September 17, 2021 - Smlr_net

17 Sep 2021


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*September 17, 2021*
*Title:*                    3,000 Health Care Workers in France Have Been
Suspended For Not Getting a COVID Shot
*Source:*               NPR
*Author:*               Scott Neuman
*Date:*                   September 16, 2021
*Summary:*          France's health minister has said that thousands of
health care workers across the country have been suspended without pay for
failing to get a required COVID-19 vaccine.
*Link:*                    https://n.pr/3CkqeDV
*Title:*                    Italy Extends its Health-Pass Requirement To
Cover Most Workers, Public and Private
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Gaia Pianigiani and Emma Bubola
*Date:*                   September 16, 2021
*Summary:          *Italy will require its residents to show a health pass
to go to work, the government announced Thursday. It is the first country
in Europe to require coronavirus vaccination certificates so widely. “It’s
an extraordinary endeavor,” Italy’s public administration minister, Renato
Brunetta, said Thursday night. “It’s all the human capital in the country.”
*Link:*                    https://nyti.ms/2Z7dLFt
*Title:*                   Gen Z Battles To Bring Back Unions, One
Starbucks at a Time
*Source:*               BBC
*Author:               *Daniel Thomas
*Date:*                   September 16, 2021
*Summary:*          Currently none of Starbucks' 8,000 US cafes is
unionised, meaning the world's biggest coffee house chain is under no
obligation to negotiate with staff over pay and conditions. But the
baristas hope to change that at five cafes in Buffalo, setting a precedent
that could disrupt the firm's business practices much more widely.
*Link:*                    https://bbc.in/2XqayQg
*Title:*                    Seattle-area Carpenters On Strike, Slowing
Construction Projects Across the Region
*Source:*               The Seattle Times
*Author:*               Heidi Groover
*Date:*                   September 16, 2021
*Summary:*          For the first time in nearly two decades, hundreds of
Washington carpenters walked off the job Thursday, slowing work at job
sites and calling for better pay.
*Link:*                    https://bit.ly/3AjLvNF
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