（美国【华人】传媒编辑唐钊，2022年九月四日）Meta被敦促在解雇抗议伦敦办事处工作条件的工会领袖吉列尔莫·卡马乔（Guillermo Camacho）后采取补救行动。（2021 年夏天，吉列尔莫·卡马乔 (Guillermo Camacho) 在伦敦 Facebook 办公室外抗议。图片来自The Observer）.
Facebook 的所有者 Meta 在其一名承包商被指控解雇工会领导人以报复其伦敦清洁工恶劣的工作条件和过度工作量的领导抗议活动后受到抨击。
吉列尔莫·卡马乔（Guillermo Camacho）在公司担任合同清洁工近七年，直到 2021 年夏天在 Facebook 布洛克街办公室外组织抗议活动。几个月后，他被停职，并于 10 月因表现不佳而被解雇。
卡马乔是清洁工和联合独立工人工会的清洁工代表，在被停职并休“园艺假”之前，他只组织了两次抗议活动。 Meta 的清洁工不直接受雇于公司：它与办公室管理公司 JLL 签订了合同，后者又与 Camacho 的直接雇主服务集团 Churchill 签订合同。
2021 年 9 月，卡马乔被告知调查已经结束，不会采取进一步行动，但他仍然被禁止进入 Meta 和仲量联行的网站，一个月后他被解雇了。 9 月 7 日，就业法庭将审理他对丘吉尔的不公平解雇案。
CAIWU 秘书长阿尔贝托·杜兰戈说：“吉列尔莫的待遇对我们来说太熟悉了。通过制造工会领袖的残酷榜样来恐吓其他工人，这是一种公然而经典的策略。我们仍在 Meta 办公室工作的成员告诉我们，他们继续生活在吉列尔莫被解雇的阴云之下，以及他们也可能因直言不讳而被解雇的隐含威胁。”
国际特赦组织支持卡马乔的案子，发布了一份报告，呼吁 Meta 尊重其员工发表意见的权利，并赔偿卡马乔。
国际特赦组织表示，卡马乔在 Meta 的布罗克街办公室组织了抗议工作条件恶劣的抗议活动。抗议活动是由清洁工数量减少引发的，这导致 Meta 办公室剩余工人的工作量过大，对他们产生了身心影响。 2021 年年中，Meta 位于伦敦的工地的清洁工人数从 24 人减少到 20 人。同时，待清洁区域的面积从 5 层增加到 14 层。
国际特赦组织高级活动家卡特里内尔·莫托克 (Catrinel Motoc) 说：“这是一个大卫和歌利亚的故事，一家全球性的庞然大物只是简单地摆脱了对其办公室前线工作人员的任何责任。”
“我们生活在一个敢于公开反对工作场所不公正现象的工人经常发现自己处于火线的社会中。 Meta 非常热衷于与这一令人不快的事件保持距离，但责任必须停止。你可以外包一个清洁账户，但不能外包清洁工如何被对待的责任。”
Meta 发言人表示，该公司无法对涉及其未雇用的个人的法律诉讼发表评论。发言人说：“在我们办公室工作的任何人的福祉都至关重要，我们确保在整个大流行期间，包括办公室关闭时，我们所有的合同工都能继续获得报酬.”
任何 Meta 供应商都必须遵守我们的企业人权政策，其中包括我们对联合国和国际劳工组织国际公认章程的承诺。供应商还必须确保任何签约的人都获得最低伦敦生活工资，并且我们的合同有适当的资源。”
仲量联行发言人说：“我们遵循严格的供应商和供应商尽职调查流程，我们致力于确保他们所服务的每个市场的道德行为和监管合规性，如我们的商业道德准则和供应商行为准则所述。我们尊重工会和员工示威的权利，我们从未指示丘吉尔服务部因工会活动而解雇任何工作人员。”
丘吉尔的一位发言人说：“由于 Meta 大楼的入住人数显着减少，因此进行了调整以重新调整清洁计划以保持卫生和安全。为此，规范中增加了额外的楼层，但这并没有导致工作量增加，我们已经招募了更多的团队成员。”
(消息来源： Guardian）
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【《We Chinese in America》Media Editor Tang Zhao, September 4, 2022】Per County of San Diego Communications Office, the County of San Diego anticipates receiving the new COVID-19 bivalent boosters the week of September 5 and beginning vaccinations shortly thereafter. ( Photo courtesy: County of San Diego Communications Office)
The new bivalent boosters were developed to generate an immune response from the original COVID-19 virus and BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants. The Pfizer/BioNTech is for those age 12 and over, while the Moderna bivalent booster is for those age 18 and older.
