Kate Conger and Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times Service July 14, 2020 Uber and Lyft should treat their Massachusetts drivers as employees entitled to benefits, rather than misclassifying them as independent contractors, the state attorney general said in a lawsuit filed against transportation companies. The lawsuit, released Tuesday, makes Massachusetts …
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The Travis County Commission approved the incentive package for “Tesla Giga Texas” or “Tesla Giga Austin” which apparently was all that was really needed to close the deal and get Tesla started at a factory on their land. Tesla fans in the area quickly jumped on Twitter to pour out …
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WILMINGTON, Del. – Linking the urgent need to tackle a changing climate with the nation’s growing economic crisis, Joe Biden outlined on Tuesday a $ 2 trillion plan to rebuild American cities and towns through investments in clean energy technologies that they would ultimately deliver on what he said was …
Read More »Police Kill “More White People” Than African Americans
WASHINGTON – President Trump was irritated in an interview Thursday when asked about the death of black Americans at the hands of the police. “So are whites. So are whites. What a terrible question to ask, “Trump told CBS chief correspondent Catherine Herridge, when he asked the president why African-Americans” …
Read More »Apple promotes working from home in a new video related to ‘The Underdogs’
Last year, Apple released a short film titled “Apple at Work” to promote business integration of iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Now, “The Underdogs” from that video are back, this time focused on working from home, and struggles associated, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of this crazy …
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