Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Thursday, April 23, 2015

April 23 News Update

Senate cafeteria workers and janitors walk off the job
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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We take a closer look at news stories in our companion Week In Review blog, hosted at: KC Labor at WordPress

Monday, April 20, 2015

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 *


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

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

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 *


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