The dock workers’ union strike is over, but has America turned on the labor movement?

This week: the dock workers’ strike is over and the economic disaster has been averted. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck and Elizabeth Spires discuss the strike, sketchy union leader Harold Daggett, and how the White House put its thumb on the scale to help broker a deal. Moreover: OpenAI just completed a $6.6 billion investment round, but the company is making losses. Then: Dish Network wants to buy DirecTV for $1, but the bondholders who own the billion-dollar debt could kill the deal.

In the Plus Bonus Mini Episode: It’s a chicken tender world, and we’re just living in it. The hosts discuss how chicken tenders (and nuggets and fingers) came to dominate American cuisine. (Even if Felix never eats that one Then – bonus within the bonus – Felix and Emily get into a debate about Long Island pizza versus Manhattan pizza.

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