June 1 Week In Review Now Online

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May 30 News Update

NBC News Confirms Attempt by Snowden to Go Through Channels at NSA
Kerry's Snowden Comments Moronic, Offensive, and Dangerous

Walmart faces fresh protests over workers' rights and conditions
Rail unions laud new safety legislation
Portland Letter Carriers Foil Attempt to Ditch At-the-Door Delivery for Seniors
Secretive Bilderberg group holds meeting for global elite
Trumka: 'Act Without Delay to End the Deportation Crisis'
Algorithmic MDs Will Ruin Healthcare, Nurses Say
Welcome to NY. Now get out
Long Island Rail Road workers ready to push strike deadline past Labor Day
Union calls for German Amazon workers to strike again
Abortion too 'divisive' to fund, Stephen Harper says
Striking B.C. teachers fight lockout pay cut at labour board
Doctor Shortage Is Cited in Delays at V.A. Hospitals *
U.S. Economy Contracted in a Frigid First Quarter *

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May 29 News Update

Maya Angelou dies aged 86
A Lyrical Witness to a Nation Riven by Race *
Dr. Maya Angelou was America’s Most Phenomenal Woman

Snowden: breaking law was only way
Edward Snowden says he wants to go home but not to a 'jail cell'
NSA contractors use LinkedIn profiles to cash in on national security
Edward Snowden sees himself as patriot
Emails reveal close Google relationship with NSA
Defending His Actions, Snowden Says He’s a Patriot *

VA watchdog: 115-day wait at hospital
‘All he needed was help,’ friends say of Iraqi war vet killed by KC police
V.A. Watchdog Says Delays Affected Care in Phoenix Hospital *

B.C. Teachers' Federation confirms 4 more days of strikes
Machinists Reformers Get Third of Vote in First Try
FBI spied on Mandela during first U.S. trip
Migrant evictions highlight EU tensions
Nurses Take Campaign to Heal America to Congress
MSHA announces safety ‘walk and talks’
Time-share workers to vote on union
Gerawan union dispute still in limbo after Fresno court hearing
Conservatism is losing ground in the US
Oklahoma enacts abortion restrictions
A Pushback on Green Power *
1933 article refutes cherished tale on history of D.C. NFL name
Whistleblower: Arizona inmates are dying from inadequate health care
President Said to Be Planning to Use Executive Authority on Carbon Rule *
North Carolina: 14 Protesters Arrested After Sit-In at House Speaker’s Office *
For a Canadian Province, Gas Boom Presents a Conundrum *

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May 28 News Update

U.S. Troops to Leave Afghanistan by End of 2016 *
9,800 troops to stay in Afghanistan

General Baker Jr.: Activist, union leader 'loved the workers of the world'
Detroit’s Radical

Arctic ice melt to release 1 trillion pieces of plastic into sea
Obama delays deportation policy review
Chrysler should begin UAW contract talks now: Marchionne
MSHA pushes proximity detection rule back again
Caperton retrial: Another jury rules against Massey
Anti-World Cup protesters march on Brasilia stadium, face tear gas
Climate changes push native Montana trout toward extinction
Unions urge DOT to reject Norwegian’s foreign air carrier
Walmart, China workers to agree out-of-court settlement
FBI files on music icon Pete Seeger to be released online
Out Front at Outback: Worker Center Partnership in Action in Iowa
The Ukraine Crisis and the New Cold War
Detroit defends bankruptcy plan to pay pensioners more than bondholders
Median CEO pay crosses $10 million in 2013

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May 27 News Update

New South Africa mines minister pledges strike mediation
B.C. teachers strike as sides return to negotiating table
Governments Await Obama’s Move to Gauge U.S. Climate Efforts *
Why losing glaciers matters: Bob McDonald
Ontario NDP leader brushes off supporters' letter of dissent
'March Against Monsanto' held in Edmonton
VA private care to be enhanced
Jailed Migrants, Used as a Cheap Labor Pool *
Sinn Fein Benefits as Ireland Moves Left *
The Ripple Effects of Rising Student Debt *
Chicago Teachers' Union Report on School Closings
Greek radical leftists score clear victory in EU vote
White House inadvertently identifies CIA chief in Kabul
Workers at Brazil Stats Body IBGE Go on Strike *
Greek Radical Leftists' Win Complicates Reform Program *
Hospitals Look to Health Law, Cutting Charity *
I.R.S. Bars Employers From Dumping Workers Into Health Exchanges *
Insurers Once on the Fence Plan to Join Health Exchanges in ’15 *
NYC’s Teachers Debate Whether to Ratify Contract *
Empty Scrubs Need to Be Filled, Say San Francisco Nurses

