Friday, February 20, 2015

February 20 News Update


Retail giant Walmart to raise wages for US staff
Oregon 15 Now Victory for Portland City Workers and Contractors
AP-GfK Poll: Most Americans favor a higher minimum wage
'Another year of poor wage growth' in 2014, new study finds

World's coral reefs face major bleaching event this year, US agency warns
Harvard prepares to fight fossil fuel divestment case in court

Unifor accepts CP settlement, calls strike vote against CN
Postal Service and union open talks on new contract
TransCanada to seek US approval for $600M Upland Pipeline
Humana facing new federal scrutiny over private Medicare plans
Struggle to desegregate Boston’s schools
Bernie Sanders pushes novel deficit stance
Gazans struggle to build amid blockade
Black History Month Labor Profiles: Bill Lucy
Las Vegas Transit Workers Rally for Unity & Fairness
Nurses Condemn Illinois Governor’s Austerity Budget Attack on Health Care
The Cosmopolitan's new owner, labor union signal strife is over
Graduate Workers Union petition for union recognition dismissed
Labor unions commit to round-clock work on St. Louis stadium
'We have to carry on fighting'; Migrants defiant as reform halted
NJ students refuse to end sit-in protest
Checkout donations: Poor transparency about where the money goes
Montreal cabbies stage protest against UberX
When Americans Lynched Mexicans *
CSX Oil Train Was Not Speeding in West Virginia Crash, Inquiry Finds *
Deadly CRE Germs Linked to Hard-to-Clean Medical Scopes *


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.

We take a closer look at news stories in our companion Week In Review blog, hosted at: KC Labor at WordPress

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