Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Holiday Break

We're observing the Thanksgiving holiday break. Next update will be Monday, December 2.

November 27 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.

Lawrence + Memorial Hospital Braces For Strike Wednesday
Missouri unions looking for uncommon allies in Boeing bid
Americans back Iran deal by 2-to-1 margin: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Will County Labor Dispute Continues
Cambodian Unions Call for Doubling of Minimum Wage
TriMet wants a major rewrite of the union contract
Should First Graders Take A Test? Teachers Say No
No Transit Fare Increase!
Technology Didn't Kill Middle Class Jobs, Public Policy Did
US unlikely to prosecute Assange for publishing leaked documents
YRC Presents Contract Proposals to Union
United Airline Mechanics Picket for a Fair Contract
N.B. shale gas tensions flare, but day passes in relative peace
Sears Canada laying off close to 800 workers
Union says Heinz never asked for fix to 'unprofitable' plant
Court takes up Obamacare case
EU delays new car CO2 rules
Beijing confiscates barbecues in drive to cut air pollution
Cuba, Lacking Bank, Closes U.S. Consular Services *
Voters in SeaTac, Wash., Back $15 Minimum Wage *
Battling Flames in Forests, With Prison as the Firehouse *
Hundreds Evacuated After Railcar Leak in Ohio City *

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

November 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.

Twice as Much Methane Escaping Arctic Seafloor
Study: US spewing 50% more methane than EPA says
U.S. EPA has greatly underestimated emissions from methane : report
Emissions of Methane in U.S. Exceed Estimates, Study Finds *

Walmart Workers Plan Raucous Black Friday
The top 10 myths about working retail – at the holidays and beyond
How Extending Black Friday Undermines Workers’ Rights

Spies worry over 'doomsday' cache stashed by Snowden
Edward Snowden a 'hero' for NSA disclosures, Wikipedia founder says

Proposed cuts to US food programmes will offset voluntary donations
As Homeless Line Up for Food, Los Angeles Weighs Restrictions *
Brooklyn Pantry Struggling to Help Fill Gap Left by Cuts to Food Stamps *

Jaguar Land Rover plans $437 million Brazil factory: government
Workers decry conditions at Harvard-owned DoubleTree
Strike hits Amazon logistics centers in Germany
Unionization Is Up in 2013, For One Very Big Reason
German union boss has warning for companies that set up in anti-union South
Wis. officials set votes that could end school workers' last union rights
Socialists debate nuclear, 3: Unsafe, unaffordable, unnecessary
Protesters demand closure of Dept. of Defense 'school of assassins'
Egyptian students defy law banning protests
New Left-Wing Party in Honduras Cries Foul *
CLUW Revitalizes Fight for Working Women at 17th Biennial Convention
El Paso RNs Approve First Union Contract
Co-op Workers from Mexico Visit UE Northeast Co-ops
Afghan accord near collapse due to new demands
Four years into the economic recovery, unprecedented anxiety for workers
Towboat Sinks in River in Iowa, Releasing Oil *
The Single-Payer Alternative *

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Friday, November 22, 2013

November 22 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.

Redondo Beach union employees protest city leadership
MGM Resorts workers OK union contract, keeping free health insurance intact
Workers or 'Leaseholders'? D.C. Cabbies Ally with Teamsters
Learning to live in the anthropocene
Texas resists processing military benefits for same-sex spouses
Green groups walk out of UN climate talks in Warsaw
Alabama board approves pardons for 'Scottsboro Boys'
3 Million Face Loss of UI Lifeline

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

November 20 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.

