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IN THESE TIMES

Over the next two weeks, Las Vegas will see an even larger influx of tourists than usual as the city hosts the Stanley Cup hockey finals, with the Las Vegas Golden Knights facing off against the Washington Capitals. But these visitors could soon find themselves in a city where most of the services are shut down.

On May 22, UNITE HERE’s Culinary and Bartenders Unions, which represent over 57,000 hospitality workers in Las Vegas and Reno, held a strike authorization vote. Of the 25,000 members who participated, 99 percent voted to authorize a strike if a new contract isn’t signed by June 1. If the strike takes place, 50,000 employees at 34 casino resorts in Las Vegas—including most of the wait staff, bartenders, kitchen workers, and hotel employees who work on the strip—will walk off the job. It would be the first citywide strike since 1984, when thousands of Culinary Union members went on strike for 67 days. A citywide strike vote hasn’t taken place since 2002, even though the unions renegotiate contracts every four years.

Such a strike could have an enormous impact. UNITE HERE Gaming Research, the unions’ research arm, projected that a one-month strike could cost MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment, the two largest employers on the strip, more than $300 million.

Sara Enciso, who has worked setting up banquet halls at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino for about two and half years, voted in favor of the strike. “I don’t expect to go on strike, I don’t want to go on strike. But that is what it takes for them to understand that we need better conditions,” she said. “We’re an important part of their company… We are the ones that put [in] the labor and we are the ones that give them all the money they are making.”

While a strike could hurt her family’s finances, failing to get the workers’ demands met will, too. “We don’t want to be worried about where my check is [coming] from,” she said. “We want to make sure we have a job to go to, work to do every day.”

One issue workers have raised beyond increased pay and benefits is to ensure better job security in the face of new technologies and changes in the industry. They want companies to guarantee that even if a casino is sold to a different owner, the employees will remain represented by their unions and covered by their contracts. They also want the unions to have a formal role in the adoption and implementation of new technologies, including providing new job opportunities and training for workers.

Another demand is to give casino staff, particularly the housekeepers who clean hotel rooms, safety buttons that they could press if they find themselves in an unsafe situation. Pressing the button would alert security, sending out a worker’s location. Safety “is a really, really big issue,” said Bethany Khan, director of communications at UNITE HERE Culinary Workers Union Local 226. “After the #MeToo movement…we think it was a good proposal.” Chicago and Seattle recently passed laws requiring similar buttons for hotel housekeepers as a way to combat sexual harassment and assault, and unionized housekeepers in New Jersey and New York City all receive them. The buttons address a widespread problem: in a survey of Chicago hotel workers, 58 percent said they had been sexually harassed by a guest, including guests opening the door naked or touching workers inappropriately.

Workers are also addressing immigration in their negotiations. A majority of the unions’ members are immigrants, but for some, their legal statuses are up in the air after the Trump administration ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants.

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i saw hewwo in voice chat because

it either instantly aggros all allies or i get a returning chorus of “HEWWO??? AWE YOU THEWE?” from all cursed friends who are immune to the aggro effects of hewwo

either way it gets everyone’s attention immediately

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June 7th, 1942: Edward Hopper completes his best known painting, the seminal Nighthawks. When asked by a Chicago Tribute reporter about the philosophical meaning behind the diner having no clearly visible exits Hopper responded, “Shit. Fuck. I did it again. Goddamnit. Fuck. Not again. I did it again. Shit.” and slammed his hat on his leg.

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The best kind of neighbour

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wait, what?

“no computer. The National Tracing Center is not allowed to have centralized computer data.“

WAIT, WHAT???

That’s the big no-no,” says Charlie.That’s been a federal law, thanks to the NRA, since 1986: No searchable database of America’s gun owners. So people here have to use paper, sort through enormous stacks of forms and record books that gun stores are required to keep and to eventually turn over to the feds when requested.

