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crime2 years ago•3 min saved

Rising Incidents of Political Violence: Man Charged with Hate Crime for Attacking Congressional Staff with Baseball Bat.

Xuan-Kha Tran Pham, a man charged with attacking two staffers for Rep. Gerry Connolly with a baseball bat in his district office, is also being charged with a hate crime for damaging a car and chasing a woman in a Virginia neighborhood less than an hour earlier. Pham, who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, is being held without bond pending a preliminary hearing in July. None of the injuries Pham inflicted were life-threatening, but the incident highlights the vulnerability of public servants in an era of toxic political rhetoric.

via The Associated Press|

#baseball-bat-attack #crime #hate-crime

labor-relations2 years ago•2 min saved

Canada's Public Service Workers Reach Tentative Agreement, Uncertainty Remains on Remote Work.

More than 155,000 federal government workers in Canada ended their strike after a tentative deal was reached with the remaining holdouts, tax agency employees. The strike was largely prompted by union members’ desire to recoup inflation-driven wage losses and to enshrine in their contracts the right to work from home. However, the tentative settlement failed to achieve any contract terms guaranteeing work from home. The government was offering a cumulative wage increase of 9 percent that would be spread over three years, while the union had been seeking raises that would total 13.5 percent over the same period.

via The New York Times|

#canada #labor-relations #public-servants