February 29 News Update

LA gas leak: worst in US history spewed as much pollution as 600,000 cars
Decline of Pollinators Poses Threat to World Food Supply, Report Says *
Emails Show Michigan Aides Worried About Flint’s Water a Year Before Acting *
California: Utility Balks at Paying for Housing *
Fears About Water Supply Grip Village That Made Teflon Products *


KKK rally in California erupts into vicious brawl: 'All hell broke loose'

Rescue Workers and Miners Are Killed in Russia Accident *
St. Paul teachers and district reach tentative agreement
Twin Cities janitors set March 7 strike deadline
Scalia Took Dozens of Trips Funded by Private Sponsors *
B&H forced Hispanic workers to use separate bathroom: feds
The NPA Seven Years On
Goodnight, and good luck
Swiss voters reject nationalist plan to expel foreigners for minor crimes
Corbyn’s Progress
Eyes on Kennedy, Women Tell Supreme Court Why Abortion Was Right for Them *
Donald Trump Elicits Shock and Biting Satire in European Media *

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February 28 Week In Review Now Online

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February 26 News Update

Which way forward for climate movement?
US to make first shipment of LNG from shale fields
Book Announcement: ‘Facing the Anthropocene’
Tribes use new weapons in old fight to save forest
Fossil fuel use must fall twice as fast as thought to contain global warming - study

The Huge Community Impact of Pension Cuts

Central States calls painful pension cuts the only alternative
Retirees Speak Out in Kansas City


Toronto’s Homeless Shelters Bursting at the Seams

MU graduate workers occupy Jesse Hall
Kansas City board votes to close three schools
India to rename railway 'coolies' in modernisation drive
Chicago State to end school year early to save money
What's Wrong with Saxony? A Search for the Roots of Fear and Racism
Union Effort Gains Majority Support from Grad Student Employees
Vermont Becomes the Fifth State to Require Paid Sick Leave
Mondelez Girds for War against U.S. Bakery Workers
Toronto's outside workers approve new contract agreement
4 Killed in Russian Mining Accident, 26 Missing *
Appeals Court Upholds Law Restricting Louisiana Abortion Doctors *
University of Missouri Fires Melissa Click *
Closely Watched Fight Over California Teacher Tenure Moves to Appeals Court *

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February 25 News Update

European commission plans to relicense controversial weedkiller
Heathrow 13: climate change protesters avoid jail
Ocean acidification slowing coral reef growth, study confirms
Pa. builds prison next toxic waste dump


This Shopping Is No Fun


Allegheny Technologies, steelworkers have fences to mend after lockout


People of color demand to share in union leadership

Beijing overtakes NYC as 'Billionaire Capital of the World'
Kansas has sixth-most number of ‘deficient’ bridges in U.S.
The Irony of Writing about Poverty on Medium
CUNY feels the effects of a worsening relationship with Cuomo
Black thinkers like Bernie Sanders. They've studied the Clintons' true cost
Workers’ rights are on the line in EU referendum, warns TUC
Guatemala health care shifts strand many
Stirrings of Labor Unrest Awaken as Russia’s Economic Chill Sets In *
Poorest Areas Have Missed Out on Boons of Recovery, Study Finds *

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February 24 News Update

Nevada's solar workers and customers reel as new rules 'shut down' industry
Increased flooding in US coastal cities caused by climate change, study says
Copenhagen set to divest from fossil fuels
Climate change sears Nicaragua's farmers
Unlikely Battle Over Fracking Intensifies in Florida *


Steelworkers reach tentative agreement with ATI following six-month lockout


Junior doctors defy health secretary with three 48-hour strikes

At least one dies as building collapses at former UK power plant
Bolivia's voters nix 4th term for Morales
Tony Blair admits he is baffled by rise of Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn
Missouri House proposes to eliminate Melissa Click’s salary from budget
In Oklahoma, Native Americans struggle to over come disparities
Pakistan’s war on airline workers
Northwest Catholic School Board, teachers' union accept contract
Texas Abortion Case May Have Effects Beyond State Lines *
Bernie Sanders, as Secular Jew, Leaves Religion in Background *
Fernando Cardenal, Nicaraguan Priest Who Defied Pope, Dies at 82 *

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February 23 News Update

Peruvian pipeline leaks in Amazon
Kansai Electric finds leaked radioactive water at nuclear plant
Shale fightback seen lifting U.S. oil output to record high by 2021
U.S. EPA asks Volkswagen to make electric cars in U.S.
295,000 US deaths may be prevented by 2030 with cuts to greenhouse gas
Ocean heat fueled deadly Cyclone Winston
Sea levels rising at fastest rate in 2,800 years


