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Jul 24, 2024 | 
popularresistance.org | Brendan Dunn
Utica, NY — Nearly 1,000 people shut down the streets of Utica on July 13 in response to the police killing of 13-year-old Nyah Mway. The protest occurred during the busiest weekend of the year, when the city hosts the Boilermaker Road Race, one of the largest 15K races in the country. Utica Streets Shut Down by 1,000 During Justice for Nyah Mway March from Unicorn Riot on Vimeo. The march started in Roscoe Conkling Park at the base of the city’s ski hill.
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Dec 8, 2023 | 
unicornriot.ninja | Brendan Dunn
🦄Global , 🦄Labor , 🦄Prison Cambodian Union Leader Chhim Sithar to Remain in Prison After Court Rejects Appeal Phnom Penh, Cambodia — The ninth of November was a momentous occasion for millions of people in Cambodia as they celebrated their nation’s independence from France which occurred 70 years ago.
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Sep 5, 2023 | 
lexology.com | G. Hunter Bates |Brian Arthur Pomper |Anna Marie Abram |Sean D'Arcy |Brendan Dunn |John Gilliland | +11 more
IntroductionCongress returns from the August recess with a robust agenda and limited time to pursue it. The calendar is further constrained by the September 30 deadline to pass appropriations packages or a continuing resolution (CR) to avoid a shutdown of the federal government.
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Jun 4, 2023 | 
unicornriot.ninja | Brendan Dunn
Phnom Penh, Cambodia — The Cambodian labor movement received a major blow from their government on May 25 when a judge sentenced the leadership of the Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees at NagaWorld (LRSU) to prison. LRSU launched a strike at NagaWorld, the nation’s largest casino, in December 2021 with the demand for the company to reinstate 365 union members who were fired during the pandemic.
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May 24, 2023 | 
unicornriot.ninja | Brendan Dunn
NagaWorld casino sits next to Phnom Penh’s nicest parks. It’s a short walk to some famous pagodas, the Royal Palace, and one of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s mansions. The popular attraction is a striking monument to King Sihanouk, the founding father of modern Cambodia, and a dominant political figure in the nation his entire life. Further beyond the king, in a sliver of the park cut up by main thoroughfares, sits a small and simple concrete monument with withered flowers at its base.
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May 17, 2023 | 
unicornriot.ninja | Brendan Dunn
A bitter, protracted labor dispute in the poverty-stricken country of Cambodia has revealed the true nature of a brutal system where wealth and power is violently held onto by a tiny ruling elite. At the center of this struggle lies a beleaguered union at NagaWorld, the nation’s largest casino. Workers in the Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees at NagaWorld (LRSU) have been on strike for a grueling 17 months.
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May 1, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Reggie Babin |Taylor Daly |Brendan Dunn
On April 26, 2023, Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Steve Daines (R-MT) led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in reintroducing the SAFE Banking Act—legislation that aims to ensure that state legal cannabis businesses have access to banking services. The legislation would bar federal banking regulators from penalizing a depository institution for providing banking services to a legitimate cannabis or hemp-related business.
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Mar 8, 2023 | 
znetwork.org | Brendan Dunn
In a word, the ongoing union organizing drive that has swept the coffee giant Starbucks can be described as ‘unprecedented.’ Never before has a mass unionization effort of this magnitude gripped a fast food company in the United States. The humble origins of the barista-led Starbucks Workers United can be found in the Rust Belt city of Buffalo. It is there where the nation-wide unionization effort was publicly launched in August 2021.
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Mar 7, 2023 | 
portside.org | Brendan Dunn
In a word, the ongoing union organizing drive that has swept the coffee giant Starbucks can be described as ‘unprecedented.’ Never before has a mass unionization effort of this magnitude gripped a fast food company in the United States. The humble origins of the barista-led Starbucks Workers United can be found in the Rust Belt city of Buffalo. It is there where the nation-wide unionization effort was publicly launched in August 2021.
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Mar 7, 2023 | 
shadowproof.com | Macy Gray |Brendan Dunn
Dissenter FeaturedFeatured ReportingLatest NewsThe Dissenter In a word, the ongoing union organizing drive that has swept the coffee giant Starbucks can be described as ‘unprecedented.’ Never before has a mass unionization effort of this magnitude gripped a fast food company in the United States. The humble origins of the barista-led Starbucks Workers United can be found in the Rust Belt city of Buffalo. It is there where the nation-wide unionization effort was publicly launched in August...
