#85: MORE SUPREME (Court) Corruption & Conflicts of Interest | Summer of Strikes? | States Failing Citizens | Starbucks BUSTED again, 150 Stores ON STRIKE this week!

Originally recorded during the 6/25/23 Episode of How Did We Miss That?, found here:

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Story 1 - Summer of Strikes?

“We Must Strike”: A Message from Greg Kerwood, a Rank-and-File UPS Worker Activist: Greg Kerwood, Left Voice
https://www.leftvoice.org/we-must-strike-a-message-from-greg-kerwood-a-rank-and-file-ups-worker-activist/
https://www.reuters.com/business/ups-workers-authorize-strike-seen-leverage-pay-talks-2023-06-16/
Actors’ Guild Authorizes Strike Alongside Writers: Zoe Cedeno, Socialist Alternative
https://www.socialistalternative.org/2023/06/21/actors-guild-authorizes-strike-alongside-writers/
Thousands of Spirit workers to strike after rejecting contract: Daniel Caudill, KMUW (NPR)
https://www.kmuw.org/news/2023-06-21/thousands-of-spirit-workers-to-strike-after-rejecting-contract

Story 2 - Starbucks got BUSTED again, 150 Stores ON STRIKE this week!

https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1671553291103227906?s=20
https://twitter.com/SBWorkersUnited/status/1671665146773770241?s=20
https://twitter.com/SBWorkersUnited/status/1672338134497992705?s=20

Story 3 - States are Failing Citizens

California Schools Urged to Create Heat Plans on a Warming Planet: Calli McMurray, KFF HEALTH NEWS via Truthout
https://truthout.org/articles/california-schools-urged-to-create-heat-plans-on-a-warming-planet/
Abbott Signs Bill Axing Construction Workers’ Water Breaks Amid Record Heat: Sharon Zhang, Truthout
https://truthout.org/articles/abbott-signs-bill-axing-construction-workers-water-breaks-amid-record-heat
We’re Failing Our Elders: Seniors Are a Growing Portion of Unhoused Population: Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout
https://truthout.org/articles/were-failing-our-elders-seniors-are-a-growing-portion-of-unhoused-population
Montana Train Derailment Raises Fears of Similar Disasters on Proposed Uinta Basin Railway: Julia Conley, Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/montana-train-derailment

Story 4 - Supreme Corruption & Conflicts of Interest

'Keeps Getting Worse': Alito Took Undisclosed Private Jet Trip With Billionaire Hedge Fund Titan: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/alito-private-jet-billionaire
https://www.propublica.org/article/samuel-alito-luxury-fishing-trip-paul-singer-scotus-supreme-court
'Shady and Corrupt': Add Barrett Real Estate De​al to List of Supreme Court Ethics Scandals: Julia Conley, Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/coney-barrett-real-estate-deal

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