Brock Hrehor

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Kaiser Permanente workers with
@nuhw.org in Northern California and the Central Valley have authorized a one-day strike.

The announcement comes amid worries the hospital could replace mental health workers with AI.

92 percent of workers voted in favor.

Newsom just signed a bill handing
AG Rob Bonta premerger review powers, adding California to the growing list of states enacting such laws.

Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, West Virginia, Indiana and DC have introduced similar bills.

Labor leaders blast Gavin Newsom over AI, demand more regulation A half-dozen AFL-CIO leaders demanded Newsom support measures to protect workers from AI ahead of his likely 2028 presidential campaign.

2) Major labor union leaders just delivered an ultimatum to current Governor of California Gavin Newsom: they will not support Newsom in a 2028 presidential run unless he changes course on AI. @politico.com @brockhrehor.bsky.social @tylerkatzenberger.bsky.social

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Labor leaders blast Gavin Newsom over AI, demand more regulation A half-dozen AFL-CIO leaders demanded Newsom support measures to protect workers from AI ahead of his likely 2028 presidential campaign.

NEW: Labor leaders railed against Newsom today, calling on him to rein in AI’s effects on the workplace.

They also highlighted AI’s labor impacts, with AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler calling it “NAFTA 2.0.”

For @politico.com:

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The Secret Algorithm Behind Your $20 Burger According to multiple lawsuits, data analytics firm Agri Stats has quietly enabled the nation’s largest meat processors to coordinate price hikes and wage suppression for decades.

According to multiple lawsuits, data analytics firm Agri Stats has quietly enabled the nation’s largest meat processors to coordinate price hikes and wage suppression for decades. @brockhrehor.bsky.social reports for @levernews.com:

YouTube video by The Lever How Big Meat Used Data to Rig Prices

🚨 NEW: Federal and private lawsuits allege meat companies used shared data to coordinate prices and wages across the industry.

The Lever's @brockhrehor.bsky.social reports 👇

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YouTube video by The Lever Quick News Quiz: Can You Get These Right?

🧠 NEW: Wall Street. Epstein files. Ticketmaster chaos.
Let’s see if you’re paying attention.

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YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Take That, Price-Fixing Robot Regulators crack the monopoly code, the DOD goes DIY, homeownership gets sweeter, and a health care crisis is healed.

California Gov. Newsom signed a landmark bill reining in price-fixing algorithms, the military could soon win the right to repair, and more good news nuggets below:

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YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: What’s More Punk Than The Public Library? A library lends a hand to local journalism, Amazon pays up for its Prime scam, agencies band together to save farmers, and legislators take aim at health care conglomerates.

A library lends a hand to local journalism, Amazon pays up for its Prime scam, agencies band together to save farmers, and legislators take aim at health care conglomerates.

Private Equity’s New Playground: America’s Schools Under the guise of championing “school choice,” the new school voucher program will likely divert millions in taxpayer dollars to private equity firms.

The new school voucher program in Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” helps parents pay for private-school tuition with public tax dollars. That availability “is expected to transfer” huge bucks to private schools and private equity kingpins. @brockhrehor.bsky.social

Private Equity’s New Playground: America’s Schools Under the guise of championing “school choice,” the new school voucher program will likely divert millions in taxpayer dollars to private equity firms.

Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill is poised to accelerate the privatization of our schools — and private equity wants their piece.

My latest for
@levernews.com:

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Private Equity’s New Playground: America’s Schools Under the guise of championing “school choice,” the new school voucher program will likely divert millions in taxpayer dollars to private equity firms.

Under the guise of championing “school choice,” the new school voucher program will likely divert millions in taxpayer dollars to private equity firms. www.levernews.com/private-equi...

YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Wall Street Can’t Buy Aloha Paradise is not for sale, a state steps up for consumers, regulators aim for ticket sellers, and global leaders take a stand on the tech takeover.

Paradise is not for sale, a state steps up for consumers, regulators aim for ticket sellers, and global leaders take a stand on the tech takeover.

YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Side Effects May Include FDA Crackdowns Misleading ads get muted, universal child care is here, a tech company gets caught cheating, and tenants step up.

Misleading ads get muted, universal child care is here, a tech company gets caught cheating, and tenants step up. www.levernews.com/you-love-to-...

It took some digging, but there are still a couple glimmers of hope out there.