“These new boosters are a welcome resource to our ongoing COVID-19 prevention efforts,” said Wilma Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., County public health officer. “The virus remains very prevalent in our community. With this bivalent vaccine, we have an updated booster that more directly addresses the most common circulating variant, and a chance to better protect our community. I encourage everyone eligible to get boosted.”
Individuals may contact their healthcare provider or other vaccine provider, such as a pharmacy, for other local availability. Availability at County vaccine events will be updated on coronavirus-sd.com and appointments can be made through the state’s My Turn system. Initial supplies are expected to be limited.
Similar to last year, the boosters will be offered along with the flu vaccine. Vaccinations with the former booster have ended as it is no longer authorized. The new booster will serve as the replacement.
Vaccination Progress:
- Received at least one shot: More than 3.01 million or 90.2% of San Diegans age six months and older are at least partially vaccinated.
- Fully vaccinated: More than 2.66 million or 79.8%.
- Boosters administered: 1,445,743 or 59% of 2,450,225 eligible San Diegans.
- More vaccination information can be found at coronavirus-sd.com/vaccine.
Deaths:
- Eight additional deaths were reported since the last report on Aug. 25, 2022. The region’s total is 5,464.
- Of the eight additional deaths, four were women and four were men. They died between July 22, 2022 and Aug. 26, 2022; five deaths occurred in the past two weeks.
- Five of the people who died were 80 years or older, two were in their 70s and one was in their 60s.
- Five were fully vaccinated and three were not.
- Seven had underlying medical conditions and one case is pending.
Cases, Case Rates and Testing:
- 1,935 COVID-19 cases were reported to the County in the past three days (Aug. 29 to Aug. 31, 2022). The region’s total is now 912,653.
- 3,978 cases were reported in the past week (Aug. 25 through Aug. 31) compared to 4,744 infections identified the previous week (Aug. 18 through Aug. 24).
- San Diego County’s case rate per 100,000 residents 12 years of age and older is 25.46 for people fully vaccinated and boosted, 17.20 for fully vaccinated people and 50.51 for not fully vaccinated San Diegans.
- 6,528 tests were reported to the County on Aug. 27, and the percentage of new positive cases was 7.4% (Data through Aug. 27).
- The 14-day rolling percentage of positive cases, among tests reported through Aug. 27, is 7.8%.
More Information:
Data updates to the County’s coronavirus-sd.com website will be published Mondays and Thursdays around 5 p.m., with the exception of holidays.
(Source: County of San Diego Communications Office)
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【美国《华人》传媒编辑 唐钊, 九月二日, 二零二二年】中華民國僑務委員會今年再度邀請頂尖廚師團，舉辦美食國際巡迴講座，要讓臺灣美食飄香全世界。因為疫情停辦兩年的「僑委會臺灣美食國際巡迴講座」，今年重新啟動，將在9月5日抵達聖地牙哥舉辦美食廚藝示範。（图片由中華科工會提供）
臺灣是富有美食盛譽的國家，國際友人只要有機會品嚐到臺灣小吃或是國宴，幾乎都會留下深刻印象。聖地牙哥雙十委員會特地主辦這場美食講座，期待透過主廚的專業展示及現場試吃，讓旅居海外僑胞及當地主流社會友人學習臺灣美食料理，廚師並利用當地食材呈現原汁原味臺灣料理及特色小吃，讓僑胞身處異鄉仍能就地取材，留下珍貴食譜，在各種活動場合分享家鄉味，歡迎僑胞踴躍參加，謝謝。
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【《We Chinese in America》Media Editor Tang Zhao, September3, 2022】Per xtreme heat is expected at the coast and inland valleys of San Diego County this Labor Day weekend and into early next week. The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued an excessive heat warning calling for triple digits temperatures in some inland areas and the deserts through Tuesday, Sept. 6. (Photo crdit:
San Diegans need to stay informed and protect themselves to prevent heat-related illness and to avoid hospitalization. Holiday weekends are a traditionally busy time in emergency departments. Dangerous heat conditions can add to the volume of people visiting the ED and strain hospital staff and resources.
