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Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, puts American workers down and deems them lazy while complimenting Chinese car factory workers during an interview with the Financial Times. Elon Musk is also being investigated by the SEC for fraud involving the Twitter buyout. John Iadarola and Aida Rodriguez break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Elon Musk says Americans 'are trying to avoid going to work at all,' unlike Chinese workers who 'will be burning the 3 a.m. oil' - https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-americans-avoid-going-to-work-unlike-chinese-workers-2022-5 ""Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, said he expects China to produce "some very strong companies" because of the country's workforce. "There's just a lot of super-talented, hardworking people in China who strongly believe in manufacturing," Musk said in an interview with the Financial Times on Tuesday. "They won't just be burning the midnight oil. They will be burning the 3 a.m. oil," he continued. "They won't even leave the factory type of thing, whereas in America people are trying to avoid going to work at all."" ** Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMay 12

Bernie Sanders drops the harsh truth about how politics values corporations vs the American people who are the backbone of the companies as he speaks during the senate hearing with Christian Smalls, Amazon Labor Union President, and Lindsey Graham. John Iadarola and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Christian Smalls to Congress: It’s Time to Stop Helping Corporations - https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2022/05/christian-smalls-congress-bernie-sanders-amazon-labor-union/ "At a Senate hearing on Thursday, Christian Smalls, the interim president of the Amazon Labor Union, delivered a message to Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham: “You forgot that the people are the ones who make these companies operate.” The hearing comes a month after the workers Smalls represents at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island voted to form the company’s first union. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the head of the Senate budget committee, organized the hearing to look at whether the federal government should be awarding contracts to companies that have broken federal labor laws. The focus was on Amazon, which has racked up more than $75 million in fines for violating federal discrimination and wage laws, according to a committee press release." ** Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMay 6

Fossil fuel giant Chevron is teaming up with local police in Richmond, California to intimidate workers as they enter their seventh week of striking. Documents show that Chevron is covering the overtime pay of Richmond and San Pablo police officers to standby and keep the area “secure” throughout the labor dispute. May 4

Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz, is doing everything he can to force Starbucks workers to remain un-unionized with incentives for some and penalties for others. John Iadarola and David Doel break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Starbucks to hike wages, double training for workers as CEO Schultz tries to head off union push - https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/03/starbucks-to-hike-wages-double-training-for-workers-amid-union-push.html?utm_source=pocket_mylist "Starbucks said it will hike wages for tenured workers and double training for new employees as the company and its CEO, Howard Schultz, seek to beat back the union push from its baristas. However, the coffee giant will not offer the enhanced benefits to workers at the roughly 50 company-owned cafes that have voted to unionize. Such changes at unionized stores would have to come through bargaining, Starbucks said. “So, partners will receive these pay, benefits and store-improvement investments at all U.S. company-operated stores where Starbucks has the right to unilaterally make these changes,” the company said in a statement. “However, at stores where workers have union representation, federal law requires good faith bargaining over wages, benefits and working conditions which prohibits Starbucks from making or announcing unilateral changes.”" ** Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMay 4

A couple throws a fit and continues on a bizarre rant about Elon Musk and Donald Trump after being told they have to get off the plane for shouting homophobic slurs at a flight attendant. John Iadarola and Sabrina Rios break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Man claiming to be 'retired FBI agent' and his wife hurl homophobic insults at airline staff and call Elon Musk the 'the f****** king' for Twitter takeover during wild pro-Trump rant before being removed from plane - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10776289/Retired-FBI-agent-wife-hurl-homophobic-insults-airline-staff-passengers.html?ito=rss-flipboard "A man claiming to be a retired FBI agent and his wife were filmed being kicked off a plane in Florida after they hurled homophobic slurs at the airline staff - only to later claim they were being removed because they are Trump supporters. Videos posted online show the man and woman arguing with a steward aboard a JetBlue flight departing from West Palm Beach, Florida as she claimed her fellow passengers were 'f******.' 'You don't like the words coming out of my mouth,' the woman - who has not yet been identified - could be seen telling a steward, before yelling: 'No words, no words, free speech is dead.'" Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMay 3

