Friday, October 18, 2013

October 18 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.

San Francisco Bay Area Transit Strike Begins
BART Workers Strike, Threatening San Francisco Commute *

After debt battle, federal employees head back to work
What the Cost of the Shutdown Could Buy

French Students Barricade High Schools to Protest Deportation of Classmates
WHO: Outdoor air pollution a leading cause of cancer
Report: Slavery traps nearly 30 million people worldwide
AFL-CIO Convention Repositions Unions to Speak for All Workers
Inside Mississippi's last abortion clinic
Longshoremen's strike halts work at Port of Baltimore
Labor puts Dems on notice: Don’t touch Medicare and Social Security benefits
Mercedes-Benz accused of interfering with union campaign at auto plant
Bolivian Government Authorizes Workers to Take Over Closed, Abandoned Firms
Sympathy protests pop up after N.B. shale gas clash
Snowden Says He Took No Secret Files to Russia *
Belgian Brewery Buys U.S. Maker of Craft Beers *
In North Dakota, New Concerns Over Mixing Oil and Wheat *
Arizona Utility Tries Storing Solar Energy for Use in the Dark *
Oil Companies Are Sued for Waste of Natural Gas *

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