Good things were happening with jobs in July:

But while that’s good news, Republican state unemployment cut-offs have left 1.6 million people without unemployment benefits, with another 7.5 million set to lose aid that expires on September 6. And no, the unemployment cut-offs have not produced any quick rise in hiring in those states relative to others.

● Strikewave’s C.M. Lewis has a nuanced, thoughtful take on Richard Trumka’s legacy. Harold Meyerson has another.

● Striking mine workers in Alabama held a major rally and, Hamilton Nolan writes, it held the promise of a better South.

This is the promise of unions. Not just better wages, or better working conditions, but a better society.

● Read this whole thread:

● Democratic National Committee staff are unionizing, which is excellent.

● The climate crisis is coming for undocumented farmworkers first, writes Maurizio Guerrero.

● Ugh.