About 18,000 Costco workers will go on strike beginning Feb. 1 if their union doesn’t reach a deal with the warehouse retailer, the union announced Sunday. The Teamsters represent Costco workers in 56 warehouses across five states, CNN reported. The 18,000-person strike would represent about 8% of Costco’s nationwide workforce. A contract for the unionized workers expires on Jan. 31, and 85% of…
Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) and Congressman Jimmy Panetta (CA-19) reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Aviator Cancers Examination Study (ACES) Act. If passed, this bill would direct the Secretary of the VA to study cancer incidences and mortality rates among aviators and aircrew who served in the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. This legislation is critical as it would improve our understanding of the…
Paralympians Isau Ogunkunle and Faith Obazuaye top the list of participants at the 56th Molade Okoya-Thomas National Table Tennis Championship, which kicks off on Monday, January 27, in Lagos. Regarded as the longest-running table tennis tournament in Africa, having started in 1968, the tournament will, for the first time, be played nationally. Players from 21…
In the wake of the recent tragic death of an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officer, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) urged operatives to fast and pray, SaharaReporters has learnt. An Assistant Superintendent of the EFCC, ASE 1 Aminu Sahabi Salisu, was recently killed in Anambra State. SaharaReporters reported…
Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen is making headlines once again, but this time, it’s not for his incredible goal-scoring feats. The star forward has filed a defamation lawsuit against Turkish journalist Tolga Bozduman, who recently accused him of assaulting him two weeks ago. Osimhen has been on fire for Galatasaray since his summer move, scoring…
