शिकायते अनगिनत हैं, पर करूं किससे  और क्यों? दिल भी अपना, और जो बैठा है इसमें,  वह भी अपना… 🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬🧬 There are countless grievances,  but to whom…

शिकायते / Grievances

IT WAS A LONG ROW TO HOE New Jersey’s Roller Coaster ride …with women’s right to vote.  You probably knew this, but I didn’t…Two days before the …

WILL WE WOMEN VOTE?

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Mercedes-Benz workers in Vance, Alabama filed for an election today to vote on whether to join the United Auto Workers. Photo: UAW

Auto workers are gearing up to smash through anti-union bulwarks in Alabama and Tennessee.

In Chattanooga, Tennessee, at the only Volkswagen factory in the world without a union, votes will be counted April 19 as 4,300 workers who make the Atlas SUV and the ID.4 electric vehicle decide whether to join the United Auto Workers.

“We didn’t think things would happen so fast,” said VW worker Victor Vaughn.

Momentum spurred them forward. The organizing committee recruited 300 co-workers as election captains. “We have well over 90 percent coverage within the plant, every position, every line,” said Vaughn. “At that point we knew, ‘Yes, we’re where we need to be.’”

Next up will be Mercedes. Workers in Vance, Alabama, at one of only two nonunion Mercedes-Benz factories on the planet, filed for an election today; a vote is expected soon after the VW vote.

The 5,000 workers there make the highly profitable luxury GLE SUVs and the Maybach GLS, which retails for upwards of $170,000.

“You never know when a person goes inside a booth,” said Mercedes worker Jeremy Kimbrell. “Nobody’s watching, and the company’s got a month to scare the hell out of them. But I feel pretty good about the vote. Workers finally stood up for themselves and are ending the Alabama discount.”

More than 10,000 workers at 13 non-union carmakers across two dozen facilities nationwide have signed union cards since last November, when the UAW announced an ambitious goal to organize 150,000 workers at major non-union auto and battery plants.

Source: Southern Auto Workers Are Rising | Labor Notes

…Memphis Soul producer Chips Moman brought this to Presley in 1969, and Elvis immediately fell in love with it and decided he could turn it into a hit, even though it had flopped for James.  This was a big comeback song for Elvis. It had been seven years since his last #1 hit.  It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, twenty-two years after Elvis’ death.

In the UK, Elvis had a hit with this song three times. First in 1969 when it was originally released, then in 2001 when a live version recorded at The International Hotel, Las Vegas, in August 1970 was issued and went to #15, then in 2007 when it was re-issued to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Elvis’ death, going to #11.

Suspicious Minds
Elvis Presley

Source: ♫ Suspicious Minds ♫ | Filosofa’s Word

The site of a strike by the IDF on a World Central Kitchen vehicle in central Gaza. The charity has suspended operations after seven of its workers were killed. Photograph: Ahmed Zakot/Reuters

WCK’s founder, José Andrés, said: “The IDF cannot credibly investigate its own failure in Gaza. It’s not enough to simply try to avoid further humanitarian deaths, which have now approached close to 200. All civilians need to be protected, and all innocent people in Gaza need to be fed and safe. And all hostages must be released.”

The charity’s chief executive, Erin Gore, said: “Their apologies for the outrageous killing of our colleagues represent cold comfort. It’s cold comfort for the victims’ families and WCK’s global family. Israel needs to take concrete steps to assure the safety of humanitarian aid workers. Our operations remain suspended.”

WCK’s remarks were echoed by the UN secretary general, António Guterres, who said fixing failings in Israel’s military procedures required “independent investigations” and meaningful and measurable changes on the ground.

Noting that 196 humanitarian workers had been killed during Israel’s campaign, Guterres said: “We want to know why.”…

Source: Israeli inquiry findings on aid worker killings lack credibility, charity says | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian

Source: U.S. job creation in March was strong at 303,000, beating expectations – UPI.com

Source: Israel fires officers over deadly drone attack on aid convoy – DW – 04/05/2024

Source: Israel’s reopening of aid routes a ‘game changer’ to people starving in Gaza – France 24

People inspect the site where World Central Kitchen workers were killed in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip. Photograph: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP

Source: Middle East crisis live: World Central Kitchen says only ‘systemic change’ can stop military failures as IDF sacks officers over aid worker deaths