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Abuse and unpaid as a mod! Esp by that ccb @ash2017 and @staff69 But MCF ok lah except for @angcheek alwes harrasing @babyblade hahhahaha https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/31/reddit-moderators-speak-out/ Unpaid and abused: Moderators speak out against Reddit Keeping Reddit free of racism, sexism and spam comes with a mental health risk. Be omewhere out there, a man wants to rape Emily. She knows this because he was painfully clear in typing out his threat. In fact, he's just one of a group of people who wish her harm.For the past four years, Emily has volunteered to moderate the content on several sizable subreddits -- large online discussion forums -- including r/news, with 16.3 million subscribers, and r/london, with 114,000 subscribers. But Reddit users don't like to be moderated. In a joint investigation, Engadget and Point spoke to 10 Reddit moderators, and all of them complained that Reddit is systematically failing to tackle the abuse they suffer. Keeping the front page of the internet clean has become a thankless and abusive task, and yet Reddit's administration has repeatedly neglected to respond to moderators who report offenses. "I've had a few death threats," said Emily, who asked to be referred to by her first name and her Reddit username, lolihull, to prevent the online harassment from spilling over into her real life. "And when people find out you're a woman, you get rape threats." That's why Emily tries not to mention she's a woman on Reddit: The torrent of abuse is far less likely to turn sexual. "People are willing to dedicate their time to make you feel threatened for the hell of it," she said. Some messages are direct and succinct. One sent to Emily reads, "I hope you get shot in the face with a bullet." But others are profoundly disturbing and more creative. In one rambling attack, a Redditor told Emily, "I want you to get cancer because I wanna see your own body killing you. I want you to get cancer, your mother, sister, brother, father, grandparents I want them all to get cancer and when they open their mouths I wanna piss in them. I f**king hate you. You nasty disgusting slut f**kmeat." Further down in the diatribe he adds, "I want you to come across a mean STD nigger and he tears your shit hole up so bad you'll never ever have to push your shit out." Emily, a moderator for several popular subreddits Emily's experience is far from unique. "I had three death threats this past month," said abrownn, who moderates r/Futurology, with more than 13 million subscribers, and r/technology, with more than 6 million subscribers. abrownn asked only to be known by their username. All the moderators interviewed confirmed they had received death threats, which they said can take a toll. "Even if you're having the best day, reading a message like 'I'm going to kill you' or 'walk in front of a bus,' is shitty," said Robert Allam, Chief Marketing Officer at Supload, an online sharing platform. Known by his username, GallowBoob, Allam moderates r/tifu ("today I f**ked up"), where more than 13 million subscribers share their schadenfreude anecdotes, and r/oddlysatisfying, where 1.8 million subscribers post content that is inexplicably satisfying to watch. Reddit overtook Facebook this year to become the third most popular website in the US, behind Google and YouTube. At its best, Reddit is a place where people discuss topics with other like-minded individuals; there are subreddits devoted to just about any topic imaginable -- there's even one for people who like to Photoshop human arms onto pictures of birds. At its worst, Reddit is awash with sexist threads, spam and threats. It's down to an army of dedicated volunteer moderators to keep Reddit clean -- and they too often get caught in the crossfire. https://youtu.be/jpFTtmALiS0

Australia cutting huge budgets; one story is of a top scientist made redundant but who continues to go to his office .. . . 2/12/14 http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/nobel-prize-contender-san-thang-cut-from-csiro-20141201-11xvaf.html A world-leading CSIRO chemist who was tipped to win a Nobel prize has been made redundant. In September, the same month San Thang was nominated as a frontrunner for the illustrious prize in chemistry, he also ceased working as a senior researcher for the national science organisation, which has been hemorrhaging staff since June last year following severe budget cuts and a restructure. As compensation, Dr Thang, who has worked at CSIRO for almost 30 years, was given an unpaid honorary fellowship. He continues to work at his former laboratory in Clayton, mainly supervising PhD students. Speaking to Fairfax Media, Dr Thang, 60, said he did not want to criticise the CSIRO, saying the organisation "has given me a very good career". Advertisement Dr Thang, who fled Vietnam as a refugee aged 24, is one of a team of three CSIRO organic chemists who developed new plastics and polymers, using a process known as RAFT, that have been widely adopted by industry, including multinationals L'Oreal, IBM and Dulux. "In Australia, the doors opened [for me] and I still want to be part of CSIRO and elsewhere to make use of my knowledge, I want to inspire people," said Dr Thang. "Being a scientist, that's what I love to do", he said. Dr Thang and his long-time collaborators Graeme Moad and Ezio Rizzardo were named Nobel prize contenders based on a Thomson Reuters analysis of their high number of citations - when other scientists cite the trio's research in their own. Earlier this year the trio won the esteemed ATSE Clunies Ross Award, which recognises the outstanding application of science and technology providing economic, social and/or environmental benefit to Australia. They have published more than 100 scientific papers together. Dr Thang fled Vietnam aboard a flimsy fishing boat that crossed the South China Sea to Malaysia, where he stayed in a refugee camp for several months before coming to Australia. "All my family stayed behind and I wouldn't see them again for almost 20 years. It's still difficult to think of it," Dr Thang told his former alma mater, Griffith University, for an article posted on their website in October. "It was a terrible, sometimes terrifying experience. I don't know how we made it. But when you survive something like that, it makes you stronger. That's what I took from it," he said. Last financial year CSIRO cut 513 positions in response to a Labor government-enforced efficiency drive, a recruitment freeze implemented by the Abbott government and falling external revenue. A CSIRO spokesman confirmed Dr Thang had been made redundant as part of these changes. As a direct consequence of the federal government slashing $115 million from CSIRO's funding over four years in the May budget, the organisation is expected to lose another 400 researchers and support staff by mid next year in addition to 300 positions being cut as part of an internal restructure. This month, the CSIRO staff association released new data showing the size and scale of the job cuts were larger than expected, reporting that 878 positions were to be cut by June 2015. But another CSIRO spokesman said the organisation did not expect a major variation from the number of staff reductions it announced earlier this year, around 720 positions.