With union efforts on the rise across the nation, Starbucks employees must now fight to keep their jobs and rights while the company does all it can to stomp out union organizing. John Iadarola and Ana Kasparian break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Union organizer fired by Scottsdale Starbucks vows to get her job back - https://www.12news.com/article/money/business/scottsdale-starbucks-union-organizer-fired-laila-dalton/75-3203a568-e525-48a1-963d-db4404124886 "Two dozen chanting protesters greeted customers in the drive-thru line Tuesday at a Starbucks in North Scottsdale. The protesters chanted "Reinstate Laila." Union organizer Laila Dalton is fighting to get her job back, after being fired on Monday. A union vote at the store was scheduled to start Tuesday and run for two weeks. "I want Starbucks to stop their cruel union-busting and stop hurting young adults," said Dalton, a 19-year-old who started working at the coffee giant when she was 17." ** Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksApril 28

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivers a fiery speech at a rally for Amazon workers union efforts in New York City. Bernie Sanders also showed his support at the union rally before traveling to join a Starbucks union rally. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: Ocasio-Cortez to unionized Amazon workers: victory is ‘just the beginning’ - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/24/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-democrats-bernie-sanders-amazon "The progressive congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told Amazon’s first unionized workers in New York on Sunday that their victory was “the first domino to fall” in what she expected to be a wave of similar votes for representation across the country. The leftwing Democrat joined Vermont senator Bernie Sanders on stage in Staten Island to celebrate the historic achievement and to call for workers in more Amazon facilities in the US to follow their example." Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksApril 25

After the successful unionization of Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, the company is trying harder than ever to bust potential unions at other Staten Island warehouses. Madeline Wesley, the ALU’s treasurer and a worker at the LDJ5 warehouse in Staten Island, has described the new tactics as “really dirty” as Amazon reportedly is using bigoted lies and rumors to drive internal division between workers.April 20

An unpaid intern at Digital Factory goes viral on TikTok for filming his abusive CEO berating him, during a zoom meeting. John Iadarola and Viviana Vigil break it down on The Damage Report. Read more here: ‘He cussed me out and tried to belittle me’: CEO berates, fires unpaid intern during Zoom call in viral TikTok - https://www.dailydot.com/irl/digital-factory-ceo-berates-intern-zoom-tiktok/ "Users were shocked yesterday when a former intern revealed a video of his ex-boss, tech CEO Lawrence Griffith, cursing him out in a viral TikTok. The video, which has over 229,200 views, was posted yesterday by Jon (@afromanpower), who says he is a former unpaid intern at the mobile technology company Digital Factory. Digital Factory’s Founder and CEO, Lawrence Griffith, is shown in the video cussing at the then-intern over a Zoom call with another employee. The CEO says in the recording he is upset the intern did not promptly respond to his message requesting a phone call. " ** Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksApril 8

President Joe Biden surprised many on the Left by voicing his support for unionizing Amazon workers in a recent speech. However, the support wasn’t long lived as Jen Psaki promptly shot down the administration’s praise after receiving complaints from a former Obama administration communications director. April 7

Soon-departing Starbucks general counsel lawyer Rachel Gonzalez has been removed from her role as returning CEO Howard Schultz leads the charge against sweeping unionization efforts from workers across the nation. Just last year, Gonzalez raked in over $5 million from Starbucks to challenge unionization drives and will receive a further $8 million severance package from the company. April 6

Starbucks’ returning CEO Howard Schultz blatantly criticized the nation’s growing labor movement by saying that large corporations are “being assaulted” by workers’ efforts to unionize. Schultz is a notorious union-buster and is clearly sending a threat to all Starbucks workers that there will be consequences if they don’t fall in line with the corporation’s stance on unions.April 5

