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Editorial staff of Washingtonian magazine chose to unionize today, the latest in a spate of media unionizations that is just part of a broader trend of post-pandemic tensions between employers and employees.

Axios Re:Cap goes deeper with Jessica Sidman, a food editor at Washingtonian, about the situation at her workplace, at the restaurants she covers and if work will ever be the same.

According to a speech scheduled to be delivered today, the director of the National Economic Council, Brian Deese, will say the economic disruption of the pandemic shows that America needs an industrial policy that invests in more manufacturing jobs.

• Plus, the Biden administration says it won’t meet its July 4th COVID vaccination goal.
• And, what you need to know one month ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.

Guests: Axios' Hans Nichols and Ina Fried.

Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, Amy Pedulla, Naomi Shavin, and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected].

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• Ex-CDC director: “COVID is here to stay”
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Former CDC director Tom Frieden tells the Axios Re:Cap podcast that "COVID is here to stay," as part of a discussion of the highly contagious Delta variant that's becoming the country's dominant strain of the coronavirus.

The Senate is voting today on whether or not to move forward with the "For the People Act," a sweeping election reform bill that’s been at the top of the Democratic wish list for months. But the vote likely will not go their way.

• Plus, ranked-choice voting in the New York City mayoral race, explained.
• And, remote hiring gets complicated in Colorado.

Guests: Axios' Stef Kight, Glen Johnson and John Frank.

Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, Amy Pedulla, Naomi Shavin, and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected].

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• New York City prepares to pick its next mayor