The Las Vegas Strip Could Be the Site of the Largest Hospitality Strike in U.S. History, 35,000 Workers Ready to Strike Days Before Las Vegas’s Big Formula 1 Kick-Off Weekend

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• Drusas@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Good. Do it. They deserve healthcare and reasonable wages.

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• PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Absolutely love Formula 1, been a fan for 30 years, find the whole cutting edge technology and it’s public applications fascinating…

  …but yeah lol fuck the circus. Formula 1 has gone from pure greed on the organisation front to unadulterated morally bankrupt and taking-the-piss greed. Saudi, Qatar, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi… yeah nah fuck that noise, a bit of fire under Liberty Media’s chair would do them good.

  It runs the risk of fucking the Vegas fanbase off 2005-stylez, but hey it can’t have been too terrible if there’s now three US races on the calendar.

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  • CubbyTustard@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • farcaster@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you’re worried about leaded fuels (and I agree, you should be) then don’t look up next time a small plane flies over… They’re almost all still using leaded Avgas :\

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    • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Formula 1 hasn’t used leaded fuel since the early 90s.

      Why fucking lie

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    • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “Zero safe limits” has a lot to do with the scale. While it can’t be good for those in attendance, between the relative infrequency of races, limited number of cars on the field, and general use of batteries even in the ICE leagues (let alone caring about emissions for efficiency purposes), it is probably perfectly fine.

      Also, the number of safety and societal dangers of F1 go WELL beyond just dangerous fuel. Like, I enjoy watching the occasional race. But holy shit does F1 make pro wrestling look “not THAT bad…”

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    • June@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yea, no. F1 cars don’t use leaded fuel.

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    • evulhotdog@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      For Formula 1 cars it is 5mg/l. Old four star leaded has about 840mg/l but is now banned. In the UK low lead petrol is available from a small number of specialist garages for classic cars which cannot run on unleaded and contains about 75mg/l.

      So while none is the best, this is a very small fraction in comparison as to what it used to be, and it also is to cover cross contamination purposes.

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    • babyfarmer@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Formula One hasn’t used leaded gasoline since the 90’s.

      The fuel they use is actually very similar to the gas that anyone can buy at the pump.

      flowracers.com/blog/what-fuel-do-f1-cars-use/

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    • CADmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Don’t know why you’re downvoted, there’s no excuse to use leaded fuel in anything.

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  • AlexisFR@jlai.lu ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I agree, this GP need to be a catastrophe, it’s time Stefano get a reality check.

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• 2piradians@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Losing them tons of money is the only way to make the faceless corporates pay attention and take action. I hope they do it.

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• EdibleFriend@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sometimes this timeline isn’t so bad

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• sleepy555@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The race is through the city, on main city roads. Shit is wild.

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  • Wogi@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Vegas is just awful for formula 1. It’s going to be a shitshow

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    • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yea there are some good street races, I have little faith vegas will be one of them

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  • hitmyspot@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Isn’t that often the case for formula 1 races?

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    • David_Eight@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In the 2023 season, 7 out of 23 races are.

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• weksa@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was in Vegas last month. Uber/Lyft drivers are fed up too. One driver told me that he used to meet his goals by 11am. Because of F1 construction traffic, now he’s driving an extra 10-15 hours per day to meet those same goals. He’s gonna be out of town this F1 month, visiting a friend in another state to consider moving there.

  Life is becoming worse for the residents, while the casinos get richer.

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  • AlexisFR@jlai.lu ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Can’t he just take the bus? SMH my head

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    • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      An Uber driver can take the bus? Did you think about that before writing or just spewing shit

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• Captain_Patchy@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We need to align ALL of the nations unions contract dates so that when one union goes on strike, ALL of the other Unions members are available to strike against the Capitalists nas a group.

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  • mycatiskai@lemmy.one ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    May day for the world.

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• Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  AWS reInvent starts in three. Amazon doesn’t want any of their employees to be exposed to unions.

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• TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Cars no go vroom?

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• XbSuper@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve been waiting for this race all fucking year, they better just give them what they’re asking for and not mess this up.

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  • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Hate to break the news mate but this race is probably gonna suck

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    • June@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The race will suck but at least the rich people putting it on will make a ton of money!

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    • XbSuper@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lol, best race of the season.

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