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Sidney's Picks: Labor Day Edition

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Happy Labor Day, Brothers and Sisters!

  • Arizonans will vote on a $12/hr minimum wage in November, despite efforts to keep the question off the ballot
     
  • 10,000 workers accuse Chipotle of wage theft
     
  • If private sector unions were as strong today as they were in 1979, the average worker would earn $2704 more each year
     
  • Volkswagen must bargain with its skilled trades employees at UAW Local 42, the NLRB has ruled