Anna Edwards, Author at GanamRadio

16 Sep

UAW Union and Ford, General Motors and Stellantis Resume Talks

Anna Edwards

The United Auto Workers union and the three Detroit automakers on Saturday resumed negotiations on a new labor contract as a targeted strike entered its second day.The union is striking against all three manufacturers — General Motors, Ford and Stellantis — but for now has limited the work stoppages to one plant at each of the companies: a Ford plant in Michigan, a G.M. plant in Missouri and a Stellantis plant in Ohio.“We had reasonably productive conversations with Ford today,” the union said in a statement. It made no mention of its talks with G.M. and Stellantis.On Friday Ford said…

16 Sep

What Does It Mean to Be an Asian American Brewer?

Anna Edwards

In 1994, Leah Wong Ashburn’s father, Oscar, did something very few, if any, Chinese Americans had tried before: He opened a craft brewery.Mr. Wong, who immigrated to the United States from Jamaica in the 1960s, had retired to Asheville, N.C., after a long and successful career running an engineering firm. Beer wasn’t on his mind until a friend and local brewer proposed starting their own operation — the city’s first since Prohibition. They called it Highland Brewing.“When my dad opened the brewery, he was easy to find because he was the only Chinese guy selling beer in the South,” said…

16 Sep

Battle Over Electric Vehicles Is Central to Auto Strike

Anna Edwards

A battle between Detroit carmakers and the United Auto Workers union, which escalated on Friday with targeted strikes in three locations, is unfolding amid a once-in-a-century technological upheaval that poses huge risks for both the companies and the union.The strike has come as the traditional automakers invest billions to develop electric vehicles while still making most of their money from gasoline-driven cars. The negotiations will determine the balance of power between workers and management, possibly for years to come. That makes the strike as much a struggle for the industry’s future as it is about wages, benefits and working conditions.The…

16 Sep

Biden Defends Striking Autoworkers: They Deserve a ‘Fair Share’

Anna Edwards

President Biden forcefully sided with the striking United Auto Workers on Friday, dispatching two of his top aides to Detroit and calling for the three biggest American car companies to share their profits with employees whose wages and benefits he said have been unfairly eroded for years.In brief remarks from the White House hours after the union began what they called a targeted strike, Mr. Biden acknowledged that the automakers had made “significant offers” during contract negotiations, but he left no doubt his intention to make good on a 2020 promise to always have the backs of unions.“Over generations, autoworkers…

16 Sep

MDMA Therapy for PTSD Inches Closer to U.S. Approval

Anna Edwards

MDMA-assisted therapy seems to be effective in reducing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a study published on Thursday.The research is the final trial conducted by MAPS Public Benefit Corporation, a company that is developing prescription psychedelics. It plans to submit the results to the Food and Drug Administration as part of an application for approval to market MDMA, the psychedelic drug, as a treatment for PTSD, when paired with talk therapy.If approved, “MDMA-assisted therapy would be the first novel treatment for PTSD in over two decades,” said Berra Yazar-Klosinski, the senior author of the study, which was published…

16 Sep

Hurricane Lee: What to Expect in Canada and New England

Anna Edwards

Tropical storm warnings were in effect for parts of Canada and a wide stretch of coastal New England late Friday as Hurricane Lee moved toward Canada, where it was expected to make landfall on Saturday.New England is likely to experience weather similar to what occurs during a nor’easter, said Andrew Loconto, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Boston. During such storms, which typically occur in late fall and through the winter, large waves crash ashore and often flood coastal roads.The tropical-storm-force winds extend far from the center of the storm and are expected to reach the coastline. But…

15 Sep

Bernie Sanders Condemns Corporate Greed at U.A.W. Detroit Rally

Anna Edwards

At a rally in downtown Detroit on Friday, just a couple of hundred yards from the headquarters of General Motors, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont addressed a cheering crowd of United Auto Workers members, capping a day of walkouts by the union with an effort to rally support for the strike.Mr. Sanders echoed the populist talking points of his campaigns for president in 2016 and 2020, speaking about income inequality in the United States, and he criticized the chief executives of the Big Three automakers — G.M., Stellantis and Ford Motor — for their compensation.“The fight you are waging here…

15 Sep

A Wild New Roller Coaster Opens in Georgia

Anna Edwards

Tucked away in the wooded suburbs south of Atlanta is a small family-owned amusement park that used to bring in customers thanks to humble attractions like its Ferris wheel, bumper boats, Tilt-a-Whirl, go-kart tracks, Scooby Swing and batting cages.But as of this year, Fun Spot America Atlanta has transformed itself into something of a destination for the nation’s roller coaster enthusiasts, with the unveiling of a marquee ride, ArieForce One.It towers above the green landscape, its steel tracks shimmering in the Georgia sun. Its 154-foot lift hill and steep first drop are visible from Highway 85, beckoning to and intimidating…

15 Sep

Metropolitan School of Panama and its world-class allies

Anna EdwardsMetropolitan School of Panama, World-class allies

Suppose you are looking to enroll your children in a world-class educational institution. In that case, you can opt to enhance their learning and make sure they grow up in an environment designed to provide opportunities to explore not only the arts but also problem-solving while giving an accurate sense of the planet’s current reality. If this vision strikes you as “too good”, stay with us and see how you can partake in it because, in this article, we’ll share how the Metropolitan School of Panama (MET) achieves all of these through strategic alliances with world-leading institutions and organizations, thus…