Wednesday, July 23, 2014

July 23 News Update


This unusually long update incorporates a number of important stories that broke while the Editor was on the road.

On strike! 80 years ago Minneapolis goes union
1934: Teamsters victory in Minneapolis
1934 Teamsters strike in Minneapolis remembered on 80th anniversary
Celebrate the 80th anniversary of the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike

Global warming stopped? Not in the real world.
World breaks temperature record
Climate Campaign Tipping Point? Unions Get on Board

Courts issue split rulings on health care law subsidies
BNSF, SMART Reach Tentative Deal For One Person Crew
Detroit Stops Water Shutoffs -- Temporarily
Trade-Union Appeal for International Anti-Capitalist Solidarity
Aquarius Platinum Signs 3-Year Deal With South African Union
Mount Kisco Mrs. Green’s rehires eight fired workers
Heat’s off Qatar World Cup workers after reforms
Why The Village Voice Strike Is 'Part Of A Much Greater Fight'
Building A Labor Base For Third Party Campaigning
The Working Class and Left Politics: Back on the American Radar
Unions boycott Staples to support postal workers
Drill, baby, drill: Obama opens East Coast to oil exploration
Detroit retirees vote for pension cuts
A quarter of McDonald’s branches in China may have served expired meat
Tinderbox Explodes in Wildfires Across Northwest *
Corralling Carbon Before It Belches From Stack *
In 9 Cases of Police Chokeholds, Punishment Was Rare *
Financiers Transforming Strawberries Into Securities *
Missouri declines to give Kansas City Schools temporary provisional accreditation
Worker dies in KC bridge fall
Generation Temp: Auto Workers March for Civil Rights Again
Worker sent to hospital in potash mine accident
Guelph transit lockout could last until November, says union head
Irish baby homes investigation reveals use for medical research
U.S. Military Is Scrutinized Over Trash Burning in Afghanistan *
Apple Case Over Labor Code Is Granted Class-Action Status *
Prosecutors Are Reading Emails From Inmates to Lawyers *

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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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