January 14, 2022
Sidney's Picks: Kroger Workers Going Hungry; Art Institute of Chicago Votes to Unionize
Photo credit:
Art Institute of Chicago by Wally Gobetz, Creative Commons.
The Best of the Week’s News:
- Three quarters of Kroger workers are food insecure and 14% live in poverty, according to a new report. (In These Times)
- Self-closing door law didn’t save victims of Bronx fire. (The City)
- Good for labor, good for art: More museum workers are unionizing, including workers at the renowned Art Institute of Chicago. (ArtForum, Fox32)
- The federal courts drop survey question about workplace misconduct because too many staffers said they’d witnessed workplace misconduct. (WaPo)
- Here’s every Starbucks store that’s holding a union vote (Fast Company)