Here’s what you need to know: ImageSenator Joe Manchin III laid out publicly for the first time the general outlines of what he would be willing to support for a social spending bill.Credit…Tom Brenner for The New York Times Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, a centrist Democrat, said Thursday that he could not … Read more
The Senate is closer to passing a $ 1 trillion infrastructure package after lawmakers from both parties came together and voted on Saturday to overcome a major procedural hurdle. (August 7th)
An Amazon fulfillment center. (GeekWire file photo) Amazon stepped outside of acceptable guidelines and put undue pressure on warehouse workers in Alabama to unionize the Bessemer fulfillment warehouse in April. Efforts by the retail, wholesale and department store union to organize the nearly 6,000 warehouse workers last spring did not garner enough votes to form … Read more
New York City election officials are still counting votes from the June 22nd mayor’s primary. New Yorkers will have to wait for more rounds of counting, which will be carried out according to the new ranking system. (2nd July)
Here’s what you need to know: Video transcript Back transcript McConnell Opposes Commission to Investigate Capitol Riot Senator Mitch McConnell, the minority leader, said Wednesday that he opposed a bipartisan plan to create a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. I’ve made the decision to oppose the House Democrats’ … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: The ballots in the union drive at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., are expected to be counted by hand starting either Thursday afternoon or Friday morning.Credit…Charity Rachelle for The New York Times With about half the ballots counted late Thursday, votes against unionization had a more than 2-to-1 … Read more
An Amazon Fulfillment Center in Spokane, Washington (GeekWire Photo) The union votes are now in the hands of the National Labor Relations Board, and the two factions have met their single ballot challenges in the year-long struggle to organize nearly 6,000 Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Ala. Over the next two days, a decision will … Read more