April 30 News Update

'Today's official attendance was zero': Baltimore hosts first MLB game without fans

About 150 US workers are killed on the job every day – report
Hundreds participate in Workers Memorial Day ceremony in Saint Paul
For laborers lost: Workers remembered in local service at courthouse
Local labor leaders honor those who died on the job


Who's Making Less than $15?
In Quincy protest, union workers call for more job commitments from developers
Radioactive waste haunts St. Louis
Job sprawl hurting minorities, the poor
Calif. touts plan to reduce greenhouse gases    
Labor Unions Flex Muscles in German Corporate Shake-Ups
American Psychological Association Collaborated on Torture Justification *
Insurers Flout Rule Covering Birth Control, Studies Find *
Shell Pushes on With Arctic Exploration as It Awaits U.S. Permit *

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April 29 Week In Review Now Online

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April 29 News Update

Baltimore Been Burning
Curfew brings tension and tear gas to parts of Baltimore
In Freddie Gray's neighborhood, more than a third of households are in poverty
Baltimore Orioles-Chicago White Sox game first to be closed to public



March for workers rights on May Day

NYU, Bobst workers clash over job changes
Duquesne University, union spar over labor laws
Carmen’s Union rips ‘foolish’ findings of Baker MBTA panel
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to announce 2016 presidential run
Nurses union plans short strikes in California and Illinois
House Republican bill seeks curb on Cuba travel
Duke Energy to hand out bottled water in North Carolina after wells polluted
UE and Zenroren March Against Nuclear Weapons
Shell, Greenpeace spar over Arctic drilling
Secure jobs in short supply in Canada's new tough labour market
Tyson to End Use of Human Antibiotics in Its Chickens by 2017 *
Income Inequality Is Costing the U.S. on Social Issues *

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April 28 News Update

Labor Department to host Workers' Memorial Day events

National Guard troops arrive in Baltimore areas roiled by unrest
Baltimore’s disgrace is its history of police violence

Demonizing Teachers, Privatizing Schools
Free The Atlanta Teachers

Union files NLRB charge against Lyondell Basell
Marathon Galveston Bay workers back leadership's rebuff of offer


Vermont Betrayal: Sit-In for Universal Care

West Coast port truckers strike in California
Global warming to blame for most heat extremes - study
French jobless number hits new record in March
Drought may bring West Coast brownouts this summer: energy secretary
Next-generation nuclear reactors may not be safer: French watchdog
Man-Made Earthquakes Rising in US, New Maps Show
Untold Stories series celebrates labor history
Long Beach Transit agrees to purchase electric buses
Flawed Bus Design Creates Dangerous Hazard For Pedestrians
Local 279 Members Ratify Settlement at Weir After Three-Week Strike
Slowdown and out in Williston, ND
Vale, United Steelworkers reach tentative agreement
Trans-Pacific Partnership Puts Harvard Law School Rivals on Opposite Sides, Again *

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April 27 News Update

Thousands of South Koreans march in anti-government rally
Worker Killed at Manhattan Hotel Construction Site *
Arctic countries adopt plan to cut 'black carbon' and methane
Britain’s National Health Service, Creaking but Revered, Looms Over Elections *
Scenes of Chaos in Baltimore as Thousands Protest Freddie Gray’s Death *
Bay Shipbuilding Union Workers Will Vote On A Five Year Labor Contract
U.S. and Mexican Workers Call for Boycott of Driscoll’s Berries
Two Years After West, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion, Are Workers Any Safer?
'Right-to-Work' States Still Have Lower Wages
Bed-Stuy Building Workers Protest Slashed Wages, Benefits
Corporate greenwashing on Earth Day in New York
The Hubble telescope, 25 years on
Drought Frames Economic Divide of Californians *

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April 24 News Update

Climate change a 'fundamental threat' to development: World Bank
First carbon auction 'to help Australia meet pledge': government
Chevron pollution case back in court
U.S. Maps Pinpoint Earthquakes Linked to Quest for Oil and Gas *

