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Here's your daily crunch. Workers at Amazon's JFK 8 fulfillment center have voted to unionize, counting for the Staten Island New York warehouse concluded, approving the formation of a union,

2,654 to 2,131, a total of 4,785 votes were cast out of a total of 8,325 voters.

In other news, President Joe Biden will trigger the Defense Production Act to secure U.S sources of critical minerals and materials like lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite, and manganese that are used to make batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage.

The order is in response to spiking gas prices and supply chain constraints caused by Russia's

war in Ukraine.

It's also part of Biden's broader plan to respond to what his administration is calling

Putin's price hike at the pump.

Biden has called for increased domestic production of oil and a historic release from the nation's strategic petroleum

reserve to help form a bridge across the crisis.

Also, late-stage SAS startups may be in the most trouble when it comes to changing valuation marks

among technology companies new data indicates.

A report from Silicon Valley Bank exploring first-quarter software startup trends

details that late-stage SAS valuations in the United States

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