March 5 Week In Review Now Online

You can read the new WIR here.

March 2 News Update

Each Monday-Friday, by 9AM Central, we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be accompanied by editorial commentary. Stories from the New York Times will be followed with a *. The Times pay wall policy allows free access to only about twenty articles a month.

Oceans' acidic shift may be fastest in 300 million years
Union, Raley's agree to continue labor talks
Labor board issues complaint against HealthBridge
Robbinsdale school board nearing vote to outsource jobs of school bus drivers
Postal Workers Need Support from the 99%
Mining boom accelerates land grabbing and ecosystem destruction
ABF CEO Gets $455,000 Raise
UAW readies right-to-work fight
Climate change skeptic's university course criticized
B.C. teachers to start 3-day strike Monday
Vale fatal accident report stuns mining community
Workers protest looming federal budget cuts
Millions of retirees can't afford basic living expenses
Chief says cuts will harm Kansas City Fire Department
Restaurant to Pay Workers in Wage-Theft Case *

March 1 News Update

Each Monday-Friday, by 9AM Central, we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be accompanied by editorial commentary. Stories from the New York Times will be followed with a *. The Times pay wall policy allows free access to only about twenty articles a month.

Thousands protest cuts in Europe
A Lockout Ends, Some Cooper Workers Unhappy With Two-Tier Contract
The Most Expensive Strikes In History
Greek unions walk out, parliament cuts health costs
Who are the winners and losers in Greece?
B.C. teachers vote in favour of strike
B.C. NDP to oppose bill ending teacher job action
Malaysia: Largest environmental protest condemns toxic refinery plans
Report Brings GE's 2.3% Tax Bite to Light
Proposed Georgia Law Makes Picketing Illegal, Sit Downs a Felony
Thousands of Nurses, Activists to March at G8 May 18
Upper class people more likely to cheat: study
What Future Does Nuclear Power Have in Japan?
Steelworkers union says fallen miner warned Vale in email
N.S. teachers union fighting possible cuts
Eurozone jobless rate hits record 10.7%
Police arrest four marchers for trespassing at Occupy KC event

February 29 News Update

Each Monday-Friday, by 9AM Central, we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be accompanied by editorial commentary. Stories from the New York Times will be followed with a *. The Times pay wall policy allows free access to only about twenty articles a month.

Labor unions rally in Annapolis
Banks, industry in India hit by trade-union strike
German Bank Workers Union Seeks 6% Wage Increase for 220000
Poll: US belief in warming rises with thermometer
Minnesota job seekers outnumber full-time openings 6-to-1
Wage Laws Could Include Homecare Workers, Finally
Natural gas: another magic bullet that won’t stop climate change
Royal Dutch Shell Should Be Held Accountable in Nigeria
MNA RNs Introduce 2012 Staffing For Patient Safety Act
Hoffa Backs Out of Hours of Service Fight
Could take 5 years to get 6 percent unemployment
B.C. legislation to remove teachers' right to strike
Steelworkers report on miners' deaths due Wednesday
Fukushima, a year on: 3,000 workers take on the twisted steel and radiation

February 28 News Update

Each Monday-Friday, by 9AM Central, we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be accompanied by editorial commentary. Stories from the New York Times will be followed with a *. The Times pay wall policy allows free access to only about twenty articles a month.

Labor Law Reform – A Key Battle for Mexican Unions Today
TransCanada chops up Keystone XL to push it ahead
Living Wage Laws: Worth the Effort?
Occupying Parents Win an Audience, but Chicago Schools Still Privatize
UVA Students, Football Player on Hunger Strike for Workers’ Living Wage
German Delegation Ends T-Mobile Tour Stunned by U.S. Anti-Unionism
UE Local 1110 Again Occupies Window Plant
Probe finds Japan withheld risks of nuke disaster
All-India strike poses fresh challenge to government
German Transport Minister Warns of Strike 'Disastrous Consequences'
Derailed Via train's event recorder found
B.C. teachers seek approval for 8-day strike
Steelworkers confident fired Vale miners will get jobs back
IATSE and Teamsters picket producers of '1000 Ways to Die'
KCP&L wants rate boost for Missouri customers

February 27 Week In Review Now Online

The new WIR is available here

February 27 News Update

Each Monday-Friday, by 9AM Central, we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be accompanied by editorial commentary. Stories from the New York Times will be followed with a *. The Times pay wall policy allows free access to only about twenty articles a month.

3 Via employees die in Ontario derailment
W. Pa. tests: Chemicals in drilling area water
Fiat may close 2 Italian plants
UE Occupies Chicago Window Plant Again, and Wins Reprieve
Porter Airlines pilots try to form union
B.C. teachers to vote on full work stoppage
Striking transit union votes 78% against HRM offer
Burger King leaves British jobless scheme
Gleick on leave from Pacific Institute
Monsanto settles 'Agent Orange' case with US victims
Gov. Brown takes case for Medi-Cal cuts to Washington
Ford plays catch-up in China's growing auto market
Los Angeles Times to begin charging for online access to news
U.S. Agencies See No Move by Iran to Build a Bomb *
Auto Workers Tap Network for Obama *
Transportation Bill Faces a Wall of Opposition From Both Parties *
Rents Keep Rising, Even as Housing Prices Fall *
Teacher Quality Widely Diffused, Ratings Indicate *
Heathrow Express strike: RMT union members walk out
Emergency food for former Thamesteel workers
Cooper contract vote could be close, workers say
Amid a Federal Education Inquiry, an Unsettling Sight *