|
2024 Boston University Strikes
The 2024 Boston University strikes were labor strikes in Boston, Massachusetts by graduate students and residential life workers at Boston University. The first strike began on March 25, 2024, ending October 17, 2024, and was organized by the Boston University Graduate Workers Union (BUGWU) labor union, which is affiliated with the Service Employees International Union Local 509. It was the longest strike the university has experienced since a 1979 strike which lasted two weeks and four days. A concurrent strike by the Boston University Residence Life Union (BU ResLife Union) labor union, also affiliated with SEIU 509, ran for four days starting on April 12, 2024. The ResLife Union would begin another strike on August 31, 2024, starting a second concurrent strike with BUGWU, and concluding on September 6. On August 20, 2024, the BUGWU strike would become the longest higher education student worker strike in the past decade, surpassing the previous 147-day record set by University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbie Movie
''Barbie'' is a 2023 fantasy comedy film directed by Greta Gerwig from a screenplay she wrote with Noah Baumbach. Based on the Barbie, fashion dolls by Mattel, it is the first live-action Barbie film after numerous List of Barbie animated films, animated films and specials. Starring Margot Robbie as the title character and Ryan Gosling as Ken (doll), Ken, the film follows them on a journey of self-discovery through Barbieland and the real world following an existential crisis. The supporting cast includes America Ferrera, Michael Cera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell. A live-action Barbie film was announced in September 2009 by Universal Pictures with Laurence Mark producing. Development began in April 2014, when Sony Pictures acquired the film rights. Following multiple writer and director changes and the casting of Amy Schumer and later Anne Hathaway as Barbie, the rights were transferred to Warner Bros. Pictures in October 2018. Robbie was cast in 2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
