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Turkish police detain over a thousand refugees in the past month
Turkish media, citing Turkish officials, reported that over the past month, authorities in Edirne have detained 1,096 “illegal migrants,” including Afghan citizens. According to reports, these migrants were detained yesterday, Wednesday, April 24th, and were referred to the Edirne Migration Directorate. Local authorities in Edirne stated that 54 of these individuals have been detained on […]
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Boeing whistleblower from Kansas is 2nd to die in past 2 months
A second Boeing whistleblower has died unexpectedly as the company faces scrutiny over safety failures on its passenger jets. Joshua Dean, a quality inspector for the Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems, died this week after a surprise infection left him in critical condition for days, according to his family. The cause was Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, an antibiotic resistant staph infection commonly known as MRSA, his aunt Carol Parsons told the Seattle Times, which first...
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Union Members Outpaced Nonunion Workers In Pay Raises Over Past 12 Months
It pays to be a union member. Bloomberg reports: “Unionized workers in the US saw record raises, while nonunion workers’ pay barely beat inflation over the past 12 months, the latest government data show. Wages of private sector union workers rose 6.3% in the year ended in March, the largest increase in data back to 2001, according… Source