Monday, November 30, 2015

November 30 News Update

Lots of Holiday Left-overs

  Climate conference
Global climate march 2015: hundreds of thousands march around the world


Kansas City Activists March Through Plaza Before UN Climate Change Summit

COP21: Poor countries fear being 'left behind' in rush for deal
Paris climate activists put under house arrest using emergency laws
UN climate talks brought forward as new report warns of peril
Paris Climate Talks Avoid Scientists’ Idea of ‘Carbon Budget’ *
Paris Talks Set Stage for Action as Risks to the Climate Rise *
EPA asks court to withdraw registration of Dow herbicide
Fossil fuel firms could waste $2.2 trillion on unneeded projects
Controversial Nicaragua canal delayed
Climate Research at the End of the World *
In Guatemala, People Living Off Forests Are Tasked With Protecting Them *
Canada to contribute $2.65B to international climate change fund
Carbon-reduction targets shouldn't be legally binding, Canada says, backing U.S.
Canada delays decision on Lake Huron nuke waste storage
The Central Valley is sinking: drought forces farmers to ponder the abyss
Standoff over government climate study provokes national uproar by scientists
NOAA chief tells lawmaker: No one will ‘coerce the scientists who work for me’
P.E.I. marchers demand action on climate change at Paris talks
Obama’s Legacy at Stake in Paris Talks on Climate Accord *
The Paris summit is missing one of the great world leaders on climate

Democracy and the Policy Preferences of Wealthy Americans (PDF)
A Wealthy Governor and His Friends Are Remaking Illinois *

Shooting by Chicago cop stirs protests
Missouri down to 1 abortion clinic after Columbia stops them
As Mayor, Bernie Sanders Was More Pragmatist Than Socialist *
Temple adjunct professors vote to unionize
An Uber union? Seattle could clear way for ride-app drivers
A grim holiday season awaits America’s hungry
Safety Lapses and Deaths Amid a Building Boom in New York *
Quebec's public sector, government hold weekend negotiation marathon
Protesters disrupt Chicago’s ‘Magnificent Mile’ over police slaying
The Marshall Islands, once a nuclear test site, face oblivion again
50 Years Ago, ‘Unsafe at Any Speed’ Shook the Auto World *
M.T.A. Contract Workers Push for Higher Wages and Better Working Conditions *
No Thanks for Poverty Wages, Workers Tell Walmart and Wendy's
Wage and hour lawsuits hit their highest volume ever
Turkish human rights lawyer shot dead during press conference
Edward Snowden meets Arundhati Roy and John Cusack
Jeremy Corbyn warns rebels: I'm not going anywhere over Syria
Killed defending women's rights: nine female activists who died in 2015
Derogatory team name no longer acceptable, Inuit leader tells CFL's Eskimos
P.E.I. singer's parody gets social media shout out from the Dixie Chicks
After a Defeat in Houston, the Fight for Gay Rights Shifts to Jacksonville *
Student Debt in America: Lend With a Smile, Collect With a Fist *
Lufthansa, Struggling With Labor Issues, Concedes To Wage Hike Demands
LCT-SAP denounces lockdown in Belgium


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Thursday, November 26, 2015

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

November 24 News Update

What’s really at stake at the Paris climate conference now marches are banned
Climate deal urgent after weather-linked disasters kill 600,000 in 20 years
Industry group claims Indonesia's biodiesel push is vital for emission target
North Dakota 'man camps' battle pending ban in oil capital
UAE channels oil money into alternative energy
Canada's Alberta sees C$3 billion of new carbon tax revenue
Paris climate summit: huge stakes, deep divides
Brazil can help lead world to climate deal, France says
Ahead of UN Climate Talks, Report Details World of Increasing Extremes
New Report Digs the Dirt on the Corporate Criminals Sponsoring Climate Talks
Canada warming at twice the global rate, scientists tell premiers conference
Majority of Canadians support reducing emissions, even if it costs them
The Climate Change Pledges Are In. Will They Fix Anything? *

5 shot near site of Jamar Clark protest
Union members, leaders rally for justice for Jamar Clark


