

It’s called Powered By Faith and it’s taking the place of more than 6,000 conventions that typically happen in person. Still, the County’s attorney Chris Gabriel has repeatedly demeaned these workers at the bargaining table and has demonstrated that he would rather act in bad faith than treat them with the respect they have more than earned. The annual Jehovah Witness convention in Pittsburgh has been postponed for another year, but a new virtual event will be taking place over the next month. “Union members in Butler County have done everything possible to resolve these issues throughout contract negotiations. SEIU representatives took issue with the county’s negotiator, attorney Chris Gabriel. Union reps say the workers have been without a contract since the beginning of the year.

Since Butler County representatives are unwilling to address the reality of our needs and concerns, we have decided to strike.”

“We deserve a fair contract with living wages and increases that reflect the rising cost of living due to inflation. Our weekday schedule begins with the morning news with Dave Malarkey, Our Lets Talk program features discussion and advice from local. Broadcasting live from the City of Butler and offering local news, high school sports, locally produced talk shows and a great mix of Classic Hits. Throughout the pandemic, many of our members and fellow essential workers continued performing their jobs when our community needed them most,” Dodd said in a statement. WISR 680-am and 107.5-fm is Butler PAs Classic Hits Station. “Our members work hard to serve the public and provide critical services and support to working families across our county. The workers are from a variety of departments, including children and youth, courthouse, aging, 911, the prison, and more.Įric Dodd is a Butler County employee and is serving as the chief steward for the workers. The workers are a part of SEIU Local 668 and they announced their intent to strike if a new collective bargaining agreement is not reached by March 15th. And may we all write better author bios in her image.Over 300 workers at Butler County are threatening to strike if they do not get a new contract. May we all have such clear-eyed confidence and warm, irreverent self-regard, such well-calibrated humor. University of Wisconsin professors and students begin experimenting with radio transmission using spark transmitters in 1900. S., to broadcast results of the America’s Cup race. Having spent too much time agonizing over how straightforward / clever / opaque / forthcoming / fun / boring to be in the various author bios I have been asked to provide over my career, I know how hard writing these can be (and how people will judge you on them), and Butler nails it. A detailed review of his work appeared in the July 1899 issue of American Electrician. Kindred, among other things, is a rather shocking novel of slavery in early America, which probably should be read by every white American. She has written Patternmasters, Mind of My Mind, Survivor, Kindred, and Wild Seed. Octavia Butler is a hermit, living in the middle of Los Angeles, a pessimist (if she isn’t careful), a feminist, a quiet egotist, a former Baptist, an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty and drive. The whole piece is worth a read (the gall of teenage boys! the grace of Octavia!) but one detail brought me particular delight: Esteban shares the author bio that Butler provided for the 1979 Fantasy Faire convention. URSI100 Celebrate 100 years of URSI More. Over the weekend, the Los Angeles Review of Books published a fairly wild essay by Miguel Esteban who, at the tender age of 14, commissioned a now-famous essay on race in science fiction from Octavia Butler. The OFFICIAL Website of the 2023 Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest Linn County Fairgrounds, Central City Iowa. 2025 URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference August 2025 / Sydney, Australia More.
