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We are taking a break in our normal schedule until after the Labor Notes Conference. We will resume News Updates Tuesday, April 8.

March 31 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.

Threat from global warming heightened in latest U.N. report
IPCC report: climate change felt 'on all continents and across the oceans'
What did that ‘NASA-funded collapse study’ really say?
IPCC: Effects of climate change 'worse than we had predicted'
IPCC report: Climate change a threat to security, food and humankind
Panel warns of worsening effects of climate change
U.N. Panel Says Worst Effects of Climate Change Are Yet to Come *

Amazon workers on strike in Germany
Socialist candidate is elected first female mayor of Paris
Kansas City streetcar extensions get green light from City Council
$1 trillion student loan debt widens U.S. wealth gap
Conservation in Kansas comes under attack in Legislature
No Papers, No Fear
Ukraine’s IMF Deal Means Greece-Like Depression
Louisiana trying to halt coastal erosion
International Solidarity Helps Fijian Workers
BMWE gains higher wages from arbitration; LACMTA tentative agreement with ATU
White House opens door to new rules to cut methane emissions
Crimea Crisis Has Little Impact Thus Far on Russian Oil Deals *
UAW membership rises 2% in 2013
Unions, a Week after Strike Vote, Strike Tentative Deal with Portland
Brazil police: Worker likely without safety cable
Pulitzer winning journalist warns CCSU audience of abuses by government
Report: NSA kept tabs on 122 world leaders
Hopes Frustrated, Many Latinos Reject the Ballot Box Altogether *
U.S. Agency Knew About G.M. Flaw but Did Not Act *
Law May Force Drilling on Balking Landowners *

March 30 Week In Review Now Online

The new WIR can be viewed by clicking here

March 28 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.

Another coal miner dies on the job
Haven’t West Virginia leaders learned a thing?
U.S. Congress passes aid for Ukraine, sanctions on Russia
Four Postal Unions Bury the Hatchet to Save Services, Standards
UN slams US for torture, NSA spying
Goodwill paying disabled employees pennies per hour
Climate change shifts the earth in Alaska
USC Verdugo Hills RNs Vote by 72 Percent to Join NNU
Will Hoffa and Hall Try to Impose the UPS Contract?
Socialism for the Rich -- It's Capitalism - A Nation of Takers
Hassan Husseini's CLC Challenge
Union Workers Rally At Missouri Capitol Against 'Right To Work' Legislation
Argentine unions call strike to demand higher wages as inflation surges
Maine city moves to block Alberta tarsands crude from reaching its port
Texas's abortion restrictions upheld
Domino's agrees 'wage theft' payout
The Superfund program's toxic trail
Borrowed Time on Disappearing Land *
Workers at Some Vegas Casinos Vote to Allow Strike *

March 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.

Two Firefighters dead, 17 hurt in historic Boston neighborhood blaze
Vancouver port truckers' strike over after deal reached
Hospital infections kill 200 daily in US
Fed rejects 5 banks' capital plans, including Citigroup
Grievance Strike: New Tactic for University of California Grad Employees
New York schools the most segregated in the US, says report
North Adams Regional Hospital Will Close with just Three Days Notice
College athletes can unionize, federal agency says
Missouri unions rally against right-to-work bill
Jonathan Schell Dies at 70; Author and Anti-nuclear Activist
A Bottom Up View of Cesar Chavez’s United Farm Workers
Public sector, feds reach deal on retiree health benefits
Thunder Bay health unit, nurses reach tentative deal
Mozilla's new CEO causes a stir
‘Environmental Poisoning’ of Iraq Is Claimed *
Pitfalls of Reverse Mortgages May Pass to Borrower’s Heirs *

March 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.

