#90: UPS-Teamsters: The TA from Every Angle | Free School Lunches Part 2 | Caitlin Johnstone | How Did We Miss That

Originally recorded during the 7/30/23 Episode of How Did We Miss That?, found here:

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Story 1 – UPS Teamsters leadership makes a Deal – Will the Rank & File Approve It?

1a – Labor Reporters’ Detailed Breakdown of the Tentative Agreement

From The Teamsters’ Perspective

• https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/07/21/4-things-to-know-before-340000-ups-teamsters-potentially-strike/
• https://truthout.org/articles/teamsters-announces-historic-agreement-with-ups-likely-averting-strike
• https://truthout.org/articles/ups-workers-disproved-corporate-medias-narrative-that-strikes-are-harmful
• https://portside.org/2023-07-25/inside-teamsters-historic-contract-ups

1b – From The Rank & File / Socialists’ Perspective

• https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/07/26/pers-j26.html
• https://www.leftvoice.org/vote-no-is-growing-among-the-ups-rank-and-file-we-must-support-them/
• https://paydayreport.com/180000-ups-part-timer-left-out-of-teamsters-deal-biden-pressured-teamsters-to-settle-early-yellowstone-rangers-unionize/
• https://www.socialistalternative.org/2023/07/28/rank-and-file-ups-teamsters-workers-strike-back-activists-vote-no-and-escalate-the-fight-for-a-strong-contract/
• https://www.workersstrikeback.org/wsbwrites-ups-vote-no

1c – From Luigi Morris, a Left Voice journalist/photographer and a UPS Part Timer:

• https://www.leftvoice.org/there-is-momentum-to-fight-for-more-ups-worker-breaks-down-limits-and-gains-of-tentative-agreement/
• https://twitter.com/LuigiWMorris/status/1684007642769784833
• https://twitter.com/LuigiWMorris/status/1685026659777314817

1d – Not Everyone Thinks This Deal is Organic

• https://twitter.com/TruthBTold4All/status/1679252317504192512
• https://twitter.com/TruthBTold4All/status/1684478459878178818

Story 2 – Free School Lunches Part 2 – Nothing in Life is Free

• https://off-guardian.org/2023/07/25/the-insidious-truth-behind-free-school-meals/

Story 3 – Caitlin Johnstone: Biden Promotes Hardliners & The Star Spangled Kangaroo

• https://consortiumnews.com/2023/07/28/caitlin-johnstone-biden-promotes-hardliners/
• https://consortiumnews.com/2023/07/28/caitlin-johnstone-the-star-spangled-kangaroo/

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