Tuesday, February 21, 2012

February 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 twenty articles a month.

Lots of news over the long holiday weekend

GE workers seek union representation
Quebec student strike grows
Coasts in peril plan ahead for rising seas
Locked-out workers plan events this week across Minnesota
Michigan Unions Look to Amend Constitution to Block Anti-Labor Bills
1912 San Diego Free Speech Fight Has Lesson for Today
Warehouse Workers, Community Allies Protest Walmart Wage Theft, Firings
Ottawa ‘muzzling’ scientists, panel tells global research community
Activists occupying new nuclear site accuse EDF of 'ignoring democracy'
Payroll tax cut undermines Social Security's security
Surge in temp workers reflects fundamental change in American workplace
Proposed pension contribution hike is latest foray into federal worker pockets
Why Did Single-Payer Health Care Fail in California?
Point Lepreau nuclear plant gets 5-year licence
The inside story on climate scientists under siege
Climate peaceful at ‘Occupy Koch Town’ protest
Budget Woes Prompt Erosion of Public Jobs in Silicon Valley *
Scientists Find New Dangers in Tiny but Pervasive Particles in Air Pollution *
When a County Runs Off the Cliff *
Muslim Students Across Northeast Monitored by NYPD *
Huge Spain rallies condemn labour market reforms
Canada threatens trade war with EU
Unions return to Democratic fold for 2012 election
Unsafe levels of lead still found in California youths
Alliance between natural gas industry, environmental groups fractures
Pressure, Chinese and Foreign, Drives Changes at Foxconn *
Strikes at Frankfurt airport extended until Friday
AFL-CIO chief goes on the offensive

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