Oil spills into Lake Michigan from BP refinery
Scientist warned of mudslide danger 15 years ago
Spanish court says Catalonia sovereignty claim illegal
Showdown in a Company Town
Scientists Gather to Finalize Dire Warning for Planet's Climate Future
When the Government Outsources to Private Companies, Inequality Gets Worse
New school tests don’t make the grade
WHO: Air pollution kills 7M a year
Workers Don't Actually Abuse Paid Sick Days
103 Years After Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, Many Still Fight Workplace Safety Laws
RNs at Capital to Protect Missouri Patients—Wednesday
New Report Reveals How Wall Street Impoverishes Los Angeles
TCU Sodexo employees vote to unionize
Looking Back at the Labor Party: An Interview with Mark Dudzic
Protesting in Venezuela, With Antipathy Toward Cuba’s Government *
Detroit Threatens to Cut Water Service to Delinquent Customers *
Kansas: Ruling Goes Against Planned Parenthood *

March 25 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.

Supreme Court declines to hear Spruce Mine case
Coal leaves deep, wide wake in West Virginia

Train derails at Chicago airport
Union: Train operator in Chicago crash 'tired'

Spain ‘Marches for Dignity’: Massive March Against Austerity
Army punished soldiers who asked for help
Fire Fighters president blasts problems with health care law
EU doesn’t need fracked US gas
Dominican Citizenship Ruling Creates Stateless Underclass
Labor Notes Conference 2014 Schedule Now Available Online
Mexico Guilty of Blacklisting Pro-Union Migrant Workers in Canada
Students campaign on day of union vote
US contractor liable for Thai worker abuse
Climate change drove extreme weather in 2013
Port Metro Vancouver strike: back-to-work legislation introduced
Tuna spawns won’t be able to survive damage done by gulf spill, study finds
Houston Shipping Channel Closed for Third Day After Oil Spill *
Carmaker Misled Grieving Families on a Lethal Flaw *

March 24 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.

Truckers' strike enters 3rd week facing back-to-work order
Striking Port Metro Vancouver truckers told to stand firm

The present, past, and future of collective bargaining
Oil spill closes busy Gulf waterway
Canada's CN Rail workers vote down second labor agreement
Port truck drivers vying to join union get state, federal boost
Parched California town risks running out of water
Injured Occupy protester gets $4.5M
N Carolina withdraws Duke deal
Cuba: Pay Increases Announced for Medical Workers *
E.P.A. Agrees to Join North Carolina in Reviewing Spill *
G.M.’s Bankruptcy Drawn Into Defect Inquiry *
Insurgent Slate Wins Big in L.A. Teachers Local
First Nations fire safety in sorry state
Solar power proven reliable in North
For Gay Couples in Michigan, a Day of Joy Ends in Legal Uncertainty *
German Public-Sector Strike to Affect Frankfurt Airport *
NUHW Wins Squeaker Victory at Seton Medical Center -- Or Does It?
Turkey at the Crossroads
Minimum wage fight goes on tour
Duke's 'sweetheart' pollution deal undone
NSA Spied on Chinese Government and Networking Firm
Arctic offshore drilling closer to reality as projects enter regulatory review
529 Egyptians Sentenced to Death in Killing of a Police Officer *
Strike in Israel Stalls Premier’s Trip to Mexico *
Beneath Cities, a Decaying Tangle of Gas Pipes *

March 23 Week In Review Now Online

You can read the new WIR by clicking here

March 21 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.

$15 Hourly Wage Looks Likely in Seattle
Huge Chicago Vote - 87 Percent Vote for a $15-an-Hour Wage

