Tag: vote

CFL Players Vote to Turn Down New Collective Bargaining Agreement With League

CFL players have rejected the new collective bargaining agreement with the league. According to a source, CFL players voted against ratifying the tentative deal reached Wednesday between the league and CFL Players’ Association. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity Monday as neither the CFL nor the CFL Players’ Association immediately confirmed the vote….


Over 50 Amazon Warehouses in US Contact Union After New York Vote

Amazon.com Inc. labor organizer Christian Smalls said on Tuesday more than 50 warehouses of the e-commerce giant in the U.S. reached out after its warehouse in New York City voted to form the first union at the company. “Since we WON @amazonlabor has been contacted by workers in over 50 buildings Nationwide not including the…


Elderly Forced to Vote, 100 Percent Voter Turnout in Nursing Homes in 2020 Election | Larry Elder

The New York Times trashed a recent report by the former chief justice of the Wisconsin State Supreme Court, Michael Gableman, who was hired by Republicans to investigate irregularities in the 2020 election. The Times said the report “endorsed a host of debunked claims of fraud and false assertions.” Meanwhile, Gableman found that some Wisconsin counties…


Peter MacKay Announces He Won’t Seek Conservative Leadership in Vote This September

Peter MacKay says he will not seek the leadership of the Conservative party when one is chosen this September. MacKay announced the news in a video message posted to social media on Saturday, saying he came to the decision after consulting with friends, colleagues and family. The cabinet minister in former prime minister Stephen Harper’s…


Legault Picks April 11 for Montreal-Area Byelection After Being Accused of Stalling

Voters on Montreal’s south shore will choose their new provincial legislature member on April 11. François Legault’s government announced the byelection date today for the Marie-Victorin riding, a former stronghold of the sovereigntist Parti Québécois. Opposition parties have accused Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec party of dragging its feet in setting a date for the byelection…


Lawsuits Could Bar 3 Key State Election Laws From Being Enforced for 2022 Midterms

Florida, Georgia, and Texas lawmakers passed significant 2021 election integrity laws but they may not remain intact as adopted—or in effect at all—for midterm primaries and November’s general election. The three states approved election reforms amid heated Democratic opposition in partisan votes by Republican-controlled legislatures last year. All three are enacted, but face legal challenges…


Key Players in Erin O’Toole’s Tory Leadership Vote and Calls for an Early Review

OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is to learn Wednesday from the Tory caucus whether he will remain as party leader. Here are some key players who have been involved in calls for his leadership to be reviewed. Garnett Genuis—The Alberta MP is one of the signatories to a letter endorsed by around one-third of O’Toole’s 118-member…


SEC to Vote Next Week on Boosting Hedge Fund Disclosures: Chair Gensler

WASHINGTON—The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will vote next week to propose boosting hedge fund disclosures in a bid to enhance industry oversight and investor protections, the agency’s chair said on Wednesday. Gary Gensler told reporters that the SEC will vote to propose rule changes to the Form Private Fund (PF) which many hedge funds…


US Labor Board Sets Dates for Union Vote at Amazon Warehouse in Alabama

SAN FRANCISCO—The U.S. National Labor Relations Board said on Tuesday that it will send unionization ballots to workers at an Amazon.com Inc. warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama on Feb. 4. Ballots in the election, which is a re-run after the NLRB found Amazon interfered in the vote last year, will be counted starting on March 28,…


Glover Defends Claim of Voting Irregularities in Manitoba Tory Leadership Challenge

WINNIPEG—Shelly Glover says she believes a spreadsheet her campaign team received before Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson was named winner of the Progressive Conservative leadership vote is correct. Glover, who lost last month to Stefanson by a narrow margin, alleges there were irregularities when ballots were counted and wants a judge to order a new vote….