June 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.

How Can Labor Combat Obama's Secret 'NAFTA of the Pacific'?
Research lakes shutdown will be costly, scientists argue
Albertans reminded to stay off oil-contaminated lake
Spanish miners clash with police
Carbon storage 'may cause small earthquakes'
Japan nuclear restart gets PM's approval
Obama Acknowledges U.S. Is Fighting Groups in Somalia and Yemen *
China to Investigate Death of Labor Activist *
Obama to Permit Young Migrants to Remain in U.S. *
In Health Care Ruling, Vast Implications for Medicaid *
Workers Point Finger at Their Own Agency Amid a Backlog in Veterans’ Benefits *
Lockheed Is Replacing Strikers at Fighter Plane Plant *
Locked-out Crystal Sugar workers schedule another contract vote
Archdiocese strips Catholic Spirit workers of their union contract
Air Canada offer to ground crews OK'd by arbitrator
French Socialists win majority
Alabama law casts a long shadow
Supporters of Bailout Claim Victory in Greek Election *
Thousands March Silently To Protest Stop-and-Frisk Policies *
American Rights at Work, Jobs with Justice Announce Merger
California Hospitals, with Help From UHW-SEIU, Launch New Attack on Ratio Law
Mexico's 'maquiladora' labor system keeps workers in poverty
Italian workers mass to protest Monti cuts, reform
Union members arrested during protest at Atlantic City's Tropicana
Senate Democrats Block Funding for Guest Worker Protection Rule