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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