December 21 Year End Review Now Online

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News Updates Suspended Until January 7

As we take a holiday break, the next daily labor news update will be posted January 7, 2013

December 21 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 ten articles a month.

'Plan B' Would Actually Raise Taxes on the Poor
Boehner forced to withdraw fiscal cliff bill after Republican revolt

Palermo Boycott Cutting Production, Workers Appeal Labor Board Ruling
Ecosystems in Upheaval, Biodiversity in Collapse
Right to Work for Less and the Destruction of Solidarity
Bangladesh mine activists dump coal outside GCM meeting in London
Chinese mining firm to raze Peruvian peak for 35 years of mineral wealth
Canada's First Nations protest heralds a new alliance
OSHA Says It Is Investigating Garage Employee’s Drowning *

December 20 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 ten articles a month.

Locked-out Crystal Sugar workers and families receive holiday gifts
Exploited Filipino Teachers in Louisiana Win Historic Court Decision
Carwash Workers, Interpreters, Nurses and Others Join AFL-CIO Unions
St. Rose, Hayward RNs Vote by 91% to Join CNA
Fiscal cliff cuts threaten austerity for 50 million Americans already in poverty
'No Givebacks!' ABF Bargaining opens
More NY Dairy Jobs on the Line
Plastic Chokes Oceans and Trashes Beaches
Greek Kindergarten Teachers Find Work in Germany
CAW decries GM's shift of Camaro production from Ontario to Michigan
CN Rail vows co-operation in cross-border biofuels probe
Great Lakes map pinpoints environmental stressors
Airport security union reaches agreement
France notes Algerian suffering
Arab-Israeli politician Haneen Zoabi disqualified from re-election
EU declares no winner in carbon capture competition
Boehner's 'plan B': Tax cuts for the rich, tax hikes for the poor
How cuts have hit, and may hit, federal workers
Obama and Boehner Diverge Sharply on Fiscal Plan *
Increase in Base Subway Fare and 30-Day Pass Is Approved *

December 19 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 ten articles a month.

Obama Social Security offer at odds with top Dems
Chained CPI: The Younger You Are, the Bigger the Cut

Port Protesters Target Walmart Cargo from Bangladesh
Time to Act Now To Restore Our Ravaged Mental Healthcare System
Are U.S. Munitions to Blame for Basra Birth Defects?
Half of Ontario public elementary school teachers walk out
After Recession, More Young Adults Are Living on Street *

December 18 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 ten articles a month.

Human link to climate change stronger than ever: draft report
Hostess Workers Take on Private Equity Pirates
Toxic Train Wreck Exposes Weakness in Federal Chemical Policy
Medicare Means Testing Is a Benefit Cut for Middle-Income Workers
Nurses Union Calls for Action on Nation’s Ravaged Mental Health Services
Strikes hit 8 public school boards today, including Toronto
Airport strike talks resuming after long delay
Polio workers killed in Karachi
Redundancy notice period halved
Pollution from car emissions killing millions in China and India
Obama, Boehner move close to ‘fiscal cliff’ deal
How Wal-Mart Used Payoffs to Get Its Way in Mexico *
Study Finds One in 6 Follows No Religion *
Bangladesh Finds Gross Negligence in Factory Fire *
A Big, and Risky, Energy Bet *
Obama’s New Offer on Fiscal Crisis Could Lead to Deal *

December 17 Week In Review Now Online

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December 17 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 ten articles a month.

The Woes of an American Drone Operator
AP-GfK Poll: Science doubters say world is warming
Prospect of NAFTA Expansion Sparks Cross-Border Action
Chained CPI Is a Cut in Social Security Benefits and 'Stealth' Tax Hike
Crisis and Resistance in Portugal
Tentative deal reached between Windsor and CUPE workers
3 elementary teacher strikes coming to GTA Tuesday
Man jailed in Politkovskaya case
Venezuela hits out at Barack Obama's remarks on 'authoritarian' Hugo Chávez
Landmark climate change report leaked online
Mississippi river faces shipping freeze as water levels drop
Black jobless rate twice that of whites
EPA Sets a Lower Limit for Soot Particles in the Air
Labor Unions Under Attack in Morsi’s Egypt
Brazil Expands Mines to Drive Future, but Cost Is a Treasured Link to Its Past *
Union Official Says Bay Area Nurses To Strike On Christmas Eve
Twin Cities janitors, security guards and allies to march Monday
Stoney Nakoda First Nation protests Bill C-45
Chávez Party Wins Vote Amid Uncertainty *
Last Car Removed From Derailed NJ Train *
Right-To-Work Nevada a Rare Bright Spot for Labor *
Hoboken Encounters Storm’s Increasing Toll *
Oil Spill Threatens Bird Sanctuary Off Staten Island *
For Spaniards, Having a Job No Longer Guarantees a Paycheck *

December 14 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 ten articles a month.

