October 22 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

How soon we forget: Mine safety in W.Va.
Airport workers mobliize for higher wage
Kaiser Runs Aground in Hawaii
IBEW, CWA Members Strike for Fairness at FairPoint
National Nurses Statement on New CDC Ebola Guidelines
UE Intl. Rep. Ed Bloch, Activist for Labor and Peace Over Six Decades, Dies at 90
California Renzenberger Drivers Ratify First Contract, Uniting Them with Chicago
Historic Wins at FedEx Freight and Con-way
Green groups say EPA underestimates methane leaks from fracking
Karen Lewis won’t be Chicago’s mayor – and that’s America’s loss
WUFA ratifies collective agreement with University of Windsor
States Ease Laws That Protected Poor Borrowers *
Nation’s Confidence Ebbs at a Steady Drip *
Requirements Keep Young Immigrants Out of Long Island Classrooms *

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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