A Livelihood in Nuclear Waste, Under Threat *
Health care law has uneven impact on companies
Where’s the Rebellion in ‘12 Years a Slave?’
Army general avoids jail in sex assault case
South Africa's wave of discontentment
Climate change stunting fish
Hip-Hop Star Common to Perform in Support of Nissan Workers
Major League Soccer Referee Lockout Ends with 5-Year Pact
San Diego VA Nurses File for Election to Join Largest RN Union
Local 150 Meets with DHHS Secretary, Blasting Unsafe Conditions and Low Pay
Workers occupy Paris opera in protest over changes to labor rules
Newly merged American Airlines faces labor problems
NYC workers may face pressure to kick in for health costs
Academic Labor Unrest Spreads to Maryland Colleges
Underestimating Capital, Overestimating Labour
Alberta public sector unions rally against pension changes
Outrage over Iraq child-marriage bill
Tidal lagoon power 'cheaper than wind'
Warily Leading Japan’s Nuclear Reawakening *
Koch Group, Spending Freely, Hones Attack on Government *
In Book, Architect of Health Law Predicts a Shift Away From Employer Coverage *
North Carolina Says Utility Pumped Millions of Gallons of Wastewater in River *
Group Suggests New Rules for Further Cuts in Carbon Pollution *

March 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.

Scientists Sound Alarm on Climate *
Climate change may cause ‘abrupt’ shifts
Nasa-funded study: industrial civilisation headed for 'irreversible collapse'?

Deportation fallout: Mothers, kids torn apart
Paying Price, 16 Years Later, for an Illegal Entry *

When the US Health Care System Keeps Killing, Who Still Cares Enough to Fight?
Ukraine announces plans to withdraw military personnel from Crimea
Parched Indian Country hard hit by drought
OSHA Rule Would Limit Worker Exposure to Deadly Silica Dust
Union still fighting for former Cargill workers
Pink Wages and the Colour of Economic Exclusion
Scandal and Protests Threaten Turkey's AKP
Striking Port Metro Vancouver truckers may be forced back to work
Fed lays groundwork for first interest rate hike since the Great Recession

March 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.

Changing to an Organizing Culture
Immigrants say: Stop deportations!
The Great Lakes: 'Liquid Pipeline' for World's Dirtiest Fuels?
Inside the Senate report on CIA interrogations
Illinois county to vote on fracking ban
US sailors exposed to Fukushima radiation
Germany's NPD Maintains Close Ties to Svoboda
Energy Exec Says Ukraine Crisis Not Bad for Business
Nebraska Nurse Concerned About Health Impact of Keystone XL
Sodexo workers to vote on union next week
Anti-Kellogg campaign by U.S. union features London workers
Saving Labor From Itself
Ukraine -- Diplomacy Is the Only Way
Wagering on Earth’s future
First Nations weigh in on Quebec sovereignty debate
Nurses union having second thoughts about 'Lean' initiative
NSA recorded ‘every single’ call in one country
TV News Helicopter Crashes in Seattle, Killing at Least Two *

March 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.

Seattle Marches to a $15 Beat
Canadian Govt Targets Environment NGOs
Who Benefits From Ukraine’s Economic Crisis?
Thousands Confront Governor Jerry Brown: 'Don't Frack with California!'
Russia’s Putin decrees Crimea ‘sovereign’ and ‘independent’
From Obama down, the US wages war on immigrants
Fast-food protests to spotlight 'wage theft'
Toyota suspends plant operations in India after labor unrest
Union says latest HealthBridge announcement changes nothing for employees
Labor union takes on Beachbody employment model
Nurses' union contract talks break off with Capital Health

March 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.

The Mystery of the Missing Methane
50 000 in Russia anti-war demo
Portland City Workers Vote to Strike
De Blasio Pushes a 9-Year Contract for Teachers
The Blossoming of Idle No More
Nuke waste fire ruled ‘preventable’
U.C. Medical Center’s Technical Workers to Strike
Vancouver transit union calls for better security on buses
High Levels of Pollution Spur Paris to Action *
Private Employment Slowly Reclaims Pre-Downturn Peak *
Oil Mars Ala. Swamp Months After Crude Train Crash *
Search for Bodies Yields to Hunt for a Cause of East Harlem Explosion *
Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science *
Income Gap, Meet the Longevity Gap *
Questions as More Wastewater Flows in North Carolina *
Industry Behind Anti-Wage-Hike Letter *
Union workers fight right-to-work law
IWW Claims Violation of NLRB Settlement as Insomnia Worker Suspended
Union militant on how wind-power development is held to ransom for profit
Parkview Community Hospital workers vote to unionize
Unskilled Are Hired for Fukushima Cleanup *
Low-Wage Workers Finding It’s Easier to Fall Into Poverty, Harder to Get Out *
Mayors, brewers skip St. Patrick's Day parades
Thousands in Japan protest nuclear power

March 16 Week In Review Now Online

You can view the new WIR by clicking here

March 14 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.