Thousands of Washington state teachers strike over pay
Puerto Rico bank warns of imminent government shutdown
In Illinois, the pain of budget cuts stings daily life
U.S. Navy to recognize Cesar Chavez with full graveside honors
Charter Teachers Take On the Whole Chain
Trumka Details Labor’s Fight Against Fast Track and Bad Trade Deals
The TPP is a hazard to your health and our Democracy
COGS Wins Milestone Agreement for Graduate Employees
Pro-union hourly workers picket Rivers Casino
Tollway ends deal that guaranteed union labor on projects
Killed and injured workers to be remembered April 28
Mental health workers face serious safety threats on the job
Two years after Rana Plaza collapse, much remains to be done

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April 23 News Update

Senate cafeteria workers and janitors strike
I am a cook in the US Senate but I still need food stamps to feed my children

Hidden Valley Lake Association golf course workers strike    
Union files unfair labor charges
Emotions over Obama's trade agenda roil Senate, delay action
Tenn. lawmakers pass abortion restrictions
Return of the Fish Wars: Hatchery pits environmentalists against tribe
Bath Iron Works union files federal lawsuit in ongoing labor dispute
Union accuses Wayne County of bad-faith bargaining
Worcester Community Labor Coalition announces a rally for workers' rights
Baseball legend Barry Bonds has obstruction conviction thrown out
Actors' Equity imposes $9 minimum wage on L.A.'s 99-seat theaters
What strategy for an ecological ‘great transition’?
Judge approves NFL concussion deal
A War Waged From German Soil: US Ramstein Base Key in Drone Attacks
Resignations Follow Election of Black Mayor in Missouri *
The Clinton Connection to Russia’s Claims on Uranium *
Research Suggests Pesticide Is Alluring and Harmful to Bees *
NYC’s Environmental Goals Draw Praise, and Questions on How to Fulfill Them *
Democrats Are Rallying Around $12 Wage Floor *

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April 22 News Update

Earth Day: leading scientists say 75% of known fossil fuels must stay in ground

Teamsters Mount Grassroots Campaign to Block Pension Cuts
Underpaid working people unite in 
largest mobilization in modern U.S. history
Low-Wage Workers' Struggles Are About Much More than Wages
Employers cut jobs in 31 US states as growth slows
Greek anger over state cash grab from public entities
Air pollution levels drop in China: Greenpeace
Missouri town responds to officer exodus after election of black female mayor
Japan's maglev train breaks own world speed record
Residents near Duke ash dumps told not to drink well water
Venezuela receives $5 bn funding from China
Oil pipelines regulated by absentee agency
Brazil removes 50 tons of dead fish from Rio
City rejects school bus bids, awaiting employee protections    
German Train Drivers Start Strike
DOJ to investigate Baltimore man's death
Spy agency 'squirming' over metadata use after CBC report, documents suggest
Sour gas from oil wells a deadly problem in southeast Saskatchewan
Unpaid Russian Workers Unite in Protest Against Putin *

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April 21 News Update

At Home and Abroad, the Labor Movement Comes Roaring Back

Thousands of RNs to Strike 9 California, Illinois Hospitals
Teachers Compare Notes
US aircraft carrier heads to Yemeni waters    
Iraqi Workers Take on Foreign Investor at Kerbala Cement Factory
Union workers picket due to recent termination of contracts
Nuclear waste drums appear stable after signs of reactions
Blue Bell Creameries issues recall of all products
Rail unions back federal legislation for two-person crews
Europe Should Protect People, Not Borders
New York Subway Use Rose in 2014 *
N.J. Transit Proposes Fare Increase and Service Cuts *
Target’s Hasty Exit From Canada Leaves Anger Behind *

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April 20 Week In Review Now Online

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April 20 News Update

Low-wage workers, supporters rally for $15-an-hour pay    
Teachers union, LAUSD reach tentative contract agreement
Laid-Off Walmart Workers Head to Labor Board *
Thousands march in Europe against US-EU free trade pact
Canada revises upward CO2 emission data since 1990
Kerry to visit Arctic amid concern over ice melt
U.S. calls for more oil train inspections, other safety measures
California gas pipeline explosion, fire injure up to 15 people
Climate plans put world on track for warming above agreed limits
Texas House approves gutting municipal fracking bans
Conflict Over Soil and Water Quality Puts ‘Iowa Nice’ to a Test *
Allina workers win $15 minimum wage
Makanda officials seek to reverse anti-union vote
Ford Announces Mexico Expansion, Angers U.S. Labor Union
Tellers, teachers, Somali immigrants take on big banks during St. Paul rally
OSSTF hopes to avoid teachers' strike in Thunder Bay
Actors’ Equity Pushes for Minimum Wage, but Not All Members Want It *
A Response to Alec Baldwin’s Complaints That Living Wage Rally Snarled Traffic *

