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Schools across Perth and Kinross closed for two days this week as teachers took to picket lines over an ongoing national pay and conditions dispute.

Gabrielle Union is opening up about having affairs while she was married to her first husband. And it sounds like she seriously didn’t regret going through with them at the time!

A union boss has accused Rishi Sunak of "silly posturing" instead of working to resolve industrial disputes across the country.

Armchair Expert podcast, opened up about her relationship with her first husband, former NFL star Chris Howard, which she said never should have made it past the dating phase. The 50-year-old actor, who has been married to NBA player , described her first marriage as “dysfunctional from day one.” After Shepard, who has been married to actor Kristen Bell since 2013, mentioned his guilt over past infidelities, Union replied that she wasn't exactly “wife of the year” during her marriage to Howard.“In my first marriage, neither one of us felt like the marriage should get in the way of our dating,” she said.

Reflecting on the past. Gabrielle Union opened up about her first marriage to Chris Howard — and admitted she “felt entitled” to infidelity during their relationship.

A teaching union has secured £295,597 for members who were injured or assaulted at their workplace. The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) said all teachers and lecturers deserved to work in a safe place, and employers had to ensure all possible steps were taken to keep a safe working environment.

A top doctor has warned "there is no way that the NHS in Scotland can survive" in its current form as he called for a national conversation on the future of the health service.

Workers at Chateau Marmont “overwhelmingly ratified” their first-ever union contract with the Hollywood hotspot on Wednesday night, in what UNITE HERE Local 11 is calling “a historic breakthrough.”

Nurses in Scotland are to take strike action in early 2023 after members of the Royal College of Nursing "overwhelmingly" rejected the latest pay offer from the Scottish Government.

Members of the GMB union who work in the NHS in Scotland have rejected the Scottish Government's latest pay offer.

A leading health union is calling on the Scottish Government to tackle the current crisis in the nursing workforce ahead of the Budget later today.

More than 1,100 employees of The New York Times are poised to walk out for a one-day strike starting just after midnight on Thursday, after their union and the Times management failed to reach an agreement.

Leaders of Hollywood’s unions and guilds are calling on Congress to pass the Performing Artist Tax Parity Act (PATPA) before Republicans take control of the House of Representatives in January. The legislation would restore tax breaks for work-related expenses by updating the Qualified Performing Artist (QPA) deduction and modernizing a provision that has been on the books since it was signed into law in the 1980s by President Ronald Reagan. The provision would allow middle-class entertainment workers to again deduct common business expenses.

Ready for their closeup! Hollywood’s biggest names showcased their jaw-dropping style at the 2022 Gotham Awards on Monday, November 28.

ScotRail strikes have been called off after a better pay offer was made to workers.

NHS staff have been offered a "final" improved pay offer by the Scottish Government following days of negotiations with trade unions.

Canada’s Marblemedia and LA- and Toronto-based Fae Pictures have teamed to develop political prime-time drama series Salt, from screenwriter Abdul Malik (Transplant).

, who is promoting her new Disney animated movie Strange World, wore a festive look in New York City on Monday, November 21 for an appearance on Good Morning America. She wore a sleeveless Loewe dress with diagonal white and red stripes—it's giving candy cane—and a plunging neckline. The hem of the dress, which fell just below the knee, was adorned with three-dimensional balls in the same pattern as the dress.

Hair goals! Gabrielle Union was a glorious sight at the Strange World premiere in London on Thursday, November 17.

Postal workers have accused Royal Mail bosses of "gross mismanagement", as talks aimed at resolving a national dispute continue and strikes in the Christmas build-up look set to go ahead.

They may not talk about Bruno … but everyone is talking about Kaavia! Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade’s daughter celebrated her 4th birthday with an elaborate, Encanto-themed party.

Wearing his heart on his sleeve. Dwyane Wade surprised wife Gabrielle Union by getting her initials tattooed on his wrist during a family trip to South Africa.

Broadway’s Ain’t No Mo’ producer Lee Daniels announced today that NBA champ Dwyane Wade, actor Gabrielle Union and Drag Race star RuPaul will join the co-producing team of the comedy that begins previews tonight at the Belasco Theatre.

celebrated the milestone birthday on her actual birthday, October 29, with a video shared on her Instagram grid.

