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August 22, 2023 Top News UPS Teamsters Overwhelmingly Approve 'Historic' New Contract, Averting Strike "This is the template for how workers should be paid and protected nationwide, and nonunion companies like Amazon better pay attention," said Teamsters president Sean O'Brien. Brett Wilkins 'They Deserve Better': Sanders Demands Fair Contract for New Jersey Nurses on Strike "It is absurd for RWJBH to claim it can afford to pay its executives millions, yet is somehow unable to provide its nurses fair raises," said the senator. Julia Conley 'Stop Cop City' Referendum Organizers Call Atlanta's Verification Regime 'Voter Suppression' "It's clear that the city of Atlanta knows that they will lose a vote over Cop City, so now they are trying to prevent it," said one activist. Brett Wilkins Dems Urge US House Probe as Dozens of Texas Inmates Die in Sweltering Prisons "Despite a surplus in the Texas state budget, state legislators prevail with the mindset that allowing inmates to suffer from excessive heat is appropriately 'tough on crime,'" said the lawmakers. Julia Conley Locals Alarmed as Japan Plans to Discharge Water From Fukushima Nuclear Plant This Week "Nothing about the water release is beneficial to us," said a Japanese fisherman who lost his brother in the 2011 tsunami. "There is no advantage for us. None. It's all detrimental." Jessica Corbett US Child Gun Deaths 'Undoubtedly One of Our Chief Public Health Crises': Study Author "The most likely reason that your child will die in this country is at the hands of a firearm. That's not acceptable," said the lead author of the new analysis. Jake Johnson

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