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April 17 News Update

Fast food workers shut down Minneapolis intersection
Labor Unions, Community Groups Rally In Danbury For Higher Wages

Deal reached to fast-track TPP trade deal
Killer of Chilean folksinger to face US justice
S. Africans march against xenophobia
American Airlines, US Airways labor unions merge
Kansas welfare spending law a 'tax on the poor,' critics say
Toyota moving Corolla production to Mexico from Ontario
N.Y.U. Labor Guidelines Failed to Protect 10,000 Workers in Abu Dhabi *

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April 16 News Update

Fight for $15 swells into largest protest by low-wage workers in US history
New York protesters demand $15 minimum wage
New York Today: Fighting for $15 *
Labor Unions Adopt Civil Rights, Social Justice Issues
$15 minimum wage advocates march through downtown Portland
Low-pay workers rally for $15
Walmart, Fast-Food Workers Lead Nationwide Fight for $15 Strike
Nearly 1,000 in L.A. join nationwide protests for $15 minimum wage
In Test for Unions and Politicians, a Nationwide Protest on Pay *


Hundreds turn out in Kansas City for a day of ‘$15 an hour’ protests
Kansas City fast-food workers rally for higher wages

A key union backing away from one of labor’s most prominent campaigns
$153 billion a year to subsidize McDonald’s and Walmart’s low wage workers
Hospitals and major union to study workers' future
American-US Airways mechanics, ground workers closer to union contract
Oil spill leaves 100,000 Mexicans without water
Obama’s Effort to Slow Climate Change Heads to Court *
France: Radio Strike Is Ending *
Tennessee: Bill Making Bible Official Book Advances *

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April 15 News Update

Fight for 15 Inspires Bold Demands
Fight for $15 goes global: Workers set to launch worldwide protest
Students back Fight for $15

Atlanta School Workers Sentenced in Test Score Cheating Case *
Bolivia's Voters Reaffirm 'Process of Change'
Andre Cole execution goes ahead after US supreme court dismisses appeal
Mothers at Texas detention centre continue to protest 'horrible' treatment
Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO's combative president
Nestle Has Illegally Pumped Calif. Water Since the Last Major Drought
Protests as Turkey starts work on first nuclear power plant
Japan's CO2 emissions hit second-highest on record
China farm pollution worsens, despite moves to curb fertilisers, pesticides
Dutch citizens sue government over climate change
Gunter Grass warned of 'sleepwalking' into world war in final interview
School board OKs multibillion-dollar benefits package for L.A. teachers, others
LAPD arrests civil rights protesters who shut down Metro Blue Line
Airline food workers strike at LAX, affecting international flights
Union might postpone vote seeking to organize Boeing's South Carolina plant
Double-decker tour bus employees join powerful Transport Union Workers
Nuclear Reactors in Japan Remain Closed by Judge’s Order *

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April 14 News Update

Unions critical of poll on teachers tenure and seniority-based layoffs
Huge California water supplier plans to reduce deliveries
Warming seas may spell end to Britain's fish and chips
China to surpass U.S. as top cause of modern global warming
Mining in Haiti on hold amid uncertainty and opposition
1st robot into Fukushima reactor stalls, but gets some data
Journalist Leaves Iraq Under Threat for Exposing War Crimes
Alaska Airlines flight makes emergency landing after worker locked in cargo
Prescription drug spending jumps 13% to record $374 billion in 2014
Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan Voice of Anti-Capitalism, Is Dead at 74 *
Wage Effort Poses Test for Clinton Campaign *

