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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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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by #AlexNPress in #Jacobin:

“'Fuck you!' responded members of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), their voices echoing off the walls of the buildings around them."

https://jacobin.com/2023/06/erie-pa-locomotive-workers-ue-right-strike/

#union #unions #strike #workers #grievances #LaborRights #Pennsylvania #locomotive #trains #Wabtec