The Daily Shaarli

All links of one day in a single page.

May 9, 2020

Help Protect Food Processing Workers | UFCW

Food processing workers at meat plants across Canada are working hard on the front lines to make protein products for families and neighbourhoods across the country.

Lonely death of Grup Yorum bassist highlights Turkey hunger strikes | World news | The Guardian
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"Second member of banned folk group dies in country where few political protest options remain ... The band is known for protest songs in Turkish and Kurdish focusing on capitalism, imperialism, anti-Americanism and Turkish government policies, which they say penalise the poor."

Australian government tells ICC it should not investigate alleged war crimes in Palestine | Australia news | The Guardian
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International Criminal Court rejects Australia’s argument it has no jurisdiction because Palestine is ‘not a state’

Video of Ahmaud Arbery’s Death Went Viral Before Justice Got Rolling | The Intercept
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It is its own grave affront that the circulation of intolerable scenes of brutality against black people remain necessary.

Safety investigation of COVID-19 in Cargill slaughterhouse didn't include worker representation, OHS finds | CBC News
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A review from Alberta Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) has found that Cargill did not attempt to engage worker representation as it investigated the circumstances that led to the largest COVID-19 outbreak linked to a single facility in Canada.

One-Third of All U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Are Nursing Home Residents or Workers - The New York Times
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In at least 14 states, more than half of coronavirus deaths are tied to long-term care facilities for older adults, according to a New York Times database.

Conditions in US Meatpacking Plants Today Aren’t Much Better Than They Were in The Jungle
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Decades after Upton Sinclair exposed the horrors of meatpacking, radical labor organizing transformed the industry into a bastion of worker power. Now, a century later, after decades of union-busting and the coronavirus decimating workers throughout the industry, the meatpacking industry is back to The Jungle.

‘Finally, a virus got me.’ Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects on facing death from COVID-19 | Science | AAAS
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Top virologist Peter Piot spent 1 week at a London hospital in April and has been recovering at home since

82% of Canada’s COVID-19 deaths have been in long-term care, new data reveals | The Star
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The National Institute on Aging says there have been 3,436 resident deaths and six staff deaths in long-term care across Canada.