Out d’Coup | GA Voter Suppression; Amazon Piss Bottles; Amazon Union; Columbia Grad Strike; NYU Grad Strike Vote; H’Burg Mayor Race; Pennridge TPUSA; Sisters of the Night Caucus; Ingenuity; Free Will

<p>Georgia Republicans pass a slew of voter-supression measures. <a href='https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/25/georgia-voting-restrictions-law-passed?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other'>As reported in The Guardian</a>, the new legislation “requires voters to submit ID information with both an absentee ballot request and the ballot itself. It limits the use of absentee ballot drop boxes, allows for unlimited challenges to a voter’s qualifications, cuts the runoff election period from nine to four weeks, and significantly shortens the amount of time voters have to request an absentee ballot.”</p> <p>According to an explosive <a href='https://theintercept.com/2021/03/25/amazon-drivers-pee-bottles-union/'>new article in The Intercept</a>, Ken Klippenstein obtained internal documents showing that Amazon managers and executives have been fully aware that drivers often resort to peeing in bottles and even pooping in plastic bags due to the pressure to meet package quotas and an intense schedule.The report drops as Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama enter the last week of voting on unionization.</p> <p>In a failed attempt at witty snark, Amazon Executive Dave Clark also took to Twitter to respond to news that Bernie Sanders would be travelling to Bessemer to join workers on the picket line. The tweets landed like a brick. </p> <p>Oh, and we should mention that <a href='https://jacobinmag.com/2021/03/italy-nationwide-amazon-strike-march-22'>Amazon workers in Italy went on strike </a>over labor conditions this week. </p> <p>Speaking of strikes, <a href='https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/03/26/columbia-grad-workers-still-strike'>Columbia University graduate workers continue their strike</a> for a second week. Key demands in the more than two-year negotiations for their first contract include a neutral arbitrator in harassment cases, union coverage for more student workers and a pay increase. </p> <p>And, <a href='https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/24/nyu-m24.html'>graduate student workers at NYU</