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Houston’s first unionized Starbucks

Well done. A Starbucks in Houston’s Upper Kirby neighborhood has become the first in the city to form a union, and the 10th in Texas, after an organizing drive that began in July. The results of store’s union election were … Continue reading

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Election results elsewhere

Results of interest from elsewhere in Texas and the country… – Three of the ten Constitutional amendments were defeated, with Prop 4 losing by nearly 20 points. It drew strong opposition from anti-toll road activists, and I daresay that was … Continue reading

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Saturday video break: Solidarity

In honor of Labor Day, a song about labor by Pete Seeger: Now enjoy that long weekend.

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