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• 全米で計画されている「May Day Strong」デモに合わせ、ウォークアウト、行進、その他の集会が予定されている • 金曜日のInternational Workers’ Dayに合わせ、全米3,500件の「May Day Strong」イベントの一環として、数千人が経済活動を停止させる抗議行動に参加する予定だ • 主催者は「no school, no work, no shopping」を呼びかけており、夜にかけてウォークアウト、行進、ブロックパーティー、その他の集会が計画されている

Actions expected to exceed 3,000 as unions and groups expand protests inspired by Minnesota ICE crackdownLabor unions, democratic organizations and community groups are organizing an economic blackout this year to commemorate May Day, International Workers Day, inspired by the economic blackout in Minnesota during the massive ICE operation in the state.May Day Strong events are being planned across the US, with organizers calling for “no school, no work, no shopping”, in protest of government policies they say put billionaires’ needs above those of workers. Continue reading...

Transfer of medical services from hospital to former Wilko store is improving healthcare access and boosting footfallIt is a revolution that might just save the NHS – and the high street. Imagine being able to have your eyes tested, mole examined or get an appointment with a consultant without going to your local hospital – and maybe fit in some shopping or a cinema visit afterwards.That, increasingly, is what people in Barnsley are doing after an unprecedented relocation of medical services from the district general hospital into a purpose-built outpatients centre in the Alhambra shopping centre, which is getting a new lease of life thanks to the experiment. Continue reading...