June 28 News Update

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BART's unionized workers authorize strike
Portuguese trade unions hold major strike over austerity
‘Vote No’ Movement Sends UPS Bargainers Back to Table
Union agrees to discuss extending labor deal at Oshkosh
GM’s Workers in Korea Stage Partial Strike on July 4th
Supreme Court to sort out important NLRB case
Administration Suspends Trade Privileges for Bangladesh
Protests Against Obama Visit to South Africa
Obama’s climate proposals fall short
Calgary floods spotlight cities' costly failure to plan for climate change
Student loan rate hike likely on Monday
Environmentalists seek new review of Keystone pipeline plan
Energy Secretary Optimistic on Obama’s Plan to Reduce Emissions *
NC Becomes 1st State to Drop Federal Jobless Funds *
Detroit EM Axes Council Head, Union Pacts, Agency *
City Council Hears Plea From Fast-Food Workers *

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June 27 News Update

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A victory for same-sex marriage rights
Union members praise Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage
Nurses Welcome Decision on Gay Rights, Condemn Voting and Workplace Rights

2nd union makes deadline in Vt. home care fight
Striking Laborers step up pressure with ad campaign
Register now for Midwest School for Women Workers
Newark Teacher Reformers Win Majority
Obama’s climate speech: No cause for celebration
Global Nurses United of Nurse, Healthcare Worker Unions, Born
Government $4 Million Fine on Kaiser for Limiting Access to Mental Health Care
Nurses Call on Obama to Fully Reject Keystone XL
Chinese factory workers free US boss
US economic recovery weaker than first thought

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June 26 News Update

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Texas abortion bill falls after challenge
Summer of Solidarity: Tour Will Connect the Grassroots
N.C. Moral Monday Draws Biggest Crowd Yet as UI Cut Off Looms
Supreme Court Strikes Down the Heart of the Voting Rights Act
Canadians Pay Taxes for Universal Health Care, and Now They’re Richer Than Us
Double miners' pay, demands Amcu
Labor Dept probes whether food court workers were underpaid in federal building
Union says Rural Metro workers may strike
Bay Area Rapid Transit workers voting on strike
Brazil riots raise questions over sporting mega-events
Texas woman set to be 500th execution in state
Brazil: Private Transit, Public Protests
An avoidable environmental tragedy in India
Clean Air Act, Reinterpreted, Would Focus on Flexibility and State-Level Efforts *
Scientists Find Canadian Oil Safe for Pipelines, but Critics Say Questions Remain *
U.S. Moves to Abandon Costly Reactor Fuel Plant *

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June 25 News Update

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UPS Contract: What Now?
Fast Food Strikes: What's Cooking?
Local 506 Bulletin Details Last Session of 'Decision Bargaining'
A Young Person's Guide to Social Security
Political Lessons From Greece: Summits, Refugees and Protest
Biggest dead zone ever coming to the Gulf of Mexico
Bell accused of breaking labour law with unpaid interns
Alberta flood recovery could take 10 years, says premier
Alberta could have reduced flood damage, critics say
National protests will support Hamilton Enbridge activitists
China blasts Washington as hunt for Snowden continues
Obama faces South Africa protests
Supreme Court Raises Bar to Prove Job Discrimination *
Defendant Added to Protesters’ Spying Suit *
Indiana: Worker Dies in Grain Silo Explosion *

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June 24 News Update

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UPS Contract To be Re-Negotiated
Edward Snowden seeks asylum in Ecuador amid diplomatic storm
There Is No Other Planet We Can Go To
Low Great Lakes water levels costing shippers millions
Workers march on Rome
King's 1963 Detroit March Remembered With Walk *
4 Workers Hurt in Texas A&M Construction Accident *
Pelosi's defense of NSA surveillance draws boos
Texas town sues plant owner over fertilizer blast
US factory boss held hostage by workers in Beijing
As banks eye Iraq, Citi plans office in Baghdad
Freeport Indonesia ramping up output at world's No.2 copper mine
Floodwaters devastate First Nations communities in Alberta

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June 23 Week In Review Now Online

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June 21 News Update

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One million march across Brazil in biggest protests yet

Will Climate Change Destroy New York City?
New Obama climate plan may draw from panel's recommendations

