September 18 News Update

‘Hands Up, Don’t Ship!’ Minneapolis UPS Workers Protest Shipments to Missouri Police - See more at: http://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2014/08/hands-dont-ship-minneapolis-ups-workers-protest-shipments-missouri-police#sthash.rJeEoDbc.dpuf

Busy Days Precede a March Focusing on Climate Change *
Why U.N. climate talks continue to fail
An Ecologically Sound and Socially Just Economy
Fracking must be banned!
Antarctica Nearing Sea Ice Record High, But Arctic Ice Still Shrinking
ATU Gears Up For People's Climate March
Teamsters Mobilize to Fight Climate Change
Ban Ki-moon to join climate change march
People's Climate Has One Final Question: Are You In?

St Louis ATU Has Tentative Metro Agreement
NSA shared Americans private communications with Israel: Snowden
Chevron Sounds Alarm Against East Bay 'Anarchism'
Golden Gate Bridge Workers Stage ULP Strike
USDA grants approval to Dow's Enlist GMO corn and soybeans
Red tide off northwest Florida could hit economy
Washington Hospital blames Affordable Care Act for 31 layoffs
Without contract for months, nursing home workers strike in Jersey City, Union City
Low-wage Phila. airport workers rally
Atheist airman told he can re-enlist, drop 'God' from oath
Anti-labor, Right to Work efforts shifting to city, county levels
Mine spill devastates Mexican farmers
Gap Between Manhattan’s Rich and Poor Is Greatest in U.S., Census Finds *

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