Railroad workers have reached a new tentative union contract with rail companies, averting a potential strike set to start on Friday that could have shut down rail service across the United States. The deal, which has yet to be released in writing and ratified by union members, is said to grant one paid sick day to workers, allow workers to attend medical appointments without being subject to attendance policies, and give a “semblance of a schedule” to rail workers, who are currently on call to work 24/7.
Climate Crisis
Vila Web: London, Paris, Rome and Milan criticize pulling back of Barcelona’s Low Emission Zone
While “illiberal” Poland and Hungary are now the EU heroes (and German hypocrisy is being politely ignored), Spain’s fascist justice system keeps barrelling along. Read Here Photo: IonutDragu licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike […]
Economics
Bill Mitchell: Why do currency-issuing governments issue debt? – Part 1
One question that continually comes up when I do interviews is this: If governments are not financially constrained in their spending why do they issue debt? Read here
Economics
China Daily – German Recession: German retail sector records 3.3 pct sales drop in 2023
Price-adjusted sales in the German retail sector fell by 3.3 percent year-on-year in 2023 amid a recession in the country, according to preliminary figures published by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on Wednesday. Compared to […]
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