The labor board is accused of violating worker rights
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has said that it’s “confident” in a US Supreme Court ruling on the unconstitutionality of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRB). The board had filed complaints against Amazon and Elon Musk-led SpaceX after they were found to have violated employee rights by not collectively negotiating with their labour unions. The court will hear the cases on Monday.
The beginning of the COP29 is marked by Climate Finance, Absent Leaders and Trump Looming Large
US President-elect Donald Trump will not “wait six months” to withdraw the country from the Paris agreement on climate change, a climate change think tank said. “With Trump’s victory, I think people will be looking to see other countries, other leaders pick up the slack,” said Alden Meyer, senior associate at climate change think tank E3G.
Donald Trump is not the only chaotic agent
Following US President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, Google CEO Sundar Pichai took to Twitter and wrote, “Thank you for your confidence in us.” “We look forward to working with you to make this a better country,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy also wrote, “We’re looking forward to working together with you in your new administration.”
America PAC has created an election denial pool on X
The America PAC’s Election Integrity Community group augments the work of other election-denying groups, like former Trump adviser Cleta Mitchell’s Election Integrity Network, CNN reported. It’s a parallel anti-election, anti-democracy campaign “designed to sow confusion and lay the groundwork for baseless objections to elections after Election Day,” it added. Earlier, Elon Musk posted on X, saying, “Oh you mean the ‘Election Integrity’ Team?”
Social media platforms have given up
Several people have accused Elon Musk’s company X of using social media platforms to spread misinformation and fake news ahead of the upcoming US presidential election. The claims were made by a former X employee who said he was fired last year for reporting fake news and spreading conspiracy theories on X. Another ex-employee tweeted, “I was fired for reporting fake news on X.”
This year, Amazon won’t have its smart assistant, known as the “artificial intelligence” Alexa
Amazon’s voice-based home automation system, Alexa, has been in use since its introduction 10 years ago. Alexa was launched in 2014 as a voice-only assistant, and later became an integral part of the company’s ecosystem. It is now available on many devices such as Echo Show and Fire TV, including Amazon’s own robotic vacuum cleaners.
The ‘Washington Post’ won’t support a presidential candidate
The Washington Post’s former Editor David Hoffman has announced he is quitting the newspaper’s editorial board, days after Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos refused to endorse Democratic US presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Hoffman wrote, “For decades, the Washington Post’s editorials have been… beacon of light, signaling hope to dissidents, political prisoners and…voiceless.” He added, “I was never part of any conspiracy. I’m sorry.”
The problems of Boeing are far from over even though workers vote on a new contract
Boeing’s US workers’ union president Jon Holden has said that it’s up to the members to decide how they want to vote on the company’s offer on a new contract. “We believe it’s our responsibility to get this in front of the members so that they can make that decision,” Holden added. Boeing offered a 35% increase from the initial offer of 25%.
Lebanon assessed the damage after Israel struck Hezbollah-linked banks
Israeli planes carried out airstrikes in Lebanon for the first time since the Israel-Hezbollah conflict began on Tuesday, according to the country’s state media. A Lebanese official told Reuters that two buildings in Beirut were hit, one belonging to a Lebanese bank and the other to a United Nations position. The strikes reportedly caused damage to other floors in the building.
People will be able to vote for $1 million
Elon Musk’s $1 million prize money is clearly illegal if people aren’t registered to vote, Richard Hasen, a professor at UCLA, said. “I don’t think it would be likely that he would suffer such a serious fine,” Hasen added. Two people have already won the prize money after signing Musk’s America PAC petition backing the Constitution.