>>21679391

I doubt there's anymore to it than Z trying not to get lynched

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Canada #64 >>21673471

Naomi Campbell Disqualified From Being a Charity Trustee in England for Five Years – Charity Money Spent in Luxury Hotels, Spa Treatments, Room Service and Even Cigarettes

by Paul Serran Sep. 27, 2024

Controversial former British supermodel Naomi Campbell is now barred from being a charity trustee in England and Wales for five years after a three-year investigation by the UK’s Charity Commission.

This comes after the two decades-old poverty charity was deemed yesterday (26) to have been ‘poorly governed’ with ‘inadequate financial management’.

The Charity Commission investigation into the financial activities of ‘Fashion for Relief’ found ‘multiple instances of misconduct and/or mismanagement’, and discovered that that only 8.5% of the charity’s overall expenditure went on charitable grants in a six-year period from 2016.

Associated Press reported:

“For example, it said that thousands of pounds worth of charity funds were used to pay for a luxury hotel stay in Cannes, France, for Campbell as well as spa treatments, room service and even cigarettes. The regulator sought explanations from the trustees but said no evidence was provided to back up their explanation that hotel costs were typically covered by a donor to the charity, therefore not costing the charity.”

Campbell has stated she is ‘extremely concerned’ by the findings of the regulator, and that an internal investigation was underway.

“’I was not in control of my charity, I put the control in the hands of a legal employer’, she said in response to a question from the AP after being named a knight in France’s Order of Arts and Letters at the country’s culture ministry for her contribution to French culture. ‘We are investigating to find out what and how, and everything I do and every penny I ever raised goes to charity’.”

The UK’s Charity Commission registers and regulates charitable entities in England and Wales.

It also found that fellow trustee Bianka Hellmich received around 290,000 pounds ($385,000) of unauthorized funds for consultancy services which was in breach of the charity’s constitution.

Hellmich has been disqualified as a trustee for nine years, while the other trustee, Veronica Chou, was barred for four years.

“’Trustees are legally required to make decisions that are in their charity’s best interests and to comply with their legal duties and responsibilities’, said Tim Hopkins, deputy director for specialist investigations and standards. ‘Our inquiry has found that the trustees of this charity failed to do so, which has resulted in our action to disqualify them’.

The charity, which was founded in 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, was dissolved and removed from the register of charities earlier this year. On its website, which is still active, the charity said that it presented fashion initiatives and projects in New York, London, Cannes, Moscow, Mumbai and Dar es Salaam, raising more than $15 million for good causes around the world.”

Campbell’s charity was set up with the aim of uniting the fashion industry to relieve poverty and advance health and education.

The UK’s Charity commission said that around $460,000 has been recovered and that a further 98,000 pounds of charitable funds have been protected.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/09/naomi-campbell-disqualified-being-charity-trustee-england-five/

>>21679269

There's a bread for UFOs and such, why is this being posted to General?

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>>21679345

Ports Brace for Shutdown as U.S. Dockworker Strike Deadline Nears

By Laura Curtis and Josh Wingrove (Bloomberg) — September 29, 2024

Key industry and government officials are urging US dockworkers and their employers to avoid a strike at East and Gulf coast ports this week, though many facilities are already bracing for a shutdown.

“We are coordinating with partners across the supply chain to prepare for any potential impacts,” said Steve Burns, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the nation’s busiest Atlantic gateway for containers. “We urge both sides to find common ground and keep the cargo flowing for the good of the national economy.”

The United States Maritime Alliance, a group representing ocean carriers and port terminal operators, and the International Longshoremen’s Association have no talks planned before their contract expires at the end of Monday.

The stalemate sets the stage for a strike to start the following day, forcing ports with the combined capacity to handle as much as half of all US trade volumes to halt container cargo and auto shipments. Energy supplies and bulk cargo like municipal waste and road salt won’t be affected, and some exceptions will be made to allow for the movement of military goods and cruise ships.

To help break the impasse, the Biden administration summoned USMX, as the employer group is known, to the White House on Friday for a meeting with senior officials to urge a return to negotiations, and said they’d been in touch with the union to deliver the same message.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, a White House official said the administration will also be watching freight rates and surcharges imposed by ocean carriers, and doesn’t want to see anti-competitive price moves. The two largest container lines have already announced plans to impose extra fees tied to work stoppages.

If a strike goes ahead, it’ll be the first major labor disruption at US maritime hubs since a nine-month standoff in 2014-15 led to work slowdowns and reduced productivity at ports on the West Coast. The last ILA strike on the East Coast was in 1977.

USMX is now alleging the union has refused to bargain since calling off talks back in June, and asked the National Labor Relations Board to force the dockworkers to negotiate. The ILA wants assurances against job-reducing automation, and counters that its members are owed a bigger cut of the “billions of dollars in revenues and profits” shipping lines have made in recent years.

President Joe Biden brands himself as the most pro-union president in history, andhis administration has maintained it won’t interfere if ports shut down.“We’ve never invoked Taft-Hartley to break a strike and are not considering doing so now,” White House spokesperson Robyn Patterson said on Thursday.

The economic pressure for federal intervention will only build if important gateways are paralyzed for more than a few days. Oxford Economics estimated that a strike would cost the US economy $4.5 billion to $7.5 billion a week — a hit to gross domestic product that would be reversed after it’s over and shipments resume.

Still, analysts said the fallout of even a short strike would be costly for many retailers, manufacturers and other importers heading into the fourth quarter. Even with supply chains running relatively smoothly, every week that cargo is stalled and backlogs are created will take a month to clear, in part because ports like Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, are already operating near capacity.

Quickly ‘Overwhelmed’

“Contingency routes could become overwhelmed very quickly,” C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc., one of the largest US freight brokerages, said in an alert last week. “A significant volume shift to the US West Coast would not only challenge the ports but also rail services, which may require more use of truck and transload services.”

In the autos sector, although only 32% of overall vehicles and parts are imported through the ports threatened by strikes, Oxford Economics said “it would spell trouble for European auto producers” given the trade route across the Atlantic and few viable alternatives.

Ports, meanwhile, were preparing to scale down operations on Monday, with some – like New York-New Jersey – offering extended hours to pick up freight. Near Norfolk, the Port of Virginia said marine operations will cease at 1 p.m. local time on Monday, and Port Houston in Texas plans to shut at 7 p.m. In Boston, the last vessel operation is scheduled to end at 8 p.m. if no labor agreement is reached.

Higher Freight Costs

For shippers and carriers, idled ships, delivery delays and higher costs were among the contingencies because alternative routes are limited. In Canada, two major terminals at Montreal Port operated by Terminal Termont Inc. will close this week as union dockworkers prepare for a three-day strike starting Monday.

More:

https://gcaptain.com/ports-brace-for-shutdown-as-u-s-dockworker-strike-deadline-nears/

>>21679598

Back again?

>>21679700

Looking at the sauce name I'd say palestinian butthurt