Massive Rolling Strikes Shut Down Quebec

Turkey shoots down Russian military plane
Lufthansa cabin staff to strike on Thursday, Friday: union
Planned Parenthood sues Texas over blocked Medicaid dollars
Brazil's new middle class faces plunge back to poverty
High court tackles four cases involving workers
As Cameron Bangs War Drum, Voices for Peace Rally Around Corbyn
Pfizer to buy Allergan for $160 billion
Police shooting video worries Chicago
Nestle confirms abuses by Thai suppliers
WHO accused of 'egregious failure' on Ebola
Alberta Education minister to introduce new collective bargaining bill for teachers
TTC riders protest 25-cent cash fare increase, call for higher subsidy
Yale, yoga and the battle over free speech on campus
French State of Emergency Spurs Intense Police Tactics *
Bernie Sanders’s Rejection of ‘Super PACs’ Is Not Universal *

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Monday, November 23, 2015

November 23 News Update

Permafrost: hiding a climate time bomb?
Paris climate summit: Will China be seen as a leader or a villain?
Climate crisis: seaweed, coffee and cement could save the planet
Half of all tree species in Amazon 'face extinction'
Alberta's climate change strategy targets carbon, coal, emissions

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UAW reaches end of winding road with Detroit automakers
UAW ratifies GM four-year contract, effective Monday
UAW declares GM contract ratified
GM contract may yield flat per-vehicle labor costs
Ford workers approve UAW contract by slim margin
Ford-UAW deal passes by narrow margin
U.A.W. Vote at Ford and G.M. Ends Painful Process for Big Three *

Thousands Protest, Support Kohler Workers on Strike
Flurry of activity in Kohler as shoppers, strikers converge
Kohler's past marked by bitter labor fights

Carhaulers Vote Down Awful Deal
Ct Unionists Visit Palestine To See Sources of Conflict, Build Solidarity
Financial Times staff back strike action over pension changes
SEIU Minnesota State Council Statement on Black Lives Matter Minneapolis
Solano County, SEIU reach tentative pact in labor dispute
UM, labor union hope to find 'common ground' in federal mediation
Southwest sues to avert strike that union says it’s not planning
West Virginia mine explosion trial showcases challenge of jailing a CEO

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Sunday, November 22, 2015

Friday, November 20, 2015

November 20 News Update

Nov. 2015 Oakland
      climate
Calif. climate activists gear up for Nov. 21
Cracks found in Scottish nuclear reactor
FDA approves genetically modified salmon
Change Coming For Oil, Gas Cos After Massive Earthquakes In Oklahoma
The House Science Committee Chair is harassing US climate scientists
Pacific Ocean temperature data shows El Niño is gathering record strength

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Fate of Ford-UAW deal in the hands of Dearborn workers
UAW-Ford deal coming down to final votes
VW skilled-trades workers to get UAW vote
German labor union opening joint office in Tennessee with UAW
UAW skilled trades workers lack veto power


Labor union continues strike, pickets county government center

The Dixie
      Chicks at the Grammys in 2007; while they won an award, their core
      audience had turned against them.
Photograph: Hector Mata/AFP/Getty Images
Is country music ready to forgive the Dixie Chicks?

O'Hare Airport security workers strike
UE Reaches Tentative National Agreement with Renzenberger
Kaiser Mental Health Clinicians Win Scheduling Ratios
Protests continue over Minn. police shooting
Rauner Strikes Contract Deals With Unions, Takes Aim At AFSCME
Concord city workers on strike over unfair labor practices
Huffington Post employees urge colleagues to join union movement
More Mexican immigrants leaving U.S. than entering: Pew
Students want Woodrow Wilson's name removed from Princeton
What Americans Thought of Jewish Refugees on the Eve of World War II
What's a Democratic Socialist? Bernie Sanders Explains
File Says N.S.A. Found Way to Replace Email Program *


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Thursday, November 19, 2015

November 19 News Update


France Cancels Major Climate March, But Groups Say They Won't Be Silenced
French Activists More Determined Than Ever
350.org Response to French Government Prohibition of Climate
New global heat records set for October and year-to-date
Chinese emissions to rise despite coal peak
Greenland's icy homage to UN climate change conference
U.S. and Cuba Sign Environmental Pact *
Senators Revive Financing Tactic From ’70s for Carbon Emissions *

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Ford vote shows disconnect between UAW leaders, workers
UAW VP Settles launches final sales pitch for Ford deal
Ford's UAW Agreement in Jeopardy After Defeats at Big Plants
UAW leaders: Better Ford deal unlikely if pact fails
UAW VP Settles: 'I'm optimistic' Ford deal will pass
UAW-Ford Contract Lowlights (PDF)
Ford-UAW contract passage in doubt as voting nears end
Louisville Ford vote raises doubts about deal
Results of U.A.W. Vote Show Ford Pact Losing *

