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So... Target Field concession workers plan to go on strike next weekend (June 22), when the Los Angeles Dodgers come to town. Their workers union is accusing MN Twins contracted concessions vendor 'Delaware North Co." of refusing to negotiate in good faith over possible healthcare coverage and pay raises...

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Russia has found a source of near-slave labor and “cannon fodder” in North Korea. For Pyongyang, this is a way to earn foreign currency, gain access to Russian resources and technology, while maintaining complete control over its citizens abroad. North Korea has been making money from exporting its workers for decades. According to estimates cited by 38 North, around 100,000 North Korean citizens may be working abroad in approximately 40 countries, generating around $500 million a year for the regime. Russia has now become one of the main destinations. According to South Korean intelligence, around 15,000 North Koreans were already working in Russia by May 2025. Formally, this violates UN sanctions: Resolutions 2375 and 2397 banned the issuance of new work permits to North Korean citizens and required existing workers to be repatriated by the end of 2019. Moscow circumvented these restrictions by using other types of visas. In 2025, Russia issued more than 36,000 visas to North Korean citizens, almost all supposedly for educational purposes. In practice, these “students” go to Russia to work. Now this flow is expanding. Organized groups of North Korean women have begun arriving in Russia to work on assembly lines, in garment factories, kitchens, and farms. Russian employers are offered ready-made groups of at least 40 workers. This marks an important shift: previously, North Korean labor in Russia was associated primarily with men working in construction and logging. ‼️ This is effectively state-sanctioned human trafficking. A major report by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights explicitly describes North Korea’s overseas labor system as involving indicators of forced labor. Former workers told the UN that their passports were confiscated, they were forbidden from leaving workplaces and dormitories independently, and their communications and contacts with the outside world were monitored. People are supervised not only by representatives of North Korea’s Ministry of State Security, but also by group leaders and informants within the work brigades themselves. One former worker in Russia told the UN that a single North Korean intelligence officer monitored around 500 workers through a system of group leaders who reported to him daily. The state also controls the money. Russian employers typically do not pay workers their salaries directly: the money goes to companies linked to North Korea, after which state payments and various expenses are deducted. Human Rights Watch, citing interviews conducted by Global Rights Compliance with 21 North Korean workers in three Russian cities, reports that they worked 12-16-hour days and, in some cases, up to 364 days a year. With a salary of around $800 a month, approximately $600 could be taken by the North Korean state, and after additional deductions for travel, accommodation, and other expenses, workers were sometimes left with as little as $10. For Russia, this is particularly beneficial now. The war itself has created a labor shortage: hundreds of thousands of men have been mobilized or recruited into the military, large numbers of people have been killed or wounded, some of the population has left the country, and the defense industry is drawing workers away from other sectors. Moscow is now trying to fill part of this labor shortage with North Koreans. In July 2025, 38 North reported that North Korean workers had returned to Russia’s Far East on a scale not seen there since before the pandemic. But Pyongyang is supplying Russia with more than just workers. In autumn 2024, North Korea began deploying regular military units to Russia. The first wave consisted of approximately 14,000-15,000 troops, whom Russia primarily used in combat in the Kursk region. These were not individual mercenaries who had independently signed Russian contracts, but soldiers of the Korean People’s Army sent at the decision of the North Korean state. Moscow and Pyongyang concealed their involvement for several months and officially acknowledged it only in spring 2025. The casualties were extremely high. South Korean intelligence estimated that around 600 North Korean soldiers had been killed out of approximately 15,000 deployed, while Western estimates of total casualties - killed and wounded - exceeded 6,000. In June 2025, Reuters also reported more than 6,000 casualties among the North Korean contingent. This means that a very significant portion of the initial force may have suffered casualties over a relatively short period of combat. The North Korean state portrays these deaths as heroic sacrifices. In August 2025, Kim Jong Un publicly met with the families of those killed and promised to ensure they would have a “wonderful life.” State propaganda began referring to the fallen as martyrs and heroes. And Russia intends to continue using this resource. On July 25, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia was preparing to receive another 30,000 North Korean troops. On August 9, he gave a range of 30,000-50,000. Reuters has not independently confirmed these figures, so for now they should be presented specifically as an assessment by the Ukrainian side. However, the preparations for a new deployment fit into the already established model of Russian-North Korean cooperation.

