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The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

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)