Friday, February 24, 2012

February 24 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.

Republic Windows, redux? Workers occupy Goose Island plant
Steelworkers, Cooper Tire Reach Tentative Agreement
Immigrant Steel Workers March Against Unjust Firings
Dow and Monsanto Join Forces to Poison America's Heartland
Union sues to stop Indiana 'right-to-work' law
USPS closings plan to eliminate up to 35,000 jobs
Germany to cut subsidies for solar power
A Shallow Victory on Living Wages in New York City
Is the 'Green Economy' a New Washington Consensus?
Canada: Secret government memo warns tar sands damage may be irreversible
Wisconsin Workers Sticking with the Union
Aer Lingus Flight Attendants Stand Strong in Face of Management Attacks
Murder Strikes Guatemalan Banana Workers Union Again
John Nichols Talks to CNA/NNU About His New Book, Uprising
100th Anniversary of the Lawrence Textile Strike
Actress Lucy Lawless climbs oil-drilling ship
Transport Canada OK's Northern Gateway supertankers
Striking Metro Transit union to vote on latest HRM offer
EU tar sands pollution vote ends in deadlock
Union rally Monday to protest '1000 Ways to Die' producer
Cost of federal high-risk insurance plan expected to double initial predictions

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