40 indian construction workers based in yishun hv stopped working demanding pay. they joined their ah tiong frens who stopped working last month caused not paid salaries. SMRT strike has now started to influence others.... tomorrow pinoy nurses isit den bangla den thai den myanmar? wonder wat tan chuan jin and MOM goin to do and wat excuse? the workers complained that MOM not doin aniting and since ah tiongs already stopped work for 1 month, shouldnt someting be done by MOM,tings mus really be bad for these workers to carry on working after the ah tiongs stopped and all promises must hv been lies for them also to join in and stop work, malu the whole world now see singapore in a bad light so sad

http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/keppel-shipyard-under-probe-mom-over-unpaid-wages-20140212 Keppel Shipyard under probe by MOM over unpaid wages Shipyard also responsible for workers hired by sub-contractor: Ministry Published on Feb 12, 2014 8:21 AM Workers from Akash Engineering being persuaded by Migrant Workers’ Centre executive director Bernard Menon (centre, white shirt) last month not to stage an illegal strike. The workers said they had not been paid salaries for up to 3 1/2 months.-- PHOTO: MIGRANT WORKERS’ CENTRE By Toh Yong Chuan Manpower Correspondent Keppel Shipyard is being probed by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) over claims that its sub-contractor owes wages to its workers. The Straits Times reported on Monday how 120 shipyard workers hired by Akash Engineering and Technology almost went on strike last month. They said their employer had not paid them salaries of up to 31/2 months. The employees - 100 Bangladeshis and 20 Indians - were talked out of their plans by the Migrant Workers' Centre. The MOM has since been investigating the sub-contractor for possible breaches of the Employment Act. Background story MINISTRY SAYS: Keppel Shipyard is also being investigated by MOM for possible infringement of its responsibilities as a sponsoring shipyard under the marine sector scheme. KEPPEL SAYS: Akash Engineering did not inform us of the full extent of the financial difficulties which they were facing. Kudos to MOM!!!! Kudos to MOM Minister Tan Chuan Jin Stand up for the poor and down and out workers!!! Swee lah!!!! to simi sub-con, pui!!!!!!!!!!!

SQ pai tan liao... Will this lead to another clash between the pilots association & the management? From CNA: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp...1246152/1/.html SIA asks pilots to volunteer for unpaid leave Posted:05 January 20131305 hrs SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines has asked its captains to volunteer for unpaid leave amid a global economic slowdown that has dented long-haul travel demand, the airline said Saturday. The move came nearly ayear after the company -- considered a bellwether for the full-service airline industry -- made asimilar offer to its first officers. The airline has also frozen its intake of cadet pilots as part of a slew of cost-cutting measures. "Singapore Airlines (SIA) began offering voluntary no-pay leave to first officers in March last year and subsequently to captains who expressed interest," company spokesman Nicholas Ionides said in a statement emailed to AFP. SIA has "a temporary surplus of pilots and are managing it through this scheme, which is entirely voluntary", Ionides said. He added that "the surplus of captains is limited and we regard it as temporary". SIA has more than 2,400 pilots -- mostly captains and first officers. The global financial crisis had led to excess capacity and slower growth that anticipated, Ionides said. "This voluntary scheme will enable us to address the short-term surplus, while at the same time provide staff with the opportunity to take leave for personal reasons should they wish to do so," he said. SIA saw its net profit in the first-half of the current fiscal year ending March fall by 30 per cent year-on-year, weigheddown by high fuel prices and weak demand in the travel and cargo markets. This followed a 69 per cent plunge in net profit in the carrier's financial year ended March 2012. - AFP/fa

