Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

June 2023

June 30, 2023

Sidney's Picks: Summer Strike Wave

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Thomas Hawk, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

Texas nurses strike to defend patient safety. (Texas Observer)
Hollywood actors’ contract expires tonight. A-listers signal solidarity with striking writers. (LAT)
Teamsters ask UPS for its last, best, and final offer no later than today. (AP)
Chip manufacturer with poor safety record and billions in tax credits wants to bring 500 Taiwanese migrant workers to Arizona (Prospect)
As extreme heat grips Texas, workers struggle to survive with few legal protections. (Guardian)

June 16, 2023

Labor Stands Up to AI

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Jose Pablo Cerezo, Creative Commons.

Best of the Week’s News:

Union workers push back against the mediocrity, bias, and exploitation of so-called “Artificial Intelligence.” (WaPo)
Under surveillance: Bosses enlist AI to bust unions. (Marketwatch)
The Supreme Court does not respect workers’ rights. (NYT)
Booksellers at the Barnes & Noble in Union Square win union election by a vote of 76-2.
Michigan state senate votes to require public employers to share employee contact info with unions. (Detroit News)

June 2, 2023

Sidney's Picks: A Father, A Son, and a WGA Picket Line; Corporate Surveillance

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The All-Seeing Eye, by Charles Dawley, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

A father, a son, and a WGA picket line. (NYT)
Journalists at Gannett, the country’s largest newspaper chain, will walk off the job next week to protest budget cuts. (WaPo)
Unions can still strike, despite a terrible Supreme Court decision. (Labor Notes)
Low-income workers made dramatic gains during the pandemic. (Politico)
AI tech tightens surveillance of workers. (Guardian)