Prince Philip has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace announces

holy shit. he was doing so well before when he came out of hospital

@Memor-X I mean, even in good health, 99 is quite old

The UK life expectancy is only 81

'Matt Gaetz wants to date your child' billboard appears in Florida thehill.com/homenews/house/…

Union vote failed for Amazon warehouse reut.rs/3mww1zL

@Wipqozn why do you even need a vote on forming a union? Like, can't just part of the company unionize?

@Nzall A union of 5 people in a warehouse with 500 employees is pretty useless, so there's usually a lower limit before unionizing.

@MBraedley Is 700 enough?

@Nzall depends on whether it's a minority or majority union. In a minority union you don't need to vote to unionize and the union only represents people who join it voluntarily. In a majority union the union represents the entire workforce, but there's a higher bar to create it in the first place.

@ToxicFrog can you decide to convert a minority union to a majority union later?

Majority unions generally have significantly more power and, IIRC, historically most US trade unions have been majority unions.

No idea! Probably depends on where you are. I'd assume the answer is usually "yes" though.

It's probably more complicated than just instantiating as a majority union in the first place if you can, though

And as MBraedley points out there's a sort of minimum critical mass; a minority union with a population small enough that the employer can get away with firing all of them is just a target.

god

It's pretty clear now that like, they didn't have enough going into the election

you need a solid supermajority going in

because the company is going to cheat, gotta power through it anyway

amazon spent a lot of money on this because it's cheaper to pay some off-duty cops than to pay all of your employees

And yeah there it is, RWDSU will be filing unfair labor practices charges

claiming that amazon illegally interfered with the election

but the company is going to drag their feet since you know they're the ones who have more money

Alright, outlets formally reporting DMX has died, now

The House ethics panel has opened an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Matt Gaetz

> The decision by the ethics panel could further complicate Mr. Gaetz’s attempts to fight the allegations and remain in his House seat. But the committee typically works slowly and poses far less legal or political risk than a Justice Department inquiry.