For some quick hits on municipal grocery stores, state COVID protections, increased scrutiny over private equity in healthcare and gig worker unionization, check out this week’s ‘You Love To See It’ at @levernews.com.

Redistricting’s “Reformer” Is Funding Misinformation In California Map Fight Despite professing to be a good-government moderate, conservative tycoon Charles Munger Jr. is bankrolling misleading ads to aid Trump’s gerrymandering crusade.

Despite professing to be a good-government moderate, conservative tycoon Charles Munger Jr. is bankrolling misleading ads to aid Trump’s gerrymandering crusade. www.levernews.com/redistrictin...

Redistricting’s “Reformer” Is Funding Misinformation In California Map Fight Despite professing to be a good-government moderate, conservative tycoon Charles Munger Jr. is bankrolling misleading ads to aid Trump’s gerrymandering crusade.

Under the veneer of Charles Munger Jr. 's “good-government” reforms is a history of supporting misleading—and blatantly ideological—causes.

His funding of efforts to undermine CA’s redistricting plan is the latest in this long tradition.

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A reminder that proposals for municipal grocery stores in New York isn't some crackpot proposition - there are concrete instances of these initiatives providing food assistance to neglected communities throughout the country.

Faced With a Tanking Labor Market, Trump Destroys the Evidence Trump's border plan could kill 6 million jobs. Instead of confronting reality, he's eroding confidence in U.S. financial data.

Trump's deportation plan is estimated to kill nearly 6 million jobs.

As reality begins to set in, he's opted instead to erode trust in federal employment statistics.

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University Unions Stand Up to Trump’s Research Cuts While Administrators Waver While some universities have capitulated to Trump’s NIH cuts, there are faculty and graduate student union leaders on the frontlines pushing back.

From 'Kill the Cuts' rallies to lobbying legislatures in California, higher ed unions like the UAW and AFT have been at the forefront of opposition to the Trump administration's funding cuts. Check it out at @prospect.org
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How Philadelphia Secured Basic Rights for 750,000 Workers As Trump kneecaps workers’ rights across the country, the city’s political and labor leaders have forged an alternative that furnishes new safeguards for Philadelphians.

As Trump undermines workers’ rights across the country, progressives in Philly passed a new law securing basic protections for over 750,000 domestic and service workers within the city. For @prospect.org:
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Colorado’s Governor Greenlights Price-Fixing Algorithms Democrats in Colorado’s legislature unanimously passed a bill reining in price-fixing software like RealPage. Once again, Gov. Jared Polis broke away from his party and vetoed it.

Last Thursday, Jared Polis struck down another bill that received unanimous support from Colorado Democrats. It would have reined in price-fixing software like RealPage, which is the subject of multiple ongoing lawsuits. Check it out at @prospect.org:
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No Tax on Tips: A Flashy Idea That Benefits Few Restaurant workers and advocates say the proposal won’t be enough to offset Medicaid cuts.

As Senate Republicans celebrate the passing of their big, horrible bill, restaurant workers will likely lose more in Medicaid cuts than they’ll ever gain in no taxes on tips. prospect.org/labor/2025-0...

Unfortunately the veto took place after Colorado's General Assembly adjourned its session, meaning any act that gets vetoed is automatically killed.

The Democrats’ One and Only Union-Busting Governor Colorado’s Democratic legislature voted to repeal the state’s de facto right-to-work law. On Friday, Gov. Jared Polis vetoed it.

The Worker Protection Act received unanimous support from Colorado's Democratic legislators and was backed by the state's labor movement. On Friday, Gov. Jared Polis vetoed it. My latest with @prospect.org:

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America’s Only Half-Right-to-Work State May Finally Treat Unions Fairly Colorado’s Democratic legislature is passing a bill to make worker organizations more feasible. But will the Democratic governor sign it?

As federal attacks on labor continue, leaders in states like Colorado are putting pressure on their governments to step up and pass legislation that helps working Americans: prospect.org/labor/2025-0...

If Trump Can Deport Mahmoud Khalil, Freedom of Speech Is Dead It’s illegal to deport people for political speech, but that’s exactly what ICE is trying to do to this Palestinian Columbia student.

If Trump Can Deport Mahmoud Khalil, Freedom of Speech Is Dead
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Fighting Wage Theft From the Ground Up Localities and worker centers are joining forces to drive back employers who siphon off their employees’ hard-earned dollars.

Workers and authorities won back some $1.5 billion in stolen wages between 2021 and 2023. This, though, is just a drop in the bucket.
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