Leaked internal documents show the Amazon workers app will be monitoring them and blocking special chats. John Iadarola and Dan Evans break it down on The Damage Report. Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: LEAKED: NEW AMAZON WORKER CHAT APP WOULD BAN WORDS LIKE “UNION,” “RESTROOMS,” “PAY RAISE,” AND “PLANTATION” - https://theintercept.com/2022/04/04/amazon-union-living-wage-restrooms-chat-app/ "AMAZON WILL BLOCK and flag employee posts on a planned internal messaging app that contain keywords pertaining to labor unions, according to internal company documents reviewed by The Intercept. An automatic word monitor would also block a variety of terms that could represent potential critiques of Amazon’s working conditions, like “slave labor,” “prison,” and “plantation,” as well as “restrooms” — presumably related to reports of Amazon employees relieving themselves in bottles to meet punishing quotas. “Our teams are always thinking about new ways to help employees engage with each other,” said Amazon spokesperson Barbara M. Agrait. “This particular program has not been approved yet and may change significantly or even never launch at all.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksApril 5

Fox Business is pushing a ridiculous theory that Amazon workers are “jealous” of their executives’ exponentially higher pay, which is why they’re fighting to unionize. What they didn’t mention was the abhorrent work conditions, abusive labor practices, and the peanuts Amazon employees get paid for the work they do. April 4

Kyrsten Sinema, Joe Manchin and Mark Kelly came together to vote against the pro-worker labor nominee. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Senators Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema And Mark Kelly Tank Pro-Worker Labor Nominee - https://news.yahoo.com/senators-joe-manchin-kyrsten-sinema-154730218.html "A trio of conservative Democrats helped Senate Republicans vote down a Labor Department nominee who drew fierce opposition from employer groups. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) voted against confirming David Weil to serve as administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, a position he previously held during Barack Obama’s administration. Weil’s nomination failed in a 47-53 procedural vote Wednesday evening. “Mr. Weil’s track record and previous statements are problematic for many West Virginia employees and business owners,” Manchin said in a statement Thursday. “Ultimately, I could not support Mr. Weil because I do not believe that the health and well-being of our small businesses and the employees who rely on their success would be his utmost priority.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksApril 1

Workers at Amazon’s JFK8 Staten Island warehouse have become the first warehouse in the company’s history to successfully unionize. While the company is disappointed with the results, workers should be thrilled for the opportunity to fight for better wages, benefits, and humane working conditions. April 1

Amazon HR staff gets caught on camera violating workers' rights after being confronted by a worker. John Iadarola and Jordan Uhl break it down on The Damage Report. Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: ‘Typical day of union-busting’: Viral video allegedly shows Amazon supervisor confiscating union literature - https://www.dailydot.com/debug/amazon-supervisor-confiscates-union-literature-tiktok/ "Two viral videos making the rounds online appear to show a supervisor at Amazon confiscating union literature left out by employees. The footage, which was posted to Twitter last week, was reportedly recorded at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York. Shared by the Coalition to Defend Amazon Workers (CDAW), the two videos appear to provide an inside look at unionization efforts among certain Amazon employees. They were also shared to TikTok." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMarch 30

A racist male karen gets checked by Jack in the Box workers in California after he verbally assaults them with slurs. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: ‘He did all that to get 3 drinks thrown at his face and socked’: Male Karen hurls N-word at Jack In the Box drive-thru workers - https://www.dailydot.com/irl/jack-in-the-box-drive-thru-male-karen-n-word-tiktok/ "In a viral TikTok video, an angry customer shouts at Jack in the Box workers through the drive-thru window, after which he gets a drink thrown at him and punched in the neck. He also hurls the N-word at them. User @lovely9161 shared two videos of the incident at a Jack in the Box in Moreno Valley, California to the platform, as she witnessed it in the drive-thru line. The first video shows the so-called “male Karen” standing outside the passenger side of the car and yelling at the workers through the window. It’s unclear what the customer is upset about. “That’s what I thought, bitch. Sit the fuck down, you work at Jack in the Box, bitch,” he says." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMarch 28