Widening Inequality Shatters Mirage of Social Mobility
Union workers rally in support of Boeing machinists
UC workers and grad students to strike Wednesday systemwide
600 union members hit Queensland Parliament to protest law changes
Wage rights rally is Wednesday in Kansas City
Port Truckers Battle ‘Sweatshops on Trucks’
Public universities should be free
Activists launch ballot initiative to raise DC minimum wage
Supreme Court declines to block Texas abortion law
One killed in Cairo clashes as riot police storm Tahrir Square
More metro economies struggling in 2013: report
Tazreen Factory Fire: A Year Later, Survivors Feel Forgotten
Local 1177 Improves Benefits, Pay In New Renzenberger Contract
Walmart Asks Workers To Donate Food To Its Needy Employees
The Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty is the complete opposite of 'free trade'
Albuquerque voters reject late-term abortion ban
Canada, Australia, Japan: Climate change saboteurs
Government Failings Intensify Haiyan Aid Disaster
NSA Wanted To Collect Geolocation Data
Alberta orders cleanup of coal slurry spill into Athabasca River

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

November 19 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.

GE Rejects Proposal to Save Ft. Edward Plant
Future dim for Fort Edward GE plant

Judge denies injunction against Canada shale gas exploration
Elsipogtog chief hopes protests peaceful after shale gas loss
Colorado Governor Proposes Strict Limits on Leaks From Drilling *

Slowdown in Carbon Emissions Worldwide, but Coal Continues to Grow *
UN Climate Chief Slammed for Pushing Coal as Solution in Poland
Greenhouse gas targets still far off for Canada
Australia slides down to bottom on climate change performance index

Cause of Gas Leak That Killed 2 Colorado Miners Is Sought *
Why the Boeing machinists' fight matters
Duncan apologizes for ‘white suburban moms’ Common Core controversy
Pratt's Machinists Suddenly Hold Bargaining Power
Walmart to be prosecuted for firing striking workers
Will Grocery Workers Hold the Line For Part-Timer Health Care?
Minimum Wage Momentum—at the Airport
Corporate power blocks global energy transition
Socialists debate nuclear, 2: Still no nukes!
Student Leader Camila Vallejo Wins Seat in Chile's Congress
YRC and IBT in Talks on Contract Extension
Farm bill takes aim at state animal welfare laws
Court order behind spying on US citizens is revealed
G.M.’s Opel Unit Reaches Deal to Close a German Plant *

Monday, November 18, 2013

November 18 Week In Review Now Online

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November 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.

Death After the Typhoon: ‘It Was Preventable’ *
Relief Supplies Pour Into Philippines, but Remote Areas Still Suffer *
Inland, No Aid for Survivors of Typhoon *

Climate rallies held across Australia
Climate change rallies staged across Canada
Protesters build wall of oil barrels at Alberta Legislature
Climate change pledges: rich nations face fury over moves to renege
Growing Clamor About Inequities of Climate Crisis *

Colo. Mine Accident Kills 2, Injures 20 *
Arizona sets precedent for solar systems with new monthly fee
The Rise and Fall of the Working Families Party
BART might reconsider labor contract
Retired union workers facing 'unprecedented' pension cuts
LIRR managers, unions prepare for possible strike
Gezi Protests Spawn New Party
New Brunswick shale gas injunction ruling to come Monday
After Obama Meeting, Insurers Question Plan’s Workability *
Young and Educated in Europe, but Desperate for Jobs *
Students Try to Occupy Bulgarian Parliament Building *
Madrid Calls in Emergency Workers to Clean Streets *
EPA Proposes Reducing Ethanol Requirement for Gas Mix *
Seattle Elects Socialist Candidate to City Council *
In a Bean, a Boon to Biotech *
Geithner to join private equity firm
A Jolt to Complacency on Food Supply *
Caught in Unemployment’s Revolving Door *
Greeks rally against austerity, mark 40 years since student revolt
UC, nurses reach tentative labor pact
Amnesty concerned about Qatar workers ahead of WC
Scores of Tornadoes Slam Midwest States *
Extension of Benefits for Jobless Is Set to End *

Friday, November 15, 2013

November 15 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.

