MusiqueNow   ✡️ 🇵🇸 May 13, 2024

https://jacobin.com/2024/04/eric-adams-scandals-lies-bad-policies

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10 of #EricAdams's Worst Policies, Scandals, and Lies
by #AlexNPress

#NYC #NewYorkCity Worst Mayor ever?

Ten of Eric Adams’s Worst Policies, Scandals, and Lies

Eric Adams has had so many scandals and strange public declarations since he took office that it’s easy to lose track of them. To make sure you keep them straight, we’ve rounded up ten of the New York mayor’s greatest hits thus far.

Show threadCory DoctorowJul 30, 2023

Writing about the strike for *Jacobin*, #AlexNPress tells the story of #ThomasBradley, a Black worker who was struck off all Instawork shifts for refusing to cross the picket line and joining it instead:

https://jacobin.com/2023/07/southern-california-hotel-workers-strike-automated-management-unite-here

Bradley's case is exhibit A in the UNITE HERE 11 case before the NLRB. He has a degree in culinary arts, but racial discrimination in the industry has kept him stuck in gig and temp jobs ever since he graduated, nearly a quarter century ago.

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Southern California Hotel Workers Are on Strike Against Automated Management

On top of issues like low pay, workers are up against faceless algorithmic management that can punish them for various offenses — including for refusing to cross picket lines. Workers at a hotel in Southern California are on strike against this practice.

Show threadCory DoctorowJul 15, 2023

Writing for #Jacobin, #AlexNPress profiles Conover and interviews him about the strike, under the *excellent* headline, "Adam Pickets Everything." Conover is characteristically funny, smart, and incisive - do read:

https://jacobin.com/2023/07/adam-conover-wga-strike

Of course, not everyone in Hollywood is striking. In late June, the #DGA accepted a studio deal with an anemic 41% vote turnout:

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/26/23773926/dga-amptp-new-deal-strike

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