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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • The workers secured the agreement following a credible strike threat at the largest beef processing plant in the U.S. The new contract includes massive improvements, including 32 percent wage increases, more paid time off, and expanded retirement benefits.

    I’m so happy for the workers. They deserve this and more.

    It’s amazing how much unions help.







  • Such sweeps have been on the rise, especially since a May meeting in which top White House officials placed significant pressure on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officials to step up arrest numbers.

    “Why aren’t you at Home Depot?” the White House adviser Stephen Miller reportedly asked the Ice top managers during the heated meeting, where Ice was instructed to arrest at least 3,000 people a day under Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, which would amount to a million arrests a year.

    Ice raids and arrests outside Home Depot outlets last month led to massive demonstrations in Los Angeles in particular. The protests set up a showdown between the California state government and the Trump administration, after the US president deployed the national guard over the objection of the governor, in a rare and extreme move, to clamp down on the pockets of fierce protests across the sprawling metropolis.

    I hope Stephen Miller, ICE employees, and the rest of their ilk get what they deserve.