Thursday, November 13, 2014

November 13 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
US and China strike deal on carbon cuts in push for global climate change pact
Peru's forests store more CO2 than US emits in a year
China-US climate pact 'heartening' but short of what's needed: IPCC
Global energy system under stress: report



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Nurses stage global day of action as Ebola death toll tops 5,000

Senate may force lame duck Keystone vote
The Worst Voter Turnout in 72 Years *
Hong Kong protesters plan to occupy British consulate
Twin Cities retail janitors announce Black Friday strike deadline
Abdul-Jabbar blasts NCAA labor standards
Injuries and violations continue at coal mines that owe millions in fines
VW to Allow Labor Groups to Represent Workers at Chattanooga Plant *

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McDonald’s workers on global drive for higher wages, union rights

Minimum wage for garment workers increased in Cambodia
ATT denies sick time pay to older employees
HUD’s privatization scheme may herald end of public housing
Debts Canceled by Bankruptcy Still Haunt Credit Scores *
Protect Those Who Protect Our Food *
Web of Incentives in Fatal Indian Sterilizations *
Monsanto to Pay $2.4. Million in G.M.O. Wheat Dispute *


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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