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The Best of the Week’s News
 

• NLRB judge rules that Dartmouth’s basketball players are employees of the university, gives the first NCAA players the right to organize a union. (AP)
   
• A 16-year-old boy died after being pulled into an industrial chicken-boning machine at the plant where he worked. (Law & Crime)
   
• New podcast explores the history, strategy, and significance of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). (Organizing the Unorganized)
   
• Labor judge orders Starbucks to reinstate barista who was forced out for organizing at the first Buffalo store. (AP)
   
• Guardian Angel vigilante group roughs up an alleged heckler for Fox News cameras, falsely accuses him of shoplifting. (NYMag)
   
• More than 30% of Hyundai autoworkers in Montgomery, AL have joined a UAW union drive. (ITT)

The Best of the Week’s News:

• LA Times lays off 120 journalists, more than 60 of whom are people of color. (NiemanLab)  
   
• Texas Rep. calls on Biden to take control of the Texas National Guard as governor Abbott uses Guard to flout Supreme Court ruling to remove deadly razor wire. (The Hill)  
   
• Inmate writhed for 2 minutes, lingered for 22, after Alabama deployed an untested nitrogen execution protocol. (Daily Beast)  
   
• Interview with Barrett Award-winner Bryan Stevenson on “How To Keep Going When Things Get Hard.” (podcast)  
   
• The New Labor Playbook (NYT, video)  
   
• A trade loophole allows Chinese clothing companies to flood the U.S. market without inspections or tariffs. (Prospect)

The best of the week’s news

• Licenses yanked from dozens of car dealerships after Sidney-winning exposé of illegal “ghost tags.” (Streetsblog)  
   
• National Labor Relations Board blocks bid to dissolve Starbucks union at Mall of America. (MN Reformer)  
   
• Elmore Nickleberry, one of the last living participants in the Memphis sanitation strike of 1968, dies at age 92. (NYT)  
   
• The “legitimate shell company” that Oversight Chair James Comer initially denied owning was shut down twice. (Daily Beast)  
   
• Big Oil drops eight figures on ads to derail action on the climate crisis. (Guardian)

The SEIU Award for Reporting on Racial and Economic Justice honors investigative journalists who expose and confront workplace injustice. The award commends journalists whose reporting plumbs the depths of racial discrimination and economic inequality, sparking crucial conversations and driving positive change.

Entries are evaluated on impact, depth of investigation, and quality of storytelling. The SEIU Award aims to inspire workers fighting for justice in the workplace and provide a platform to share the stories of these everyday changemakers. Through this recognition, the SEIU Award celebrates the vital role of investigative journalism in creating a more equitable and inclusive society.

All entries to the 2024 Hillman Prizes for Journalism will be automatically considered for this award.

The SEIU Award will be presented at the annual Hillman Prizes for Journalism celebration in May in New York City.

Sidney’s Picks:

• Broad-based labor coalition stands up to Elon Musk in Scandinavia. (CNBC, NYT)
   
• Early-career NIH researchers vote to form a union. (Nature)
   
• Washington Post journalists stage historic 24-hour walkout. (DCist, Politico)
   
• Ballot initiatives: A new path to organizing Uber and Lyft? (OnLabor)
   
• Profemur artificial hips failed, sending patients crashing to the floor. (KHN)
   
• United Autoworkers announces audacious plan to unionize a dozen non-union plants at once. (How Things Work)