“Check weather forecasts, stay hydrated, limit time outdoors, check on elderly or disabled neighbors, and visit Cool Zones,” said Wilma J. Wooten, M.D. M.P.H., County public health officer. “Signs of heat exhaustion include heavy sweating, dizziness, nausea or vomiting, clammy skin and muscle cramps. Heatstroke symptoms include fever, flushed or red skin, lack of sweating, trouble breathing and disorientation or confusion.”
A list of Cool Zones locations is available online. People can enter their address once they navigate to the map and it will show locations near them. Residents can also call 2-1-1 to find a location.
On Monday, three libraries will open Cool Zone community rooms from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The three library branches are Ramona, 1275 Main St, Ramona, CA 92065; Borrego Springs, 2580 Country Club Rd, Borrego Springs, CA 92004; and Valley Center: 29200 Cole Grade Rd, Valley Center, CA 92082. Please note that regular library services will not be available.
Prolonged heat with little relief at night can pose a substantial health risk for young children, the elderly, people with chronic diseases, pregnant individuals, people with disabilities, and people who are socially isolated. Family pets are also vulnerable to the extreme heat. County health officials offer the following tips:
- Stay in an air-conditioned area during the hottest hours of the day.
- Wear light, loose-fitting clothing.
- Drink plenty of water (avoid alcohol and sugary drinks) and don’t wait until you are thirsty.
- Take cool showers.
- Never leave a child, elderly person, or pet unattended in a car.
- Avoid unnecessary hard work or activities outside during the hottest part of the day.
- Avoid unnecessary sun exposure and wear a wide-brim hat if you need to be in the sun.
- Avoid using the oven to cook.
- Avoid being out during peak heat hours.
- Pet owners can exercise their pets in early morning hours or early evening to avoid prolonged exposure to the heat. Make sure they have shade throughout the day and plenty of water.
- Even a few hours spent in air conditioning can help your body stay cooler.
- Do not rely on electric fans for cooling if temperatures exceed 90 degrees.
People in San Diego County unable to get to a Cool Zone location without transportation assistance, such as older adults, people with disabilities, or people who are homebound, can call 2-1-1 to be connected to a transportation or rideshare service at no cost.
If someone is showing signs of heat-related illness, call 9-1-1 and begin cooling the individual by:
- Moving them to a shaded area
- Spraying with cool water and fanning them
- Placing them in a cool shower if they are alert
- Monitoring the body temperature, and continuing cooling efforts, and
- Do not give the victim fluids to drink
More information about the signs and symptoms of emergencies like heat exhaustion and heatstroke, visit the County Health and Human Services Agency Extreme Heat webpage.
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Dine with Asian Food and Wine – September 2022
Dine with Asian Food and Wine - Mid-Autumn Festival
By
Ronald Jan, M.D.
[Legendary Chang’e and the moon. Photo Credit: www.weeklytimes.com]
The Fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month commonly falls in mid-September (in 2022 this will be on September 10th by the Gregorian Calendar). Typically, this is the day when the moon is full and very bright heralding the annual Moon Festival (aka Mid-Autumn Festival). The festival likely began as a harvest festival and evolved into the Moon Festival celebrating Hou Yi’s wife, Chang’e, who drank the elixir of eternal life and then ascended to the moon where she resides. (Image of Mid-Autumn Festival with Chang’e. Photo Credit: www.dallasthydraulics.com)
[Whole mooncake with design on outside. Photo Credit: LzzyCooking]
Moon cakes in their round form symbolize completeness and reunion of the family. The spirit of such unity is represented in the presentation of mooncakes to family members and to close friends.
[Mooncake with doh sah filling. Photo Credit: www.dreamstime.com]
Mooncakes are typically filled with doh sah sweet red bean paste and other ingredients such as duck egg yolk. With this lightly sweet dessert the wines which are also only lightly sweet should accompany well without overpowering the doh sah moon cake.
[Vino Noceto’s Frivolo, Photo Credit: Ronald Jan, M.D.]
Such wine is Vino Noceto’s Frivolo, a sparkling muscat made in the Asti Method. The wine is lightly sweet and sparkling with acid to balance the sweetness while the acid with the bubbles brings freshness to the mooncake without overpowering with excessive sweetness.
[Huge Moon Cake. Photo Credit: Yeinjee.com]
With this year’s Moon Festival, share the Moon Cakes with friends and family while enjoying a lightly sweet dessert wine. Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
About the author: Dr. Ronald G. Jan who specializes in Vascular Surgery is a Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California at Davis School of Medicine. As a hobby, he holds WSET level 3 certification in wines and has been writing and publishing wine commentaries attracting lots of readers.
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