May 9 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.

Back from attending the Labor Notes Conference, we resume our regular schedule today. A report on the LN gathering will be posted soon.

Blacks in South L.A. have a bleaker jobs picture than in 1992
Reversal on child farm-labor rules draws fire
Life spans in much of U.S. compare with those in poorest nations
Protests across US as activists and unions link up
Activist with keen interest in IRA and a passion for humanity
$7.7B clean-up bill for contaminated federal sites
Ex-Westray miner calls for law crackdown to protect workers
B.C.'s privatization of seniors' care raises concerns
Fallen bridge worker's son breaks silence for safety's sake
London mayor: Boris Johnson wins second term by tight margin
Heartland Institute compares belief in global warming to mass murder
EPA scientist who warned of caustic dust from Ground Zero wins job back
Bangladeshi workers risk lives in shipbreaking yards
Where is the best place to be a mother? Not the U.S.
Cuba’s Fortresses Against a Viral Foe *
An Old Texas Tale Retold: the Farmer vs. the Oil Company *
US Military Deaths in Afghanistan at 1,834 *
Exiled Mexican Union Leader Wins Standoff With Govt. After Court Decision
Workers schedule strike vote, question banks’ involvement with Twin Cities hospitals
Celebrating May Day, in New and Old Ways
Defiant Quebec Students Reject Shabby Government Offer
No regulatory framework in place to curb greenhouse gas emissions