Latest news with #blacklisting
Times
04-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Edinburgh Book Festival has excluded me, says prizewinning author
Darren McGarvey asked whether he had done something to upset festival organisers An Orwell Prize-winning author and gender-critical feminists have condemned the Edinburgh International Book Festival, accusing it of exclusion, discrimination and blacklisting. Darren McGarvey, who won the Orwell Prize for his book Poverty Safari and delivered a Reith lecture for the BBC, questioned the decision of festival bosses not to put him on the programme, saying that he felt excluded. He asked if he had done something to upset festival organisers. 'I know I'm not a big deal in grand scheme of things but this is now the second book I've had out and no invite to come and do an event, at my home country's flagship book festival. 'My work on trauma is current , it ties in nicely to your themes. It's full of material that ticks all your boxes for creating conversation.'
South China Morning Post
01-08-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
China HR boss threatens to blacklist job-rejecting woman, cites ‘spirit of contract' breach
A university graduate in eastern China who said she was threatened with blacklisting by a human resources (HR) staffer after she turned down a job offer has taken mainland social media by storm. A public backlash against the HR worker came after the graduate released an appeal post on a leading social media platform on July 20, Hubei TV reported. The 23-year-old woman graduated from a university in the city of Nanjing, Jiangsu province this summer. She said she got a job offer from an outsourcing company in the city. The graduate was unhappy with some of the working conditions that came with the job. Photo: Shutterstock However, the woman did not want the job after she found out that the company pays salaries at the end of each month and its premises are a long distance from her rented flat.
RNZ News
08-06-2025
- RNZ News
Concern state house tenants evicted then blacklisted
housing security 16 minutes ago Social workers are worried state house tenants who have been evicted are then blacklisted - and end up on the street. Amy Williams filed this report.
