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The National Labor Relations Board issued the following statement on a major judicial decision against Starbucks: "On March 1, 2023, NLRB Administrative Law Judge Michael A. Rosas issued a decision finding Starbucks had violated the National Labor Relations Act hundreds of times to affect workers’ organizing efforts through 'egregious and widespread misconduct demonstrating a general disregard for the employees’ fundamental rights.'”

 A bill currently in the statehouse could make the death penalty a possible punishment for women in South Carolina who undergo an abortion. If passed, the bill would make getting an abortion equivalent to committing a homicide.

 Twenty-three states and Washington, D.C., have banned taxes on menstrual items, and 12 states are considering legislation for so-called “period tax” exemptions this year.

President Biden today will propose a series of tax increases for wealthy Americans and large corporations, Bloomberg reported and Axios confirmed.The budget, which he's releasing this afternoon in Philadelphia, includes a 25% minimum tax on the richest 0.01% of Americans.

The rest of “the world’s most exclusive club” may feel compelled to start treating their aides a little nicer, as staffers in Sen. Edward J. Markey’s office are set to form the Senate’s first labor union. Read more...