3 Things To Know Today

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1 UAW Files Labor Charges Against Trump And Musk After Conversation On X

United Auto Workers had a problem with some of the things said during the Elon Musk-Donald Trump conversation on X Monday evening. The union filed federal labor charges against former President Trump and Musk yesterday, accusing them of trying to “intimidate and threaten” workers during the two-hour talk. In a statement, the UAW claimed that the pair made it clear they were in favor of firing striking workers, something that’s illegal under the National Labor Relations Act. During the conversation, Trump told Musk “I mean, I look at what you do. You walk in, you say ‘You want to quit?’, They go on strike, I won’t mention the name of the company, but they go on strike, and you say, ‘That’s okay. You’re all gone.’” Musk didn’t respond to the comment, instead redirecting the discussion to government spending. UAW President Shawn Fain said in a statement “It’s disgusting, illegal, and totally predictable from these two clowns.” The AFL-CIO posted about the comments on X, saying “Scab recognize scab.”

2 Ilhan Wins Democratic Primary, Wisconsin Senate Race Set

A member of the progressive “Squad” in the House of Representatives survived her primary last night. Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar defeated challenger Don Samuels for her second primary win over him in a row. While she only won by 2,500 votes two years ago, Ilhan was leading Samuels by a margin of 56-percent to 42-percent. Two other members of the “Squad,” Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York and Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri were both defeated in their Democratic primaries, guaranteeing a diminished version of the “Squad” next year. In Wisconsin last night, the ballot was set for the Senate race when businessman Eric Hovde won the Republican primary, putting him on the November ballot against Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in a closely-watched battleground race. It wasn’t the clean win at polling places yesterday that Republicans may have hoped for. Voters rejected ballot questions that would have limited the governor’s power to spend federal money like disaster relief. One other election result of note last night…Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner was chosen to succeed the late Sheila Jackson Lee as the Democratic party nominee for Lee’s House seat. Lee, who died last month of pancreatic cancer, had already won the Democratic nomination for a 16th term before her death, so Turner was chosen by local Democratic precinct chairs during a meeting yesterday in Houston.

3 The New CEO Of Starbucks Is The CEO Of Chipotle

Starbucks announced a new CEO yesterday morning…Brian Niccol, who’s served as the CEO of Chipotle since 2018. Starbucks stock closed over 24-percent higher yesterday on the news, while Chipotle shares fell over seven-percent. While Starbucks and Chipotle have both faced complaints about declining service quality and rising prices, the two companies have had different results. Chipotle’s stock was up over 20-percent this year, while Starbucks was down by roughly the same amount. The chairman emeritus and former CEO of Starbucks, Howard Schultz, bragged about the leadership change in a statement.


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