It’s kind of like a library in the old days—but without the card catalog. They can use pictures of paper, like microfilm (they recently got the go-ahead to convert the microfilm to PDFs), as long as the pictures of paper are not searchable. You have to flip through and read. No searching by gun owner. No searching by name.“

WAIT

WHAT????????????????

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I love Gordon Ramsay so much.

He comes from a very poor family. His father was an alcoholic who beat him and his mother (he once poured hot tea over her and put her in hospital several times), his brother is a drug addict, he literally built an empire out of nothing.

He credits his mother as his biggest inspiration and often has her cooking in his shows.

When he left his first restaurant he pulled a successful Jerry Maguire - the entire kitchen staff went with him. That tells you what he’s like to work with.

He was one of the first to give a restaurant to a female chef.

He went to prison (Gordon Behind Bars) and taught inmates to bake and they opened a bakery (Bad Boys Bakery) that is still running. He hired one of them when he got out.

He did documentaries about the cruelty of shark hunting and cocaine. (when he discovered cocaine was used by his staff he didn’t fire anyone but made sure they are offered treatment)

His kids are a treasure.

He is always ALWAYS kind to servers.

When one of his partners (Marcus Wareing) wanted to leave they got into a fight and settled it in court, they no longer speak to each other but this is what Marcus said about him after the fight: 

I feel bad that the first association to him for a lot of people is this shouty TV chef when he’s truly a wonderful person. 

Oh and then there’s this:

this entire episode 

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When my Mum was pregnant with me she was in the pub and this random creepy elderly woman that nobody ever saw before or since told her that she was going to have a boy and when I was born everyone was like “the creepy lady was wrong” but it turned out I’m trans and THE PUB WITCH WAS RIGHT!

I WAS FORETOLD BY THE PUB WITCH

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🚨This is a Red Alert for net neutrality 🚨

Last December, the FCC voted to to kill net neutrality. If we do not take action, this will kill the free and open internet as we know it. The internet needs you—all of you—to make sure your voices are heard NOW.

We need all hands on deck for this one. It may be our last chance. If you’re feeling under-informed and overwhelmed about why net neutrality is so incredibly important, we have this handy guide just for you.

Here’s what you can do to save the internet:

In mid-May, the Senate will vote on a resolution to overrule the FCC using the Congressional Review Act (CRA). We only need one more vote in the Senate to win. Write or call your Senators or Representatives. You can also text BATTLE to 384-387 to get more information on how to write to your reps. You can do this, Tumblr.

Join us and dozens of your other favorite companies like Etsy, Vimeo, Reddit, and GitHub to raise awareness with the Red Alert campaign being run by Battle for the Net. Just add this small widget to your Tumblr to let your followers know how they can contact their reps. It’s as easy as copying and pasting the small line of code right into the customize theme page on the web.

This is important. This matters. It’s up to you to help. 

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Relationships are wonderful and can become an important part of your life! But they are NOT your whole life and they certainly do not determine your worth. If you’ve had bad ones or have never even been in one, it doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you. You are more than your relationships!!!

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TO ALL THE FAT BABES OUT THERE

please be kind to yourself in the summer heat

-drink plenty of water

-wear light, breathable clothes

-don’t be afraid to wear shorts or tank tops you do not need to cover up in the heat, you do not need to cover yourself at all.

do not ever make yourself uncomfortable for other peoples comfort. you deserve to be comfortable and cool in the heat.

please remember that

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oh gods my boyfriend isn’t home and I forget the english word for this thing and it’s bAD he usually helps but i cAN’T

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anyways heres my contribution to the strawberry chihuahua

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THERE MUST BE A PARAGRAPH BREAK EVERY TIME A NEW CHARACTER SPEAKS

THIS IS NOT OPTIONAL

NO ONE WANTS TO READ ONE BIG BLOCK OF TEXT JESUS CHRIST

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hey why does Dwayne the Rock Johnson keep asking his daughter what kind of pancakes she wants over instagram??

Like ???

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I just needed to make sure more people saw this.