Thursday, May 1, 2014

May 1 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.

Happy May Day--International Worker Day

Why march on May Day?
Thousands set to mark Labor Day
Union marches organized, stores to close in honor of Labor Day
Turkish women workers commemorate 1977 Labor Day victims
May Day – Fight for Immigrants’ Rights and the Rights of All Workers
May Day rallies demand reform; 5 hurt in Cambodia
Tear gas at Turkish May Day protests
100,000 March as Moscow Revives May Day Tradition *

Train carrying crude derails in Virginia town, bursts into flames
As New Shipping Rules Are Studied, Another Oil Train Derails *

18 months after Sandy, FEMA aid ends without states stepping up
Report: 147M in US breathe in unhealthy air
Antibiotic resistance: A global crisis
Rural Metro and Union Workers Continue Labor Negotiations
Union, Labor say car fund is 'paltry'
Morrow County EMS employees cast majority vote to join labor union
FirstEnergy faces labor charges over closed plants
'$15 in Seattle is not the end – but the beginning!'
Eight Years Gone: The Harper Government's Health Record
Unesco warns Australia over reef
Tube strike: Disruption continues as strike ends
Pollution Report Paints Gloomy Picture of Smoggiest U.S. Cities
Senate GOP blocks minimum wage increase
Changed Life of American Poor: Better Off, but Far Behind *
New York Mayor and Teachers’ Union Said to Be Near Deal *
Claiming a Copyright on Marx? How Uncomradely *
Unions’ Giant Video Near White House Urges Halt to Deportations *

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