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May 26 Week In Review Now Online

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Memorial Day Weekend Break

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May 23 News Update

Grocery union and chains reach contract deal
Social Security Threatens To Close All Field Offices
Belfast police to sue for all Boston College tapes
Climate deal 'won't be perfect': US negotiator
4 dead as bus strikes pipes on California highway
North Carolina Senate outlaws disclosure of fracking fluid secrets
House passes compromised FREEDOM Act
Philippines to privatize government hospitals
McDonald's CEO: we pay fair wages
Brian Williams Lands Snowden/Greenwald Interview in Moscow
Want to End Secret Wait Lists? Staff the VA
U.S. Rated High in Survey of Worst Places for Workers’ Rights
Mount Desert Island RNs Press Hospital on Patient Safety
Union labor has to be a part of Housing NY plan
Threats made in jest nearly derailed certified nursing aides’ union vote
A Mighty Oak Has Fallen - Dr. Vincent Gordon Harding
Ecuador issues Amazon drilling permit
Officials Cast Wide Net in Monitoring Occupy Protests *

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May 22 News Update

McDonald's workers protest low wages, more than 100 arrested
McDonald's closes HQ amid protest
Workers target McDonald's headquarters

Brazil bus driver strike enters second day
Japan court rejects startup of 2 nuclear reactors
Probe finds scant oversight of chemical plants
New Mexico: 500 barrels of questionable nuke waste
Verizon Retail Workers Win Union Vote—First to Do So
People's Climate March to Target System 'Powering Our Destruction'
A Texas miracle or a mirage?
Learning from a socialist in Seattle
Fifth NFL Cheerleader Wage Theft Suit Filed
Patients Lose When Doctors Can’t Do Good Physical Exams
Christie's Pension Payment Reduction Plan Sparks Lawsuit From CWA
Union wants hospitals to disclose employees on public assistance
Picket planned by union workers from 11 Absolut Care nursing homes
U.N. report: 21 million workers in forced labor
California transit authority settles civil rights lawsuit
Santa Cruz becomes first California county to ban fracking
Consumer bureau slow to fix age, minority bias: union leader
B.C. Teachers threatened with partial lockout
With New Bill, Limits on Abortion Spread in South *
Detroit Pension Proposal Gets an Angry Reception *

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May 21 News Update

Turkish miners stay off work after disaster, eight suspects held
B.C. teachers to start rotating strikes next week
Climate change threatens 30 U.S. landmarks
Five convicted of killing Russian journalist Politkovskaya
Workers, riders demand greater support for transit
Hundreds of Miners Die, Turkish Government Sides with Company
Federal judge strikes down Pennsylvania gay marriage ban
GM recalls another 2.4M vehicles
NYT says UAE halted publication over article
Thousands Reignite Moral Monday Actions
Japan debates radiation as manga shows nosebleed
South Africa Labor Court to Mediate Fresh Platinum Strike Talks
Strike ballot at Dundee University over proposed job cuts
NPR to end ‘Tell Me More’ program aimed at minorities, eliminate 28 positions
A Fine Line Is Seen in U.S. Spying on Companies *
Uncovered Papers Show Past Government Efforts to Drive Gays From Jobs *
Young Immigrants Growing Disenchanted With Both Parties, Study Finds *

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May 20 News Update

Faulty valve eyed in LA spill that created ‘lake’ of crude oil
Pipeline company in LA oil spill has history of violations