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Worker centers on front lines in combating wage theft
Home health care workers cheated out of hard-earned pay
Pennsylvania Nurses Catch Organizing Fever
ATU Shows Solidarity with Striking Barcelona Metro Workers
Nurses to Protest Eroding Patient Care Conditions at S. California Hospital
Illinois governor eyes blocking Chicago school debt
Thousands in Japan rally against U.S. base on Okinawa
Frequency, Size of Labor Disputes Up In 2015 For First Time In Years
The Politics of Abortion and the Irish National Election
Cuban Revolution: How the Working Class Shaped the Guerrillas’ Victory
Frustration lingers in call of ‘Justice for Mah-hi-vist Goodblanket’
NDP asking for stop to all health care layoffs before election
Legionnaires’ Outbreak in Flint Was Met With Silence *

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February 22 News Update

Fiji hit by record-breaking cyclone
Beijing raises 'red alert' threshold for air pollution warning


Unions accuse Asarco of violating worker rights

Labor Board Sides With Trump Hotel Workers
Tyson workers toss union at Wallula beef plant
Bill would extend jobless benefits for locked-out ATI workers
Southwest Airlines ground crew workers agree to new 5-year contract
Teachers Hold Walk-In Protests in 30 Cities
In West Virginia, the fortunes of Black miners fall with coal
Minnesotans lose millions through wage theft
Inside workers will engage in work-to-rule campaign today — but no strike
When a State Balks at a City’s Minimum Wage *

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February 21 Week In Review Now Online

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February 19 News Update

Greenhouse Gas Escalation, Illustrated

How Much Warmer Was Your City in 2015? *
Los Angeles-area methane leak permanently capped: officials
North Dakota has 'big concern' with hedge funds buying oil assets
State officials blocked Flint Legionnaires' probe
Baby Dolphin Dies After Tourists Pass It Around For Selfies
China needs more power to crack down on polluters - minister
Fast-growing tumbleweed called hairy panic blows into Australian city
Wind energy project stores electricity in massive batteries at North Cape, P.E.I.
Volkswagen Memos Suggest Emissions Problem Was Known Earlier *

Wisconsin blocks federal funds from reaching Planned Parenthood
Colorado Planned Parenthood reopens after deadly rampage


Thousands of Latinos stage pro-immigration rally at Wisconsin Capitol


Morning rush hour snarled as protesters block downtown Minneapolis streets
Demonstrators block Minneapolis intersections in campaign for fair wage


Demonstrators disrupt Oregon House minimum wage debate
Oregon Senate Bill 1532--Is It Enough?
Watch: Protest erupts outside Kate Brown's office over minimum wage
Ore. lawmakers pass landmark minimum wage increase


City fails to reach agreement with Toronto outside workers
Toronto strike or lockout: What services would be affected?

Community backs St. Paul teachers’ call for progress in contract talks
Kansas faces ACLU lawsuit over voter ID law requiring citizenship proof
US-led strikes kill 15 civilians in northeast Syria: monitor
Saudi won't cut oil output, foreign minister tells AFP
Protests against India student leader's arrest spread
Union leaders criticize Obama budget for health plan tax
Paid leave statutes advance in D.C., Maryland
Flight Attendant Reformers Sweep Union Elections
What is the TPP?
Boeing engineers overwhelmingly back new labor contracts    
New York Times Invents Left-Leaning Economists to Attack Bernie Sanders
How P3s are Produced and the Secret of Their Profit Making
Ky. Senate OKs bill for two marriage licenses
Most Americans want Obama to nominate Scalia's replacement: Reuters
Dark history of Canada's First Nations pass system uncovered in new documentary
Five-Ton Generator Dropped From Crane Kills 2 in New Jersey *

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February 18 News Update

California utility 'temporarily controls' leaking gas flow
Gas company to be arraigned over Los Angeles area methane leak
A ‘mini-Chernobyl’ in California

Oklahoma calls for more disposal wells to shut after quake
Radioactive material stolen in Iraq raises security concerns
Oil pipe's external corrosion caused Ca. spill


Twin Cities janitors conduct rolling walkouts

CTA Fires Union Steward for Defending The Contract (9 min video)


The Ontario Liberals and Long-Term Care: The Struggle Against Privatization


Barack Obama to make historic trip to Cuba in the coming weeks
US and Cuba to formalise deal allowing 20 flights a day between countries

