Monday, December 9, 2013

December 9 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 stall on taking action
Capitalism's March toward Global Collapse
Climate Change: 'The Greatest Challenge of Our Time'

States woo Boeing with incentives to win bid for building 777X jet
Labor leaders and educators ready to help Boeing

Metro-North ordered to make safety changes after deadly crash
Deadly Factory Fire Bares Racial Tensions in Italy *
Jackpine tarsands mine expansion OK'd by Ottawa
Global trade deal condemned by anti-poverty groups
Raise the Wage at McDonald's
Nurses agree to new contract with Virginia hospital
Fighting Eviction When Your Home Is Your Workplace
Healthy foods weigh down grocery bills
Government invests half-million dollars in seal meat
Social workers strike in LA
WikiLeaks – how it happened
Groups plan public sector assault
Mandela's radicalism often ignored by Western admirers
A tale of two Chicagos
Record air pollution cancels flights in Shanghai
Negm, Dissident Poet of Egypt’s Underclass, Dies at 84 *
Enrollment Errors Put Medical Coverage at Risk *
Pennsylvania Wants to Use Federal Funds to Cover Poor *
Judge Suspends BP Spill Payments to Businesses *
Short-Term Gains, Long-Term Trouble *
825 Long Islanders face layoffs at bus company
Tentative Hibbing  labor agreement voted down by union
Republic Windows ex-CEO gets 4 years in prison
In Nation Remade by Mandela, Social Equality Remains Elusive *
Emails detail a hidden plan for Kansas City Public Schools
Short-cut to produce hydrogen seen as step to cleaner fuel
Seattle on front line of push for raising minimum wage
Senators: Put cameras on train tracks, engineers
Shrinking Arctic Sea Ice Means Scorching US Summers
Venezuela's Maduro to raise pressure on business after local vote
CN Rail did not report 1,800 accidents
Democrats hint at possibility of budget deal without jobless aid extension
On Health Exchanges, Premiums May Be Low, but Other Costs Can Be High *

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