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If the workers succeed in their unionization drive, the moment could represent a rare victory for organized labor within the service industry which posts a unionization rate of just 1.2 percent of workers, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics—well below the national average of 6.3 percent of private-sector employees. Cathy Creighton, an attorney with Cornell University’s Industrial and Labor Relations branch in Buffalo, told CNBC that, if successful, the Starbucks drive could lay a path for other service industry workers to take similar steps toward gaining greater leverage over workplace conditions, resulting in reaching implications across the industry....

A look at the Grand Slam singles winners among women reveals that there is little correlation between height and on-court success. Billie Jean King - one of the shortest, standing at 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) - won 12 Grand Slam singles titles. Meanwhile Venus Willams - one of the tallest at 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in), has also tasted considerable success at the Slam level with seven titles till date....

Those Lady Volunteers are often regarded as the best women’s college team ever — compared only to the current University of Connecticut Huskies squad. MORE: College basketball road trip photos | Debunking five Selection Sunday myths “It’s hard to compare two totally different generations. But being able to take the best recruits and put them in a system where everybody’s successful together, that’s the similarity of both teams," said Catchings, speaking on behalf of the 2016 Allstate NABC Good Works Team, awards that recognize college basketball student-athletes who “stand out for their charitable achievements and community involvement....

“We have to qualify for second round of Asia Cup. This is our initial target in the tournament. If we think to play final or get the trophy right now, it will not be a clear-eyed thinking,” Tamim said on Thursday. “If we want to see ourselves in the second round, we have to win the first couple of matches in the group phase. So the first two matches are more important to us than thinking of playing the final or getting the trophy,” he further added....

The rookie sensation from Japan was headed to Seattle later Wednesday to be examined by Dr. Christopher Ahmad, the team’s head physician. Ahmad is in Seattle for a conference. Tanaka is 12-4 with a 2.51 ERA and 135 strikeouts in 129 1/3 innings, with three complete games in his first season in the major leagues after starring in Japan. He has almost singlehandedly kept the Yankees in the American League East race in a season where New York has lost Ivan Nova (Tommy John surgery), Michael Pineda (shoulder) and CC Sabathia (knee, visiting Dr....

Alexis bust-up rumours false - Wenger Ahead of a local derby in Dar es Salaam between Young Africans and Simba, two supporters signed pledges to part with their partners if their respective sides lost. Unhappily for the fan of Young Africans, he saw his side go down 2-1. A contract, which can be see above, has been signed by the two supporters and has even been verified by their wives....

Mumbai players – Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw and Shardul Thakur have been named in the India A squad, for the first three One Day Internationals against New Zealand A, to be played in Visakhapatnam. Shardul has been named for the last two ODIs against New Zealand A. Senior pacer Dhawal Kulkarni is also named in the Board President’s XI squad, that takes on New Zealand in two warm up games at Cricket Club of India here....

Many pros have since come to discourage others from using this website since it can access a player’s profile without the supervision of Epic Games. In any case, this rage revealed some of the richest lockers in Fortnite, which included that of the iconic streamer SypherPK as well. The popular streamer recently revealed his locker, on which he has apparently spent $25,000. While fans may gasp at the amount, the streamer has previously spent absurd amounts on skins and cosmetics....

Syracuse University will become the first school to offer sports analytics as a major when it welcomes a freshman class this fall that can earn the first bachelor’s degrees in the discipline by the spring of 2020, the New York Post reported Tuesday. “I think it’s a great idea,” said former A’s GM Billy Beane, whose use of analytics to turn his team into a low-cost contender was at the heart of “Moneyball,” Michael Lewis’ bestselling book that became an Oscar-winning movie....

System Shock is one of the most influential, yet obscure game franchises in gaming history. Back in the 90s when both these games in the series were originally released, they took the gaming community by storm and inspired numerous successful titles after the fact. Both Deus Ex and Bioshock would have never been made possible if it weren’t for System Shock. In fact, when the idea of a third game started to become highly demanded, the original developers of Dead Space wanted to make System Shock 3....

Fowler — responding to news that Watt again did not participate in the team portion of Pittsburgh’s practice on Monday — said the fifth-year linebacker’s status appears “in doubt” for Week 1, citing a “practice-in-order-to-play” stance by the team. Watt is not technically a holdout since he has been present at every practice, but has reportedly only participated in individual drills. Once the team moves to team periods, he performs his own workouts to the side....

He highlights that the players have more time to settle in the middle when playing other formats. However, the same was not the case in T10 matches. Kumar Sangakkara is a former Sri Lankan wicket-keeper batsman who is now the Marylebone Cricket Club President. The left-handed batsman achieved much success as a player in all formats. Team Abu Dhabi has elected Kumar Sangakkara as their mentor for the 2021 T10 League....

Deep Dasgupta was clearly not impressed with the 2021 World Cup format. Some teams were eliminated even after performing admirably just because of the net run-rate basis. Speaking in a video on his YouTube channel, Deep Dasgupta suggested a few changes to the current World Cup qualification and said: South Africa got eliminated from the World Cup on the basis of net run-rate In group 1 of the Super 12 - England, Australia, and South Africa have all won four games apiece out of five matches and had eight points in the end....

The result of today’s match will decide the fates of three teams in the tournament. If New Zealand win, they’ll progress to the semi-finals. If Afghanistan win, it’ll be a likely three-way tie on points between them, New Zealand and India. The qualifying team will then be decided based on the net run rate (NRR). Speaking in a video on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra said: Currently, New Zealand are leading the points, but India are ahead in NRR....

The senior pacer was sidelined for several months due to a back injury and was also forced to miss the Asia Cup 2022. He made his return in India’s recently concluded home T20I series against Australia. Bumrah was expected to feature in the T20I series opener against South Africa on Wednesday (September 28) but had to skip the clash due to a niggle. The bowler could now be out of action for at least four months due to his stress fracture injury....

Nothing much can be done other than starting a new save on Football Manager and taking out your frustration by winning everything and buying Falcao. However, one can analyze and field 2 separate teams consisting of our loan players. Yes, 2 full fledged teams without any substitutes with formations suited to their abilities. In the first part, we see the stronger of the two teams. A classic 4-3-3 with the possibility of playing a False 9....

RELATED: Tainted Grail: Conquest - Complete Scientist Guide Absolutely not. The Wyrdhunter, after getting some upgrades, is an offensive powerhouse, completely unphased by single combat against the hardest bosses in the Tainted Grail: Conquest. Getting there takes strategy and thought, but it’s a favorite build among the game’s veterans. Shore Up Defense The Wyrdhunter’s greatest weakness, and the reason the class struggles early on, is because it lacks an innate ability to protect itself....

Plane spotters monitoring the airwaves around Taiwan said they captured the exchange on the aeronautical emergency frequency 121.5 MHz at 9:20 a.m. Taipei time, on a morning that saw 17 warnings sent to PLA warplanes in the space of six hours. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense later confirmed that a total of 28 Chinese military planes had flown into Taipei’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), marking the largest number of single-day incursions on record since 25 warplanes were detected in the ADIZ on April 12....

The Taiwanese government will earmark $19.41 billion for the military’s operational costs and the purchase of hardware in 2023, including fulfilling orders for U.S.-made fighter aircraft, the Executive Yuan, President Tsai Ing-wen’s cabinet, said at a press conference. The amount, a record high, is a year-on-year increase of 13.9 percent—about 2.4 percent of the island’s projected GDP—and includes a $3.58 billion special budget for defense equipment, as well as an additional discretionary fund....