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The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

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)