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- jacobin.com The NLRB Is Testing Out a New Tool to Stop Union Busting
This week, the NLRB handed down its first Cemex order against Station Casinos in Las Vegas, which engaged in heavy-handed union busting before workers lost a vote to unionize. The ruling may force the casino chain to bargain with the union anyway.
Classic Jacobin, several months late on important news /s
Seriously though, while the article primarily focuses on the rule change from last year, the backdrop is necessary to cover what seems to be the first case since the rule was established. It can never be understated how important this NLRB ruling actually is. The laws still need to be updated to reflect modern union busting tactics, but this ruling is still crucial. The Cemex ruling restores part of what's known as "Joy Silk" doctrine, which was a major factor in the huge boom of unions from the 1940's through 1968. The casino is "considering it's options". I hope that means they cement the rule.
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Iraq War Veterans, 20 Years Later: ‘I Don’t Know How to Explain the War to Myself’ | NYT documentary
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- www.propublica.org The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.
- jacobin.com We Remember Noam Chomsky, the Intellectual and Moral Giant
More than any other thinker in the postwar era, Noam Chomsky embodied Karl Marx’s favorite dictum: “nothing human is alien to me.”
- www.yahoo.com The fast-food industry claims the California minimum wage law is costing jobs. Its numbers are fake
Fast food lobbyists say the higher California minimum wage law led to a loss of nearly 10,000 jobs. The claim is baseless.
I don't think this is actually about needing to pay wages, I believe that the real target is the fast food worker council that was created to make these changes. I think they're going for a tried and true method to gain conservative sympathy, but Republicans are self-segregating away from California and their political influence is waning in the state.
- apnews.com Linguist and activist Noam Chomsky hospitalized in his wife's native country of Brazil after stroke
Linguist and activist Noam Chomsky is hospitalized in his wife’s native country of Brazil after suffering a massive stroke a year ago.
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Fetterman has to be one of the biggest disappointments for the left in recent memory
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/john-fetterman-tells-maher-that-near-death-experience-freed-him-to-speak-out-says-progressivism-left-me/ar-BB1nS49V
From the article:
> The liberal comedian then asked Fetterman whether his shift in various policies had anything to do with his recovery from his 2022 stroke, asking if his near-death experience had given him a "freedom."
> "Absolutely," Fetterman responded. "There's a line from the first 'Batman,' Joker's like ‘I’ve been dead once already. It's very liberating.'"
> "It's freeing in a way. And I just think after beating all of that, I just really [want to] be able to say the things that I have to really believe in and not be afraid of if there's any kind of blowback."
So basically yes, the stroke made him a Republican. Pathetic and disappointing, but all too predictable.
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‘Tradwife’ Trend Is Worse Than You Realize - Interview with Dr. Eviane Leidig on The Majority Report
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> On mainstream social media platforms, far-right women make extremism relatable by sharing content about organic foods, anti-vaccination rallies, and promoting a feminine lifestyle. They use discussions on dating, marriage, and family to advocate for housewifery against feminism and endorse the Great Replacement conspiracy theory. Eviane Leidig's book delves into the digital world of these far-right women influencers, revealing their roles as propagandists and recruiters for white nationalism. Leidig argues that these women market themselves as authentic to attract followers and spread hateful ideologies, leveraging social media's structure to reach mainstream audiences. Her book provides insights into gender dynamics within the far-right and strategies to counter extremism both online and offline.
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Inverted Totalitarianism (Documentary) by 1Dime
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From the description:
>This 1Dime video is a documentary about the history and evolution of US Democracy, based on the political theory of Sheldon Wolin and his book “Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism” and the Expanded Edition of his book “Politics and Vision: Continuity and Innovation in Western Political Thought.” Wolin’s theories, popularized by the likes of Chris Hedges and Noam Chomsky, are very important for understanding the nature of the American system and what makes it different from other capitalist liberal democracies. My own work (seen in the 1Dime videos and my upcoming book) builds on Wolin’s theories of Managed Democracy and adds a lot to them while also going beyond them, covering certain things Wolin missed.
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Why Biden's New Bill Is So Terrifying - Second Thought
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Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Moscow Tools - Full-length Daily Show special on the American right being useful idiots for Putin
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> As Vladimir Putin continues his gritty reboot of the Soviet Union, he's getting a surprising amount of help from the party once led by Reagan. In this new special, "Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Moscow Tools," Klepper speaks to foreign affairs experts, possible Russian assets, and the Prime Minister of Russia's neighbor, Estonia, to find out whether Republicans have become the Kremlin's most useful idiots.
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Second Thought - Why You'll Never Achieve The American Dream
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I feel like one story is pretty unequivocally both more horrifying and more interesting
is anyone meaningfully following this hush money thing? ooh he fell asleep in the 1000th trial he's been to ok. obviously his side is lying that's the strategy.
the second story is both new information and extremely insane
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Nurses and healthcare activists seek to pass a law legislating nurse-to-patient ratios in Ohio
www.mariettatimes.com Hearings begin for nurse-to-patient ratio legislationLast week was National Nurses week, and in Ohio, lawmakers held the first hearing for a measure codifying nurse-to-patient ratios. To nurses, it’s a critical protection for workers stretched too thin, but to hospitals it’s a potentially devastating obstacle to delivering care. Nurses have been pushi...
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400 Doctors in Delaware file for a union election with over 65% support
whyy.org Citing ‘burnout,’ doctors with ChristianaCare file papers to form labor unionTwo-thirds of the more than 400 doctors on staff at the health system’s major Delaware operations, including Christiana and Wilmington hospitals, would be covered.
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Discussing US History with baby boomers
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14985227
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Rutgers and University of Minnesota reach resolutions with anti-genocide protesters
www.theguardian.com Rutgers and University of Minnesota reach resolutions with Gaza protestersSchools join Northwestern and Brown in arriving at agreements with students to dismantle pro-Palestinian encampments
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You don't beat the shit out of snowflakes (Article by Marisa Kabas)
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/cops-college-presidents-rioters
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The UAW celebrates their huge win at Volkswagen with 73% of 4000 voting in favor!
apnews.com Autoworkers union celebrates breakthrough win in Tennessee and takes aim at more plants in the SouthThe United Auto Workers union is celebrating a huge win at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee, where workers will now be represented by the union.
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Unlearning Economics Live: The Global Economy is Rigged - with Dean Baker
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“Don’t be you” - Reddit supports community that protects and promotes intolerance: Robinhood
I was recently banned from the subreddit, r/Robinhood for making a comment about Robinhood's shady practices. I quoted their own rule, "Don't be you", calling them hypocrites, and received a 7 day ban from Reddit the following day.
How can we draw attention to Reddit supporting a subreddit whose very rules promote and protect intolerance and harassment?
I encourage you to message Reddit directly and report this community.
- jacobin.com Why Jordan Peterson Is Always Wrong
Jordan Peterson is one of the most famous public intellectuals in the world. But his pronouncements in favor of capitalism and hierarchy collapse at the slightest bit of scrutiny.
- inv.tux.pizza Congress must expand Social Security.
In the U.S. today, 12 million seniors are dealing with food insecurity. Half of Americans age 65 and older are living on less than $30,000 per year. This is absurd. Congress must expand Social Security.
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How Trump is Following Hitler's Playbook | Robert Reich
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- news.yahoo.com Bernie Sanders calls out ‘starvation caucus’ over cut to Gaza food aid. What to know
“History will judge what we do right now,” Sanders said.
> “History will judge what we do right now,” Sanders said.