November 11, 2022
Sidney's Picks: NYC's Food Stamp Program in Disarray; Chipotle "Threw Away" Workers
The Best of the Week’s News:
- New York City failed to promptly process 40% of food stamp applications. (CityLimits)
- Immigrant workers say Chipotle fired them for organizing. (Documented)
- Harper Collins workers strike for a living wage. (Guardian)
- Michigan’s “right to work law” in the crosshairs as Democrats regain control of the state legislature. (Bridge)
- Teamsters seek to organize the Woodford Reserve bourbon distillery. (WKYT)
November 4, 2022
Sidney's Picks: Chipotle Illegally Shut Down Store to Thwart Union Effort
The Best of the Week’s News:
- Chipotle illegally shut down store to thwart union effort, officials say. Immigrant organizers say the fresh Mex chain fired them for organizing. (HuffPo, Documented NY)
- Apple’s first unionized retail outlet has filed an unfair labor practice complaint, accusing management of withholding benefits. (Apple Insider)
- Why sick leave is a huge issue for America’s rail workers. (NYT)
- World’s richest man poised to light $44 billion on fire at Twitter. (WaPo)
October 28, 2022
Sidney's Picks: Starbucks negotiating team walks out; the first HBCU is still fighting for a fair deal
The Best of the Week’s News:
- Starbucks corporate negotiators walk out of talks over Zoom issue. (Vice)
- After 185 years, the nation’s oldest HBCU is still fighting for a fair deal. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Sysco Teamsters in MA win a new contract with the help of a mass picket line. (Labor Notes)
- Speaker Pelosi’s husband was hospitalized after an intruder attacked him in their San Francisco home. (NYT)
- Amazon CEO Andrew Jassy flouted labor law with remarks on unions, NLRB alleges. (CNBC)
October 21, 2022
Sidney's Picks: Amazon's Crushing Productivity
The Best of the Week’s News:
October 14, 2022
Sidney's Picks: Biden Helps Gig Workers; Cannabis Industry Exploits Workers
Sidney’s Picks:
- Gig workers would get federal minimum wage and other protections under a proposed rule by Biden’s Labor Department. (TAP)
- Meat industry giants start tracking workers like cattle using new body-worn app. (Investigate Midwest)
- Unlicensed cannabis farms in Oregon are exploiting undocumented workers. (Politico)
- Investigators confirm that a Nevada gold mining company broke safety rules, contributing to miner’s fatal fall. (High Country News)
- Buffalo Starbucks organizers allege that the company sabotaged service to turn customers against striking workers. (Newsweek)
September 30, 2022
Sidney's Picks: Newsom Signs Farmworker Card-Check Bill
The Best of the Week’s News:
- California governor Gavin Newsom relents, signs card-check bill for farmworkers after big push from the UFW, the California Federation of Labor, and Joe Biden. (Cal Matters)
- As union drive picks up steam, GEICO urges workers to call the police on union canvassers. (Labor Notes)
- Veteran Nintendo game tester says she was fired for asking about a union. (Axios)
- Digital sleuths make a breakthrough in the search for origins of the QAnon cult. (QOrigins)
September 23, 2022
Sidney's Picks: Philly's Black Labor History; Project Veritas Defeat
The best of the Week’s News:
- The Philadelphia Inquirer examines the roots of systemic racism through institutions founded in Philadelphia, including itself.
- Dirty tricksters of Project Veritas lose in court, jury awards $120,000 to victims. (NYT)
- Independent labor unions flourished because big unions weren’t meeting workers’ needs for organizing. (ITT)
- Union officials say they will request a union vote for 3000 JetBlue flight service workers. (NBC)
September 19, 2022
Sidney's Picks: U.S. Open Workers Get Paid; Clean Water Restored to Jackson
The Best of the Week’s News:
- Clean water restored to Jackson, MS, but the fate of the water system remains uncertain. (MS Today)
- U.S. Open workers finally get paid after Documented blows the whistle on wage theft. (DocumentedNY)
- Biden averts rail strike by brokering a tentative last-minute deal, now it’s up to the rank-and-file to vote on it. (NYT, NP Bulletin, Trains)
- Clearwater Confidential: How Scientology basically killed an affordable house project in Florida. (TB Times)
- Over 5000 minor league baseball players voted to unionize after a lightening organizing campaign that took just 17 days. (Marketwatch)
September 9, 2022
Sidney’s Picks: U.S. Open Workers Allege Wage Theft; Big Lie Boosters Train MI Poll Workers
Sidney’s Picks:
- U.S. Open workers say their wages were stolen. (DocumentedNY)
- How did Trump manage to take so many top secret documents from the White House? (LATimes)
- MI GOP official/election conspiracist tells poll workers to be “undercover agents” and break the rules. (CNN)
- Pregnant women in Alabama can be jailed for months to “protect” their fetuses from drugs. (AL.com)
September 2, 2022
Sidney's Picks: Sectoral Bargaining for California Fast Food Workers?
The Best of the Week’s News:
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