A recent study by Oxfam America reports that roughly one third of workers nationwide are making less then minimum wage. So why is this happening? John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: One in Three U.S. Workers Are Earning Less Than $15 an Hour - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-22/federal-minimum-wage-1-in-3-us-workers-make-less-than-15-an-hour "With an effort by Democrats to boost the national minimum wage stalled, a new report finds that on average one in three U.S. workers is still making less than $15 an hour, while the share of women and people of color earning that amount is even greater. Nearly 52 million U.S. workers — or 32% of the country’s workforce — earn less than $15 an hour, according to a report published Tuesday by Oxfam America. The data help quantify how many Americans could be impacted by the Raise the Wage Act, which would set a $15 federal hourly minimum and has been pending in Congress since January 2021. " #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMarch 28

UCLA is in hot water for listing a job application for an adjunct professor position that has absolutely ZERO compensation. The applicant must have their doctorate degree in a chemistry related field, ample experience teaching at the college level, as well as 3-5 letters of recommendation. Wow. March 24

Workers at a Seattle Starbucks have unanimously voted to unionize their locations, becoming the seventh store to unionize, as well as being in the company’s home town. The effort comes as a huge win for organized labor as the company is bringing back former CEO Howard Schultz to lead the union-busting campaign. March 24

The MLB player’s union has agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement with the league group of team owners, ending their lockout and allowing the season to progress with scheduling and rule changes. March 24

A customer at a Florida Popeyes loses his mind on a worker by going on an insane rant using racial slurs and threatening physical violence. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Video Shows Racist Popeyes ‘Cracker’ Customer Threaten To Lynch Worker Over Refund Dispute - https://newsone.com/4306795/racist-popeyes-cracker-video/ "Disturbing video footage showing a suspected white supremacist violently threatening a fast-food worker over an order dispute seemed to check all the boxes for a federal hate crime by way of a threatened lynching in an N-word laced rant. The video filmed at the counter of a Popeyes restaurant was going viral on Sunday and left no doubt about how the white man who starred in the footage really feels about Black people. There is little context accompanying the video that abruptly opens showing the unidentified white man angrily walking toward the counter that separates Popeyes customers from workers, one of whom was filming the encounter. While holding a phone to his ear, the white man, who is clearly very upset, demands a “refund” for his food." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMarch 21

A customer at a Florida Popeyes loses his mind on a worker by going on an insane rant using racial slurs and threatening physical violence. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report. Watch Francesca on The Bitchuation Room Sundays at 5/8EST http://www.youtube.com/franifio Follow Francesca: http://www.twitter.com/franifio Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Video Shows Racist Popeyes ‘Cracker’ Customer Threaten To Lynch Worker Over Refund Dispute - https://newsone.com/4306795/racist-popeyes-cracker-video/ "Disturbing video footage showing a suspected white supremacist violently threatening a fast-food worker over an order dispute seemed to check all the boxes for a federal hate crime by way of a threatened lynching in an N-word laced rant. The video filmed at the counter of a Popeyes restaurant was going viral on Sunday and left no doubt about how the white man who starred in the footage really feels about Black people. There is little context accompanying the video that abruptly opens showing the unidentified white man angrily walking toward the counter that separates Popeyes customers from workers, one of whom was filming the encounter. While holding a phone to his ear, the white man, who is clearly very upset, demands a “refund” for his food." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMarch 21