EXCLUSIVE: Editors at NBC’s iconic Saturday Night Live have successfully organized with the Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG), Local 700 of IATSE. The post-production workers are part of SNL’s film unit, which creates the show’s prerecorded segments, including its popular music video parodies.

Three months after his hoped-for Broadway comeback Paradise Square closed amidst bad box office, legal battles, a Covid outbreak and allegations of a toxic work environment, producer Garth Drabinsky is suing Actors’ Equity for $50 million, accusing the union of waging “an intentional campaign of harassment and abuse” when it placed the Canada-based Drabinsky on its Do Not Work list last summer.

BravoCon 2022 brought out the network's biggest stars for three days of non-stop fan fun — and ET capped it all off with a one-on-one chat with the  maestro himself, Andy Cohen.Speaking on stage at the Manhattan Center's Hammerstein Ballroom, where he filmed a week's worth of  episodes over the weekend, Andy offers up a «State of the  Union» to ET. Read on for a city-by-city breakdown of where things go from here for the first ladies of Bravo.The ladies of the 90210 were some of the first to hit the main stage over the weekend, with one 'Wife -- Lisa Rinna — walking out to boos from the crowd.«The truth is, I love that our fans are so passionate,» Andy remarks.

Patti LuPone has announced her resignation from the union that represents Broadway actors. The star of the Company revival took to Twitter on Monday to share that she is leaving the Actors' Equity Association, which advocates for Broadway performers. "Quite a week on Broadway, seeing my name being bandied about.

Angelique Jackson “The Inspection” writer-director Elegance Bratton is living out a prayer. “I was in a homeless shelter on my way to joining the Marine Corps, give or take a few years. I didn’t even necessarily understand exactly what I was praying for,” Bratton tells Variety, thinking back to 20 years ago. “I had gotten the job title Combat Camera, which was the first job title I ever had that sounded cool —most times it’s like, I’m the shift supervisor at whatever — so I was just praying that this could mean something more,” he continues. “I wanted it to change my life and it really did.”

The United States could become more closely united with Canada and Mexico as there are reportedly negotiations in the works between the Biden administration and these countries to form a European Union-like agreement, according to Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz. Gaetz, R-FL, told Fox News’ Tucker Carlson on Friday that he was made aware of the backdoor talks by Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and said he has personally reached out to Secretary of State Antony Blinken for more information.

Gabrielle Union holds hands with her co-star Jeremy Pope at the premiere of their new movie, The Inspection, during the 2022 New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on Friday (October 14) in New York City.

EXCLUSIVE: Yasha Jackson has joined the romantic comedy film Space Cadet alongside Emma Roberts, Poppy Liu and Gabrielle Union.

Secretly Canadian, Dead Oceans and Jagjaguwar – shared the news yesterday (October 12).In a statement on social media, the SGU wrote: “We are ecstatic to announce that contract negotiations have concluded and our membership has voted to ratify the contract!“This was a long and very difficult fight, but we could not be prouder to be the first independent label group union.”The message continued: “We hope this is a beacon to other labels and other people struggling to work in music.

A Philadelphia police union leader is pointing the finger at District Attorney Larry Krasner and city officials for soft-on-crime policies and failing to support law enforcement after three city SWAT officers were shot serving a homicide warrant.  "It's our liberal progressive, so-called D.A.," Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police president John McNesby said. "He does more work to let people out of jail than he does to keep them in." "[Criminals] know that they can wreak havoc and do whatever they want and there's not a damn thing that's going to happen to them." On "America Reports" Wednesday, McNesby said that on top of Krasner's policies, law enforcement has been stripped of the manpower and resources needed to defend the city.  Three SWAT officers were reportedly shot Wednesday morning while serving an arrest warrant in North Philadelphia, local media reported.

Gov. Steve Sisolak, D-Nev., lost an endorsement from a top teachers union in his race for re-election for not sufficiently addressing educational issues, and the announcement comes after several recent polls show him falling behind Republican challenger Joe Lombardo in the Nevada governor's race. The Clark County Education Association (CCEA) announced that after interviewing both gubernatorial candidates, they will not be making any endorsements for this year's election, despite endorsing Sisolak in the 2018 gubernatorial race.

UPDATED with latest: Dancers at a topless bar in North Hollywood have received approval from the National Labor Relations Board for a union recognition election, a move officials said could make them the only strippers in the United States represented by a union, according to the decision obtainedtoday.