The Best of the Week’s News:

• The National Labor Relations Board steps up its fight for workers’ rights. (Prospect)
   
• Will Starbucks’ scorched earth union-busting campaign slow union gains? (Guardian) 
   
• We hear a lot about shoplifting, but wage theft is the bigger crime. (LA Times)
   
• Teamster dies of heat stroke after making deliveries in 101-degree temps.  (Yahoo)
   
• NYPD’s plan to surveil Labor Day parties with drones raises privacy concerns. (NBC)

The Best of the Week’ News:

• Cornell will drop Starbucks for violating labor laws, punishing pro-union Cornell students. (Cornell Daily Sun)
   
• Government experts deem conditions in ICE detention “barbaric” and “negligent.” (NPR)
   
• Right-wing provocateur James O’Keefe is under criminal investigation for allegedly looting Project Veritas. (Nation)
   
• Trader Joe’s workers in Boston protest the firing of a vocally pro-union employee. (WGBH)
   
• Why the writer’s strike matters. (WBUR)

The Best of the Week’s News:

• Inside the nation’s nerve center of union-busting. (HuffPo)
   
• Feds denounce surge in exploitation of migrant children. (NYT)
   
• McDonalds cited 388 times for child labor since May. (TCH)
   
• US Rep. Greg Caesar goes on “thirst strike” to push for water breaks for workers. (Texas Tribune) 
   
• UPS and the Teamsters agree on a tentative 5-year contract, averting Aug 1 strike. (WaPo)
   
• Tesla lied about the range of its electric vehicles and cancelled the service appointments of buyers seeking to fix the problem. (Reuters) 
   
• Right-wing news powers scammy “buy gold” industry. (WaPo)

The Best of the Week’s News:

• Down to the wire: Can UPS and the Teamsters strike a deal in time? (ITT) 
   
• Farmer workers’ union sees major organizing gains in New York State, thanks to pro-worker law. (Guardian)
   
• Why tech billionaires love RFK, Jr. (NYT)
   
• California childcare workers win raises in new contract. (Sac Bee)
   
• REI’s unionized workers accuse management of playing hardball. (NPR)