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The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

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Sidney's Picks: Summer Strike Wave Crests

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The Best of the Week’s News:

  • Summer strike wave: If autoworkers walk off the job, there will be more striking workers than anytime since 2018. (NYT)
     
  • New Florida law targets public sector unions. (TB Times)
     
  • NLRB deluged with complaints about Starbucks’s unfair labor practices. (Guardian)
     
  • Two unions launch at Virginia Tech, one for grad students and one for campus workers. (Daily Cardinal)
     
  • Personal care attendants reach tentative contract deal in Massachusetts. (WGBH)

Sidney's Picks: Happy Labor Day!

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Sidney's Picks: New York Workers Waiting on $79 Million in Stolen Wages

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Sidney's Picks: Cornell Will Drop Starbucks

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Texas "Death Star" Law Threatens Big Blue Cities

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Union-Busting Firm Exposed, Migrant Kids Exploited

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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)

Sidney's Picks: Starbucks Fights Dirty War Against Baristas

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The Best of the Week’s News:

  • Starbucks is waging a dirty war on baristas. (NYT)
     
  • Hillman judge Ta-Nehisi Coates travels to South Carolina to support a teacher under fire for using his book on racism. (Essence)
     
  • How Jimmy Hoffa and the Teamsters made Las Vegas into an international gambling Mecca. (Baffler)
     
  • Accident at Mississippi poultry plant kills 16-year-old middle school schooler. (Guardian) 
     
  • Tesla directors vastly overpaid themselves and now they have to give $735 million back to the shareholders. (Reuters)

Sidney's Picks: Can UPS and the Teamsters Reach a Deal In Time?

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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)

Sidney's Picks: Summer Strike Wave

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Labor Stands Up to AI

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