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How the Teamsters and a Homegrown Union Plan to Take On Amazon

✇NYT: Technology
By: Noam Scheiber
18 June 2024 at 10:19
An affiliation agreement between the Amazon Labor Union and the 1.3 million-member Teamsters signals an escalation in challenging the online retailer.

© DeSean McClinton-Holland for The New York Times

A line for a unionization vote at Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island in 2022. The Teamsters are ramping up efforts to organize Amazon workers nationwide.

Farm Animals Are Hauled All Over the Country. So Are Their Pathogens.

✇NYT: Science
By: Emily Anthes and Linda Qiu
20 May 2024 at 08:27
Tens of millions of farm animals cross state lines every year, traveling in cramped, stressful conditions that can facilitate the spread of disease.

© Rory Doyle for The New York Times

The exact number of chickens, cows and pigs being transported on trucks, ships, planes and trains within the United States is difficult to pinpoint because there is no national system for tracking the movement of livestock.
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