August 28 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.

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'Humanitarian Wars Are Also Wars'
The heir to Blair: Cameron makes 'moral case' for Syria attack - without UN mandate
Does President Obama know he’s fighting on al-Qa’ida’s side?
Arab League Rejects Attack Against Syria *

Kansas City fast-food workers will join national strike on August 29
Goodyear union workers ratify new four-year contract
Turkey's textile workers’ strike ends with deal
L.A. Port Truck Driver Strike Kicks Off Season Of Labor Unrest
Singing Deemed Illegal In the People’s Rotunda
Sutter’s $1 Billion Boondoggle-New Electronic Records System Goes Dark
Cypress Fairbanks RNs Approve New Pact with Houston Hospital
Vancouver airport workers could strike by long weekend
France: Government Proposes Changes in Pension System *
New Census Numbers Show Recession’s Effect on Families *
Vermont Yankee Plant to Close Next Year as the Nuclear Industry Retrenches *
‘The Great Shift’: Americans Not Working *