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NEW York Yankees delivered a “slap in the face to all Bostonians” on Thursday night by crossing a hotel strike picket line.
Boston hotel cleaners, cooks, bar staff and countless other employees are on strike demanding more stable hours, protection from job losses due to automation and new sexual harassment protocols.
The Yankees arrived in Boston before their play-off match against the Boston Red Sox last night but, instead of checking a list of socially responsible union hotels nearby, continued to check in to the Boston Ritz-Carlton with striking workers chanting: “Don’t check in! Check out!”
The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a registered nurse and union member, has sparked nationwide protests and renewed calls from National Nurses United to dismantle Ice and related agencies, says MARK GRUENBERG
Organised workers at the notoriously anti-union global giant are scoring victory after victory, and now international bodies are pitching in to finally force this figurehead of corporate capitalism to give in to unionisation, writes EMILIO AVELAR
JAMES NALTON writes how at the heart of the big apple, the beautiful game exists as something more community-oriented, which could benefit hugely under mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani
Singer Nezza’s rendition of the US national anthem in Spanish has ignited important conversation around arrests made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, writes LESLIE AMBRIZ