January 5 News Update

Deep Trouble But Stirring Troublemaking
The Strategic Significance of the Fight for $15
Organized Labor — Year 2014 in Review
Why Did Swiss Voters Reject Single-Payer Health Care?
Fuel Rods Are Removed From Damaged Fukushima Reactor *
Snow Is Down and Heat Is Up in the Arctic, Report Says *
EPA coal ash standards a setback for environmental groups
In the Face of Austerity, Portuguese Dockers Win Back Union Job
‘I felt like a piece of trash’ – Life inside America’s food processing plants
Thunder Bay transit driver accuses city of discrimination
Labor Ruling Could Allow More Faculty to Unionize *
Judge Strikes Down Wage Boost for Some Home Workers
Foxconn workers arrested for allegedly gatecrashing into factory premises
Contract deal averts food workers’ strike at Miami International Airport
Dangerous year for journalists as 2014 death toll reaches 60
Protests erupt in Nicaragua over interoceanic canal
Kale and hearty: The salad bowl of America turns toxic
Malala, Obama, socialism: Nobel laureate’s political views are complex
In the West, a Delaware-size plume  of gas illustrates cost of methane leaks
Ash from derailed train in Banff creek could suffocate fish eggs
The Year in Inequality: Racial disparity can no longer be ignored
Postal Service poised to begin controversial plant closures
Heavyweight Response to Local Fracking Bans *
Workers end strike in Panama Canal expansion
Greek polls frontrunner says win will start leftist change in Europe
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant Begins Slow Process of Closing *

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