September 29, 2023
Sidney's Picks: Meat Giants Under Investigation for Alleged Child Labor
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The Best of the Week’s News:
- Tyson and Perdue are under federal investigation for alleged child labor. (NYT)
- NLRB finds that Starbucks illegally withheld pay and benefits from workers. (Bloomberg)
- Biden says striking autoworkers deserve to do as well as the companies they work for, as Trump visits non-union shop. (Reuters, Jacobin)
- Stone countertops are killing workers. (LAT)
- Baton Rouge police allegedly ran a torture warehouse they called “The Brave Cave.” (AP)
- Canadian police won’t investigate doctor who sterilized an Inuit woman against her will. (AP)