Employees at Guai Guai's Zhongli, Taiwan snack factory, operating since 1968, voted 94% in favor of a strike after the company announced it would relocate to Hsinchu. Workers can keep jobs by relocating or commuting and were offered a 5% raise, but the union says this merely matches Taiwan's mandated minimum wage increase, and they want a share of the NT$5.6 billion (US$176.1 million) the company received selling the Zhongli site to ASE for redevelopment.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-27
A new ranking of college towns identifies five markets where median asking home prices remain below $120,000, far under the roughly $400,000 national median. Most of these affordable areas are located in regions with harsh winters or extreme summer heat, which appears to keep demand—and prices—lower.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-09
About 1,600 GSA employees moved from their F Street office to the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building are describing deteriorating conditions, including a caved-in bathroom ceiling, mouse traps, and tap water that must run several seconds before turning clear. The relocation follows sweeping cuts and restructuring at GSA under DOGE, which has also pushed federal workers back into offices while shedding staff and selling off buildings. Neither GSA nor OPM, which also occupies the building, responded to requests for comment.
wired.com
· 2026-08-28
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