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April 13 News Update

Union will reject latest ExxonMobil offer, rep. says
Workers Protest Proposed State Labor Cuts
Los Angeles city workers authorize strike
Five myths about fast-food work
Birds die after cement flows into Oakland creek
Drinking Seawater Looks Ever More Palatable to Californians *
New Sea Drilling Rule Planned, 5 Years After BP Oil Spill *
Middle Class, but Feeling Economically Insecure *
Despite Federal Regulation, C.E.O.-Worker Pay Gap Data Remains Hidden *
Kansas City faces clash with state of Missouri over proposal to raise minimum wage
Modi’s war on India's environment
States Tighten Conditions for Receiving Food Stamps *
Mighty Rio Grande Now a Trickle Under Siege *
Working, but Needing Public Assistance Anyway *

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April 10News Update

Huge French protests as strikes close schools, Eiffel Tower

Scientists seek source of giant methane mass over Southwest
100 billion barrels of oil in ground near London Gatwick: firm
NYU Grad Employees Ratify Historic Contract
San Bernardino County public workers union losing 671 more members to rival
Courant Press Workers To Vote On Union Membership
The billionaire behind the canal: Chinese tycoon dividing Nicaragua
General election 2015: Labour takes lead in opinion polls
Vancouver oil spill reaches West Vancouver's Sandy Cove
Student protesters fined in downtown Montreal
Environmental Order in China to Prevent Building of Contested Dam *
Walgreens Aims to Close 200 Stores in America *

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April 9 News Update

Lessons from Chicago Movers’ Six-Month Strike

1199 Calls For Nursing Home Strike in 20 Towns
Wisconsin Board Bans Employees From Global Warming Work
The Invisible Democratic Majority
Shell's $70 billion takeover could herald wave of mergers
US stockpiles rise, high Saudi ouput sink crude prices
'Hourly' Pay for Fast-Food CEOs Is Astonishing
Poverty in East African communities tied to low wages at MSP airport
Machinists withdraw application for election at Delta Air Lines
Nicaragua: Bracing for a sea change    
NLG Calls for Immediate, Independent Medical Attention for Mumia Abu-Jamal    
Brooklyn Car Wash Employees Score Landmark Contract Following Protests
Brazilians Protest Against the Outsourcing of Jobs    
Protecting Rights of Domestic Workers in Massachusetts
Taiwan rations water to fight drought
The global warming ‘pause’ is politics, not science
City buses will run as usual as strike deadline comes and goes
NLRB hits Postal Service over response to cyber breach
Wall Street Fees Wipe Out $2.5 Billion in New York City Pension Gains *

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April 8 News Update

Blast rocks Chinese chemical plant
Oil spill shuts part of Mississippi River after vessels collide
Labor board files complaint over action by Rivers Casino
Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns ruling that gave Husco workers back pay
White South Carolina officer faces murder charge over shooting of black man
US is world's largest oil & gas producer in 2014
Product Used to Clean Up BP Spill Could be Choking Wildlife Out
Firefighters douse fire on Russian nuclear sub
Robin Hood Tax Coalition to hold vigils nationwide on Wednesday
Pakistan court says former CIA station chief will face charges over drone strike
Kansas bill to limit welfare recipients' leisure spending criticised
Mayor Sly James delays Kansas City Council vote on ‘living wage’ proposal
4 Workers Injured at Midtown Manhattan Construction Site *

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April 7 News Update

McDonald’s Workers, Vowing a Fight, Say Raises Too Little for Too Few *
Strikes proliferate in China as working class awakens
Navigating New Immigration Rules—with the Union’s Help
Welcome to San Francisco! – The Jimmy Herman Memorial at Pier 27
NTSB: Replace oil tank rail cars
Culinary Union Donates Historical Photo Collection to UNLV
Radiation from Fukushima disaster newly detected off Canada's coast
Snowden warns US still intercepts intimate emails
Groups sue U.S. to halt killing of grizzlies near Yellowstone
Mountaintop removal mining is a crime against Appalachia
Colorado River ‘endangered’: report
Fracking criticism spreads, even in Alberta and Texas
After Bush order, black enrollment down in Florida
Kris Bryant, the Baseball Players’ Union and a Lesson for Labor *

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