Tuesday, May 20, 2014

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 *

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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