April 23 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.

Three days of news

Common Ground on the Kill Floor: Organizing Smithfield

How can we build the movement to stop climate change?

Violent Montreal student protest nets 17 arrests

Ontario NDP likely to cave in budget showdown

Teachers ordered to complete spring report cards

Hundreds of N.S. teachers protest school cuts

Mediator appointed as strike looms at Capital Health

Costa Concordia salvage to begin

Villaraigosa calls for cutting 669 city jobs

Unions back American-US Airways merger

In France, the Fringe Emerges as a Force *

No Place for Heated Opinions *

Madison School District teachers call 10% pay cut illegal

8 Ways Global Warming Is Already Changing the World
Climate change 'impacts Europe's mountain plants'
Labour groups rally at Queen's Park

Czechs stage anti-government rally

Sisters of mercy, devotion — and dismay

Mesothelioma victims deserve better than wasteful legal maneuvers

One in two new graduates is jobless or underemployed

Conservative Nonprofit Acts as a Stealth Business Lobbyist *

U.S. and Afghanistan Reach Partnership Agreement *

Vast Mexico Bribery Case Hushed Up by Wal-Mart *

A Ban on Some Seafood Has Fishermen Fuming *

France's Hollande, Sarkozy in hunt for far-right votes
Warming set to make corn prices pop
Fuel tanker dispute talks resume

Something fishy in the ‘green’ label