Chile's Bachelet to send key education reform to Congress
Macalester adjunct faculty fight for fairness
South Africa: There's No Turning Back
Mass murder in a Turkish coal mine
Greenwald: NYT’s new editor ‘subservient to national security state’
Oregon judge overturns gay marriage ban
Brazil faces power system weakness
Despite Calls for Release, Activist in Occupy Case Gets Three Months *
Detroit pension cuts set bad example
Greenland ice melt big factor in rising seas
Unions and Civil Society Speak Out for Migrants’ Rights and Decent Work
Nurses and Healthcare Workers Proclaim 'Healthcare is a Human Right'
Downtown union workers continue rumblings of strike
Clifton Steel Co., employee union at odds over 'successorship clause'
Temporary jobs on rise in today's shifting economy
Highway of Tears communities want fixes from B.C.
CIA will not use vaccination schemes for spying, says White House official
After Mine Disaster, a Painful Awareness of What Has Been Lost *
Fukushima Workers Fled Plant After Accident Despite Orders *
N.Y.U. Apologizes to Any Workers Mistreated on Its Abu Dhabi Campus *

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May 19 News Update

Turkish miner who survived says company to blame
Turkish mine rescue winds up as death toll rises to 301
Turkey Mine Disaster: Erdogan Loses His Grip

Greenland glacial melt adds to sea level rise
Greenland's Never-Before-Seen Valleys Could Prolong Melting
Unprecedented B.C. glacier melt seeps into U.S. climate change concerns

New owner of Lac-Mégantic railroad plans to restart oil shipments
Stranded cargo ship threatens the Galápagos
Another snag: Health payouts may be wrong
Death in Hot Jail Cell Highlights National Issue *
G.M. Is Fined Over Safety and Called a Lawbreaker *
Rio official: Water pollution targets won't be met
Symbol of Greece's protests, cleaners win in court
Los Alamos container linked to nuke dump leak
Alberta teachers pass no confidence vote against Education Minister
The coal plant to end all coal plants?
Fumes linger after LA oil slick
Quixotic ’80 Campaign Gave Birth to Kochs’ Powerful Network *
Poorer Health of Surgery Patients on Medicaid May Alter Law’s Bottom Line *
Inquiry by General Motors Is Said to Focus on Its Lawyers *
Greece's leftist Syriza fares well in key local races
Frustration grows over $3.4B settlement delay
Jess Spear Running Against House Speaker Frank Chopp
NLRB's Boeing decision puts focus on cameras in workplace
Novelis accused of coercing Oswego workers into not joining union
Student Debt Grows Faster at Universities With Highest-Paid Leaders *
Science Standards Divide a State Built on Coal and Oil *
Court May Hold Fate of Children Knocked Off Citizenship Path *
Workers at N.Y.U.’s Abu Dhabi Site Faced Harsh Conditions *
Divergent Accounts in an Occupy Wall Street Protester’s Assault Case *

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May 18 Week In Review Now Online

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May 16 News Update

What the Turkish disaster says about the world’s coal industry – and about all of us
Turkish Police Fight Protesters After Deadly Mine Accident
Turkish mine disaster: Unions hold protest strike
Public Discontent Rises as Families Gather to Bury Victims of Turkish Mine Disaster *

Fast-Food Labor Protests In More Than 30 Countries, McDonald’s In Spotlight
Fight for Fifteen Spreads Out and Zooms In
US fast food staff protests over wages spread globally
How Fast Food Worker Strikes Ignited Across the Country

Another Illinois miner killed on the job
Alcoa, union at U.S. plants still apart in talks as deadline looms
EPA proposes new oil refinery standards for first time in 20 years
Brazil hit by anti-World Cup rallies
Government Orders MedStar Washington Hospital  to Provide Data to Nurses
Missouri legislature passes student transfer bill with private school option
Judge rules KC proposal for new streetcar district is legal
Ottawa's new pipeline rules don't reach 'world class' standard
FCC advances plan that could reshape the way you experience the Internet
Egypt Tells 3 They Must Pay to See Evidence *
G.M. Recalls 2.7 Million Vehicles, Bringing Its Total for Year to 11.2 Million *

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May 15 News Update

Turkish unions call national protest strike after mine disaster
274 dead in Turkey's worst-ever mine disaster
Anger swells in Turkey as mine rescue hopes fade
Death Toll Mounts in Turkish Mine Disaster *