One Slogan, Many Methods: Black Lives Matter Enters Politics *
Racism on Campus: Stories From New York Times Readers *
Princeton Students Hold Sit-In on Racial Injustice *

Workers occupy lobby of SuperAmerica headquarters
Picketing at U focuses on parental leave
Secret donors fuel pro-Democratic Party campaign powerhouse
Several mosques vandalized across US
Some U.S. airport workers to strike
Chicago City Council Votes To Support Syrian Refugees
British couple convicted of keeping immigrant as slave for 24 years
Spain issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu
Purolator reinstates B.C. airport package throwers
Union to Start ‘Substantial’ Ad Campaign Hitting Republicans on Immigration *
Half of New Yorkers Say They Are Barely or Not Getting By, Poll Shows *
Minnesota’s Iron Ore Producers Retrench, Troubling a Region *

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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

November 18 News Update


What is global warming?
Global warming: What if we do nothing?
Climate summit: The crunch issues
Choking air, melting glaciers: how global warming is changing India
Climate movement defeats XL pipeline
EPA intends tougher downwind air-pollution rule
El Niño rains for dry California but scientists fear for coral reefs
Climate change stickers mandatory on North Vancouver gas pumps
Energy East pipeline safety concerns confronted at Winnipeg open house
Senate Votes to Block Obama’s Climate Change Rules *

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UAW mounts push for passage of Ford deal
Kentucky workers on Ford-UAW pact: We can do better
UAW workers reject tentative labor agreement at Ford’s Claycomo plant


Hundreds of union members picket in strike at Kohler Co.

U.S. service employees union, with 2 million members, endorses Clinton
Thousands rally in Greece to commemorate 1973 student uprising
US 'kidnapped' Venezuelan first lady's nephews: top lawmaker
Czech president attends, addresses rally against Muslims
Chicago in tough battle to overturn ruling on pension reforms
Albert Lea hospital workers hold informational picket
Wedge Co-Op workers vote to form union
Black man shot by police in Minneapolis dies amid protests
Israel approves 454 new settlement homes
Sonoma County SEIU members strike
CP pitches Norfolk Southern merger to create biggest railway in North America
Protesters rally against Premier Brad Wall's stance on Syrian refugees
Manitoba government has 'clearly abandoned' Métis people, says federation
Yale Will Strengthen Teaching on Race and Ethnicity, Its President Says *


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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

November 17 News Update

Students
      protesting at Stanford for fossil fuel divestment.
Stanford students begin 'indefinite' sit-in over fossil fuel divestment
El Nino worst in over 15 years, severe impact likely: UN
Unmitigated climate change to shrink global economy by 23 percent
France to pare side events at Paris climate talks
Paris climate deal meeting still on as Republican leaders register opposition
Enbridge cuts 500 jobs, 100 unfilled positions
Mennonite Farmers Prepare to Leave Mexico, and Competition for Water *

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Their Wars, Our Dead
Against fear: solidarity !
The upcoming Paris Climate Summit is, in a sense, a peace summit
Terror Attacks, G20 Hypocrisy

Muslims face threats of violence, harassment in wake of Paris attacks
U.S. Republicans seek to shut door on Syrian refugees after Paris
Canada sticking to plan to withdraw jets from ISIS mission: PM
Trump says would consider closing some US mosques
US approves $1.29 bn sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia
Illinois Temporarily Suspends Acceptance Of New Syrian Refugees

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Majority at Kansas City Assembly vote against Ford deal
Voting on UAW-Ford contract to enter crucial 2nd phase


Huge crowds gather as Kohler strike begins


IKEA Retail Workers Strike for Recognition
Protests erupt after Black man shot by Minneapolis police
U.S. top court rejects anti-abortion group's Planned Parenthood case
Was Eisenhower more of a socialist than Bernie Sanders?
Opponents spread the word about hazards posed by TPP
Hundreds of Nurses Join Million Student March
TIAA-CREF, U.S. Investment Giant, Accused of Land Grabs in Brazil *
Defense Rests in Trial of Ex-Coal C.E.O., Calling No Witnesses *


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Monday, November 16, 2015

November 16 News Update

Something's in the water in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin
Trade in orcas has moved to Russia, China
Teen sues N. Carolina over greenhouse gas
An Oil-Soaked Globe as Production Keeps Climbing and Demand Falls *
How Wall Street Is Cashing In on Climate Catastrophe
Portland Passes Landmark Resolution Against Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
Oil trains are 'constant,' hazardous problem in Minneapolis

