Monday, September 30, 2013

September 30 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.

Scientists more convinced mankind is main cause of warming
IPCC climate report: human impact is 'unequivocal'
U.N. Climate Panel Endorses Ceiling on Global Emissions *

Shutdown impact: Tourists, homebuyers hit quickly
VA: Benefit payments will be disrupted if shutdown lasts several weeks
On brink of shutdown, all quiet at Capitol
Senate Action on Health Law Moves to Brink of Shutdown *
Who Goes to Work? Who Stays Home? *

State, labor revisit health care coverage
Ahead of Obamacare launch, reports of glitches, problems
Health Insurance Exchanges Scramble to Be Ready as Opening Day Nears *

LA County Labor Union Plans Protest As Contract Expires
Looting the Pension Funds
Japanese Unions mull a ‘Labor Party’
Avondale unions ratify new labor contract
Bragg lends star power to union rally at U of M
Oil companies seek to drill in deep Beaufort Sea
Rights Groups, Clinics Sue Texas Over Its New Abortion Law *
Alberta orders lake drained to contain bitumen leak
Protesters converge on Montreal to oppose hydro rate hikes
Creationists on Texas Panel for Biology Textbooks *
Anti-values charter marchers call for 'open Quebec'
Justice Department to sue North Carolina over its voting law
BP returns to court for second part of oil-spill case
A Wave of Sewing Jobs as Orders Pile Up at U.S. Factories *

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Friday, September 20, 2013

September 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.

Global warming 'hiatus' unlikely to last
Brazilian rancher found guilty of ordering American nun's death
Mankato nurses picket over patient care
In Chicago and Philadelphia, Closing Schools and Funding
Learn from Master Troublemakers at Jerry Tucker Memorial Conference
Amazon.com Workers File Suit over Unpaid Time
Global Day of Action by Nurses, Healthcare Workers in 13 Countries
India's Child Slavery Scourge
B.C. First Nation protesters vow not to move blockade
Superstore workers set Oct. 6 strike date
US narrowly averted atomic disaster
CUNY staff join Petraeus protests
Greenpeace activists held in Arctic
SA police lied, says Marikana inquiry
Rebooting the reputation of computer legend who helped defeat Hitler
Unions launch offensive against potential government shutdown
U.S. Textile Plants Return, With Floors Largely Empty of People *
Administration Presses Ahead With Limits on Emissions From Power Plants *
Residents of Detroit Go to Court for Pensions *
House Republicans Pass Deep Cuts in Food Stamps *
U.S. Revives Aid Program for 'Clean Energy' *
The Quality of Jobs: The New Normal and the Old Normal *
Misgivings About How a Weed Killer Affects the Soil *

News Update Delayed

Due to storm-related power outages here in Kansas City we are way behind this morning. A news update will appear later this afternoon.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

September 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.

Census Numbers Show Lost Decade for Working Families

Brazil's Rousseff calls off state visit to U.S. over spying
EU Parliament Furious about NSA Bank Spying
Snowden Among Nominees for a European Human Rights Prize *
Extended Ruling by Secret Court Backs Collection of Phone Data *

A Week in August in South Africa
South Africa’s Motlanthe Says Union May Yet Strike Over Gold Pay

AFL-CIO Convention: Style 10, Substance 0
British cosmologist Hawking backs right to assisted suicide
MedStar Washington Hospital Center broke federal labor law
Unions Oppose TVA Privatization
Nigerian workers strike for national minimum wage
Another pipeline disaster: Molasses kills
Labour board rules on email spat in diplomats strike
7,500 songbirds killed at gas plant in Saint John
Vale fined $1M in Sudbury miners' deaths
University of Windsor board ratifies Unifor contracts
Arctic sea ice shrinks to record low
Obama rules out wider freeze on deportations
Reaping Profit After Assisting on Health Law *
Florida Among States Undercutting Health Care Enrollment *
U.S. to Include Home Care Aides in Wage and Overtime Law *

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

September 17 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.

AFSCME members ratify contract with St. Louis County
House of Labor Needs Repairs, Not Just New Roommates
‘Milk Cows, Not Workers’
Beyond the Economic Crisis: The Crisis In Trade Unionism
UE's 73rd Convention Sets Union's Course
Syrian opposition warcrimes record deepens peace plan faultline
Culinary Union Warns of Citywide Strike in Vegas
Tufts Labor Coalition rallies for adjunct faculty

Monday, September 16, 2013

September 16 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.

