NEW: Amazon paid anti-union consultants over $3 million in 2023 alone—and records show a chunk of that went to consultants in Florida.

At least two FL consultants have addresses listed on a report to the U.S. labor department that do not in fact exist🧵orlandoweekly.com/news/amazon-pa…

I asked Tennessee Republican Rep. Chuck Fleischmann his position on the UAW union election at Volkswagen in Chattanooga next week. His answer surprised me.

“I’ve stayed out of it this time… this is something that I’m going to let the workers decide.”
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NEW: I extensively interviewed two senior leaders of Hamas.

HuffPost pressed them on civilians on Oct. 7, Israel-Palestine’s future & more.

We sought news & relevant, rarely heard perspectives. We brought back analysis unlike any US outlet. Please read:
huffpost.com/entry/hamas-ga…

New NLRB complaint against Trader Joe's is a doozy.

Board officials allege a TJ's store manager in Oakland referred to unionizing workers as a 'gang,' and equated organizing with disloyalty to the company.

(Tweeting again with the correct link!)

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The 5th Circuit is so mad that the NLRB tried to transfer a SpaceX case to California that it's undertaking a personal investigation into the two NLRB lawyers who sought the transfer s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2453…

NEW: Thaer Ahmad, a Palestinian ER doctor, walked out of tonight's White House meeting. The meeting was held instead of an iftar.

“I told the president that I’m going to leave. He told me he understood why I needed to leave.” Read it here first -- huffpost.com/entry/palestin…

SCOOP: USAID officials on Tuesday privately warned the White House + State Dept that Gaza's collapse is 'unprecedented in modern history,' famine is likely already underway & hunger-related deaths will accelerate in weeks ahead, per internal cable I viewed
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New: My look at Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing's cordial livestream appearance w/ white supremacist Nick Fuentes. He told Fuentes he's 'talented,' 'gifted,' 'very funny,' & said he listens to Fuentes 'quite often,' & has 'concerns' abt his movement huffpost.com/entry/daily-wi…

Dads love saying, “I can see 3 eggs from where I’m standing that you haven’t found yet.”

Unpopular opinion: It seems quite conceivable that some employers will respond to California's new $20 fast-food minimum wage by cutting hours and/or jobs. But that in itself doesn't mean the policy won't be a net benefit to the workforce.

Unionized workers at Sega of America have ratified a contract that gives them guaranteed raises, just cause, and other benefits. It's the first union contract at a major U.S. gaming company — a milestone that may accelerate organization across the industry bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The missing men are from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras & Mexico, and live in Dundalk & Highlandtown. They are in their 30s and 40s, he said, w spouses & children.
All of them came to the city for a better life.
“They are all hard-working, humble men' thebaltimorebanner.com/community/tran…

Members of UNITE HERE in Southern California have voted to approve contracts at 34 hotels that include $10 pay raises over 4.5 years.

By the end of the contracts 'workers will earn an average of 40%-50% more in wages than they do now,' per the union.