Tony Benn, veteran Labour politician, dies aged 88
UK Labour stalwart Tony Benn dies
Tony Benn, Leftist Icon in Britain, Dies at 88 *

U.S. weighs Ukraine requests for military aid, OKs rations
Putin has put Berlin in a tight spot

Student Movement Leads the Way as Left Reclaims Chile
Plan to process tar sands oil halted in New York
Workers sue McDonald's over wages
Egypt extends detention of Al Jazeera staff
Who Are the Top 10 Overtime Pay Violators?
We Need a Health Impact Study on the Keystone XL and Tarsands Oil
The Battle for Chattanooga
LAX company wins legal case against SEIU union
Workers at Honest Weight Food Co-op in Albany trying to organize
Port Metro Vancouver truckers' strike: B.C. seeks federal help
Radioactive experts en route to Halifax after port accident
Olivia Chow launches Toronto mayoral campaign
Report Finds Punctuality Trumps Safety at Metro-North *
U.S. Agrees to Allow BP Back Into Gulf Waters to Seek Oil *
303 Deaths Seen in G.M. Cars With Failed Air Bags *
Crude Oil Shipments by Rail Increased 83 Percent in 2013 *

March 13 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 of Gezi Park bystander ignites Turkish streets
Across Turkey, New Unrest as Teenage Boy Is Buried *

At Least 6 Killed as Gas Explosion Hits East Harlem *
Radioactive dump site found in remote North Dakota town
Pussy Riot joins the cause of Wisconsin's solidarity singers
Making Noise: Solidarity with Immigrant Hunger Strikers
UPS attacks workers who protested firing
GM accused of neglect in recall
Haitians sue UN over cholera deaths
Agent Orange, from farm to table
Understaffing, Failure to Provide Adequate Care
It's Not Your Grandparents' Labor Union
OMC, largest union reach labor deal
Tufts Labor Coalition remain active despite postponed negotiations
Groups protest chemicals used in Apple's iPhone
Union Workers Rally in Nashvile, TN
Tim Berners-Lee on 25 Years of the Web
Port Metro Vancouver truckers' strike causes wine shortage
NBC in fight with writer's union
Medicare Changes Prompt Enrollees to Reconsider Plans *
North Carolina: Utilities Board Chair Is Subpoenaed in Coal Ash Inquiry *
Tanker Crash in NJ Delays Trains *

March 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.

Crimean parliament OKs ‘declaration of independence’ from Ukraine

Crimean parliament guarantees broader rights to Tatar minority
Ukraine Between Popular Uprising for Democracy and Fascist Putsch
Front and Center in Ukraine Race, a Leader of the Far Right *

Bob Crow, RMT leader, dies of suspected heart attack at 52
Bob Crow, RMT union general secretary, dies

Pork processing workers stand up for health care, fair contract

New Postal Worker president plans increased activism
D.C. Teacher Evaluation Errors Burn Teachers and Students
Public Transportation Trends Expose Ecological, Economic, Social Crossroads
Louisiana environmental suit brings hope
Ex-rebel’s lead in El Salvador ‘irreversible’
Local 587-Seattle, WA, is gearing up for a referendum campaign
Strikes in Greece as austerity deal proves elusive
Obama Will Seek Broad Expansion of Overtime Pay *
How a Court Secretly Evolved, Extending U.S. Spies’ Reach *
Toyota to Increase Wages for Employees *

March 11 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.

