Friday, July 26, 2013

July 26 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.

Juror says she owes Martin's parents apology
Martin Luther King Plans Boosted by Anger over Zimmerman Acquittal

Detroit bankruptcy case judge proposes mediator for toughest disputes
Labor Leaders Seek Government Aid for Detroit *

Excess Speed Suspected in Spanish Rail Disaster
Lac-Mégantic derailment investigators search railway's offices
Senate pushes sanctions on nations aiding Snowden
Goodyear union workers warned of possible strike this weekend
Workers picket plants of Murrysville-based Cleveland Brothers
Maine tells Pan Am Railways to report its oil transports, pay fees
EPA reverses course, nixes Idaho pollution rule
Planned Parenthood to pay Texas $1.4 million to settle alleged fraud
A Republican Secretary of State Urges Action on Climate Change
It’s Caregivers vs. Privatizers in New York and New Jersey Hospital Wars
Bronx Carwasheros Latest to Win Union Voice
The Student Debt Deal Trade-Off?
AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker To Retire
Goldman Sachs Is Making Your Beer More Expensive
Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying Gulf spill evidence
Turnout big for union school; Labor lessons draw diverse union reps
State certifies union for Urbana parks workers
South Dakota beef plant lays off workers
Fukushima Continues to Spew Its Darkness
Postal unions object to postal reform bill
Prosecutor Casts Soldier as ‘Anarchist’ for Leaking Archives *

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