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Majority favor UAW-Ford contract in early voting
UAW, GM restart talks to address skilled-trades workers' concerns
UAW and GM extend contract until Nov. 20
Auto Workers Say: Look Beyond the Bonuses

Students across US march over debt, free public college
Students Rise Nationwide to Demand Debt-Free Higher Ed

Miners sue South Africa's deputy president over 2012 strike
Report provides new insight into workplace struggles
Medicaid cuts hit hospitals serving the poor
Lawmakers back Senate cafe union drive
Alabama settles in DOJ in voter rights probe
U. of Illinois, Salaita settle over job loss
Amid Unrest in Missouri, University Picks Michael Middleton as Interim Chief *
Why Southwest’s pilots just rejected a 'massive' pay raise
Kohler workers reject offer, OK first union strike at company since 1983
Rosenblum Admits Oregon DOJ Conducted Surveillance on Black Lives Matter
Labor Union Slams Dismissal of 4 Air France Employees
Wal-Mart Uprising: The Battle for Labor Rights in China
Anti-government rally in Seoul turns violent
French rail crash: children were on board test train, says SNCF
Many Say High Deductibles Make Their Health Law Insurance All but Useless *
Ankle Monitors Weigh on Immigrant Mothers Released From Detention *
Japan Economy Contracts 0.8%, Returning to Recession *


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Sunday, November 15, 2015

Friday, November 13, 2015

November 13 News Update

Declining snowpack, water shortage projected in areas home to 2 billion
Collapsing Greenland glacier could raise sea levels by half a meter, say scientists
Mexico City's water crisis – from source to sewer
List of six potential sites for storing Australia's nuclear waste released
N.L. to be represented at climate change conference in Paris
Madrid Sets Parking, Speed Restrictions to Control Pollution *
France Says Climate Talks Must Produce Binding Deal *

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UAW VP pushes for ratification of GM contract
Ford’s Sterling Axle workers upset with lower pay


What is Happening in the Steel Industry?


Registration is now open for the 2016 Labor Notes Conference

Students across U.S. march over debt, free public college
University of Missouri names African-American alumnus as interim president
Rally Tuesday in St. Paul against TPP
Boston School Bus Drivers Fight Firings and Telematics
Postal union backs Sanders, citing efforts to save USPS
Lawmaker aims to stop abortion dissertation
IKEA Workers Have Asked for a Union
Detroit Casino Council rejects offer from casinos
Senator takes aim at IRS union employees
America's poorest white town: abandoned by coal, swallowed by drugs
Woody Allen's Annie Hall voted funniest screenplay ever written
It's not just Texas: abortion clinics are rapidly closing in liberal states, too
What a New NAFTA Complaint Can Tell Us About the TPP
Postal union to proceed with court challenge over home delivery
ETFO vote results expected Friday morning
Protesters coming from Ontario, Quebec for taxi driver 'day of action'
Greek Strike Shows Conflict Within Government Over Austerity *


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Thursday, November 12, 2015

November 12 News Update


G20 spends $450B annually subsidizing fossil fuel industry

Politicized agency threatens Wisc. water
The vanishing lakes of Wisconsin’s central sands

Fight for 15
Fast food strikers declare debate win despite opposition of GOP hopefuls
TDU Members Stand Up to Fight for $15

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How Ford will spend $9B on plants, secure 8,500 jobs
Ratification voting on UAW-Ford deal begins Thursday

Public services close in Greek general strike
Public services close in Greek general strike

Authorities: Worker dies after trench collapse
Fighting for Good Jobs for Black Workers
VW faces union chill over cutbacks
Putin's daughters and Russia's second-generation elite
Mo. lawmaker to block abortion dissertation
White supremacist sentenced to die in Kan.
Portugal govt ousted amid austerity backlash
Pension Movement Makes News at Republican Debate
Mayor Peduto executive order requires $15 minimum wage for city workers
Pittsburgh delegation traveling to Cuba
Privy council: Jeremy Corbyn did not kneel for the Queen
Utility Workers Union Files Unfair Labor Charges Against First Energy
Connecticut labor federation backs Israel boycott
As workers rally, Labor panel passes $15 wage minimum
ATU Moves to New Headquarters
Quebec public sector strikes: 9 regions hold walkouts today
Oil Tanker Traffic Jam Off Texas Is Viewed as Sign of Oversupply *


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