Fast food workers plan strikes, demonstrations Thursday
Fast-food Strikes: Why Going Global Could Work
Fast-Food Protests Spread Overseas *

ALCOA employees rally for labor agreement
Report highlights child labor on US tobacco farms
Spill at Indian nuclear plant hurts six workers, no radiation leak
Postmaster General Hides Winning Streak
San Francisco Rides the $15 Wave
Biggest NSA leaks are yet to come, Glenn Greenwald tells Al Jazeera
WH: No issue with Biden's son joining Ukraine gas company
Times under fire for spiking 2004 NSA story
Samsung apologizes to workers with cancer
Qatar considers changes to migrant labor policies
NLRB Finds Novelis Broke Labor Laws at Oswego Plant
Telkom of South Africa to Consider Race When Making Job Cuts
Nurses Sound Alarm to Save Cook County Health and Hospital System
Teachers Vote For Change In Massachusetts
Quebec Election: A Seismic Shift Within the Independence Movement?
Canada's water: a paradox of pollution and waste
50,000 Gallons of Oil Spills on Los Angeles Street  *

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May 14 News Update

201 dead, many trapped in Turkish coal mine
Rescuers Seek Survivors in Turkish Mine Disaster *

Two more W.Va. miners die on the job
2 Killed in West Virginia Mine Where Safety Lapses Were Cited *
West Virginia Mine Was Doing Risky Retreat Mining *

Senate Dems skewer Obama judge pick from Georgia
Teachers Elect Foes of Corporate Reform in Massachusetts and L.A.
Chemical spill fails to loosen coal’s grip on West Virginia politics
EX-IRA member to sue Boston College
Vermont Passes Highest Statewide Minimum Wage in Country
California wildfires: 20K homes evacuated
Judge strikes down Idaho's same-sex marriage ban
Labor Talks Begin at Metropolitan Opera *
Longshore union, shipping lines begin critical negotiations

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May 13 News Update

Antarctic ice sheet at point of no return
West Antarctic ice melt is now ‘unstoppable,’ NASA report says
Western Antarctic ice sheet collapse has already begun, scientists warn
Scientists Warn of Rising Oceans From Polar Melt *

South African police deployed to platinum belt to protect scabs
ND oil worker death rate 6 times US average
Chicago Teachers Union Passes Resolution Opposing Common Core
New National Labour President Vows a More Militant Approach
Where do the elite meet? Behind closed doors
UMWA gives coal-dust rule ‘qualified support’
Workers, immigrants march on May Day
United: NY area airport workers join union
UN: Canada needs indigenous consent for pipeline projects
Illinois unions ask judge to delay new pension law
John Montgomery Ward, a New York Giant: A Labor History
MM&A Railway faces charges in Lac-Mégantic disaster
Book Reveals Wider Net of U.S. Spying on Envoys *

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May 12 News Update

Pussy Riot visit Occupy activist
White House solar panels power up
Tim Hudak would cut 100,000 public sector jobs if Tories win Ontario election
Resolute Forest Products gets tentative deal with Unifor
Hardship Makes a New Home in the Suburbs *
Post Office Says It Lost $1.9 Billion in Quarter *
BMW to Expand U.S. Plant in Push for Lighter, More Fuel-Efficient Cars *
US failed to inspect thousands of at-risk oil and gas wells
Pipeline plan protesters rally at Vancouver's Sunset Beach
Saskatoon Responds to ATU Contract Rejection
Council amends All-Star Game 'Clean Zone'
Fired from Walmart, Mrs Wang is now gunning for China's state labor union
Coos Bay residents told to prepare for LNG workers
El Super's union workers authorize strike
Machinists' union says leaders win re-election by wide margin
Mexican Workers in the Continental Crucible
Health of jailed Al Jazeera journalist failing
Untold Stories programs focus on civil rights, 1934 Teamsters' strike
Teachers Union Offers To Compromise On Pensions
Agent Orange’s Long Legacy, for Vietnam and Veterans *
Lynn Williams, 89, Who Led Steelworkers Union, Is Dead *

