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September 19, 2022

Sidney's Picks: U.S. Open Workers Get Paid; Clean Water Restored to Jackson

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Jeremy Brooks, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

  • Clean water restored to Jackson, MS, but the fate of the water system remains uncertain. (MS Today)
     
  • U.S. Open workers finally get paid after Documented blows the whistle on wage theft. (DocumentedNY)
     
  • Biden averts rail strike by brokering a tentative last-minute deal, now it’s up to the rank-and-file to vote on it. (NYT, NP Bulletin, Trains)
     
  • Clearwater Confidential: How Scientology basically killed an affordable house project in Florida. (TB Times)
     
  • Over 5000 minor league baseball players voted to unionize after a lightening organizing campaign that took just 17 days. (Marketwatch) 
September 9, 2022

Sidney’s Picks: U.S. Open Workers Allege Wage Theft; Big Lie Boosters Train MI Poll Workers

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Stan Weichers, Creative Commons.

Sidney’s Picks:

  • U.S. Open workers say their wages were stolen. (DocumentedNY)
     
  • How did Trump manage to take so many top secret documents from the White House? (LATimes)
     
  • MI GOP official/election conspiracist tells poll workers to be “undercover agents” and break the rules. (CNN)
     
  • Pregnant women in Alabama can be jailed for months to “protect” their fetuses from drugs. (AL.com)
September 2, 2022

Sidney's Picks: Sectoral Bargaining for California Fast Food Workers?

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Brian Wallace, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

August 26, 2022

Sidney's Picks: MI Chipotle Workers Join Teamsters; Starbucks Broke the Law

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Thomas Hawk, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

  • Chipotle workers in Michigan vote to join the Teamsters. (AP)
     
  • NLRB says Starbucks illegally denied raises to union members. (NYT)
     
  • Facebook brings the hammer down on the Proud Boys for trying to sneak back onto the social network. (Tech Crunch)
     
  • Mega-drought threatens the Colorado River, the lifeline of the West. (ProPublica)
     
  • Another challenge for abortion travel funds: Making sure clients take each pill in a state where it’s legal.  (WaPo)
August 19, 2022

Sidney's Picks: Starbucks Baristas to be Reinstated; “Equality” Boss Crashes to Earth

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mr hodgson, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

August 12, 2022

Sidney’s Picks: Trump’s Terrible Secrets; Abortion Defense in KS

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Steve Rotman, Creative Commons.

The Beest of the Week’s News:

August 5, 2022

Sidney’s Picks: The Race to Pass a Fast Food Organizing Bill in CA; Kentucky Floods

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Jon Bunting, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

  • The race is on to pass a landmark bill to help fast food workers organize in California. (Politico, Voice of OC)
     
  • Starbucks is telling workers that trans health benefits are at risk if they unionize, a far-fetched scenario designed to chill organizing. (In These Times)
     
  • Senate Dems introduce legislation to protect the federal workforce after Trump vowed to reinstate Schedule F if reelected. (Government Executive)
     
  • Neighbors help neighbors in flood-ravaged Kentucky. (WKMS)
     
  • Florida governor Ron DeSantis takes the unprecedented step of suspending an elected Democratic prosecutor and installing a Fed Soc Republican in his place. (Bolts)
July 29, 2022

Sidney’s Picks: RIP David Moberg; Death Row Travesty

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Journalist David Moberg, by Eden, Janine, & Jim, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

July 8, 2022

Sidney’s Picks: Georgia Organizing Wave Brewing?; Biden on Abortion

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Kevin Trotman, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

July 1, 2022

Sidney's Picks: Starbucks Union-Busting Tactics Exploit Post-Roe Desperation

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Rick Cameron, Creative Commons.

Best of the Week’s News:

  • Starbucks is dangling an abortion travel benefit in front of organizing workers like a “cat toy.” (Bon Appétit)
     
  • Production workers on “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy“ unionize. (NPR)
     
  • Amazon Labor Union takes the fight to Phoenix. (People’s World)
     
  • How a public university is buckling to a conservative  crusade. (ProPublica)
     
  • More evidence that Trump planned to lead the mob to the Capitol on January 6. (WaPo)

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