Thursday, July 2, 2015

July 2 News Update


Union members rally during the 2014 People's Climate March. (maisa_nyc / Flickr)
Put Workers at the Center of Climate Justice
Pope Francis recruits Naomi Klein in climate change battle
Climate change threatens 'canoe culture'
First Nations fight system for approving oil projects
Detroit neighborhood battles oil refinery
Vatican 'may' consider divestment from fossil fuels, despite pope's call to arms
Will climate chaos reign in the Anthropocene?
Cuba’s Environmental Concerns Grow With Prospect of U.S. Presence *



Milwaukee County bus drivers strike, scrambling commute
Union contract for home-care workers is newest front in labor fight    
Workers Approve First Home-Care Union In Mass
Defiant Greek PM vows referendum will go ahead    
Argentina Shows Greece There May Be Life After Default
Klan plans Confederate flag rally in South Carolina
Clean Up Your Act: Janitors Strike at Mega-Retailers
Supreme Court Will Take Case That Could Make Public Sector 'Right to Work
Loblaws workers go on strike in Windsor, Ont., area
Lac-Mégantic disaster led to deep lessons, shakeup, says Lisa Raitt
Electrolux CEO Seeks to Rescue GE Deal After Legal Blow *


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.

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