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  • Exclusive: Musk aides lock Office of Personnel Management workers out of computer systems

    02/02/2025 12:06:52 AM PST · by ransomnote · 45 replies
    Reuters ^ | Feb 1, 2025 | Tim Reid
    SNIP The two officials, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation, said some senior career employees at OPM have had their access revoked to some of the department's data systems.SNIPOfficials affected by the move can still log on and access functions such as email but can no longer see the massive datasets that cover every facet of the federal workforce.SNIP"This makes it much harder for anyone outside Musk's inner circle at OPM to know what's going on," Moynihan said.MUSK INFLUENCEA team including current and former employees of Musk assumed command of OPM on Jan. 20,...
  • Top Treasury Official Announces Resignation — Comes at the Same Time Elon Musk and DOGE Team Discover Treasury Is Funding Terrorist Groups

    02/01/2025 2:01:23 PM PST · by SoConPubbie · 54 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | Feb. 1, 2025 11:20 am | Jim Hoft
    David Lebryk, the top-ranking career U.S. Treasury Department official, will leave his post where he has been a top official for years.Elon Musk and the DOGE team are currently examining the treasury payment systems.Lebryk clashed with Musk over access to a “sensitive system” used to pay over $6 trillion a year in Social Security and Medicare benefits.The results of the audit may not bode well for David Lebryk.According to Elon Musk, the payment approval officers were told to ALWAYS approve payments, even to fraudulent groups or terrorist organizations!“The DOGE team discovered, among other things, that payment approval officers at Treasury...
  • Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say (HR!)

    01/31/2025 4:28:07 PM PST · by dynachrome · 41 replies
    Reuters ^ | 1-31-25 | Tim Reid
    Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials. Since taking office 11 days ago, President Donald Trump has embarked on a massive government makeover, firing and sidelining hundreds of civil servants in his first steps toward downsizing the bureaucracy and installing more loyalists. Musk, the billionaire Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab CEO and X owner tasked by Trump to slash the size of the 2.2 million-strong civilian government workforce, has moved...
  • A WNBA Lockout Could Be Coming After Decision By Players

    10/21/2024 7:25:13 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 90 replies
    The Spun ^ | Oct 21, 2024 | Andrew Holleran
    Professional sports leagues aren't immune to lockouts, as we've seen them in the NFL, the NHL, the NBA and MLB over the past couple of decades. Could the WNBA be next? It's possible. On Monday, the WNBA Players' Association announced that they were opting out of their Collective Bargaining Agreement with the league. The current CBA, which was agreed on in 2020, featured an opt-out clause following the 2024 season, and the league's players are utilizing that. They will be negotiating for higher salaries, better accommodations and much more. The WNBA is coming off a record season in 2024, with...
  • MLB Owners Lock Out Players in Battle Over the Game’s Economics

    12/02/2021 2:54:52 AM PST · by NautiNurse · 50 replies
    WSJ ^ | December 2, 2021 | Jared Diamond
    Major League Baseball team owners have locked out the players in a battle over the game’s future economic structure, initiating the sport’s first work stoppage since the strike that resulted in the cancelation of the 1994 World Series. [snip] A large point of contention is the competitive landscape, particularly the rise of “tanking”–a radical rebuilding strategy in which teams intentionally make their rosters worse to save money and acquire draft picks for the future. This approach, coupled with an increased reliance on data analytics, caused a squeeze on some veteran free agents, inspiring the players’ frustration. [snip] Management argues that...
  • Australian Premier Promises to Keep Unvaccinated People Locked Out of Economy into 2022, And Warns Vaccinated Citizens They Too Will Be Locked Down if They Attempt to Avoid Booster Shots

    10/19/2021 7:07:14 AM PDT · by Texas Fossil · 74 replies
    The Conservative Treehouse ^ | October 18, 2021 | Sundance
    In the state of Victoria, Australia, Premier Daniel Andrews again affirmed his intent to keep all unvaccinated citizens isolated, marginalized and locked out of the economy deep into 2022. Simultaneously, Andrews warns the vaccinated citizens that if they attempt to avoid any booster shots, as determined by the state, the vaccinated will join the unvaccinated group in being locked down.Perhaps this threat will alarm the citizens that have been vaccinated. Just because they are compliant today, if the vaccinated class attempt to defy the government boosters 3, 4, 5, 6,… etc, they will be cast back into the second class...
  • Newt Gingrich says he’s back on Twitter after being locked out for criticizing Biden's immigration policy

