October 6 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

Hong Kong civil servants return to work as protesters withdraw
Students and Workers Strike for Democratic Reforms in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Wealth Gap on Display in Protests *

Protests over missing, murdered women close stretches of 2 Ontario highways
Hundreds march in Saskatoon to honour missing and murdered women

Obama highlights economic, manufacturing gains
Strong jobs report, but concerns remain
A Strong Jobs Report, Charted | But Wage Growth Is Subdued *

Obama team wanted US out of Iraq: Panetta
Bees, birds may suffer long-term consequences from common pesticides
Transit union and City of Saskatoon to resume talks on Monday
The Most Ambitious Environmental Lawsuit Ever *
After Uproar, School Board in Colorado Scraps Anti-Protest Curriculum *
Justices Weighing Wages for After-Work Screenings *
Missouri: Court Rules for Same-Sex Couples *
Sweden to recognize Palestinian state
It's a shame Jean-Claude Duvalier died a free man, says ex-UN prosecutor
Chemical spill in Saskatoon has fire chief worried about environment
Ferguson protesters interrupt St. Louis Symphony
Afghanistan Reverses Expulsion of Times Reporter *
Texas Company Recalls Nearly 91,000 Pounds of Beef *
Beware of Shifting Options Within Medicare Plans *
More than 20 bodies exhumed in Mexico
Wealthy Americans giving less income to charity, poor giving more
Facebook’s Bus Drivers Seek Union *

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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