Daily Archives: November 26, 2022

2022-11-26: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-11-26). The German government's Citizen's Income: Hartz IV poverty gets a new name. wsws.org Germany's new "Citizen's Income" will only increase the abject poverty of the current 5.3 million recipients of Hartz IV social security payments.

____ (2022-11-26). Macao's unemployment rate drops to 3.9 pct in August-October. ecns.cn Macao's general unemployment rate for the period from August to October decreased by 0.1 percentage point to 3.9 percent from the July-September period, the special administrative region (SAR)'s statistics department said on Friday.

Jake Johnson (2022-11-25). One Day of Warren Buffett Wealth Gains Could Fund 15 Days of Paid Sick Leave for Rail Workers. commondreams.org "Buffett could avert a rail strike today by giving workers what they need: paid sick days," said Sen. Bernie Sanders' staff director. "That's how you give thanks."

Editor (2022-11-24). The US Spends Almost as Much on Healthcare as the Rest of the World Combined and Has One of the Worst Outcomes. scheerpost.com Esteemed physician Dr. Stephen Bezruchka explains why spending the most in the midst of inequality and flawed politics produces an unhealthy prognosis.

_____ (2022-11-24). Africa to fortify the architecture of peace and security on the continent. journal-neo.org In recent decades, the issue of ensuring the security of African states has become particularly acute. This is as a matter of fact, due to the numerous problems that have accumulated on the continent, including high levels of poverty, the dissatisfaction of the population of several countries with the policies of the authorities, territorial claims, …

WSWS (2022-11-24). CUPE leadership unites to ram through sellout for Ontario education workers as rank-and-file calls for "no" vote, relaunch of strike. wsws.org School support staff, who earn on average the poverty wage of $39,000 per year, confront on the one hand the ruthless attack of the hard-right Ford government on their wages and working conditions, and on the other the complicity of the entire trade union bureaucracy in enforcing another round of massive concessions.

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