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Sparks Will Fly as the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks®, the Nation’s Largest Independence Day Celebration, Ignites the Night in New York City

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Monday, June 6, 2022

The nations biggest party will ignite the night as the 46th Annual Macys 4th of July Fireworks capsoff Independence Day with a big bang!

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  • The nations biggest party will ignite the night as the 46th Annual Macys 4th of July Fireworks capsoff Independence Day with a big bang!
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    Sparks will fly as the Macy's 4th of July Fireworks, the nation's largest Independence Day celebration ignites the night in New York City on Monday, July 4, 2022.
  • An annual New York City tradition since 1976, Macys 4th of July Fireworks continues to delight millions of spectators with its high-flying multi-sensory experience.
  • The 46th edition of Macys Fireworks is conceived, designed and produced by Macys with Pyro Spectaculars by Souza.

itracHEALTH's eSSIST Personal Medical Assistant System Highlighted at Arduino Week 2022

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

MIAMI, March 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- itracHEALTH, a healthcare technology startup, is pleased to have been selected by Arduino, during its Arduino Week 2022, for itracHEALTH's excellence in implementation of the Arduino MKR WiFi 1010 microcomputer board in the itracHEALTH eSSIST Personal Medical Assistant system.

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  • MIAMI, March 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- itracHEALTH, a healthcare technology startup, is pleased to have been selected by Arduino, during its Arduino Week 2022, for itracHEALTH's excellence in implementation of the Arduino MKR WiFi 1010 microcomputer board in the itracHEALTH eSSIST Personal Medical Assistant system.
  • The eSSIST integrates software, hardware and IoT technologies to support at-risk patients managing their complex medical regimens in a home setting.
  • We thank Arduino for highlighting the capabilities of our eSSIST System at their 2022 Arduino Week."
  • Fabio Violante, CEO of Arduino, commented: "We are very excited to partner with itracHEALTH on the eSSIST project.

Employees at civic tech company Nava PBC request voluntary recognition of their wall-to-wall union with OPEIU Tech Workers Union Local 1010

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Thursday, February 3, 2022

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A supermajority of eligible employees at Nava PBC today requested from their employer voluntary recognition of their union with OPEIU Tech Workers Union Local 1010.

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  • WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A supermajority of eligible employees at Nava PBC today requested from their employer voluntary recognition of their union with OPEIU Tech Workers Union Local 1010.
  • "As I've grown as a software engineer, I've seen the company grow by hundreds of people," she said.
  • OPEIU's Tech Workers Union Local 1010 is organizing workers for a better future through collective bargaining in their own workplaces and beyond.
  • Local 1010 is a local union within OPEIU created for and run by tech workers.

Big Cartel Workers Union Becomes the First Tech Union in a "Right-to-Work" State; Joining OPEIU Tech Workers Union Local 1010

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Monday, December 13, 2021

With this win, Big Cartel Workers Union becomes the first unit of tech workers in a so-called "right-to-work" state.

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  • With this win, Big Cartel Workers Union becomes the first unit of tech workers in a so-called "right-to-work" state.
  • "Every time tech workers win, we see more and more tech workers realize unionizing is possible," said RV Dougherty, a tech organizer with OPEIU Local 1010.
  • OPEIU's Tech Workers Union Local 1010 is organizing workers for a better future through collective bargaining in their own workplaces and beyond.
  • Local 1010 is a local union within OPEIU created for and run by tech workers.

Tech Workers at Big Cartel Request Voluntary Recognition of Their Union

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Citing the company's own stated values -- embrace change, empower others, drive bravery and people over profit -- the Big Cartel Workers Union intends to use the collective bargaining process to codify and apply those values to their own workplace. Like many tech workers, workers at Big Cartel are unionizing to improve transparency inside the company's decision-making processes, to guarantee equitable pay and benefits along racial and gender lines, and to ensure workplace policies are fairly enforced and clearly documented.

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  • SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Employees at the e-commerce company Big Cartel today requested from their employer voluntary recognition of their union with the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local Union 1010.
  • In their letter requesting voluntary recognition, Big Cartel employees said "forming a union will promote transparency and collaboration, ensure equity, increase staff well-being and retention, and add to the long list of reasons we choose to work at Big Cartel."
  • Their union is affiliated with OPEIU's Tech Workers Local Union 1010 -- a first-of-its-kind local union built by and for workers in the burgeoning tech sector.
  • OPEIU's Tech Workers Union Local 1010 is organizing workers for a better future through collective bargaining in their own workplaces and beyond.

Code for America Staff Union Voluntarily Recognized, Becoming First "Civic Tech" Union in U.S.

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Friday, October 22, 2021

Today, Code for America management voluntarily recognized the CfA staff union through a card-check process.

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  • Today, Code for America management voluntarily recognized the CfA staff union through a card-check process.
  • "Nonprofit and tech workers alike are becoming increasingly aware of the power a union brings them at work," said Brandon Nessen, OPEIU organizing director.
  • "Unionizing gives working people agency to advance not only their own interests, but the mutual interests shared by both staff and management."
  • Local 1010 is a local union within OPEIU created for and run by tech workers.