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Legal aid lawyers in Quebec hold half-day strike

Post Author By Evo Plus
Post Date 28/07/2024

A group of legal aid lawyers is going on strike for half a day on Monday, while the renewal of their collective agreement remains unresolved with the Quebec government.

The group is made up of lawyers attached to the CSN-affiliated Fédération des professionnels, who were on strike in the morning after they walked out earlier this month.

In mid-June, lawyers in the Montreal-Laval, Bas Saint-Laurent-Gaspésie and Laurentides-Lanaudière regions also voted in favor of another strike mandate, this time for seven days, to be exercised at the appropriate time.

The other group, the Fédération des avocates et avocats de l’aide juridique,

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Rent increases fights by tenants across NYC as Rent Guidelines Board weighs potential hikes of up to 7%

Post Author By Evo Plus
Post Date 19/06/2023

For many in Queens, rent increases of up to 7% under consideration citywide by the Rent Guidelines Board will drive them to make choices difficult.

“Asking people to choose between rent and food and medicine is beyond unfair, it’s obscene and amoral and [a] driving force in the housing crisis today,” said Douglas, an Elmhurst retired, during the board hearing on rates for rent-stabilized units at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center on Monday evening.

“If I get squeezed any more I’ll be living out of a cardboard box on the street.”

Speakers became emotional as they expressed frustration with their

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2 Supercharged Growth Stocks to Buy Right Now

Post Author By Evo Plus
Post Date 30/01/2023

The rising-interest-rate environment has proven to be quite challenging for the US equity market, especially for growth stocks. Share prices of many companies have tanked dramatically in the past year despite solid financials and robust business models.

Airbnb (ABNB 5.96%) and Snowflakes (SNOW 4.53%) are two such companies that have continued to post solid numbers, yet their share prices are currently trading at a deep discount to their historical valuations. Here’s why these two companies can prove to be smart long-term buys for investors in the current times.

1. Airbnbs

Airbnb’s leading short-term rental platform has established a

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Twitter sued for not paying rent on San Francisco HQ since Elon Musk’s takeover

Post Author By Evo Plus
Post Date 02/01/2023

Twitter is being sued by its landlord for ducking out on rent for its downtown San Francisco headquarters, where the platform reportedly went through heavy cost-cutting under new CEO Elon Musk.

The company owes $136,260 in unpaid rent, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday by Columbia Property Trust.

Twitter’s freeloading was reported early last month by the New York Times, which Musk wrote and his advisors hoped to renegotiate terms of lease agreements after mass layoffs.

The downsizing has already begun.

Twitter closed its Seattle offices, The Times reported Friday — cutting janitorial and security services. Employees were left bringing

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