May 5, 2023
Sidney's Picks: McDonald's Made 10-Year-Olds Work Unpaid 'Til 2am
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Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons.
The Best of the Week’s News:
- McDonalds forced 10-year-olds to work without pay until 2am, Labor Department alleges. (Insider)
- Why so many young people are joining unions. (The Nation)
- Sen. Bernie Sanders introduces a bill to create a $17/hr federal minimum wage. (HuffPo)
- The strategic genius of Harry Belafonte. (NewsOne)
- National Eating Disorders Association replaces help-line workers with chatbot (Labor Notes)
- The NFL is under investigation by New York and California for allegedly violating labor and anti-discrimination laws. (Reuters)