Thursday, May 15, 2014

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  *

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.

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