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Zenith American Solutions Appoints Patrick Horne to EVP, Chief Information Officer

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Monday, February 5, 2024

TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Zenith American Solutions, Inc.("Zenith"), the leader in third-party administration services for Taft-Hartley trust funds, is pleased to announce that Patrick Horne has joined Zenith's Executive Leadership Team as the Company's Chief Information Officer.

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  • TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Zenith American Solutions, Inc.("Zenith"), the leader in third-party administration services for Taft-Hartley trust funds, is pleased to announce that Patrick Horne has joined Zenith's Executive Leadership Team as the Company's Chief Information Officer.
  • Patrick Horne has been an IT professional for over thirty-two years, managing IT operations for publicly traded and privately held companies.
  • Prior to joining Zenith American Solutions, Horne served as the Chief Information Officer at Southeast Medical Group based in Alpharetta, Georgia.
  • Horne said, "I am honored to assume the role of Chief Information Officer at such a reputable company.

Biden is campaigning against the Lost Cause and the ‘poison’ of white supremacy in South Carolina

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Monday, February 5, 2024

The site of the speech on Jan. 8, 2024, was Charleston, South Carolina’s Mother Emanuel AME Church, where, on a summer evening in 2015, an avowed white supremacist murdered nine Black worshipers, including Rev.

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  • The site of the speech on Jan. 8, 2024, was Charleston, South Carolina’s Mother Emanuel AME Church, where, on a summer evening in 2015, an avowed white supremacist murdered nine Black worshipers, including Rev.
  • At Pinckney’s funeral, then-President Barack Obama sang a heart-felt version of the Christian hymn Amazing Grace.
  • “The word of God was pierced by bullets in hate and rage, propelled by not just gunpowder but by a poison,” Biden said.
  • What I have learned is that Biden’s Mother Emanuel speech should rank with some of the most important speeches in our history.

The original big lie

  • Boldly rejecting the Declaration of Independence as effusive “enthusiasm,” Smith injected white supremacy into public discourse.
  • Smith, who owned several plantations and at least 71 enslaved people, was among more than 1,800 U.S. legislators who enslaved Black people.
  • If you disagreed, vigilante thugs would beat you up or chase you into exile.

‘A house divided against itself cannot stand’

  • The Supreme Court’s infamous 1857 decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford extended Southern racist ideology into the North.
  • He addressed the consequences of slavery on America’s democracy and warned that “a house divided against itself cannot stand.” “This government cannot endure,” he said, “permanently half slave and half free.
  • It will become all one thing, or all the other.
  • The Civil War was supposed to end slavery and the white supremacist ideology that underpinned it.
  • The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, known as the Reconstruction amendments, made equality explicit in the Constitution, extending civil and political rights to newly freed African Americans.

Democracies in peril

  • In his State of the Union address on Jan. 6, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sounded a new alarm.
  • His “Four Freedoms” speech was an updated version of Lincoln’s and further defined freedom within a democracy.
  • The immediate issue was whether the U.S. should help England and other European allies defend against the fascist regimes of German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
  • Biden called out Trump for his “big lie” about the 2020 election that Trump has repeatedly claim was “rigged” against him.


Joseph Patrick Kelly volunteers for the Charleston County (SC) Democratic Party.

Java Blend illegally terminated Union supporters, according to legal complaint filed by SEIU Local 2

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Jan. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nine Java Blend employees, including the four leaders of a union drive, were illegally terminated last week according to an Unfair Labour Practice complaint filed by the Service Employees International Union.

Key Points: 
  • HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Jan. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nine Java Blend employees, including the four leaders of a union drive, were illegally terminated last week according to an Unfair Labour Practice complaint filed by the Service Employees International Union.
  • The employer’s conduct has all the hallmarks of an orchestrated campaign of retaliation aimed at crushing workers’ rights, according to the complaint.
  • The Unfair Labour Practice, filed this morning at the NS Labour Board reads:
    “…by terminating union organizers in retaliation for organizing a union in their workplace.
  • “However, our silence is not for sale.”
    According to the legal complaint, this also violated the Trade Union Act.

As UNITE HERE Local 11 Launches “Shamebridge” Boycott, Aimbridge Hospitality Loses Second Operating Agreement at LA Hotel

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

During the same week, on January 25, the Union received notification from the ownership of the DoubleTree property in San Pedro that effective February 19, Remington Hospitality would become the operator at the hotel.

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  • During the same week, on January 25, the Union received notification from the ownership of the DoubleTree property in San Pedro that effective February 19, Remington Hospitality would become the operator at the hotel.
  • This follows Aimbridge’s loss of an operator role at another major hotel in the area–the Le Merigot Santa Monica–last August.
  • Dubbed “Shamebridge” by its employees, Aimbridge has been embroiled in controversy since the beginning of the Southern California hotel strike.
  • Following private equity firm Advent International’s 2019 acquisition of Aimbridge, industry analysts and credit ratings agencies have expressed concerns about C-suite turnover , overly-aggressive growth and credit .

