Thursday, December 12, 2013

December 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.

Canada Post changes mean 8,000 fewer jobs
Newly discovered greenhouse gas '7,000 times more powerful than CO2'
F.D.A. Restricts Antibiotics Use for Livestock *
Unions and Media Break Bread—and Stereotypes
Retail Sit-Down in 1937 Detroit: Lessons for Today’s Low-Wage Strikers
NYU students allowed to unionize, hope to set precedent
Will Seattle Join SeaTac With a $15 Minimum Wage?
D.C. RNs Vote Union for Patient Care
UE Local 684’s Gains at TEMCO Include Wages, Healthcare
On Fifth Anniversary of Republic Occupation, Boss is Sentenced to Prison
Santa Clara approves new contract with labor union
Mayor Stewart strikes revised deal with city employees' union
NLRB expected to dismiss claim by GE workers
Federal Employee Unions Gain Members Post-Shutdown
Hidden Disaster in New Budget: Demonic Plot to Raid Pensions
Food banks face crunch as donations shrink
Red Cross home care worker strike gets underway
Attawapiskat housing crisis: A ground-level perspective
North Dakota supreme court considers challenge to anti-abortion law
Hardships Linger for a Mending Ireland *

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