More than 40 musicians took part in a flash mob protest at the Oakland Whole Foods on Friday to protest CEO John Mackey’s recent comment that health care is not a human right. They gathered in the back of the store and began performing a take off of Toni Basil’s 1982 pop hit “Hey Mickey”, only changing the lyrics to address Mackey.
Following vocal public protests and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick’s threat to have state employees launch a boycott, Hyatt Hotels has agreed to offer new jobs with health coverage and the same pay to the nearly 100 housekeepers it laid off at three Boston hotels.
Around 20 demonstrators in Edinburgh, Scotland blocked garbage trucks being used by private contractors for the third time since last week to protest the use of nonunion workers by the city.
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Defying a media blackout and severe backlash, Tibetan monks, nuns and residents of a threatened mountain community are showing the world their resistance to a Chinese dam.
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