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  1. @karenaboylan
    I would also like to see the #LivingWageAct so corps like #Walmart get taxed to cover the amount of aid their employees need to survive.
    Lastly, a law to forbid federal subsidies to a corporation that isn’t unionized. It’s the only way we’ll ever have a middle class again.

    #WorkingPoor #MiddleClass #EndCorporateWelfare

  2. Profit-driven management has eroded pediatric health care in America. Health care providers make more money treating adults than they do children. As a result, the number of hospitals offering pediatric care has decreased dramatically over the past two decades.

    #healthcare #children #profitdriven #US

    nytimes.com/2023/01/04/opinion

  3. Peloton fined $19 million in fatal treadmill accident

    Peloton has agreed to pay a $19 million fine for failing to alert federal safety regulators to problems with its treadmills that were tied to the death of a 6-year-old and at least a dozen injuries, officials said Thursday. It’s among the largest civil penalties in the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s history.

    #Peloton #safety #business #civilpenalties #consumerproductsafety

    washingtonpost.com/business/20

  4. Railroads Riding High After Victory Against Workers

    FRESH OFF A victory against workers demanding sick days as part of recent contract negotiations, two major railroads are pursuing a merger and a third, owned by billionaire Warren Buffett, is retaliating against one railroader who helped lead the push for better working conditions.

    #rail #strike #labor #sickdays #WarrenBuffet #retaliation #union

    theintercept.com/2022/12/22/ra

  5. Railroads Riding High After Victory Against Workers

    FRESH OFF A victory against workers demanding sick days as part of recent contract negotiations, two major railroads are pursuing a merger and a third, owned by billionaire Warren Buffett, is retaliating against one railroader who helped lead the push for better working conditions.

    #rail #strike #labor #sickdays #WarrenBuffet #retaliation #union

    theintercept.com/2022/12/22/ra

  6. Railroads Riding High After Victory Against Workers

    FRESH OFF A victory against workers demanding sick days as part of recent contract negotiations, two major railroads are pursuing a merger and a third, owned by billionaire Warren Buffett, is retaliating against one railroader who helped lead the push for better working conditions.

    #rail #strike #labor #sickdays #WarrenBuffet #retaliation #union

    theintercept.com/2022/12/22/ra

  7. Railroads Riding High After Victory Against Workers

    FRESH OFF A victory against workers demanding sick days as part of recent contract negotiations, two major railroads are pursuing a merger and a third, owned by billionaire Warren Buffett, is retaliating against one railroader who helped lead the push for better working conditions.

    theintercept.com/2022/12/22/ra

  8. Railroads Riding High After Victory Against Workers

    FRESH OFF A victory against workers demanding sick days as part of recent contract negotiations, two major railroads are pursuing a merger and a third, owned by billionaire Warren Buffett, is retaliating against one railroader who helped lead the push for better working conditions.

    #rail #strike #labor #sickdays #WarrenBuffet #retaliation #union

    theintercept.com/2022/12/22/ra

  9. The Food and Drug Administration approved a change in labeling for commonly used emergency contraception referred to as “morning after” pill on Friday to clarify it does not prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus — language that had been cited by abortion opponents to argue the medication causes abortions and should be restricted.

    #FDA #morningafterpill #health #science #abortion

    washingtonpost.com/health/2022

  10. What’s Wrong at the Times - The American Prospect

    Management authorized $150 million for a stock buyback this year but resists the union’s wage proposal, which would yearly come to $15 million more than the paper wants to pay.

    #nytimes #labor #unions #stockbuyback

    prospect.org/labor/new-york-ti

  11. I stand with the rail workers at BNSF in their efforts to get paid sick leave and paid time off. It’s wrong for them to be forced to work without these basic, fair labor practices. #BNSF #Railway #RailStrike #WarrenBuffet #Labor #FairLaborPractices #Union

    twitter.com/4taxfairness/statu

  12. “Whatever happens to Twitter, watching Mr. Musk’s reign over it should force us to rebuild the dream of the internet’s founders of a digital commons. Because we’ve had it before, we know we can make a place to connect and learn and argue that no one person owns. We can create a collective digital life that doesn’t depend on mining every nanosecond of our attention for profit” Chris Hayes
    #Twitter #DigitalPublicSquare
    nytimes.com/2022/11/26/opinion