    03/13/2021 7:30:29 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 9 replies
    Fox News ^ | 03/13/2021 | Caitlin McFall | Fox News
    Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich announced that he is back on Twitter after being locked out for a week following a disputed tweet regarding the Biden administration’s immigration policies. Gingrich defended his tweet and announced that he had been reinstated in an op-ed that ran in the Washington Times Wednesday. He noted that both Texas Republicans and Democrats have been critical of the administration’s refusal to track where undocumented migrants are being released on the southern border as the coronavirus persists. In a tweet that was later deleted, Gingrich wrote, "If there is a COVID surge in Texas,...
  • God’s flock wage war to end national Easter lockout

    04/10/2020 7:06:36 PM PDT · by madison10 · 4 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 4/10/2020 | Paul Bedard
    On Good Friday, Christianity’s most solemn day, lawyers for religious freedom are expanding their war on governors and mayors who have ordered an Easter church lockdown and ban on drive-in services due to the coronavirus. Notable cases in Kansas, Virginia, Kentucky, and Mississippi argue that the orders violate the First Amendment and religious freedoms that the country was founded on. And in Washington, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has strongly urged opponents to drive-in services to drop the ban. In a letter to Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer, a ban fan, the Kentucky senator urged, "Religious people should not be singled...
  • Top Story: Mobile provider is locking U.S. soldiers out of their phone service | Komando.com

    08/06/2016 10:58:18 AM PDT · by MarchonDC09122009 · 18 replies
    Komando ^ | 08/05/2016 | Mark Jones
    Top Story: Mobile provider is locking U.S. soldiers out of their phone service | Komando.com http://www.komando.com/happening-now/368529/top-story-mobile-provider-is-locking-u-s-soldiers-out-of-their-phone-service?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=notd&utm_content=2016-08-05-article-title August 5, 2016 Top Story: Mobile provider is locking U.S. soldiers out of their phone service By Mark Jones, Komando.com Top Story: Mobile provider is locking U.S. soldiers out of their phone service Life in the United States military can be tough. Your life can be put in danger at any moment, whether you are in a war zone, or simply patrolling a U.S. base. It's stressful for you, your family and everyone who cares about you. Having access to reliable phone service is...
  • Health insurance isn't a year-round thing anymore

    04/04/2014 8:09:35 AM PDT · by Nachum · 20 replies
    ap ^ | 4/4/14 | CONNIE CASS
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Here's more fallout from the health care law: Until now, customers could walk into an insurance office or go online to buy standard health care coverage any time of year. Not anymore. Many people who didn't sign up during the government's open enrollment period that ended Monday will soon find it difficult or impossible to get insured this year, even if they go directly to a private company and money is no object. For some it's already too late. With limited exceptions, insurers are refusing to sell to individuals after the enrollment period for HealthCare.gov and the...
  • Danish children enter fourth week of no school

    04/24/2013 8:27:56 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 11 replies
    EU Observer ^ | 04/24/2013 @ 08:26 | Honor Mahony
    Grandparents are being roped into help, companies are turning themselves into temporary crèches, and employees are being forced to take leave as Denmark enters its fourth week of a teacher lockout. Since 1 April, around 875,000 children, aged from six to 16 years, have been unable to attend school after a breakdown in talks between the teachers’ union and local government over the setting of working conditions for the coming years. The deadlock, affecting 69,000 teachers, has had profound effects in a society where it is normal for both parents to work. … The standoff is over the length of...
  • Is the Lockout/Lockdown Approach to School Lockdowns Dangerous?

    04/19/2013 9:16:09 PM PDT · by Altariel · 6 replies
    Campus Safety Magazine ^ | December 2012 | CampusSafetyMagazine
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pITDb2nViIY In this video, Safe Havens Int'l Executive Director Mike Dorn discusses his concerns regarding the reliability of school lockouts/lockdowns.
  • NHL lockout is over; players, owners reach tentative CBA deal after 16-hour talks

    01/06/2013 2:57:13 AM PST · by raccoonradio · 12 replies
    yahoo sports ^ | 1/6/13 | Greg Wyshynski
    It took 16 hours of talks in New York on Saturday, with concessions from both sides. It took 113 days. A total of 625 regular-season games were sacrificed, or over half the 2012-13 season. It took months of bitter sniping, petty politics, false hope and broken hearts.
  • NHL disagrees with NHLPA labor filings in Canada

