Amy’s Kitchen betrays its supposed progressive values, this week in the war on workers

Calls for a boycott of Amy’s Kitchen vegetarian products spread this week. Workers at the company have said they face long hours and unsafe working conditions, and they’re working with the Teamsters to file a workplace safety complaint with Cal/OSHA. The Teamsters are also challenging Amy’s B Corp certification, noting that B Corps’ alleged values include that “business ought to be conducted as if people and place mattered.” YouTube Video <p>●&nbsp;<a href=”https://www.vice.com/en/article/88gb5p/amazon-warehouse-workers-stage-coordinated-strikes-demanding-dollar3-raises”>Workers at three Amazon warehouses staged walkouts</a>, demanding a $ 3 an hour raise, Lauren Kaori Gurley reports.</p> <p>●&nbsp;</p> <div…

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President Trump faces backlash after retweeting post revealing supposed whistleblower’s name – CNBC

President Trump faces backlash after retweeting post revealing supposed whistleblower’s name  CNBC Twitter system ‘outage’ briefly blocked Trump whistleblower tweet  Reuters Trump impeachment: US president retweets post apparently naming Ukraine call whistleblower  Sky News Trump condemned for tweets pointing to name of Ukraine whistleblower  The Guardian Trump attacks whistleblower in tweetstorm full of rants and conspiracies  CNN View full coverage on Google News “us president” – Google News

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Congress is supposed to decide how the U.S. spends money. Soon, it won’t be able to. – The Washington Post

Congress is supposed to decide how the U.S. spends money. Soon, it won’t be able to.  The Washington Post Democratic candidates for president are promising Medicare-for-all, free college and an ambitious — and expensive — Green New Deal. President Trump wants … “us congress” – Google News

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Kavanaugh Was Supposed to Be a Midterm Boon for GOP Not Anymore. – New York Times

New York Times Kavanaugh Was Supposed to Be a Midterm Boon for GOP Not Anymore.New York TimesSPRINGFIELD, Mo. — No Republican Senate candidate has been as aggressive in using the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh as a political weapon as Josh Hawley, the Missouri attorney general who is in an intensely tight race …and more » us republicans – Google News

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