Record overdoses in B.C.: Proof the prison needle exchange program is not the solution

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

Following this release the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers is once again raising the Public Safety alarm with regard to the Correctional Service of Canada's continued implementation of the Prison Needle Exchange Program (PNEP) at Mountain Institution in Agassiz B.C.

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  • Following this release the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers is once again raising the Public Safety alarm with regard to the Correctional Service of Canada's continued implementation of the Prison Needle Exchange Program (PNEP) at Mountain Institution in Agassiz B.C.
  • Despite the alarming figures released by the BC Coroner Service stating there were 2,511 overdose deaths in British Columbia, only one death occurred at an overdose prevention site.
  • "The Correctional Service of Canada's plan to give inmates unsupervised needles to use illegal drugs alone in their cell only contributes to the B.C.
  • We encourage members of the public who are ultimately affected by this to contact their Member of Parliament and voice their concern" says Randle.

WorldSkills Lyon 2024 - the WorldSkills Competition returns to France after nearly 30 years

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

PARIS, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The WorldSkills Lyon 2024, the largest Skills Competition in the world, is set to take place in Lyon for its 47th edition.

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  • PARIS, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The WorldSkills Lyon 2024, the largest Skills Competition in the world, is set to take place in Lyon for its 47th edition.
  • Representatives from the WorldSkills movement from around the world gathered on January 29 to present the 2024 roadmap of the Competition.
  • WorldSkills Lyon 2024 announced the launch of the "Sports & Skills" program, which aligns with the "Sport, a great national cause 2024" initiative.
  • Create a bridge between sports federations and WorldSkills Lyon 2024 to inspire young athletes and re-engage young people unemployment towards professional opportunities.

WorldSkills Lyon 2024 - the WorldSkills Competition returns to France after nearly 30 years

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

PARIS, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The WorldSkills Lyon 2024, the largest Skills Competition in the world, is set to take place in Lyon for its 47th edition.

Key Points: 
  • PARIS, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The WorldSkills Lyon 2024, the largest Skills Competition in the world, is set to take place in Lyon for its 47th edition.
  • Representatives from the WorldSkills movement from around the world gathered on January 29 to present the 2024 roadmap of the Competition.
  • WorldSkills Lyon 2024 announced the launch of the "Sports & Skills" program, which aligns with the "Sport, a great national cause 2024" initiative.
  • Create a bridge between sports federations and WorldSkills Lyon 2024 to inspire young athletes and re-engage young people unemployment towards professional opportunities.

2024 Global Appeal Calls for Well-Informed Public to 'Break Chains of Discrimination' against Leprosy

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

This year's appeal calls on people to learn the facts about leprosy, share accurate information and create a world where no one is left behind because of a treatable disease.

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  • This year's appeal calls on people to learn the facts about leprosy, share accurate information and create a world where no one is left behind because of a treatable disease.
  • "Let us break the chains of discrimination, work toward a leprosy-free world, and ensure dignity and care for everyone affected by this disease," the appeal says.
  • The 2024 Global Appeal is the 19th in a series of annual appeals dating back to 2006.
  • An initiative of WHO Goodwill Ambassador Sasakawa, the appeal is launched on or near World Leprosy Day, which is marked on the last Sunday in January.

Thompson Thrift Receives Approval to Move Forward with Next Two Phases of $750 Million Master-Planned Fishers District Near Indianapolis

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Located near Interstate 69 and 116th Street, The Union will be a mixed-use development that will create a true urban experience.

Key Points: 
  • Located near Interstate 69 and 116th Street, The Union will be a mixed-use development that will create a true urban experience.
  • "Fishers has been working with Thompson Thrift for several years to bring Fishers District to fruition, and we are very excited to provide approval for these next two phases of this monumental development," said Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness.
  • This past summer, Thompson Thrift hosted a ribbon cutting for Slate at Fishers District, a 242-unit luxury townhome and villa community adjacent to Fishers District.
  • Thompson Thrift is a full-service real estate development company focused on ground-up commercial and mixed-use development across the Midwest, Southeast and Southwest.

EQS-News: The King’s Foundation receives UN-Habitat Special Citation award for its pioneering work on sustainable urbanization

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

The King’s Foundation, His Majesty King Charles III’s charitable foundation, has been awarded UN-Habitat’s prestigious Special Citation award for 2023.

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  • The King’s Foundation, His Majesty King Charles III’s charitable foundation, has been awarded UN-Habitat’s prestigious Special Citation award for 2023.
  • The award recognizes the charity’s role as a pioneer of sustainable urbanization through community engagement and neighborhood planning in the United Kingdom, and as a champion of responses to rapid urbanization across the Commonwealth.
  • Each year, UN-Habitat acknowledges outstanding contributions to human settlements with the Special Citation, a certificate in the gift of the UN-Habitat Executive Director.
  • The Foundation helped convene Commonwealth partners to discuss a Call to Action for Sustainable Urbanization, which resulted in the creation of the Declaration on Sustainable Urbanization at the CHOGM in Kigali, 2022.