Members of Laborers Local 563 take to the picket line
Private Equity Stalks Hospitals
Retirement Savings in U.S. Face Staggering Deficit
Poison in the Pipeline: The Toxic Risk of Keystone XL
Erie GE Plant Twice as Efficient as Ft. Worth, Analysis Shows
Kaleida Health and Unions Reach Agreement
Greek coalition in disarray as small party meets over threat to quit
2 die in fireworks factory blast near Montreal
Striking Quebec construction unions, management return to talks
EPA Won't Finalize Wyo. Fracking-Pollution Study *
Some Immigrants Excluded From Health Care Overhaul *

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June 20 News Update

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Brazil protests proceed as smaller cities join the fray
Brazil’s Leftist Ruling Party, Born of Protests, Is Perplexed by Revolt *

Bipartisan proposal on student loans circulating
Wikileaks founder Assange: We are helping NSA leaker Snowden
Obama making plans to tackle global warming
Fast-food workers echo 'Occupy' spirit
Cosmopolitan Workers Rally on the Strip for a Contract
Thousands Protest at Peabody HQ in St. Louis
Worker Abuses Found at Finnish-Owned Maquiladora in Mexico
New 'Obamacare' exchanges could miss enrollment deadline - GAO

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June 19 News Update

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Rousseff salutes Brazil protests, cities cut bus fares
Union presents plan to save jobs at GE Erie plant
Judge tosses NLRB ruling over disputed port jobs
Teamsters voting on UPS contracts
Labor Department cites ‘epidemic’ of wage-and-hour violations
Labor movement makes big push for immigration reform
Protests Spread to 77 Cities in Turkey
UE 1166 Members 'Blow the Whistle', Win Raises, Other Improvements
NLRB Poster Rule Likely Dead After Second Federal Court of Appeals Ruling
Retired RN Kay McVay Honored
Half of First Nations children live in poverty
Spoils of the Sea Elude Many in an Alaska Antipoverty Plan *

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June 18 News Update

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Turkish Unions Strike Again
Turkey could deploy army to quell protests
Erdogan Throws Fuel on Flames

Biggest protests in 20 years sweep Brazil
Immense mobilizations in Greece
OSHA to Investigate Second Louisiana Chemical Plant Explosion
The Urgency of Now for the Unemployed
St. Louis University Hospital RNs Win First Contract
Wolcott Paras and Aides Stand Firm, Retain Defined Benefit Pension
Hundreds sickened in Bangladesh garment factory
Commuter train from NYC shakes, derails in tunnel
Is it Too Late to Tackle Global Warming?
Peru protesters push to stop $5 billion Newmont mine
What's Next After Blockupy Frankfurt?
60 Years Later, Germany Recalls Its Anti-Soviet Revolt  *

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June 17 News Update

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Turkish labor unions plan strike in protest of bloody government crackdown
Gezi Park Evacuated, Istanbul and Turkey Explode
Turkey Expands Violent Reaction to Street Unrest *

Explosions remind La. that plants not always safe
OSHA to Join La. Blast Investigation *

Quebec construction workers strike after negotiation breakdown
Union Says GE Proposal is 'Totally Unacceptable'
Quebec Soccer Federation reverses turban ban
Anti-Islam protests force cancellation of Michigan Arab fest
Workplace random alcohol tests rejected by top court
HK protest supports Snowden
The left turns compliant on violating civil liberties
Chrysler to freeze salaried employees’ pensions in effort to limit liability
Ecuador Legislature Approves Curbs on News Media *
Researchers Find Biological Evidence of Gulf War Illnesses *
Coal Industry Pins Hopes on Exports as U.S. Market Shrinks *
Christian College Expels Lesbian, Charges Tuition *
Nuclear Plants, Old and Uncompetitive, Are Closing Earlier Than Expected *
Climate talk shifts from curbing CO2 to adapting
Tesco stops sourcing from a Bangladesh factory due to safety concerns
Lenders seek court actions against homeowners years after foreclosure
After Profits, Defense Firm Faces Pitfalls of Cybersecurity *
Fracking Fuels Water Fights in Nation's Dry Spots *
Union can sue Kaiser over SEIU worker pay
New Evergreen College union ratifies contract

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June 16 Week In Review Now Online

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June 14 News Update

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Louisiana Chemical Plant Explodes, At Least 73 are Injured and One Killed
Turkey protests enter crucial phase
Patriot Coal, union exchange jabs as walkout talk intensifies

