Out d’Coup | Amazon Labor Union; Don’t say gay bill; OK’s abortion ban; West Chester Dem school board members removed; Pennridge ends DEI; Moment of reckoning for PA labor movement; The Dungeon Run

Amazon workers' bid to unionize is looking pretty good. At the end of yesterday’s vote count at Amazon’s Staten Island facility, YES votes for the union stood at 57% according to Reuters. Vote counting continues today and union organizers are feeling pretty good. UPDATE: Amazon Labor Union WINS!!!!

Meanwhile, new information shows that Amazon spent $4.3 million in their anti-union campaign just this past year. So, is that why the costs of my packages are going up? 

Florida Gov. DeSantis signs the “Don’t Say Gay” bill and the right-wing doubles-down on their anti-gay and anti-trans culture war. 

Oklahoma’s Abortion Ban sets its sights on completely gutting Roe v. Wade. 

County judge orders 5 West Chester Area School District Democratic board members to be removed. Why? Because they supported a policy to keep the district’s masking policy in place. The case calling for the removal of the board members stems from a lawsuit filed by Beth Ann Rosica the Executive Director of the right-wing PAC, Back to School PA. She is fresh off her landslide defeat in her bid to become West Chester’s mayor. 

Pennridge School District school board puts its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committee on hiatus. 

It’s an inflection point for Pennsylvania’s labor movement. Newly appointed president of the PA AFL-CIO has got some skeletons in his closet and Rick Smith is taking out the laundry. Will PA AFL-CIO take a stand against the abuse of women in the labor movement? 

The Dungeon Run’s “Heroes of Bingle” campaign comes to a close.