Vaughn Cockayne

Judge OKs Twitter age discrimination lawsuit

A California court has given the go-ahead for a lawsuit alleging that X, formerly Twitter, discriminated against older workers during its massive layoffs last year.

August 31, 2023

American Airlines flight attendants vote to authorize strike if negotiations fail

Following in the footsteps of their pilot coworkers, unionized flight attendants at American Airlines overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike if contract talks go nowhere.

August 31, 2023

New York Times unions issue cease-and-desist letter over return to office demand

Unions representing New York Times workers are calling for a renegotiation of the company's remote work policies after the paper announced new tracking policies.

August 30, 2023

Late-night hosts start podcast to back striking writers, actors

Late-night hosts have found their own way to support striking actors and writers: podcasting.

August 30, 2023

West Virginia University slashing foreign language programs

Due to budgetary issues and low attendance, West Virginia University plans to ax most of its foreign language classes and majors.

August 30, 2023

X to allow political ads ahead of 2024 election

X users will start to see political ads again after they have been basically missing since 2019.

August 30, 2023

Quiet cutting: Some companies choose reassigning workers over firing them

Large companies are taking a hint from the quiet-quitting movement and are reassigning employees to lower-status positions.

August 30, 2023

Disney visual effects workers move to unionize

Visual effects artists at Walt Disney Studios this week filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board, signaling a historic change in the industry.

August 29, 2023

Yale settles lawsuit charging discrimination against students with mental health problems

Yale University has settled a November lawsuit that claimed the university discriminated against students with mental health issues and is making changes to its policies.

August 29, 2023

National Zoo evacuated after bomb threat

Police evacuated the Smithsonian National Zoo in Northwest D.C. on Tuesday after receiving word of a bomb threat.

August 29, 2023

Ed Sheeran blasted for shooting ad at Seattle Starbucks store accused of union busting

British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is in hot water with Starbucks Workers United after he promoted his upcoming album by working a shift at a Seattle Starbucks store.

August 29, 2023

Police quash climate protest at Burning Man

Tribal police broke up a climate protest on the road leading to the annual Burning Man festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert.

August 29, 2023

Twitter rebranding to X leads to drop in downloads

Twitter's morphing into X may have led to some eye-catching headlines, but it didn't translate into more downloads.

August 23, 2023

Active shooter situation in Pittsburgh: More than 100 shots fired, police say

Police on Wednesday told residents to stay out of the Garfield neighborhood in Pittsburgh due to a shooter in the vicinity.

August 23, 2023

Facebook privacy settlement deadline this week

The deadline to file a claim in the $725 million class action settlement against Facebook parent company Meta is this week.

August 23, 2023

UPS workers OK Teamsters contract; 40 supplemental agreements also ratified

The Teamsters Union announced Tuesday that United Parcel Service workers voted to approve the contract agreement reached last month between the union and UPS, ending months of heated debate and strike threats.

August 23, 2023

Grand Canyon flooding causes evacuations, highway closure

Flash flooding near the Grand Canyon caused the emergency evacuation of more than 100 people and the closure of a major highway.

August 23, 2023

‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ debuts at No. 1 on Billboard

Oliver Anthony's folk ballad "Rich Men North of Richmond" has shot all the way to the top spot on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.Oliver Anthony's folk ballad "Rich Men North of Richmond" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week -- a rare enough feat for any artist, but unprecedented for a performer who had never previously hit any Billboard chart at all.

August 22, 2023

Meta launching desktop version of ‘Twitter killer’ Threads

Meta's "Twitter killer" will get important updates this week as it seeks to keep as many users as possible and improve engagement.

August 22, 2023

Hollywood unions to picket Disney after hurricane cancellations

Members of the Screen Actors Guild and the Writers Guild of America planned to picket outside Disney studios in Los Angeles Tuesday as part of a National Day of Solidarity.

August 22, 2023