Building a Solidarity Union
Wisconsin Students Tell Chancellor to Drop Palermo's Pizza Contracts
NNU Celebrates Three Years
UE Protestors Tell Top Senator, 'Stop the Cuts, Tax the Rich'
Israeli soldiers assault two Reuters cameramen
1-day strike to hit Toronto schools on Tuesday
Striker's comments intended as a joke, arbitrator says
Hamilton Catholic Board reaches agreement with elementary teachers
In Cairo Crisis, the Poor Find Dashed Hopes *
UAW chief admits some mistakes in pushing Prop 2 despite Snyder’s warnings

December 13 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 ten articles a month.

Labor's plan to fight back
Groups pledge to push ‘right to work’ elsewhere
Abortion, emergency manager legislation passes Michigan Legislature

Don't Cut Social Security—Double It
Walmart Workers Model 'Minority Unionism'
How can we combat global warming?
Think About the Transportation Sector
B.C. mine to hire only Chinese temporary workers for years
Pat Finucane murder: 'Shocking state collusion', says PM
Gas fracking: British ministers approve shale gas extraction
Fla. Caseworker Stabbed to Death During Home Visit *
EPA Finds Contamination at Former Rocket Test Site *

December 12 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 ten articles a month.

Ten Thousand Aghast as 'Right to Work' Passes in Michigan
Battles over right-to-work laws may have just begun
In major blow to organized labor, Michigan enacts right-to-work law
Limits on Unions Pass in Michigan *

Ottawa's English public elementary teachers to strike today
Should a 15,000-Ton Train Be Operated Single-Handed?
Will Social Security Get Tossed Off the Fiscal Cliff?
The Budget Thugs: What Do They Know About the Economy?
Workers on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile Start a ‘Fight For 15’
How First Nations organized against tar sands pipelines
Name tags for Canada border agents rejected by union
Quebec ambulance technicians could strike during holiday season
Sawmill workers question future after Bowater purchase
Costa Rica bans hunting as a sport
Postal employees accept early buyout offer
75% of jobless workers to lose insurance
W.Va. Works to Reopen Interstate After Explosion *
Relief Workers Find Spartan Lodging, Right on the Water *
Brownback to continue sales tax, cut income taxes further, budget director says

December 11 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 ten articles a month.

Michigan on the brink of right-to-work legislation
Both sides of Michigan right-to-work brace for major blow to unions today
Right to Work Looms in Michigan
RNs protest Gov. Snyder’s 'Right to Work' corporate takeover
Michigan prepares for mass protests
Michigan Labor Fight Cleaves a Union Bulwark *

Pipeline Politics: Can Popular Protest Stop the Tar Sands Leviathan?
Bolivia at UN talks: The climate is not for sale!
Free Transit and Beyond
Climate disaster CAN be prevented

Ontario teachers begin 1-day walkouts
Minnesota Nurses Association, hospitals announce contract agreement
Kill Bill 115: Where is the Ontario Labour Movement Going?
Opel to Shutter German Plant
Fight over secret Tommy Douglas file goes to top court
Hydrochloric acid leak in east Edmonton capped
Three Dozen Private-College Presidents Earned Over $1 Million in 2010 *
Health workers march in Spain's capital against cuts, reforms
Locked-out Crystal Sugar Workers reject contract for fourth time
Community Long Beach RNs Vote by 76% to Join CNA/NNU
Beef’s Raw Edges: A yearlong investigation into the meat industry
Hostess workers’ pension contributions were redirected
Chinese miners asked to pay for Canadian jobs
Iberia strike cancelled by unions
Documents Reveal New Details About Walmart’s Connection to Factory Fire *
FAA: 3 Killed in Medical Helicopter Crash in Ill. *

December 9 Week In Review Now Online

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News Updates Suspended

Next News Update will be Tuesday, December 11

December 2 Week In Review Now Online

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November 30 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 ten articles a month.

