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United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain gestures in solidarity with striking workers during a rally at UAW Local 551 on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Chicago. John J. Kim | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesDETROIT – United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain wants to expand the union's battle from the Detroit automakers to Tesla, Toyota Motor and other non-unionized automakers operating in the U.S.The outspoken leader plans to use record contracts recently won after contentious negotiations and U.S. labor strikes with…

Israeli actor Gal Gadot has come under fire for reportedly organizing a screening of graphic footage collected from Israel following the October 7 Hamas attack. The event is set to take place in the presence of famous Hollywood figures, with the first screening scheduled in Los Angeles. The screening is expected to display the full 47 minutes of uncensored footage titled “Bearing Witness to the October 7th Massacre.” This footage, reportedly collected by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), was already shown…

In the pouring rain, upwards of 100 people marched outside of Warner Bros. Discovery’s Park Avenue South building Tuesday afternoon in New York as part of a themed Writers Guild picket that doubled as a promise to unionize east coast animation writers. “This has been a long, horrible battle trying to get animation writing covered. We are not giving up. I’m really just here to say that when the strike is over, when we have won the contract we deserve, we are circling back to animation,” Susan Kim, WGA…

Too Long; Didn't ReadAn experienced Unity developer explains the architecture of Unity game development projects. The best architecture is the one that does not exist and combines different approaches in a convenient and efficient style for the team. Unity's implementation of MonoBehaviour-based COP doesn't look ideal. Singleton is an object contained in the scene or the entire project in a single instance. Too Long; Didn't ReadAn experienced Unity developer explains the architecture of Unity game development projects.…

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Employees at an Apple Store in St. Louis, Missouri says that it is the union, not Apple, that caused the store to stop its organizing efforts.In a statement provided to 9to5Mac, a group of employees from the store say that 79% of workers at the location decided to withdraw from the unionization effort. According to the group, the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, the union that was attempting to represent the store, attempted to rush the organizing effort despite requests from the employees…

As labor movements in the video game industry build up momentum, over 300 quality assurance workers at ZeniMax Online Studios, former Bethesda parent company and current subsidiary of Microsoft, are in the process of organizing a union. The workers are organizing in collaboration with CODE-CWA, which has assisted in the formation of Activision Blizzard’s two unions. In a statement on Twitter, ZeniMax Workers United posted: “Today we, a majority of QA workers at ZeniMax, are proud to announce the launch of our union with .…

Another Apple Store has folded its attempt to unionize.As reported by Bloomberg, employees at an Apple Store in St. Louis, Missouri have stopped their attempt to unionize. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which has been working with the employees at the store, blames the stoppage on Apple.In a statement released Wednesday, the IAM says that Apple has engaged in “anti-union practices and increased hostility towards workers. The IAM will continue to ensure that all labor laws are followed…

Apple Inc. AAPL -3.22% retail workers in Oklahoma City voted to unionize, becoming the second group of employees at one of the iPhone maker’s U.S. stores to organize officially.The group, which calls itself the Penn Square Labor Alliance, plans to join the Communications Workers of America. The Apple store located at Oklahoma City’s Penn Square Mall has a total of about 100 employees eligible for union membership. “Now that we’ve won the election, it is our hope that…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Americans don't agree on much these days, but many feel that the U.S. is on the wrong track and the future is bleak. In a time of unprecedented division, rising inequality and intensifying climate change, it's easy to feel that progress is impossible. …