24 Afghans die as tunnel collapses in coal mine

NSA Spies on International Payments
Fisa judge: Snowden triggered debate

Police end occupation of Mexico City center
Eli Lilly files $500M NAFTA suit against Canada over drug patents
Lac-Mégantic disaster possibly started by broken piston
Recession catches up to NPR as finances falter, buyouts become reality
Fighting Over the Rock *
Judge Blocks Shipment of Oil Equipment Through Idaho Forest *
Administration Rejects Union Pleas on Health Law *
EPA Is Expected to Set Limits on Emissions by New Power Plants *
At Labor Group, a Sense of a Broader Movement *
U.S. Coal Companies Scale Back Export Goals *
New Reports Hint Economy Lacks Energy *
Strawberry Growers Seek Pesticide Alternatives *
Dodgers to Host Team's 1st LGBT Night at Stadium *
Brazil's Rousseff urged by top advisers to cancel U.S. visit
Japan to switch off nuclear power
Strike trouble for Greece ahead of creditor audit
Nursing home workers on strike
University of Windsor, Unifor reach tentative agreements
Toronto protesters call for higher minimum wage
Spain Bars Catalan Independence Vote
Deadline Passes With No End to Orchestra Labor Dispute *

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Monday, September 9, 2013

September 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.

Tepid hiring in August clouds the jobs picture
Share of Americans working hits lowest level in 35 years, data show
Canada gains jobs in August but mainly for part-time, older workers


Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/09/06/4461419/a-disappointing-jobs-report-for.html#storylink=cpy
Tech firms alarmed by NSA assault
Google races to encrypt data amid backlash over NSA spying
Obama Tries to Soothe Brazil and Mexico Over Spying Reports *
Obama administration had restrictions on NSA reversed in 2011
How the NSA Accesses Smartphone Data

AFL-CIO Has Plan to Add Millions of Nonunion Members *
VW and Its Workers Explore a Union at a Tennessee Plant *

Left behind: Stories from Obamacare's 31 million uninsured
USDA inspection system lets contaminated meat pass
Two years after revolution, Libya struggles to control armed militias
No charges for union worker accused of sabotage
TransCanada tries to woo support for west-east pipeline
Sept-Îles oil spill spreads as crews race against clock
Protests Fill City Streets Across Brazil *
IBM Moving Some Retirees Off Its Health Plan *
Intern's death after overnight shift sparks outcry
Norway extremist party lead polls
Chile Recalls Coup With Flurry of Events and New Openness *
In South Florida, a Polluted Bubble Ready to Burst *
Inside the End of the U.S. Bid to Punish Lehman Executives *

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Thursday, September 5, 2013

September 5 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.

Obama on use of US military might
War overshadows economy as G20 leaders meet
U.S. resolution on Syria strike passes first hurdle in Senate
Brutality of Syrian Rebels Posing Dilemma in West *

Changes to Poultry Rules Are Flawed, Report Says *
Vote No Movement Wins Healthcare Improvements at UPS
Brazil's Rousseff wants U.S. apology for NSA spying
The Activist
U.S. Steel's locked-out Canadian workers vote to accept contract
Workers plan major nationwide protest against Walmart
What Can We Learn from 25 Years of Jobs with Justice?
The Greek Neo-Nazis of Golden Dawn - No Pasaran?
Bridges Across the Country in Danger of Collapse
Monopoly medicine may be bad for your health
Studies take early look at health law's premiums
Quebec court grants MM&A railway more time to meet creditors
School 'reforms' pass Mexico's senate
US stops jailed activist Barrett Brown from discussing leaks prosecution
Pollutants From Plant Killed Fish in China *
Italian Plant’s Abrupt Shutdown Stirs a Debate *
On the Edge of Poverty, at the Center of a Debate on Food Stamps *
Farmworker Movement's 1st Female Leaders Dies *

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

September 3 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.

Longshore Union Quits the AFL-CIO
Protracted strike in South Africa gold mines would hurt economy
Ammonia leak at Shanghai refrigeration plant kills 15, injures 26
UK asked N.Y. Times to destroy Snowden material
U.S. oil worries predated Lac-Mégantic disaster
Microsoft and Google to sue US
Low-paid Germans mind wealth gap
Secret document details a U.S. war in cyberspace
Alberta Superstore employees vote in favour of strike action
Quebec City's horse-drawn carriage drivers go on strike
Fukushima radiation levels soar
Facing Fire Over Challenge to Louisiana’s Oil Industry *
Income Gap Grows Wider (and Faster) *
Descendants of Slaves Hold Out Against Coal Mining *
Workers' Protests Highlight Fast-Food Economics *
A Decade of Flat Wages
The minimum wage after 75 years
New union leader wants to take labour movement on offensive
Fast and Flawed Inspections of Factories Abroad *
Drug Agents Use Vast Phone Trove, Eclipsing NSA’s *
Romanians protest for second day against gold mine
Crop pests moving polewards through global warming
More tank leaks found at Japan nuke plant
Red Cedar Trees Rebounded After Clean Air Act
Thousands Strike Fast Food, Picketing and Occupying
Secret files show growing distrust of Pakistan