September 2018

September 28, 2018

Sidney's Picks: Kavanaugh, Climate Change Betrayal, and Amazon Union-Busting

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Lorie Shaull, Creative Commons.

The Best of the Week’s News:

Kavanaugh’s own calendar shows him drinking with the guests Ford placed at the party where she was attacked.
GOP staffers thwarted Deborah Ramirez’s bid to testify against Brett Kavanaugh.
Threaten.Interrogate.Promise.Spy: Amazon’s ruthless union-busting video
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Trump administration says human-caused climate change is inevitable, so environmental standards are pointless.

September 21, 2018

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Joe Brusky, Creative Commons, 2014.

The Best of the Week’s News:

September 14, 2018

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Photo from 2013 Fast Food Strike, Creative Commons, Annette Bernhardt.

The Best of the Week’s News:

September 7, 2018

The Best of the Week’s News:

Wages are stagnating under Trump.
Too many restaurant jobs come with a side of verbal abuse.
Don’t kid yourself: Kavanaugh would overturn Roe v. Wade.
Why Kavanaugh should be impeached as a federal judge, not elevated to the Supreme Court.
Dallas police officer shoots a black man in his own home after supposedly “mistaking” his apartment for her own.

September 3, 2018

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SEIU Local 99, Creative Commons.

Happy Labor Day, Brothers and Sisters!

Workers’ rights will be seized in the streets, not in the courts.
“Fight or Die”: Desperate times spark new wave of labor militancy.
Fox News shames a beloved actor for bagging groceries, gets an earful.
32BJ member Dashawn Freeman reflects on how union membership has transformed his life.