Ahead of Thanksgiving travel week, Charlotte Airport workers go on strike over unlivable wages and harsh holiday work conditions. Editor’s Warning: Mentions of death and violence. 

Happening in the World: In West London, a 22-year-old man was arrested for attempted murder after a double shooting into a car left an eight-year-old girl and her father with serious injuries. Both victims have since been taken to the hospital, where they remain in stable condition. The child is currently undergoing surgery, while her father may have sustained life-changing injuries. Their other family members in the car with them, named as the girl’s mother and her two-year-old sibling, were unharmed. (BBC)

Happening in the US: Charlotte Airport workers are on strike over low wages as the Thanksgiving travel week begins. The strike started on Monday in North Carolina at one of America’s busiest airports, Charlotte Douglas International. The Service Employees International Union announced the strike Monday morning stating that workers are demanding an end to poverty wages and expect more respect on the job during the hectic holiday travel season. The airport’s employees have previously shed light on their inability to afford basic necessities and their reality of living paycheck to paycheck as their hourly wages only range from $12.50 to $19. Several hundred workers are participating in the strike, which is expected to last 24 hours. (AP) 

Happening in NYC: A new building in the Bronx was opened earlier this year with the goal of providing 134 units of affordable housing to residents, however the building’s owners, the Stagg Group, are now under scrutiny by community leaders and neighbors following the transformation of 90 units into temporary housing for houseless families. According to experts, placing a shelter here rather than permanent housing is not a long-term solution to the affordable housing shortage. Spokespeople from the Stagg Group refute this, stating that they are leasing 30% of the apartments to individuals and families with an income of no more than $250,000, and, therefore, are simultaneously helping the housing shortage and the city’s need for more homeless shelters. (Gothamist) 

Happening in our Community: On Tuesday from 11 am to 12 pm, Columbia is hosting a 60-minute workshop for Faculty on ways they can be more inclusive in their courses. The session will look at professors’ teaching practices and help them find strategies that they can implement into their courses. For more information, look here. 

Charlotte Airport via Wikimedia Commons.