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What Are They Hiding? Chicago Teachers Union Put on Notice After Failing to Complete Financial Audits for Half a Decade | Margaret Flavin, The Gateway Pundit The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has been put on notice after failing to complete financial audits to show how union members’ money has been spent over the past five years. The House Education and Workforce Committee sent a letter to CTU President Stacy Davis Gates, noting the union has failed to provide members with complete financial audits since 2020, in violation of their own policy. The letter shares, “The Committee is concerned that CTU has undertaken a half-decade long, concerted effort to deny its members the complete audit information to which they are entitled under the union’s by-laws…” “By withholding complete financial audits from its members, CTU has failed to uphold the spirit of union transparency or comply with its own by-laws.” “As such, the Committee is investigating this matter to better determine whether the [Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959] should be amended to strengthen its requirements so that union members have access to more robust and timely financial information.” “Every dollar paid by workers should serve their interests, not those of a select few operating in the shadows.” Under the leadership of President Stacy Davis Gates and Vice President Jackson Potter, the CTU has become the largest political spender in Chicago. “A full annual audit requires the financial secretary to furnish an audited report published in the union’s newsletter and the Board of Trustees to obtain an annual audit and make it available for members for inspection,” according to Fox News. The union has until December 8 to disclose the audit. Fox News reports: Furthermore, the committee suggested that CTU’s conduct may justify strengthening federal reporting requirements, so members gain access to more timely, detailed financial information. The letter further stated that, in light of CTU’s “failures” to provide full financial audits since 2019, the committee is examining whether reforms to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) are needed to “protect union members’ rights.” You can read the full letter here. Illinois Policy Institute noted that teachers are not the main priority of the Chicago Teachers Union and its own spending practices prove it. Just 17.7% of its spending in fiscal year 2025 was on “representational activities,” according to a report it filed in September with the U.S. Department of Labor. Matt Paprocki, President & CEO of Illinois Policy Institute, notes, “This is a game-changer for a union that has acted with impunity and in violation of its own rules. The call for accountability that began with us has now gained real teeth.” “Not only is the federal government demanding copies of the missing audits, they’re also citing CTU’s consistent misbehavior as a justification for broader reforms that will bring more transparency to union spending across the country.” ... In 2024, the union demanded an additional $50 billion, which included a 9% wage hike, fully paid abortions for its members, new migrant services and facilities, and a myriad of LGBT-related requirements.

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🚨 **CALLING ALL FEMALE NHS WORKERS** 🚨 If you’re a member of UNISON - UK's largest union , you might want to know what your union is campaigning for. In this video, UNISON’s general secretary Andrea Egan says the union wants the law changed so it is easier for men who identify as women to be legally recognised as women. This isn't about pronouns or paperwork. It is about whether women can expect spaces such as toilets, showers and changing rooms to remain for women only. We have already seen what happens when employers get this wrong. The Darlington Nurses had to take their NHS Trust to court after a male colleague who identified as a woman was allowed to use their changing room. Nurse Sandie Peggie was suspended and investigated after objecting to sharing a female changing room with a male doctor who identified as a woman. Both succeeded in significant parts of their legal cases - but legal action should never have been necessary. These were women simply asking to get changed at work without a man present. Egan also appears confused about the law. The new EHRC guidance covers services and public functions. Workplace toilets, showers and changing rooms are governed separately by the 1992 Workplace Regulations. Perhaps she is simply making a political point. But the absence of any acknowledgement of female workers’ rights to privacy and dignity is extraordinary for the leader of a union whose membership is overwhelmingly female. So if you’re a female healthcare worker paying UNISON membership fees, it’s worth knowing that your money may be helping fund campaigns that aim to weaken the rights of women and girls. If that doesn’t sit well with you, perhaps it’s time to ask whether UNISON is still the right union for you.

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