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A pair of German volleyball stars who threatened to boycott an upcoming tournament in Qatar have won their case. Officials in charge of the Katara Beach Volleyball Cup, a tournament scheduled to take place in the Muslim nation of Qatar had planned to make competitors ditch their traditional bikini wear and don sand trousers instead. However, German volleyball stars Karla Borger and Julia Sude threatened to boycott the event unless they could wear their bikinis in the expected 85-90 degree heat. “We are there to do our job, but are being prevented from wearing our work clothes,” Borger reportedly told German radio station Deutschlandfunk according to TMZ Sports. The pair also questioned whether a nation such as Qatar, which stands accused of human rights abuses, should be hosting the tournament at all. “We are asking whether it’s necessary to hold a tournament there at all,” Borger stated. Those comments and threatened boycott appear to have been enough to force … [Read more...] about Beach Volleyball Stars Force Bikini Rule Change at Qatar Tourney

Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage has hailed a successful public pressure campaign against Coca-Cola pushing training that urged staff to “be less white”. “‘Woke Capitalism’ is what it’s known as when big companies have somebody ‘right on’ in the HR department who thinks they need to do this for popularity,” the Brexit champion said of the training, which included such illuminating slides as “To be less white is to: be less oppressive, be less arrogant, be less certain, be less defensive, be less ignorant, be more humble, listen, believe, break with apathy, break with white solidarity.” The fizzy drinks giant has now confirmed it will be excising this “absolutely crackpot idea”, as Farage put it, from its training — a further climbdown from its earlier equivocal statement on the scandal, which said only that the seminar was not “a focus” of its “curriculum”. “[T]hey’ve [now] dropped this dreadful idea of telling people to be less white, and telling people who are white to … [Read more...] about Farage Celebrates ‘Woka-Cola’ Dropping ‘Try to Be Less White’ Training After Backlash

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday is slated to approve an extra $5 per hour in hazard pay for grocery store workers citywide due to the health risks they face during the COVID-19 pandemic. The emergency ordinance would require all grocery store chains in the city with at least 300 or more employees nationwide to pay their employees an extra $5 per hour until L.A. County drops down to the yellow and lowest tier of the state’s coronavirus recovery roadmap. Currently, L.A. County is in the purple and highest tier, which categorizes the virus as widespread. The hazard pay ordinance would remain in place even if L.A. County drops down to red and orange tiers. This comes one day after the L.A. County Board of Supervisors approved a similar $5 ordinance for all unincorporated areas that will remain in effect through at least the next 120 days. Several Southland cities have already approved similar hero pay ordinances, including Long Beach , … [Read more...] about LA City Council Set To Approve $5 Hazard Pay For Grocery Store Workers

COACHELLA (CBSLA) – The Riverside County city of Coachella became the first in the nation this week to give its farm workers a temporary “hero pay” hike for the risks associated with the nature of their work during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Coachella City Council Wednesday approved a $4 per hour pay increase for workers in agriculture, along with those who work at grocery stores, restaurants and drug store chains. A farmworker wears a face mask while harvesting curly mustard in a field on Feb. 10, 2021 in Ventura County. (Getty Images) Those who work in those sectors face “magnified risks of catching or spreading the COVID-19 disease because the nature of their work involves close contact with the public,” the ordinance read . The pay increase will last for at least 120 days. Several cities across the Southland have adopted $4 per hour hazard pay laws for grocery and drug store workers in recent weeks. They include the cities of Long Beach , Montebello and … [Read more...] about City Of Coachella Approves $4 Hero Pay For Farm Workers

Former President Trump will attend a private spring donor retreat hosted by the Republican National Committee (RNC) in April, the latest confirmed appearance as he plots his comeback in GOP politics. A Republican familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill that Trump will attend the retreat, which will take place in Palm Beach, near the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, from April 9-11. His attendance was first reported by Politico . Trump has laid relatively low since last month when he left the White House and was permanently suspended from Twitter following the Jan. 6 riot on Capitol Hill. He broke his silence last week, releasing a statement slamming Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnell McConnell backs Garland for attorney general Trump to attend private RNC donor retreat The Patriot Party already exists — it's the Democrats MORE (R-Ky.) and going on Fox News and other friendly outlets to commemorate … [Read more...] about Trump to attend private RNC donor retreat