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The investigation into the fatal stabbing of British MP David Amess "is being led by officers from the specialist counter-terrorism command," says the chief constable of Essex Police. SOUNDBITE
London, Aug 25 (EFE).- (Camera: EFE/EPA Archive). The level of protection offered by the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines against symptomatic Covid-19 wanes by six months, according to a British study Wednesday. ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF VACCINATION CAMPAIGN.
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Since the 19th century, the infamous Pinkerton spy agency has a history of union-busting and involving itself in businesses. Now, Business Insider reports Amazon has turned to Pinkerton to monitor European workers' labor union organizing efforts. Leaked documents from Amazon's Global Security Operations Center revealed analysts have been tracking workers' union organizing activities. A report from Motherboard also disclosed that Amazon data analysts use social media to monitor social justice and environmental activist groups' activities. It's the latest in a string of evidence that highlights Amazon's robust efforts to monitor and crack down on its workers unionizing. Earlier this year, Amazon listed, but quickly removed, a job opening for an analyst that would monitor employee's efforts to organize.
Business Insider reports that H&M has been fined $41.1 million by a German regulator. The company was caught monitoring "several hundred employees" at its service center in Nuremberg, Germany. In 2018 The EU introduced new General Data Protection Regulation laws. This is the second-largest fine levied against a single company over data breaches since the 2018 laws were put into effect. Since 2014 supervisors and managers at H&M have been storing data on employees. The data includes information from meetings and workplace conversations, such as medical symptoms, family issues, and religious beliefs. This data was sometimes used to make employment decisions. H&M compensated all affected staff, and said that the company views privacy and data protection as "top priority."
London, Sep 24 (EFE), (Camera: Will Oliver).- The UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer unveiled the government’s new job protection program which is to replace the furlough scheme first announced at the end of March. Under the new scheme, which is to come into effect for six months at the end of October, the government will pay a third of the wages for hours not worked by an employee while the company will cover 22 percent of the salaries for workers who have seen their hours reduced as a result of the pandemic. Under the original furlough scheme, the government paid 80 percent of the salaries for people in that category. FOOTAGE OF LONDON.