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Max Zahn
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Business and tech reporter @ABC | Formerly @YahooFinance @MONEY @TheIslandNow | Grad @newmarkjschool | Send tips to [email protected]
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    Max Zahn
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    May 9, 2022
    Professional news: It's my first day as the business and tech reporter on the digital team @ABC. I’ll be writing breaking news and enterprise stories on big tech, inequality, labor, economic trends, and other things. Story tips or Dad jokes welcome at [email protected].
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    Max Zahn
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    Jul 26, 2024
    NEW: Tim Walz has emerged as a popular VP pick among labor unions, sources tell ABC News. Walz has drawn support for his record of pro-labor legislation in a blue-leaning state and his potential appeal with voters in Midwest battlegrounds Wisconsin and Michigan, they said.
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    Max Zahn
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    Jul 23, 2024
    SCOOP: Unions have united behind Kamala Harris but concern has emerged over the potential selection of Mark Kelly as VP due to his unwillingness to back the PRO Act. "This is a huge problem," said one union president who back Harris but opposes Kelly as VP.
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    Max Zahn
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    Jul 16, 2019
    Thirteen Congresspeople, including @SenSanders @AOC @IlhanMN, sent a letter calling on the Dept. of Labor to "immediately investigate chronic violations of workplace safety at all Amazon warehouses." The letter cites this story @SharifPaget and I wrote
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    ‘Colony of Hell’: 911 Calls From Inside Amazon Warehouses
    From thedailybeast.com
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    Max Zahn
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    Sep 4, 2017
    Rev. William Barber addresses Trump: "So much, Mr. President, for your day of prayer." Calls it day of preying. #FightFor15 #SEIU #Mcjobs
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    Max Zahn
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    Jul 26, 2024
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    .@FlyingWithSara told ABC News that she considers Walz one of two top candidates for the vice presidential nod, along with Andy Beshear. "It makes a lot of sense to lean in harder on workers’ rights when the MAGA talking points are trying to say they’re for working people."
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    Max Zahn
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    Jun 5, 2020
    Fifteen mins after NYC curfew, dozens of police vans trailed #BlackLivesMatter protesters tonight as they marched up Rogers Ave. in Central Brooklyn.
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    Max Zahn
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    Jul 23, 2024
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    "Why would the Democrats even consider a senator for the vice presidency if the senator doesn't support the PRO Act?" @TwuSamuelsen told ABC News.
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    Max Zahn
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    Jul 26, 2024
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    "People are high on Walz," said Steve Rosenthal, a political consultant who has spoken with unions about the potential vice presidential nominee. But, sources added, labor unions lack a consensus choice. "Mostly people understand the desperate need to win,” Rosenthal said.
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    Max Zahn
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    Nov 25, 2019
    NEWS: 600 Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island have signed a petition protesting working conditions and demanding increased break time as well as company-provided Metrocards. Workers will deliver the petition in a protest outside the facility tonight.
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    Max Zahn
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    Jul 26, 2024
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    Potential VP pick Tim Walz emerges as popular candidate among labor unions, sources say
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    Max Zahn
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    Jul 23, 2024
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    ""Senator Kelly is the son of two union police officers and has been a strong supporter of workers throughout his time in the Senate," Kelly spokesperson @JacobNPeters1 told ABC News. Kelly told @HuffPost in 2021 he supports PRO-Act's "overall goals" but has "some concerns"
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    Max Zahn
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    Mar 30, 2018
    Funny, sharp take in @politico newsletter about how @SpeakerRyan misspoke when he said he’d worked at @mcdonald’s, rather than a franchise. #Labor
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    Max Zahn
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    Jul 23, 2024
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    Labor unions unite behind Kamala Harris but concern emerges about potential VP pick Mark Kelly
    Concern centers on a policy position taken by Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona.
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