Vancouver port strike stops 90% of container truck traffic
Edward Snowden speaks at SXSW conference
SuperShuttle Drivers Find Common Enemy in Veolia
Violence in Venezuela Caused by Opposition, Not Government
Debate: Two tactics in the fight against climate change
Uninsured rate declines to 15.9 percent under Affordable Care
3,500 Bangladeshis fired after safety check
Where Does the U.S. Rank in Gender Equality for Women Workers?
UIL's union deal doesn't console PGW workers
Now it's the Dems talking all night, about climate
Fukushima water may end up in sea
Worker Is Fatally Struck by Train in East Harlem *
Coal to the Rescue, but Maybe Not Next Winter *

March 10 Week In Review Now Online

The new WIR can be read by clicking here

March 10 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.

Union Solidarity at UPS
United for Justice at Maspeth

Truckers reject Vancouver port deal: strike to begin Monday
Jon Holden is new leader of 32,000 Boeing Machinists
Tropicana reaches labor deal with Culinary, bartenders unions
Union files suit against Mountaire Farms plant in Lumber Bridge
Peabody cleaning contractor ordered to pay $1M
MTA seeks commuter groups' backing in LIRR contract fight
After 12 years of war, labor abuses rampant on US bases in Afghanistan
Board: Grain lockout unfair, workers broke law
Teachers union files unfair labor complaint against LIU
Park Ridge mayor vetoes labor agreement
Idaho bill would let inmates do farm work
Volkswagen sides with UAW on appeal
3 Mohawk protesters could be charged after Ontario rail blockade
Pesticide traces in some tea exceed allowable limits
Auto Regulators Dismissed Defect Tied to 13 Deaths *
When Employees Confess, Sometimes Falsely *
New Ozone-Destroying Chemicals Discovered in Atmosphere
What now for West Virginia, its water and its future?
Evidence standard a snag in state-worker union talks
Hope bakery accused of unfair labor practices
Union files safety complaint against MAC on New Albany project
Union Report Says Obamacare Will Hasten Income Inequality
Record use of US public transit
After Fukushima, Utilities Prepare for Worst *

March 7 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.

U.S. mulls how to use natgas resources in Ukraine crisis
B.C. teachers vote overwhelmingly 'yes' in strike vote
Pitfalls Seen in a Turn to Privately Run Long-Term Care *
Palo Alto reaches labor deal with largest union
Union members pack York City courtyard to rally against dues-checkoff bill
De Blasio wants health savings from labor
Sexual Harassment Still ‘Normal’ in Low-Wage Jobs
The State of Class Struggle in South Africa
Bernie Sanders: 'I Am Prepared to Run for President of the United States'
McDonald's feels heat over wages
Energy giants face antitrust charges
Enbridge Line 9 pipeline reversal approved by energy board
Pussy Riot members attacked
Sharp exchange illustrates how some Latinos have drifted away from Obama
Abortion Law Pushes Texas Clinics to Close Doors *
North Carolina: Judge Orders Action at Ash Dumps *

March 6 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.

Alpha reaches deal on water pollution
What kind of water protection bill will we get?
Is this really about protecting coal miners?
Profits soar, but airlines leave workers behind
Scab Bus Blocked at Port of Vancouver
EU pledges $15B to Ukraine as diplomats meet over crisis
Chavez remembered a year after death
Caged Al Jazeera staff see trial adjourned
Tell Our Policy Makers: Keystone XL is Bad for Our Health and Our Planet
Labor union reps disagree with Freeholders on how to save Warren Haven
Unions demand all Domino Sugar site construction workers be organized
MTA seeks second Obama emergency board in LIRR contract impasse
Union protests outside Presidential Village
Calls for strike authorization alleging unfair labor practice by university
Demand for public inquiry into Enbridge Line 9 pipeline proposal
How cities can fight climate change: Public transit
Greek protesters, riot police scuffle in Athens
Wheat board could have helped move grain, NDP MP
Great Lakes ice cover tops 90 per cent, may cause cool, dry summer
Senate rejects key Obama nominee
Ukraine crisis is about Great Power oil, gas pipeline rivalry