January 16 News Update

Danger zone: Earth crosses four planetary boundaries
Social justice is the only solution to global warming
Climate change, extinctions signal Earth in danger zone: study
Sea levels rising faster than previously thought says new study
Ocean Life Faces Mass Extinction, Broad Study Says *

After legal defeats, an uncertain future for low-wage homecare
Home care workers and state reach agreement on first contract

French Restrict Speech Backing Acts of Terror, Fueling Debate *
Wrong Responses to Charlie Hebdo *

Airport workers, others protest on Martin Luther King birthday
Grapes of Wrath: Farmworkers in California fight to unionize
US eases travel, trade with Cuba from Friday
Fired Delta baggage handler awaits word on appeal
‘We Are All Equals Now’: How Trapped Chilean Miners Survived
LA Labor Throws Full Support Behind El Super Workers: Boycott On!
MA labor union focused on improving working conditions
Labor issues at Microsoft prompt talk of policy changes
Community benefits agreements under attack
Mauritania jails anti-slavery activists
Manhattan Project's hidden victims
Union accuses Target of 'bullying' its way into Canadian market
City Marred By Xenophobia Seeks to Reinvent Itself
Duke University cancels weekly Muslim call to prayer from bell tower
Saudi Arabia: U.N. Denounces Flogging of Blogger *
Condoleezza Rice Testifies on Urging The Times to Not Run Article *
Hunts Point Market Workers Continue Talks to Avoid Strike *
Guardrail Falls 81 Stories at Park Avenue Tower Work Site *
Bombardier Plans Layoffs and $1.4. Billion Write-Down *

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