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Federal Workers Stage 'Eat-In' to Show Sequestration Impact
Ohio Union Members Stand with Fired Teacher Carla Hale
Fight against Sysco Sweetheart Deal Escalates
Do private-sector unions still have a future in the U.S.?
Resistance grows to UPS contract proposal
Via Rail strike averted, union says
Massive Alberta waste water spill will kill plants
Ontario workers exposed to unsafe levels of Agent Orange
What we know about CSEC, Canada's eavesdropping agency
Secret Court Ruling Put Tech Companies in Data Bind *
Bus-Fare Protests Hit Brazil’s Two Biggest Cities *
Justices, 9-0, Bar Patenting Human Genes *
Exxon Is Sued Over March Pipeline Spill *
Condé Nast Faces Suit From Interns Over Wages *

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June 13 News Update

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Why Government Spying and Surveillance Revelations Matter to Working People
General strike in Greece over state TV closure
Caterpillar union workers ratify 6-year contract at South Milwaukee plant
U.S. and Colombian Auto Workers Keep GM in the Spotlight
Patriot Coal Abandons Negotiations with Miners and Retirees
Federal Court Orders Fallbrook Hospital to Return to Talks
Bangladesh factory flaws highlighted
Erdogan Regime Cows Embattled Media
Utah Home to NSA's New Mega-Warehouse for Data *
2 Scaffold Workers Rescued From Outside 45th Floor *
French Air Controller Strike Disrupts Other Countries *
Health Care’s Overlooked Cost Factor *

June 12 News Update

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Chapuling in Turkey
Protesters in Gezi Park Refuse to Give Up
Istanbul governor says police action continues until Taksim cleared
Tensions high as Turkish police clear square

Lawsuits over government surveillance languish
ACLU Sues Over NSA 'Dragnet' Surveillance
NSA surveillance: anger mounts in Congress at 'spying on Americans
Espionage Act would leave little room for defence

Spanish Unions to Protest Against Austerity Measures
Nearly 300 Cambodian Garment Makers Fired over Strikes
Miners union appeals ruling in Patriot bankruptcy case
Calif. state employees to receive raises in deal
Law OKing pickets on private land stands
Greece says to relaunch state TV in weeks as protests mount
How capitalism’s assault on nature built Chicago
Tarsands tailings cleanup far behind schedule
Protests in North Carolina Challenge Conservative Shift in State Politics *

June 11 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.

Turkish riot police clash with protesters in Taksim Square
Youth Insurgency Challenges Erdogan
Riot Police Enter Disputed Square in Istanbul *

Edward Snowden: Saving Us from the United Stasi of America
Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations
Data Surveillance with Global Implications
Obama pressured over snooping as senator denounces 'act of treason'
Debate on Secret Data Looks Unlikely, Partly Due to Secrecy *
Booz Allen Reaps Big Benefits From U.S. *

UPS employees to decide on company strike
Sixth Wave of 'Moral Mondays' Continue to 'Shine a Light'
Retail cleaning workers to go on two-day strike
Deaths in Bangladesh factory collapse force U.S. decision on trade
Reform Rekindled
Lakota file genocide charges against U.S.
'Back Burner' Policies Push Carbon Emissions to Record Levels
Pro-Fracking Greens Called Out in Sandra Steingraber's New Manifesto
Stop Austerity, Stop Keystone: Our Planet, Our Health
CTU keeps eye on Philadelphia schools, where 3,000 layoffs loom
Water Levels Fall in Great Lakes, Taking a Toll on Shipping *
Air Controller Strike in France Causes Cancellations *
New Climate Data Depict a City More at Risk *

June 10 Week In Review Now Online

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June 10 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.

NSA data-mining 101: two 'top secret' programs and what they do
Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations
The National Security Agency: surveillance giant with eyes on America
Obama defends NSA’s sweeping surveillance
Why the NSA revelations aren’t like the IRS scandal or Benghazi for Obama
Tech Companies Concede to Surveillance Program
How the U.S. Uses Technology to Mine More Data More Quickly *
On whistleblowers and government threats of investigation
Timeline of Revelations About US Domestic Spying *
Stunning NSA Leaks: Is Daniel Ellsberg Back?