Fox News has been accused of having horrible security measures for their reporters, camera people and other employees while stationed in Ukraine. John Iadarola and Rashad Richey break it down on The Damage Report. Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Jennifer Griffin Fights Back Tears in Eulogy to Fallen Fox News Colleagues - https://www.mediaite.com/uncategorized/jennifer-griffin-fights-back-tears-in-eulogy-to-fallen-fox-news-colleagues/ "Fox News’s national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin addressed the deaths of Fox News journalists covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine in an emotional and moving moment one rarely sees from a well-respected reporter. News broke yesterday that a Russian artillery attack killed veteran camera operator Pierre Zakrzewski and local Ukrainian producer Oleksandra Kuvshynova, who went by Sasha. Reporter Benjamin Hall was also injured in the blast, who remains hospitalized, though the severity of his injuries is not yet confirmed." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMarch 16

Tiktoker has a waitress play game for her tip money while she films it, which has caused controversy over whether or not playing games with service industry workers is exploitive. John Iadarola and Rashad Richey break it down on The Damage Report. Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: ‘As a server… this is kinda humiliating’: Customers make server play game for tip money, sparking debate - https://www.dailydot.com/irl/customers-make-server-play-game-for-tip-money-tiktok/ "A TikTok with nearly 2 million views has sparked debate after it showed a customer playing a Russian Roulette-type game with the server based on tip money. The clip, which has over 350,000 likes, shows the TikTok with three different “piles” of dollar bills for their restaurant meal. One of the piles, they say, includes a bill for the server. The TikToker can be seen switching round the piles while their server’s back is turned, before asking them to choose one." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMarch 16

Jen Psaki gets questions from reporters at white house press conference referring to when America plans to join the Ukraine war efforts in a more direct way against Russia. John Iadarola and Rashad Richey break it down on The Damage Report. Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: WILL THE UNITED STATES EMPOWER ZELENSKYY TO NEGOTIATE AN END TO THE WAR? - https://theintercept.com/2022/03/15/ukraine-russia-war-sovereignty-negotiations/ "UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY has made twin requests of his Western allies as his country fends off an invasion by Russian forces. First, he has consistently implored the United States to provide more military aid, including by enforcing a no-fly zone, and to impose additional sanctions on Russia and those close to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Second, he has pushed the West to be more involved in negotiations toward an end to the war. The first demand sits at the center of the debate over the war in the United States and in Europe, as the allies grapple with how, and with which weapons, to support the Ukrainian defensive efforts. The second demand has met a far more muted response, but on Saturday, an unnamed State Department spokesperson told Reuters that the U.S. was prepared to help." #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMarch 16

Better.com, an online mortgage company, accidentally flops mass layoffs, verbally abuses workers and overall creates a horrible experience for its employees. John Iadarola and Jordan Uhl break it down on The Damage Report. Become a TDR YouTube Member: http://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport/join Follow The Damage Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDamageReportTYT/ Help build the Home of the Progressives http://tyt.com/JOIN Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Damage Report on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thedamagereport?lang=en Follow The Damage Report on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thedamagereport/ Follow The Damage Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDamageReport Read more here: Better.com accidentally sends severance checks to employees before informing them of layoffs - https://www.dailydot.com/debug/better-lays-off-thousands/ "Online mortgage company Better.com is laying off thousands of its employees. The layoffs come months after the company fired 900 employees in a Zoom call. The latest round of layoffs will affect more than a third of Better.com’s 8,000 member workforce. The company is laying off 3,000 people in the United States and India. The Zoom layoffs in December generated a wave of negative publicity for Better.com, particularly after Chief Executive Officer Vishal Garg insulted those let go on the anonymous reviewing site Blind. Garg accused the people laid off of “stealing from you and stealing from our customers.”" #TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurksMarch 9

Thousands of educational staff in Minneapolis are going on strike for the first time in over 50 years. The educators are fighting for better pay, a solution to ever-increasing class sizes, and proper support and staffing to combat pandemic work shortages and the return to full in-person schooling. March 8

The law firm working on behalf of Activision-Blizzard game company sent out a puzzling tweet today detailing tips and tricks for employers on how they can avoid unionization efforts from employees. The firm, Reed Smith, is currently representing Activision-Blizzard in a labor board hearing against a software company’s striking workers. February 23

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