Pouring Fuel on the Climate Change Fire
Typhoon Haiyan highlights global cost of climate change

Machinists Defeat Boeing Proposal, Boo Union Brass Who Pushed It
A Resounding No Vote from Machinists at Boeing

Fears Confirmed: Offshore Fracking a Toxic Mess
Venezuela says 100 'bourgeois' businessmen jailed in crackdown
In Sunny Arizona, A Crucial Vote on the Future of a Solar-Powered Nation
Health Economists Ignore Working Class Realities
Paul McCartney to Russia's Putin: Release the Arctic 30
High-res map of world forests details true loss to ecosystems
US exports more oil than it imports for first time since 1995
Russian authorities confirm missing Pussy Riot member in Siberia
UPS worker Michael Sullivan shot, killed near Pulaski Green Line
Deal reached between Cabell Huntington Hospital and union
Hospital seeks injunction against MTR protesters
SPD Flirts with Left-Wing Coalition
Heinz closing Leamington, Ont., plant, 740 people out of work
Lockheed Martin to eliminate 4,000 jobs
Tennessee Valley Authority to close 8 coal-fired plants
CIA Collecting Data on International Money Transfers, Officials Say *

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

November 12 Week In Review Now Online

You can view the new WIR by clicking here

November 12 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.

UN climate talks open amid 'sobering' typhoon
Philippines climate negotiator issued tearful plea last year: 'No more excuses'
Philippines: ‘Let our people live! Climate justice now!’
Philippine Rep Makes Plea for 'Global Solidarity' to Fight 'Climate Madness'

76,000 soldiers 'chaptered out' of veterans' benefits since 2006
Boeing Blackmails Washington Workforce on 777X Production
Labor Protests in Six Southern Cities Defend Moral Mondays Activists
Wisconsin Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Collective Bargaining Law *
Lean In or Stand Up?
New York City Putting Bus Routes Out for Bid *
Protest by Bangladeshi garment workers shutters 100 factories
A Solution to the Problems of the Faculty Majority
National Nurses Relief Group Mobilizes RNs for Philippines Relief Mission
Damage Control: Derailment in Alberta and Fracking Protest in New Brunswick
Chevron’s scorched earth campaign to block justice
Fracking: not cheap, not safe, not welcome
Editor Laments 'Retrogressive' Government Action
The Debate over Asylum for Snowden
Thousands protest pension reforms in New Brunswick
Steel shutdown: The next generation of workers
Web founder denounces NSA encryption cracking
Google engineer blasts spy agencies
UN climate talks: Labor calls Coalition an 'embarrassment on the world stage'
Arkansas: ExxonMobil Fines Proposed After Oil Spill *
Argentina Helps Shed Light on Franco Regime
Oil industry calls greenhouse gas reduction an economic threat
Under Strain, France Examines Its Safety Net *
Greek Police Raid Occupied Broadcasting Building *
Cut in Food Stamps Forces Hard Choices on Poor *
Rejection of Fracking Poses Political Test for Natural Gas Industry *
Growth Gain Blurs Signs of Weakness in Economy *
UAW Leaders Pick Nominee to Be Union’s Next President *
Ottawa delays decision on controversial Jackpine tarsands mine
Canada's jobless rate stays at 6.9%
Veterans Affairs rally in Sydney brings out thousands
South L.A. oil field's fumes sicken EPA officers
Cuts in Hospital Subsidies Threaten Safety-Net Care *
Romania accused of shady moves to please Canadian mining firm
Only massive public investment can slash emissions
Idle No More group in Akwesasne protests fracking
GCHQ Used Fake LinkedIn Pages to Target Engineers
Removing Fuel Rods Poses New Risks at Crippled Nuclear Plant in Japan *
After Clashes With Saudis, Laborers Opt to Go Home *
Texas and 5 Other States Resist Processing Benefits for Gay Couples *
Supreme Court to Take Up Challenges to Union Practices *
Fight For 15 Confidential
Union covering UC workers calls one-day strike
Union rallies in Pottsville to protest right-to-work
54 Arrested In L.A. Demanding Change at Walmart


Thursday, November 7, 2013