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The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

Sidney's Picks: Counting the Amazon Votes; Saving Local Journalism?

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Phil Hearing, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

  • Can Biden’s infrastructure plan save local journalism? (TNR)
     
  • Votes are being counted in the Amazon union election, Amazon leads 2-1, but many ballots remain. (NYT, CNET)
     
  • Congressman and union organizer Andy Levin explains why the NLRB election system is rigged against workers. (twitter)
     
  • The strongest anti-union campaign in Canada: How cosmetics giant Lush is trying to crush a union drive. (Vice)
     
  • Organized labor steps up to encourage COVID vaccination. (Politico)
     
  • Joel Greenberg’s lawyer is taunting Matt Gaetz about the plea deal his client is poised to sign. (Vanity Fair