March 20 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.

Cambodian Workers Camp Out, Hunger Strike Against Walmart and H&M - See more at: http://www.labornotes.org/#sthash.YOn2c1sR.dpuf

View from Argentina: Which Direction for Pope with Checkered Past?
Activists discuss how to stop frack attack
Idle No More and Defenders of the Land call protests for Indigenous rights
Study: Global Warming Doubles Risk of 'Katrina-Magnitude' Events
SEIU Hospital Workers Strike for Affordable Healthcare
Capitalism, Steven Pearlstein, and Morality
Sales of Hostess Brands Approved by Judge
SPEEA Technical Workers Approve Boeing Pact
Rally Against Patriot Coal's Retiree Health Care Cuts
Oakland Waste Management Workers File Charges over Employee Intimidation
Hudson News Workers Rally for Justice at San Jose Airport
Jackson Park Chicago RNs Win First Hospital Contract
Polish workers rescued after mine collapse
Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution
Edmonton public school trustees reject teachers' deal
UK unemployment rises to 2.52m
Civil servants stage one day strike
Former Guatemalan dictator on trial
Missouri birth control law struck
America’s war legacy: Unemployment
Subway Worker Freed After Hours Stuck in Mud *