Turkish Unions Strike, Joining Mass Protests
Tens of thousands on streets, Turkish PM Erdogan defiant

Job market slowly improves, but it remains tough for young adults
Feds to pay OSHA whistleblower $820,000 settlement
Germany's Rebellious New Feminists
PDD supporters continue to rally for answers
Obama orders US to draw up overseas target list for cyber-attacks
In Nation's Breadbasket, Latinos Stuck in Poverty *
Many Rival Nations Surge Past the U.S. in Adding New Jobs *
Rise in carbon dioxide emissions may be ‘a disaster for all’

June 7 News Update

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Protests held in France after left-wing student beaten to death
Fascist attack in Paris

OSHA Inspected Philly Building Collapse Site, But Did Not Shut It Down
How Unions Avert Tragedies, Save Lives

NSA has direct access to tech giants' systems for user data, secret files reveal
Files: U.S. mines Internet data
U.S. Confirms That It Gathers Online Data Overseas *

Union workers lose jobs at ExxonMobil
Bakers Union organizing video lottery delis one at a time
France, Japan join forces for larger share of nuclear market
450 garment factory workers fall ill in Bangladesh
Canadian Utility Finds a Use for Detroit’s Pile of Tar Sands Byproduct *

June 6 News Update

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Turkey protests continue
Turkey in revolt!
On sixth day of Turkey protests, few signs that support is diminishing

NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily
Verizon ordered to give NSA all call data
U.S. Is Secretly Collecting Records of Verizon Calls *

Wal-Mart workers strike, protest low wages, poor working conditions
Walmart files restraining order against protesting labor groups

EDF and unions agree terms for possible Hinkley Point nuclear plant
NY, SUNY union agree on a mostly flat labor deal
Union workers reject latest contract offer from Rotek in Aurora
Colombian banana workers ratify labor strike
150 Arrested Protesting North Carolina's Attacks on Workers, Poor
Sun-Times Photojournalists Plan Rally
Brooklyn Cablevision’s NLRB Suit Aims Deep Into Agency
Social Security should be expanded, not cut
Philadelphia collapse kills six
Fire in China Stirs Debate on Safety of Workers *
North Carolina Repeals Law Allowing Racial Bias in Death Penalty Challenges *
EPA fines Lenexa company for lead paint use

June 5 News Update

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C'est Une Revolte, Pas (Encore) Une Revolution!
Protesters and Police Clash at Nike Factory in Cambodia
Union accuses CTA of violating labor contract
Mines Owned By Carlos Slim Shut Down Over Labor Disputes
Workers Petition For Vote To Form Union At Millstone
How to destroy the future | Noam Chomsky
Belshaw Factory Strikers Stand Strong After Rejecting Unfair Contract
Another contaminated water leak at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant
Ecuador oil spill pollutes Amazon tributary
Greece Seeks to Slow Public Sector Layoffs
Land Dispute Could Curb German Coal Mining
Shale gas truck seized by 'native warriors' in N.B.
800 tile setters strike across Ontario
Sebelius Asked Companies to Support Health Care Law *

June 4 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.

Raising Our Voices in Taksim Square
Turkish unions join fierce protests in which two have died
'Taksim Square Belongs to Us'

Court: 2003 Conn. state worker layoffs improper
Kaleida, union labor talks extended
Telkom Union Threatens Strike After Groups Split on Wage Demand
Home Care Workers File For Largest Union Election in Vermont History
Palermo's Pizza Workers March to Demand Meeting with Owners
BP announces plans after Alaska oil tax change
Floods halt Mississippi River shipping, shut Port of St Louis
Charley Richardson R.I.P. Union Activist, Protested Iraq War
Via Rail gets strike notice from CAW
Most Bangladesh factories vulnerable
Behind the Rise in House Prices, Wall Street Buyers *
Party bus in fatal accident showed ‘appalling’ disregard for safety

June 3 News Update

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Fire kills 119 at poultry plant in northeast China

B.C. officially opposes Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline
Tar sands supporters suffer setback

Elevator workers strike forces Sudburians to use stairs
Iraq sees highest death toll in years
Asia curbs US imports of wheat
Bangladeshis protest Walmart
Judge Orders Google to Give Customer Data to FBI *
The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill *
Storied Nuke Plant Becomes Environmental Wasteland *
New labor laws in Kansas and Missouri bolster the boss
UK's Labor vows iron discipline on budget, spells out some cuts
Teachers union organizer says boss fired her for trying to join union
Union warns labor disputes could affect what happens in Vegas
Portugal union calls strike against government austerity
SEIU Accused of Trying to Take Over Disneyland Union
Freeport Indonesia mine seen shut for two months: company
Environmentalists Unite in Quest to Fight Global Warming
Glencore fires 1,000 workers over wildcat strikes in S.Africa
Locomotive Builders Say, ‘Keep It Made in Erie!’
Train derails in bridge collapse near Sudbury, Ont
Protesters control Istanbul square
Carwash Workers in Queens Strike in Solidarity With Fired Colleague *
Concerns raised over coal ash in Missouri