July 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.

Quest for answers starts in deadly Canada rail crash
Lac-Mégantic victims pose challenge for forensic experts
Death toll hits 15 in Lac-Mégantic
Safety rules lag as oil transport by train rises
Rail emergencies raise concern over Sudbury tracks

NSA 'spied' on most Latin American nations: Brazil paper
AT&T Tech Blew the Whistle on NSA Spying—in 2006
Venezuela Offers Refuge as Germany Dithers
Former Fisa judge says US must fix secret courts
Utah ISP rebuffs government snoops
Harvard Prof Is Star Witness at WikiLeaks Trial *

Climate Change Could Spark Small Mammal Invasion
Prepaid Cards: High Fees for Low Wages
Phony Crisis: The Money is There for Social Security
Striking Coca-Cola workers bring protests to Kitchener
Tentative deal reached in St. John's airport strike
Google hosts fundraiser for climate change denying US senator
Wal-Mart: ‘Living wage’ bill will threaten plans for D.C.
Miss. River Partially Reopened Near Where Tug Sank *

Ford Gets on Wellness Bandwagon—Despite Evidence Such Programs Don’t Work - See more at: http://www.labornotes.org/#sthash.FmhdJi1D.dpuf