Labor is having a moment
Make Me Smart
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4.6 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Starbucks workers at a store in Buffalo, New York, have voted to form the company’s first U.S. trade union. The move could pave the way for baristas across the country to do the same. We’ll talk about what this means for today’s labor movement and workers everywhere. Plus, a quick sprint through the news, including an update on boosters for teens and China’s Evergrande. Then, in the make me smile department, we’ll hear about an Ikea-inspired tourism campaign — and a rap song about the debt ceiling?
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- “Starbucks Workers at Buffalo-Area Store Vote in Favor of Unionizing” from The Wall Street Journal
- “What the first Starbucks union means for workers everywhere” from Vox
- “Kellogg’s strike isn’t over: Workers reject deal and company says it will replace strikers” from USA Today
- “Long covid is destroying careers, leaving economic distress in its wake” from The Washington Post
- “Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Booster Authorized for 16- and 17-Year-Olds” from The Wall Street Journal
- “China Evergrande Defaults on Its Debt. Now What?” from The New York Times
- “Sweden reclaims place names from IKEA” from CNN
- Video: Remy: “Raise the Debt Ceiling Rap (Again)”
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