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 *


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.

We take a closer look at news stories in our companion Week In Review blog, hosted at: KC Labor at WordPress

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