February 2023

February 17, 2023

Sidney's Picks: Tesla Fires Workers After Union Launch; Fox Hosts Knew the Big Lie Was Bogus

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Best of the Week’s News:

Tesla workers fired a day after labor push, union says; the automaker also recalled over 300,000 “full self-driving” cars that may cause crashes. (PBS, NYT, CNBC)
California electricity giant PG&E arraigned for manslaughter in wildfire deaths, drops cute music video. (ABC 10)
Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh decamps to lead the National Hockey League players’ union. (NPR)
Blunt texts show Tucker Carlson and other top Fox News hosts knew the 2020 election was legit. (Vice)
Over 1000 trains derail every year, but it doesn’t have to be that way. (NYT)

February 10, 2023

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Best of the Week’s News:

“Workers still have the upper hand”: Two unions reach sick leave agreements with CSX Transportation. (Yahoo)
Inside Ron DeSantis’s takeover of a liberal arts college. (Vice)
Rail companies blocked safety upgrades before devastating Ohio derailment. (Lever)
Bernie Sanders signals showdown with Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz; Starbucks found guilty of unfair labor practices. (AP, 9News)
Mississippi House passes bill to strip majority-Black city of Jackson of the right to appoint its own judges and prosecutors. (CNBC)
“Missing service workers” have moved on to better office jobs. (WaPo)
“Litefeet” subway acrobatics are a working class art form. (Economic Hardship)

February 3, 2023

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Gambling with Death, Gilliam, 1888. Library of Congress.

The Best of the Week’s News:

Fear and loathing among the union-busters (Lever News)
Californians allege that canvassers used underhanded and abusive tacticsto gather signatures for anti-labor ballot initiative. (LAT)
Union of Southern Service Workers strikes for the first time. (Food Section)
How UnitedHealthcare schemed to deny lifesaving treatment. (ProPublica)
Unregulated “crisis pregnancy centers” endanger patients. (Guardian)
Democrats look to expand family leave to millions of workers. (HuffPo)