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A technician gets cabling out of his truck to install Google Fiber. George Frey | Reuters As Google Fiber contractors in Kansas City attempt to become the first members of the Alphabet Workers Union to win bargaining power, workers there are facing a union-busting effort by their contracting firm. The contractors are employed directly by BDS Connected Solutions and work in a retail store for Google Fiber, the project that provides high-speed internet access to 19 U.S. markets, according to its Source link

You’re invited! Join In The Know by Yahoo on Feb. 22 for an unforgettable celebration of Black culture and community. The In The Know by Yahoo Black Changemakers event begins at 6:30 p.m. EST at Ginny’s Supper Club in Harlem NYC. The evening will include a conversation with Black creators and entrepreneurs on building their brands, plus an open bar and lite bites. Attendees will also take home products from a few of our favorite Black-owned brands and a custom tote bag. Still need more?… Source link

You’re invited! Join In The Know by Yahoo on Feb. 22 for an unforgettable celebration of Black culture and community. The In The Know by Yahoo Black Changemakers event begins at 6:30 p.m. EST at Ginny’s Supper Club in Harlem NYC. The evening will include a conversation with Black creators and entrepreneurs on building their brands, plus an open bar and lite bites. Attendees will also take home products from a few of our favorite Black-owned brands and a custom tote bag. Still need more?… Source link

FILE – In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo a sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif. Google is once again postponing a return to the office for most workers until mid-January 2022. The internet search giant is also to requiring all employees to be vaccinated once its sprawling campuses are fully reopened. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) After more than two years of quiet, Google might be feeling lucky… Source link

This story originally appeared in the print edition of the Daily Post on Nov. 4. If you want to get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 locations. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A representative of former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has submitted plans to the city of Palo Alto to demolish three townhouses and build a swimming pool, but city planners are pushing back on the idea because it would result in the loss of much-needed rental… Source link

SALEM, Ore. — The council of a small Oregon city has approved a deal with Google that will enable the technology giant to build two more water-guzzling data centers there, though some residents worry about drought and secrecy. A single data center can churn through millions of gallons of water per day to keep hot-running equipment cool, and the placement of these facilities in drought-prone areas is an increasing concern around the globe, even as reliance on them is growing. Data centers… Source link

THE DALLES, Ore. (AP) — The city of The Dalles, Oregon, has filed suit in an effort to keep Google’s water use a secret. The move comes ahead of a key City Council vote on a $28.5 million water pact between the city and the tech giant. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the city is seeking to overturn a ruling earlier from Wasco County’s district attorney, who found Google’s water use is a public record and ordered The Dalles to provide that information to the news organization. The city… Source link

One Virginia school district has made select Wednesdays shorter for students as teacher burnout through the coronavirus pandemic drags on.  The district’s superintendent said the move was to give teachers more time amid a historic shortage of educators. “Our teachers are just tired — they’re tired and they’re overwhelmed and dealing with a lot of the mental health issues that I think many folks are dealing with as a result of the pandemic,” Aaron Spence, superintendent of the Virginia… Source link

The Seattle Kraken, the National Hockey League’s 32nd team, will play its inaugural game on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. For the business minds behind the return of professional hockey to Seattle after a nearly century-long hiatus, the Kraken’s first game is a crucial step in a nearly $2 billion investment in the team. “When people think that there aren’t many opportunities left, we found this great frontier called Seattle,” Kraken CEO Tod Leiweke said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above)…. Source link

Esther George, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, joined Yahoo Finance on the virtual sidelines of the annual Jackson Hole symposium to discuss the impact of the Delta variant on the U.S. economy and how the Federal Reserve is responding. Below is a transcript of her appearance, taped on August 25 and aired on August 26. – BRIAN CHEUNG: Joining us now is the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George. President George, how are you? ESTHER GEORGE: I’m well…. Source link