Union walkout cripples ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
Longshoremen exercise right to refuse to cross anti-outsourcing picket line
Talks to Resume in LA-Long Beach Harbors Strike *

With Day of Protests, Fast-Food Workers Seek More Pay *
Fast-food workers say 'no' to raw deal
New York fast food workers strike over low wages
New York Fast Food Workers Walk Off the Job

Labor Board Deals Blow to Fired Immigrant Strikers in Wisconsin

Burning All the Carbon Will Burn Us All
Ice sheets melting at poles faster than before

Allison Transmission workers approve labor contracts
Spain's Iberia workers to strike before Christmas
Hot and Crusty Workers Win Contract and Hiring Hall
Hostess Asks $1.8 Million in Bonuses for Those Who Wrecked Company
Michigan Working Families Rally Against 'Right to Work' for Less Proposal
Nurses bring U.S. support for Robin Hood tax to global union movement
High school teachers' contract agreement in limbo
Ford workers laid off in Windsor offered Oakville jobs
Ontario will use legislative 'tools' if teachers strike
Eurozone jobless rate at new high
Arizona sued over denied state IDs
Canada in asylum crackdown
Complaints Aside, Most Face Lower Tax Burden Than in 1980 *
Menard to Fly Wis. Workers In to Staff ND Store *
Sewage Flows After Storm Expose Flaws in System *

November 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 ten articles a month.

Arctic sea ice larger than US melted this year
Marvin Miller: Cooperstown’s Most Glaring Omission
IAM calls for tighter regulation of aircraft repair stations
Massey Energy Mine Manager Charged in Conspiracy
Elementary teachers to give 'ample notice' of strikes
Court bans Pussy Riot video clips
Burma targets copper mine protest
Drone protesters knocked off course
Medicare Is Faulted on Shift to Electronic Records *
Drive to Unionize Fast-Food Workers Begins *

November 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 ten articles a month.

UN climate scientist: Sandy no coincidence
Climate Change Threatens to Create a Second Dust Bowl
Permafrost Melts While Government Negotiations Stall
The unequal pain of climate change in Europe
Obama fails first climate test
US coastal cities in danger as sea levels rise faster than expected
Campaigners sue EPA over carbon emissions

Bangladesh fire tragedy far too common
Bangladeshi Garment Workers Rally for Union Rights after Deadly Fire
Disney, Sears used factory in deadly Bangladesh fire

Wal-Mart's strategy of deniability for workers' safety
Former baseball union head Miller dead at 95
Chile Escondida copper mine union agrees to early labor talks
The Campaign Against the Rand Formula
Fire Kills 14 in Workshop for Disabled People
Rob Ford apologizes for actions in conflict case
Winnipeg media chided for taking Ikea freebies
Tenants, group push for rent control
Nobel laureates call for Israel boycott
Siberia's pesticide dumps may prove a bigger hazard than nuclear waste
Now Touring, the Debt Duo, Simpson-Bowles *
Portuguese Join Europe’s Chorus of Discontent *
Italy Government Faces Test as Steel Plant Says Ruling Would Force It to Close *

November 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 ten articles a month.

Environmental Critics: US Must Take 'Urgent' Climate Action
Time is running out: the Doha climate talks must put an end to excuses
Going Through the Motions in Doha
Doha 2012: US claims 'enormous' efforts to cut carbon emissions

When Postmasters Attack
Ocean Acidification Eats at Heart of Food Chain
Inequality and Budget Deficits—Why Is Only the Latter an Emergency?
ABF Bargaining to Start
Unions press Congress to avoid federal pay cuts
Efforts to Curb Social Spending Face Resistance *
Fierce Debt Puts Pensions at Risk in Puerto Rico *
A Study of Home Help Finds Low Worker Pay *

November 26 News Updates Resume

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 ten articles a month.

Thousands demonstrate in Bangladesh after deadly blaze
Fatal Fire Highlights the Dangers Facing Garment Workers *

Will US role at climate talks change after storm?
Doha climate talks: what to expect
UN to launch new round of talks on global warming

Walmart strikes result in arrests as store claims Black Friday sales success
Drug companies’ influence over research grows
Swallowing Rain Forest, Cities Surge in Amazon *
Benefits Fight Brings Lesbian Couple to High Court *
Ikea 'regrets' forced labour use
Breast cancer risks on the job a 'neglected area'
Solar storm as desert plan to power Europe falters
White House march revives Keystone XL protest movement
Cuban transsexual elected to public office
Dead Woman Working: Thankful for Cancer Struggle
10,000 London Students Back in Streets to Mark Anniversary
High school teachers cut tentative deal with Thunder Bay board
Death metal: tin mining in Indonesia
Pipeline Protest Draws Pepper Spray From Deputies
Cost-Cutting Cited in Loose Plane Seats *
Fundraiser Monday evening for locked-out Crystal Sugar workers
Tentative agreement reached at Rainbow Foods
On Black Friday, hundreds protest outside Walmart in St. Paul
Rights group investigates Canadian-owned mine in Mexico
First gas tanker crosses Arctic
With Ban on Drilling Practice, Town Lands in Thick of Dispute *
Early Push for Sales Undercuts Black Friday *

November 25 Week In Review Now Online

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November 17 Week In Review Now Online

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November 16 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 ten articles a month.

We will be taking some personal time off next week. The next News Update will be Monday, November 26.

