Monday, June 30, 2014

June 30 News Update


Gay pride parades take off in US cities
WorldPride: Toronto streets 'overflowing'

Chicago lays off 1,150 people
CTU chief Karen Lewis ‘seriously thinking’ of running for mayor

Quebec unionized Wal-Mart workers win Supreme Court victory
White House in deportation push
Trimming trees is treacherous, even for experts
ACLU challenges Missouri ban on gay marriage
Judge rules in favor of EMTs in dispute with KC about overtime pay
B.C. teachers' strike: Remedial summer school 'essential'
Postal Service loses $2.5 billion on shipping food, goods to Alaska
Obama wants over $2 billion to stem immigration influx
In Military Care, a Pattern of Errors but Not Scrutiny *
Yes, if You Cut Taxes, You Get Less Tax Revenue *
Creeping Up on Unsuspecting Shores: The Great Lakes, in a Welcome Turnaround *
EPA tested one chemical's risk since 1986
A Farm Worker Union Emerging in Whatcom and Skagit Counties
Supreme Court holds public sector unions in the balance
After Nine Years, Labor Board Says Starbucks Barista Should Get His Job Back
Why I’m Marching with Bill McKibben to Protest the Keystone Pipeline
Labor in History: Mobtown and the Stirring of America’s Unions
Secrecy oaths appear to violate whistleblower laws
D.C. effort to lengthen school day faces stiff resistance from teachers union
Blackwater Death Threat Said to Stifle U.S. Inquiry *
Boom Meets Bust in Texas: Atop Sea of Oil, Poverty Digs In *

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Sunday, June 22, 2014

Friday, June 20, 2014

June 20 News Update


B.C. teachers promised $1.5 M at downtown Vancouver rally
Judge says Gates & Sons Barbeque restaurant retaliated against employees
Bald Eagles Are Dying of Lead Poisoning, and Hunters Are to Blame
Many still struggle to pay health premiums
To Fix VA Waits, Hire More Staff
Supreme Court rules public sector whistleblowers safe from job retaliation
Wisconsin gov. accused of 'criminal' plan
Casa Latina Becomes First Worker Center on Board of State AFL-CIO Body
Support Long Island Rail Workers this Saturday
The Biggest Change to Social Security You've Never Heard About
Don't Let Hoffa End Fair Elections in the Teamsters
University of St. Thomas adjuncts prepare for July union vote
Fresno must pay $575,000 in back wages to blue-collar workers
144 union employees picketing Pennsylvania American Water
Locked out, unions picket convention center
KC Council votes to outsource ambulance billing
VA looks into the fatal shooting by police of KC veteran Issac Sim
Canada's deadliest mining disaster remembered 100 years later
Most Latino Workers Born in U.S., Study Says *
Suit by Protest Groups on Spying Is Dismissed *
North Carolina: Duke Energy Was Warned About Pipe *
Ruling on Argentina Gives Investors an Upper Hand *


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Friday, June 13, 2014

June 13 News Update


US mulls 'all options' as militants move nearer Baghdad
Kurds take oil-rich Kirkuk amid advance of ISIL insurgency in Iraq
Trail of jihadist victories in Iraq could pull US back
Iraqis Who Fled Mosul Say They Prefer Invading Rebels to Army *
No to war; yes to veterans’ needs

Actress, civil rights activist Ruby Dee dies
Ruby Dee, a Ringing Voice for Civil Rights, Onstage and Off, Dies at 91 *

California Ruling Ignores Real Factors Behind School Performance
Teacher Tenure Decision: Diane Ravitch Weighs In

Explosion Kills 6 at Indian Plant *
Why Are Rhode Island Democrats Blocking Minimum-Wage Increases?
Louisiana governor signs into law new abortion restrictions
Renewables generate 84 percent of Uruguay's energy
St. Paul charter school votes to unionize
Book talk focuses on labor militancy
Life on the Fifth Tier inside Ford's Rouge Complex
Brazil on Strike: Class Struggle in the Wake of the World Cup
First Nations Vow: There Will Be No Tar Sands Pipeline
Land grabs threaten global food ecosystem
CEO pay up 937 percent since 1978
Ghana's dangerous toxic wasteland
Study: 10,000 suicides linked to recession
North Carolina Tobacco Farm Workers Organize for a Union Voice on the Job
Union Coalition Bargains Healthcare For Five Groups of Berlin Town Workers
Union members ratify labor agreement at Memorial's Schoellkopf Health Center
Feds cite 5 companies in NJ worker's death
Mount Kisco Mrs. Green's faces hearing on labor law violations
Liberals re-elected with majority in Ontario

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Monday, June 9, 2014

June 9 News Update


Job market recovers losses yet appears weaker
May report shows a slow slog to more jobs, higher pay
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rise with Rebounding Economy

How Hassan Yussuff won the CLC presidency
Aeration and the CLC Convention of 2014

Brazil subway strike on in WCup city despite fine
China Erases Memories of Tiananmen
Train derailment creates desperation for remote First Nation
In Some States, Emissions Cuts Defy Skeptics *
Report Finds Higher Risks if Oil Line Is Not Built *
Karen DeCrow, Former President of the NOW, Dies at 76 *
P.E.I. teachers, parents plan rally over cuts
Minimum wage: Seattle proves that the fight for decent pay can and must be won
How Gates pulled off the Common Core revolution
Jewish Day School Wants To End Teachers Union
Grocery workers struggle to pay for food
Spot-on, After All These Years
SS songs and antisemitism: the week Golden Dawn turned openly Nazi
Labor-studies prof, advocate retires
Union says ratifies contract at 11 Alcoa plants
Hospital unions renew call for patient and staff safety
Discord continues in Christus labor talks
City of Kalamazoo, transit union at impasse over labor contract
UAW elects Dennis Williams president in a landslide
Remember mountaintop removal?

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Sunday, June 8, 2014