May 11 Week In Review Now Online

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May 9 News Update

Rising CO2 levels may cut nutrient levels in crops, study finds
Wyoming is 1st state to reject science standards
Global warming has never been explained quite so beautifully
Duke Energy spending little on spill cleanup
Coal and climate change politics
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Hassan Yussuff elected new head of Canadian Labour Congress
ACLU sues Minneapolis over All-Star Game 'clean zone'
Airlines ask Congress to roll back airfare rule
Chilean students march to pressure Bachelet on promised reforms
Another worker dies at Brazil World Cup site
Strikes Win Staffing Protections at University of California
Rivers Casino, union settle labor charges
Workers organizing SF College's first union
Workers of closed Cargill plant due more benefits
Why Is This Farm Using Guest Workers as Strike Breakers?
In California, Spigots Start Draining Pockets *
Obama, at Wal-Mart, Touts Efficiency; Angers Labor *
Despite Orders, Federal Tank-Car Safety Measures Are Slow in Coming *

May 8 News Update

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Fast-Food Worker Strike About to Go Global
Fighting the Big Apple’s Big Inequality Problem
Showdown looms in South African platinum strike
Dozens Protest After Doctor is Fired
Union coverage to continue after Rainbow grocery sale
Worthington packinghouse workers authorize strike
Climate Change: Engine of Inequality
Green Groups Banned From Hearings on Alberta Tar Sands
The expansion of Border Patrol
China shale gas to hurt African exporters
UN urges Qatar to reform labor practices
Los Angeles Becomes the First with More Than a Dozen Unionized Carwashes
Marlborough Hospital Nurses to Deliver Safer Staffing Petition
A Freedom Budget for All Americans
Irish Workers Seek Payback as Investors Reap Reward
Park Ridge officials called to testify before labor relations board
How a little union decided to help temporary foreign workers
Burnaby trench worker death prompts RCMP investigation
First Nickel ordered to hand over documents in deaths of 2 workers
Florida Finds Itself in the Eye of the Storm on Climate Change *
U.S. Issues Safety Alert for Oil Trains *

May 7 News Update

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After report warns of dire climate consequences, will action follow?
West Virginia’s climate change disconnect continues
Climate change wreaking havoc in America's backyard, scientists warn
U.S. Climate Has Already Changed, Study Finds, Citing Heat and Floods *
Warming 'increasingly disruptive' across US

Labor plans fast-food protests for US, overseas
Seattle: $15, for Real?
Winning with Ballot Initiatives
Young S Africans staying away from polls
Higher education cuts hit minority schools
$2.13: The minimum wage for tipped workers
LAX service companies to face labor peace requirement
Scientists See Quake Risk Increasing in Oklahoma *
Stanford to Purge $18 Billion Endowment of Coal Stock *

May 6 News Update

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Seattle conference demands ‘15 Now!’
Seattle to debate $15 minimum wage law amid warnings of 'class warfare'

May Day marchers issue call to end deportations
SCOTUS rules in favor of prayer before public meetings
Discredited austerity tactics persist
People of Haitian descent lose rights in DR
Ventura County RNs Approve New Agreement
California Labor Seek $13 Minimum Wage as Brown Runs Anew
Climate Change is Already Hurting Poor Workers
Occupy Wall Street activist found guilty of assaulting police officer

May 5 News Update

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Big job growth number has a downside
Koch brothers decline invitation to debate climate change
The Dirty Business of Palm Oil
Maternal deaths in childbirth rising in the U.S.
Accident Leads to Scrutiny of 'Oil' Sand Production *
Northern Ireland police free Gerry Adams
Teachers Question Pay-for-Performance Element in Proposed Contract *
US: climate change is clear danger
Rice backs out of Rutgers speech
Zuma's palatial folly sparks anger
Terminal neglect? How some hospices treat dying patients
San Pablo casino, workers reach labor agreement after years of strife
Striking Ft. Rucker machinists to vote on contract
Workers call for higher minimum wage during Raleigh May Day protest and march
Longtime Union Organizer Says Machinists' Reform Push Hopeful Sign For Labor
Three Interesting NLRB Decisions
Youths sue govt for climate inaction
Keystone issue looms as Senate takes up energy bill
In Tepid Wage Growth, a Potent Sign of a Far-From-Healthy Economy *