Next Wave of Walmart Worker Actions Kicks Off with California Strike
Walmart hit by employee walkouts

P@W Mourns the Passing of Howard Wallace
Howard Wallace - 1936-2012: Socialist, Union Activist, LGBT Icon

‘Grand Bargain’ Would Be a Social Security Swindle
Rights group alarmed over Morocco's underage maids
Philadelphia union workers protest at Mayor Nutter's house
Student workers at Hershey facility win back wages
French unions say deal far off in labor reform talks
South Africa mine strikes end, tensions remain
Ward addresses labor conflict
Does UIS stiff laborers?
Toronto transit driver suspended for chasing sex attack suspect

November 15 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 ten articles a month.

Millions in Europe protest austerity measures
European workers in austerity protests
Europe unites in austerity protests

Future of Hostess hangs on ultimatum to strikers

Here's How Bad the Deficit Problem Is in the Dominican Republic
South Africa labor strikes, unrest expand to farms
Raley's, union workers reach contract agreement
Hyatt Regency hotel faces federal labor complaint
Little-changed union pact OK'd for California state workers
Post-Sandy Relief Workers Toil in Tough Labor Conditions
Fiscal Cliff or Fiscal Bluff?
Should Chiapas farmers pay for California’s emissions?
Take Action to Support the Palermo's Truth Tour
Ergonomic Injuries Account for Growing Share of Workplace Injuries
BP to pay record fine for 2010 spill
Climate Change Denier Likely to Lead Congressional Science Committee
Miners question impact of job on fertility
Ireland abortion law under scrutiny
Shale gas fuels a U.S. industrial revival
Federal labor not at White House talks
Financial Worries Pile on Long Before Graduation *
Author Barred From Atlanta Jewish Book Festival *

November 14 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 ten articles a month.

EU workers in austerity protests
Anti-austerity strikes sweep southern Europe
Greek Mayors Rebel Against Public Layoffs
Europe hit by anti-austerity strikes
Workers in Southern Europe Synchronize Anti-Austerity Strikes *

Persistent pay gap confronts women, KC research confirms
Mexican Congress OKs biggest labor shake-up in decades
Still no power for 84,000 in New York, New Jersey
Unions Hoping for Comeback: Obama 'Owes Them Big Time'
Lufthansa, crew said to reach labor compromise
Union pickets Peckham over unfair labor practices, wages
Union workers plan protest at warehouse
Palermo Villa union advocates tour Midwest
Ignored on campaign, global warming talk heats up
Undersea Gas Leaks Discovered Off Israel's Coast
Poor nations dismayed by looming climate aid gap
New Zealand won't sign 'Kyoto 2' climate treaty
Obama, labor leaders meet to discuss 'fiscal cliff'
Union leaders start planning future priorities
How Chicago Teachers Got Organized to Strike
Toxic substance found in snow near tarsands
Food fight, fires in wake of extended teacher work to rule action
Walter Reed janitors, union to rally
Virginia Tries to Circumvent Obama on Drilling *

November 13 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 ten articles a month.

Catching up after holiday weekend:

Hostess Closing Bakeries as Workers Won't Cross Lines
The South Africa Strike Wave and New Workers' Organisations
Deadly Sherbrooke blast's cause still unknown
Coney Island recovery far from over
City threatens defamation lawsuit over CUPE ad
Behind New York Gas Lines, Warnings and Crossed Fingers *
Several hundred attend pro-choice rally in Belfast
As Coal Boosts Mozambique, the Rural Poor Are Left Behind *
Machinists Union Approves New Bombardier Contract *
Ontario secondary teachers to start job action
Wave of Evictions Leads to Homeless Crisis in Spain *
Immelt, Cote Among CEOs to Meet with President on Wednesday
SAS to cut 40% of workers to 'save' airline
Raley's strike: Negotiations are back on
Universal Stainless, union agree to five year labor pact
Geneva teachers file unfair labor practice charge
Civil Rights Orgs File Complaint Over New York’s High Stakes Tests
Nurses Beat Back Concessions at Site of Beyoncé Baby Birth
Ecuador’s president responds to ‘leftist’ critics
Miners from Spike TV Reality Show Vote for UMWA
Poll Shows Americans Reject 'Grand Bargain' Cuts to Social Security and Medicare
Strikers Win Long Battle for Justice
Sutter, HCA Nurses to Strike November 20
Chancellor Faces Angry Protests in Portugal
1 in 10 University of Ottawa students uses food bank
US can become world's biggest oil producer in a decade, says IEA
2 million stand to lose unemployment benefits
More women have driver's licenses than men in U.S
Labor Leaders Have Obama’s Back, and Are Ready to Help *