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 *