    09/11/2012 7:27:12 AM PDT · by airborne · 7 replies
    NHL website ^ | 9/10/12 | By Dan Rosen - NHL.com Senior Writer
    Members of three Canadian-based teams are attempting to use provincial law to contest the legality of a potential lockout by the National Hockey League owners. The National Hockey League Players' Association believes that laws in the provinces of both Alberta and Quebec would make the potential lockout unlawful. "The filings are intended to interfere with the broader labor negotiating process," NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said Monday. "They will have absolutely zero impact on the broader negotiation, or on the deal we ultimately agree on." According to the NHLPA, the fact that the Union is not recognized by the Quebec...
  • Con Ed Locks Out Workers Following Failed Contract Talks

    07/01/2012 4:49:29 PM PDT · by Kaosinla · 22 replies
    NY1 News ^ | 7/1/12 | NY1 News
    Con Ed officials said they offered to extend the current contract until July 14 in an effort to reach a new deal, and sent NY1 a signed document showing it made the offer. The company says it dismissed the workers because it could not get assurances from the union that it would not call a sudden strike. The utility also says the contract extension offer remained on the table. "We offered a two-week extension of the current contract letting all of the members continue to work this week and the next, as long as there was no threat of a...
  • NBA Players Who Thought It'd Be A Great Idea To Play In China During Lockout, Now Stuck There

    11/28/2011 8:59:15 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 23 replies · 1+ views
    Business Insider ^ | 11/28/2011 | Tony Manfred
    NBA players like Kenyon Martin and JR Smith will have to finish out the contracts they signed with their Chinese teams this summer, Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski reports. These players would have been sitting pretty if the NBA cancelled the entire season. But that didn't happen. And now they're stuck in China while everyone else gets to play NBA hoops. Here's what a source told Yahoo!: "They can play, get paid (in China), and return to NBA in March. Or they can not get paid, and return to NBA in March." Ouch. It looks like the Nuggets — who will...
  • BREAKING: NBA Players and Owners Reach A Tentative Agreement To End The Lockout

    11/26/2011 1:33:48 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 33 replies
    Business Insider ^ | 11/26/2011 | Ariel Sandler
    Sometimes, dreams really do come true. The NBA and its players have reached a tentative agreement to end the five-month-long lockout and begin play on Christmas Day, as first reported by Ken Berger. Both players and owners must agree to a final vote of approval, but that is merely a formality at this point. After 16 hours of discussions Friday (and into Saturday morning), David Stern and Billy Hunter held a joint press conference just before 4 a.m. announcing the long-awaited handshake deal. “We’ve reached a tentative understanding that is subject to a variety of approvals…but we’re optimistic that it...
  • Police confirm racial slurs, symbols at North Dakota sugar plant

    09/13/2011 6:01:52 AM PDT · by WOBBLY BOB · 16 replies · 1+ views
    pioneer press ^ | 9-13-11 | ap
    <p>GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Police say union supporters have directed racial slurs and racist symbols at replacement workers and security personnel outside an American Crystal Sugar plant in North Dakota.</p>
  • Fires reported at North Dakota, Minnesota sugar plants

    09/10/2011 12:23:29 PM PDT · by WOBBLY BOB · 30 replies
    pioneer press ^ | 9-10-11 | ap
    GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Locked-out union workers at American Crystal Sugar Co. are blaming fires at plants in Drayton and in East Grand Forks, Minn., on inexperienced replacement workers hired to take over harvesting duties. Company spokesman Jeff Schweitzer said the fires happened in pulp dryers Thursday at the plant in Drayton and on Friday at the East Grand Forks plant. No one was hurt. East Grand Forks Fire Chief Randy Gust said a pulp dryer fire isn't unusual and that his department responds to about one each year. Union spokesman Mark Froemke said the company won't share information about...
  • Labor fight in sugar beet land

    07/26/2011 11:30:01 AM PDT · by WOBBLY BOB · 7 replies
    mpls star tribune ^ | 7-26-11 | Mike Hughlett
    American Crystal Sugar threatens a lockout, which would be the company's first work stoppage since 1981. When the first sugar beets ripen and the Red River ... A lockout would affect three Minnesota plants -- in Moorhead, East Grand Forks and Crookston -- and mills in Hillsboro and Drayton, N.D. The last time American Crystal Sugar had a work stoppage was in 1981, when the union struck for almost a month. Union representatives say American Crystal Sugar's contract proposal would dismantle seniority rights and allow the company to contract out union jobs to outside firms. There also is disagreement over...