Daimler Truck UAW Workers Ratify Historic Contract with Major Economic Gains and End to Tiered Wage System
How Daimler Truck Workers in the South Won Big
The recent ratification of a new historic common contract at Daimler Truck by its workers marks a significant win for labor unions in the South. With an overwhelming 94.5% approval rate, this four-year agreement stands to enhance economic gains for over 7300 workers building Freightliner and Western Star trucks and Thomas Built Buses in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia.
Raise of Over 25%
The new contract includes raises of more than 25%, which is a substantial improvement from the previous payment structure. The company will also introduce profit-sharing and Cost-of-Living allowance (COLA) for the first time ever at their plant – both major provisions which can positively impact employee salaries long-term.
A Step Towards Ending Tiered Wages
In addition to making econ
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Al Bilad newspaper Food prices continue to rise globally for the second month in April
– 2024-05-05 11:14:15
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) world food price index rose for the second straight month in April after higher prices for meat, vegetable oils and grains offset lower prices for sugar and dairy products.
The organization said on Friday that its price index, which measures changes in the prices of the most widely traded primary food commodities globally, recorded an average of 119.1 points in April, up from an average level of 118.8 points in the previous month.
However, April’s reading was about 7.4 percent lowe
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Woman wins 930 thousand euros in lottery with ticket offered by stranger – Executive Digest
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Lottery ticket and pen. Close-up, selective focus.
In an unexpected twist of fate, an American woman was presented with a lottery ticket that turned out to be the winner of a prize worth one million dollars, more than 930 thousand euros.
Big luck smiled at this woman when a stranger, but a regular cust
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Woman wins 930 thousand euros in lottery with ticket offered by stranger – Executive Digest
EXPORT NICHES – Companies on a mission to Canada
| Representatives of companies who will leave for the 5th edition of the MECC. |
A busy schedule is planned for the sixteen companies leaving for an Economic and Commercial Mission to Canada (MECC). It is scheduled to last fourteen days, from May 6 to 20. This fifth MECC will be an opportunity, once again, to promote the products and services of the Big Island on the Canadian market and internationally. This is also the mission that was assigned to these companies. Increase partnerships and promote Malagasy exports to Cana
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The Rise of Japanese HyperclovaX: Line Yahoo’s AI Collaboration with Google Cloud
Japanese HyperclovaX is excellent, but
AI-only collaboration with OpenAI, Google, and AWS
Naver “No close cooperation yet”
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Line Yahoo will provide an AI search service on its Japan portal using Google Cloud’s generative AI platform, ‘Vertex AI’. When Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications raised questions about Naver’s financial structure in relation to Line Yahoo, Line Yahoo joined Google instead of its parent company, Naver.
According to the information technology (IT) industry on the 5th, Yahoo’s Line plans to display AI-generated answers when searching for some smartphone users starting this month. Line Yahoo said, “We used Vertex AI provided
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The Rise of Japanese HyperclovaX: Line Yahoo’s AI Collaboration with Google Cloud
The Eurotunnel turns thirty and opens up to new railway companies
In thirty years, over 500 million passengers have passed through this tunnel. In reality, the Eurotunnel is a system made up of three tunnels: 2 for the circulation of trains (each with a single track) and a service tunnel, which has the dual purpose of providing access to maintenance workers and ensuring an access route. escape in case of emergency, such as the fire that in 2008 caused fourteen injuries, of which six were poisoned.
The construction
William Shakespeare’s Richard II defined it as the “moat that defends our home against the envy of less happy lands” and in fact, for England, the English Channel has always been a natural obstacle, insurmountable against any attempt to invasion: the Invincible Spanish Armada, Napoleon’s France, Hit
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The Eurotunnel turns thirty and opens up to new railway companies
FAO reported rising food prices
– 2024-05-05 14:09:57
World food prices in April showed an increase in the aggregate index, which was mainly due to rising meat prices, says a press release from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Day.Az reports with reference to Prime.
“In April 2024, the value of the FAO food price index amounted to 119.1 points, which is 0.3 points (0.3%) higher than the revised March indicator: the decrease in the value of price indices for sugar and dairy products did not fully compensate for the increase in the value of price indices for meat and, to a lesser extent, for vegetable oils and grains,” the report
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Expert Tips on Safely Recycling Old Smartphones for Children: How to Prepare Your Device for Safe Use and Make the Decision to Upgrade
Although recycling an old smartphone may seem like a cost-effective and logical choice, it is important to consider the risks associated with old hardware and its software. The expert shares several tips on how to prepare the device for safe use and help to evaluate whether the child should give up the smartphone he used before or still -decision to buy a new device.
It will delete unnecessary data
If you prefer to keep your old device, keep in mind that such smartphones can accumulate a lot of personal data over time, including saved passwords, personal photos, messages and other sensitive information. “Therefore, before handing over the device to a new owner, it is important to perform an initial reset of the data, when both the previous information and the settings of the device are deleted. In our devices, this can be done simply in the About phone section of the Settings,” explained IT product trainer Eduards Krumovics.
Set up content control tools
Giving your child a smartphone is an important and r
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M6 reaches the Croatian border
– 2024-05-05 14:07:46
Highway construction
Written by Rainer Ackermann
On Thursday, the missing section of the M6 motorway to Croatia was opened to traffic.
A consortium of Strabag and Duna Aszfalt built the almost 20 km long section south of Bóly to the national border at Ivándárda on time by the end of January. Hungary has thus kept its commitment to complete the domestic section of the
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