfather mansion 'for $50 a night'

Staten Island home has saltwater pool, basement pub, games room and gym, and is available for the month of August

Wales Online

Rudy Giuliani needed stents after slap ‘assault,’ businessman and radio host John Catsimatidis says; NYC mayor says video doesn’t match allegation

NEW YORK — Get out the violin.

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The rise of tech unions shows workers reckoning with reality

This month, workers at an Apple store in Maryland voted to unionize, another signal that the labor movement is gaining momentum at tech companies. This follows a victory at an Amazon Staten Island warehouse in March, the first U.S. union vote in Amazon’s history (though another company warehouse voted against…

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Giuliani on defensive after uproar over assault claim

NEW YORK: Two days after Rudy Giuliani claimed a worker had assaulted him at a Staten Island supermarket, the once-vaunted former mayor was spending Tuesday morning like many men his age: complaining about his aches and pains.

Bangkok Post

NYC mayor: Investigate Giuliani for 'false' slap claim

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has suggested that former Mayor Rudy Giuliani be investigated for filing a false police report for claiming he was assaulted — and publicly saying he felt like he’d been shot — by a heckler who touched his back Sunday at a Staten Island grocery…

The Independent UK

Police arrest New York man accused of slapping Rudy Giuliani on back

Employee Daniel Gill, 38, apparently asked Giuliani, 78, ‘What’s up, scumbag?’ during incident in ShopRite store on Staten Island

The Guardian - US

Worker arrested after slapping Rudy Giuliani on back, calling him a ‘scumbag’ for Roe decision

The former New York City mayor said his assailant was angry about the Supreme Court’s decision overturning abortion rights

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Inside the marathon Zoom call where Amazon seeks to overturn historic union victory

With the existence of a grass roots union at stake, the National Labor Relations Board is considering Amazon's objections to the Amazon Labor Union's historic victory.

WEKU

‘There just weren’t women playing’ – Kelsie Whitmore, baseball trailblazer

The first woman to play in an MLB-affiliated league since 1994 understands the interest but is busy making her way in the sport

The Guardian - UK

Staten Island’s ‘Impractical Jokers’ will appear on Shark Week this year

NEW YORK — Messing around with sharks is no joke — but that’s not stopping the stars of “Impractical Jokers” from shooting a show about them.

Tribune News Service

Staten Island’s rich forgotten history is retold

“Staten Island in the Nineteenth Century: From Boomtown to Forgotten Borough" by Joseph Borelli; The History Press (192 pages, $21.99)

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Why is Starbucks’ union drive speeding ahead while Amazon’s stumbles?

More than 100 of the coffee shop’s locations have unionized, while just one Amazon warehouse has managed it

The Guardian - US

NLRB denies Amazon's ask to close union hearing to public

A federal labor board has denied Amazon's request to bar the public from a hearing on the company’s bid to overturn a historic union win at one of its Staten Island, New York, warehouses

The Independent UK

US unions see revival in land of capitalism

Last month, Amazon's 8,000 warehouse workers in Staten Island, New York voted to form the company's first ever union. It was the first in a series of union victories at companies that pay hourly wages. Experts say this could be the most significant moment in decades for the US labour…

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Hospital emergency worker shot and wounded on Staten Island

NEW YORK — A drunken patient shot an emergency medical technician in the back Wednesday night inside an ambulance headed to a Staten Island hospital, police sources said.

Daily Mirror

Kim Kardashian accused of changing her voice to sound like boyfriend Pete Davidson

Kim Kardashian seemed to slip into a Staten Island accent while talking to mum Kris Jenner and close friends Simon Huck and Phil Riportella during an episode of The Kardashians

The Guardian - US

The key to worker power in America? Let a thousand Chris Smalls bloom

Labor leader and fired Amazon worker Chris Smalls says workers at 100 Amazon facilities have contacted him to set up a union. They need support

The Independent UK

Amazon fires two union organisers and several managers at Staten Island facility

Tristan Dutchin and Mat Cusick say they were fired last week over job performance issues and Covid-19 sick leave, respectively

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Amazon union takes fight to the C-suite

As union fights for contracts, big pension funds with billions in Amazon stock plan an assault on corporate board

The Guardian - US

Amazon reportedly fires at least six New York managers involved in labor union

According to the New York Times, the dismissals are regarded as the company’s response to the recent unionization victory

Tribune News Service

Amazon anti-union confabs deemed illegal by labor officials

U.S. labor board prosecutors have determined that anti-union meetings held by Amazon.com Inc. in Staten Island, New York, violated federal law, according to an agency spokesperson.

Benzinga

Amazon Workers Vote Against Unionizing Second Warehouse; Company To Get Hearing That Could Overturn First Union Vote

Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) workers have voted against unionizing a second warehouse in New York City in the borough of Staten Island, known as LDJ5, with 618 to 380 against joining the Labor Union, Reuters reported. The turnout was 61%, It could slow the momentum for labor union advocates that demanded better pay…

The Independent UK

Amazon workers reject unionising at second Staten Island warehouse election

Following stunning victory against retail giant, Amazon Labor Union vows ‘fight has just begun’ after election defeat

WEKU

Amazon Labor Union fails to repeat victory in Staten Island Amazon warehouse election

An Amazon sorting center on Staten Island in New York has voted against unionizing, a month after a larger Amazon warehouse across the street voted to join the Amazon Labor Union.

The Independent UK

Vote tally begins in 2nd Amazon union election in NYC

A federal labor board on Monday will count ballots cast by warehouse workers in a second Amazon union election on Staten Island

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