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Dear all, I am asking for advice on my friend case. He was summon by traffic police of $70 fines and he failed to attend subordinate courts which hearing today 12 August at 6pm. He had overlooked this case and wanted to make the payment as soonest as possible if there's still a chance. However he was infected with chicken pox and had been quarantined for the past 2 weeks and currently still on M.C. Any advice he could talk to the traffic police on the above case. Thanks

July 25, 2008 SIA faces unpaid wages lawsuit in Chicago S'pore carrier is one of nine companies sued by ground workers at O'Hare airport By Karamjit Kaur, Aviation Correspondent GROUND workers at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport have filed a lawsuit in a United States court against Singapore Airlines (SIA) and eight other companies, saying they were not paid their wages. The other defendants being sued include two other airlines - United Airlines and Alitalia - and ground-handling companies Swissport and Air Menzies. Documents filed in the Illinois state court last week name 10 plaintiffs, all temporary workers who handled jobs such as loading cargo and food for flights. Many of them earned a minimum wage of US$7.50 (S$10.20) per hour and some claimed they had not been paid for several weeks. Their lawyer, Mr Jed Untereker, said the number of plaintiffs could swell in the coming weeks or months. 'We believe there are hundreds, maybe thousands, of workers in a similar plight,' he said. The workers had been hired by employment agency Ideal Staffing Solutions. The company - which is also being sued - supplied the workers to the other companies named in the lawsuit. SIA's alleged involvement is through its cargo unit, SIA Cargo. While the Singapore carrier did not hire any of the workers involved, SIA Cargo's planes at the airport are handled by Swissport which used workers supplied by Ideal Staffing Solutions. That does not absolve carriers from the responsibility of ensuring worker welfare, said Mr Untereker, a lawyer for Chicago's Working Hands Legal Clinic. He told The Straits Times in a telephone interview yesterday: 'We hope this case sends a message to all employers - particularly those using temporary staffing workers. If they try to shield themselves from their responsibilities, if they try to hide behind temporary staffing companies and their workers...they will be caught.' At this stage, it is difficult to say how much money is owed, he said. More details will surface as the lawsuit progresses, he added. The case came to light in November when immigration officials did a massive sweep of O'Hare airport and arrested temporary immigrant workers with fake identification cards. Investigations revealed that some of them may not have been paid for several weeks. If found guilty, the defendants will have to pay a penalty on top of the wages owed. When contacted, an SIA spokesman said the carrier does not comment on matters before the courts. [email protected]

Accident lands woman in hospital... Unpaid parking fines land her in court Miss Singh said that she felt she shouldn't have to pay any fine as she did not park her bike at the carpark. SHE was hospitalised for 10 days after a road accident and almost ended up in trouble with the law - all because of her damaged motorcycle. When Miss Sheetal Singh, 26, was discharged, she found she had been booked for parking offences. Her motorcycle, which had been towed to a nearby carpark after the accident, had no parking coupons. The customer service officer did not pay the fines, which eventually snowballed to $900. When she was summoned to court, she failed to turn up and a warrant of arrest was issued for her. The mess she landed herself in was finally sorted out last month and the fines were waived. Miss Singh's problems started on 15 Oct last year, when her motorbike skidded on the Pan-Island Expressway near the Adam Road exit as she swerved to avoid hitting a car. 'I fell on my back and injured my right leg,' she said. Her badly damaged bike was towed to the Adam Road Food Centre carpark by the Expressway Monitoring Advisory System (Emas) crew. A Land Transport Authority spokesman said that it is standard procedure for the crew from Emas to tow an accident vehicle to the nearest designated carpark - with the owner or a representative present. He said that Miss Singh's boyfriend signed a form that day to acknowledge that he would take over her bike. The boyfriend claimed he did not recall signing anything. Four days later, her boyfriend removed the bike. Apparently, he had tried removing it earlier, but could not start it. On 13 Nov, Miss Singh received parking summonses for three days, 15 to 17 Oct, amounting to $24. She called the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) that day and was told to go to its office to file an appeal. When she said she could not move about because of her leg injury, the officer told her he would call her back. She claimed he never did and she forgot about the matter. Then, from December, a series of correspondence between her and the URA - and with both parties waiting for the matter to be resolved - eventually led to Miss Singh getting a summons this February to appear in court, and a letter in May informing her that her fines had snowballed to $900, including a penalty for being absent in court. On 21 May, she was issued with a warrant of arrest. She was also told to surrender herself to the Warrant Enforcement Unit at the Police Cantonment Complex, which she did two days later. A month later, Miss Singh went to the URA office and was advised to pay $600 first to remove the 'tagging' on her motorbike by URA before she could renew her road tax. 'But I feel I should not even pay a cent as I did not park my bike there,' she said. Responding to The New Paper's queries, URA said it has reviewed her case, waived her fines and told the police to withhold the warrant of arrest. [sweatdrop]