December 2024

December 20, 2024

Sidney's Picks: NYC's Fastest-Growing Union is Management-Friendly

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The Best of the Week’s News

NYC’s fastest-growing union is management-friendly and some members don’t even know they belong. (The City)
Amazon and Starbucks workers walk off the job in several major cities, with Starbucks workers seeking their first union contract. (VNY)
As reforms slash the cost of prison phone calls, telecom companies pivot to predatory pricing for tablets. (Prism)
Amazon tried to hide its sky-high warehouse injury rates, senate report finds. (WaPo)
Remembering John Lewis writing fellow, Janie Ekere (1998-2024).
Corporate rehabs are luring addicts with free housing and sham treatmentwith disastrous consequences. (NYT)

December 13, 2024

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The Best of the Week’s News

The feds are investigating a subsidiary of the HelloFresh meal kit service after getting reports of teens working dangerous late-night jobs. (NYT)
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announces new overdraft protections that could save Americans $5 billion a year. (CNBC)
Hillman Prize-winner Sean Morrow got a surprise call from TMZ after authorities suggested he might be the UnitedHealthcare shooter because of his critical coverage of the insurance industry. (WaPo)
Beloved Montana oncologist exposed as a quack after a spate of suspicious deaths, including one chemo patient who didn’t have cancer after all. (ProPublica)
New moms are getting their babies taken away because they tested positive for drugs the hospital gave them in labor. (Marshall Project)

December 6, 2024

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The Best of the Week’s News

Pete Hegseth’s confirmation prospects dim as his secret history comes to light. (ABC, NYer, WaPo)
Amazon drivers don’t officially work for Amazon, but California Teamsters are trying to change that. (LAist)
Wisconsin court restores collective bargaining rights for public employees. (PBS)
Penis pills and raw milk: Meet RFK Jr’s scam army (Nation)
Unmasking the anonymous neo-Nazis of X. (Texas Observer)