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Agility SDK 1.614.0: R9B9G9E5 support for Render Targets and UAVs

May 16, 2024 | devblogs.microsoft.com | David Cook |Jacques van Rhyn

May 16th, 2024 Today the DirectX team is excited to announce the release of the Agility SDK 1.614.0 which includes full support for R9G9B9E5_SHAREDEXP (999E5) texture format for render targets and UAV read/writes! This new Agility SDK is also fully supported by PIX. To get the latest release head on over to our Agility SDK downloads page. 999E5 was and Direct3D 12 in a limited capacity.
The courts will come for us, but only if we let them

May 1, 2024 | labortribune.com | David Cook |Lynn Alpert

By DAVID A. COOKPresidentLast week, attorneys representing the National Labor Relations Board and attorneys representing Starbucks — the coffee giant currently embroiled in the third year of organizing efforts across the county — made their arguments before the Supreme Court and I’m sad to say that this court, packed with justices hostile to Organized Labor, appears poised to side with billionaires instead of workers.
OPINION: We are all people in the same fight - The Labor Tribune

Apr 8, 2024 | labortribune.com | David Cook |Lynn Alpert

By DAVID COOKPresidentUFCW Local 655I don’t normally directly address comments made by a candidate or politician unless they are in specific reference to the Labor Movement, but something was said this past weekend that must be commented on, and we should discuss how it does impact your workplace. At a rally on March 15, former president Donald Trump said that some immigrants were “not people.”“I don’t know if you call them ‘people,’ in some cases,” he said.
California’s Grand Experiment

Apr 2, 2024 | labortribune.com | David Cook |Lynn Alpert

By DAVID A. COOKPresidentAfter a relaxing Easter weekend made possible by the people working in our local retail grocery stores, I found myself scrolling around recent news on my computer when I realized that Monday, April 1, 2024, is a very important date. No, it’s not because it’s another chance for the most mischievous people in our lives to try to pull one over our eyes for April Fool’s Day. It’s because April 1 is when California’s minimum wage, aimed at most fast food workers, increased.
We are all people in the same fight

Mar 18, 2024 | labortribune.com | David Cook |Lynn Alpert

By DAVID A. COOKPresidentI don’t normally directly address comments made by a candidate or politician unless they are in specific reference to the Labor Movement, but something was said this past weekend that must be commented on, and we should discuss how it does impact your workplace. At a rally on Saturday, former president Donald Trump said that some immigrants were “not people.”“I don’t know if you call them ‘people,’ in some cases,” Trumpsaid.
Heating up in February

Feb 14, 2024 | labortribune.com | David Cook |Lynn Alpert

By DAVID A. COOKPresidentA few unseasonably warm days earlier this month seemed fitting given how ferocious business was heating up at many of our grocery locations. Those of you working in these stores know that the perfect storm struck this year just as we were all enjoying the brief lull of business that tends to come in January. February of 2024 featured Mardi Gras and the Super Bowl in the same weekend, with Valentine’s Day set to follow less than a week later.
Growing in the cannabis industry

Jan 31, 2024 | labortribune.com | David Cook |Lynn Alpert

Those of you who follow our updates a little more closely than the average partner might have noticed that over the past year or more, we’ve talked a lot about our successes in organizing in one particular industry: legal cannabis. In January, I was fortunate enough to attend one of our first ever bargaining sessions with a cannabis employer.
Doing More in 2024

Jan 17, 2024 | labortribune.com | David Cook |Lynn Alpert

By DAVID A. COOKPresidentBy the time you read this, we will be well into 2024 and maybe a few of us will have already given up on our New Year’s Resolutions. If you haven’t, stick to it! That gym routine won’t feel like a chore forever. Shortly before the new year, I recorded a video for our Facebook page where I discussed opportunities available for our partners right here at UFCW Local 655. Some of you reading this have probably already heard about this from your union rep.
You make the holidays happen

Dec 4, 2023 | labortribune.com | David Cook |Lynn Alpert

By DAVID A. COOKPresidentWhen you’ve been part of this union as long as I have, you know there are things you can expect during the holiday season for our partners working in retail grocery stores and pharmacies. The mad rush around Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year is familiar territory to those of you with a few years under your belt or a few grays in your hair.
The Holidays Rest On Your Shoulders

Nov 14, 2023 | labortribune.com | David Cook |Lynn Alpert

By DAVID A. COOKPresidentSome of you have heard me say this before but it always bears repeating: the holiday season would not be the same without the hard working folks of UFCW Local 655 and, in fact, UFCW locals around the country. Here in Missouri, UFCW Local 655 represents workers across many industries, but the majority of our partners are working in grocery stores or otherwise provide food for the people of their community. Every year, as the major holidays approach we see a similar pattern.