In October, the National Restaurant Association’s legal arm convened Jen Abruzzo of the NLRB, lawyers from union avoidance firms like Jackson Lewis and Littler Mendelson, and execs from major restaurant chains for its annual conference. Here’s the story…
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Great column on why Ilhan Omar is such an indispensable presence on the foreign affairs committee nytimes.com/2023/01/30/opi
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Union avoidance specialist explains: "The number-one reason for people going to unions is not money, it never has been, ever, it’s always been respect."
Maybe employers shouldn't try so hard to avoid giving workers that...
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Great piece by on what Biden can do to eliminate or reform existing ISDS provisions in trade agreements — "used by some of the biggest corporations on Earth to wring millions—and even billions—of dollars from mostly Global South countries."
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Famed Iranian film director Jafar Panahi has gone on hunger strike in protest to his unlawful detention in Tehran’s Evin prison.
His wife just posted his letter explaining how he will refrain from drinking, eating or taking medicine as his last resort to fight his detention.
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Amazon's tax subsidy agreements with New York state stipulate that the company not break the law, and I previously reported for
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A judge ruled that Amazon broke labor law in a few instances during last year's union campaigns on Staten Island, but dismisses many more of the charges the NLRB brought against Amazon in its complaint. nytimes.com/2023/01/31/bus
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A new bill in Massachusetts offers prisoners reduced sentences if they donate their organs. That's bad!
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anyway, this is so funny. Laura Pierson-Schienberg’s kid, DM me if you ever want help organizing a union
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Companies are being encouraged to do more "ESG" stuff as a way to mollify employees who might be tempted to form a union by levernews.com/fear-and-loath (ht;
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"can be part of your union avoidance process"
The political economy of ESG in 8 words.
Incredible reporting by .
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An amazing, blood-boiling portrait of a union busters conference. Swill-guzzling, fake-nice corporate hogs, chortling in amusement at their employees' misery and grunting in disapproval every time workers try to improve their lives.
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In October, the National Restaurant Association’s legal arm convened Jen Abruzzo of the NLRB, lawyers from union avoidance firms like Jackson Lewis and Littler Mendelson, and execs from major restaurant chains for its annual conference. Here’s the story…
levernews.com/fear-and-loath
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“ESG can be part of your union avoidance process.”
-Principal at Jackson Lewis, one of the oldest and most infamous union-busting law firms
Wild story from :
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Great story about panicked restaurant executives debating whether woke messaging will fuel unionization or help stave it off. The head of the NLRB is flown in to humiliate them; union-busting lawyers comfort them by roasting their own children.
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One addendum from my experience: A lot of younger mgmt attorneys (30s-40s) are *excited* by the organizing wave, which makes their jobs a lot more interesting than consistent union decline
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Scoop: Apple workplace policies and comments by "high-level executives" there have been deemed illegal by US labor board prosecutors, who determined Apple work rules “tend to interfere with, restrain or coerce employees” from exercising rights
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House Ocasio-Cortez, Jayapal and McGovern join in expressing concern over newly announced U.S. financial support and meetings with Peruvian officials, calling instead for clear U.S. condemnation of human rights violations and excessive lethal force:
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NEW: Dems want Biden to halt security assistance to Peru over ongoing crackdown on protests.
The US gives $40-$50 million a year to Peru in security aid, the bulk to fight drug trafficking.
@USEMBASSYPERU announced $8 million more amid the unrest.
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NEW: Governor Kathy Hochul is ramping up funding for 'hot spot' policing — the controversial strategy used by the cops who killed Breonna Taylor in Louisville and Tyre Nichols in Memphis.
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The original Memphis police statement from January 8 is completely obscene
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"To fight President Emmanuel Macron’s pension overhaul, France’s most militant labor union is pursuing a radical strategy: cutting electricity to his political supporters and the wealthy while handing out discounted power and gas to the public."
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My latest: 9 of the forest defenders charged with domestic terrorism in Atlanta are accused of no illegal actions beyond misdemeanor trespassing. Their mere association with seems to be the foundation for declaring them terrorists.
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“The lawsuit further states that given the lack of whiskey, 99 cents for a 1.7 fluid ounce bottle is overpriced”
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a whiskey-flavored malt beverage is not whiskey, lawsuit alleges
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In a major victory for the striking workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, an administrative law judge ruled that the Post-Gazette has bargained in bad faith with the since 2017 & violated the National Labor Relations Act. The workers have been on strike for 3 months
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here's one of the seven opinion guys Washington Post hired after laying off 20 journalists
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Can a transgender individual attend a women-only class at Curves?
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For I wrote a Cheat Sheet on the battle over Cop City and what it reveals about the politics and finances of U.S. policing, land defense and environmental justice, and whose voices get the most attention in the discourse on resource allocation
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i jumped over the fare
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is "fare jumper" some weird mashup of "fare evasion" and "jumping over the turnstile" ?
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Update: Nearly 40 fare jumpers in five minutes this morning.
I asked the Metro attendant if he cared about people stealing. He said, verbatim, “That’s not my job.” twitter.com/herandrews/sta…
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Hey! Today-Fri, get 25% off preorders of my book Curse of the Marquis de Sade, called "illuminating" by , "engrossing" by , and a most anticipated book by . Use PREORDER25 at BN.com. #nonfiction #books
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White House expected to roll out new rules "promoting grace periods for late rents and the right to counsel for tenants facing eviction," per
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NEW: In 2019, Ithaca pledged to electrify its buildings. Now, Andreessen Horowitz and Goldman Sachs are among the investors with a stake in the heating systems installed in Ithaca’s low-income housing. A private foundation helped underwrite the loans.
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An airline CEO just said that companies are taking bookings for flights they know won't actually leave the ground.
Consumer advocates with have been calling on Pete Buttigieg's DOT to investigate just that possibility.
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In comments to company investors, United CEO Scott Kirby said ongoing flight cancellations are happening because the airlines are advertising schedules they can’t actually fly.
Buttigieg has yet to crack down.
@RebeccaJBurns_ & @andrewperezdc have more:
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1/ We, the staff of , are forming a union!
Unionizing will help us create the best version of Reveal, protect our work and mission, and preserve this organization’s legacy. This is our mission statement. #RevealCIRGuild
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New: Never let a good crisis go to waste: Tourism lobbyists pitch tax breaks for tourism as a solution to Florida's affordable housing woes
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NEW: Dark money group linked to judicial activist Leonard Leo is dissolved
👉3 days after POLITICO inquired about it for our original report, which is also below.
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NEW: Senior Pentagon Official Used Racial Slurs, Drank On Job, Sexually Harassed Employees. From Me &
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(Slapping the roof of the Roberts court) this baby can fit so much legitimacy in it
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?? What’s the joke lol
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The number of overall union members *rose* by 273,000 — but it wasn't enough to keep pace with nonunion job growth.
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