Teamster retirees fight massive pension cuts at Kansas City town hall
OSHA investigating worker's death at Warrensburg foundry
The Union Busting That Goes Into Your Canned Fish
Video Appears To Show Bernie Sanders Arrested at a 1963 Civil Rights Action
U.S. farmers wary of buying new equipment as crop prices stall
Immigrants arrested in U.S. raids say were misled on right to counsel
Juárez factory workers are protesting for their rights with an ‘Occupy-style’ sit-in
House panel approves plan to privatize air traffic control
Parents of missing Mexican students skip pope's mass
Blockades in Argentina for jailed rights leader
US Army reservist sues 'Muslim-free' gun range for asking him to leave
Call for Obama to delay supreme court nomination is 'absurd', say legal scholars
Manny Pacquiao’s Nike contract terminated after homophobic slurs
Official: Documents Show Walesa Collaborated With Regime *

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February 17 News Update

Bluegrass Pipeline loss big win for landowners
Flint water among most expensive in the US: report
'Solar energy isn’t just good for polar bears, it’s good for the working class'
Fossil-fuel industry gets $2,000 in 'subsidies' for each $1 in party donations
Australian wine under threat from climate change, as grapes ripen early
Next Supreme Court Justice Will Be Crucial to Climate Change *


Friedrichs Reprieve, But We're Not Out of the Woods Yet
United Airlines mechanics reject contract offer; union seeks strike
Kansas, union prepare for Supreme Court hearing on tenure
U.S. Coast Guard hearing probes El Faro sinking in hurricane
The Belgian unions in deadlock
France extends state of emergency
A new conflict brews at Peru's Las Bambas copper mine
Erdoğan files complaint over slogans during protest at labor union congress
Labor Dept Jumps into Joint Employer Issue while NLRB Decision Challenged
Retail cleaners recover over $400,000 through lawsuit
NDP leader challenges Liberals on fate of wheat board
Montreal taxi drivers to hit the roads in protest again today
University of Arizona Students Hurl Insults, and Litter, at Mosque in Tucson *
Bombardier to Cut About 7,000 Jobs Over Next 2 Years *

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February 16 News Update

Sea Shepherd struggling to find Japan whaling fleet
Antarctica study: Iceberg nearly erases penguin population
Solar tower poised to energize market
The Department of Defense Is the Third Largest Polluter of US Waterways
Organic meat and milk could offer health benefits, study suggests
Why don't we treat climate change with the rigor we give to terror attacks?
Fiji becomes first country in the world to ratify Paris agreement
What's been done to stop Porter Ranch leak?
UBC board of governors votes no to ditching fossil fuel holdings
E-Commerce: Convenience Built on a Mountain of Cardboard *
At Puerto Rico’s Power Company, a Recipe for Toxic Air, and Debt *


Two groups of janitors to go on strike

Pope denounces exploitation of Mexico's indigenous people
Mexican peasants, victims barred from pope
Mexico's Raramuri are running for their lives

Hamline University adjuncts approve contract
Judge who could replace Scalia worked on controversial cases for business
Kansas agency considering privatization of Osawatomie State Hospital
Lawmakers step up calls for MU to fire Melissa Click
European Steel Workers Protest Cheap Chinese Imports *
Fired for Cursing on the Job, Testing the Limits of Labor Law *

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February 15 News Update

Blue-collar workers and the green movement
EPA discussed Legionnaires' near Flint before reports
Skid in Oil Prices Pulls the Recycling Industry Down With It *
Cowspiracy: stampeding in the wrong direction
Climate confusion among U.S. teachers

How Scalia's death may save teachers unions -- for now
Unions could still lose Friedrichs - even if we win
Freedom Library hosting Friedrichs discussion

Airstrike on MSF-supported hospital in Syria leaves several dead
NLRB complaint: Allegheny Technologies threatened union workers
Non-tenure Duke professors seek to join union
Egyptian doctors protest rising police abuse
Takata Discarded Evidence of Airbag Ruptures as Early as 2000 *
The Crisis Facing America's Working Daughters
Growing Tomatoes in the Era of Free Trade
Young people work to survive, not play, as wages fall since 2000
Hundreds take to Edmonton streets to honour MMIW

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February 14 Week In Review Now Online

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February 12 News Update

Protesters call on Dems to reject oil pipeline
NUMSA Call for Dismantling the ‘Mineral Energy Complex’ in South Africa
Two-thirds of US students are taught climate change badly, study finds
Canada, U.S. and Mexico to collaborate on green energy


Minneapolis supporters of $15 minimum wage to seek ballot measure

Bus drivers' union declares 'big victory' in court fight with The Rapid

U.S. and Russia Put Forth Aid Plan and Cease-Fire in Syria *
Russia claims US planes bombed Syria's Aleppo
Death Toll From War in Syria Now 470,000, Group Finds *

Why It Won’t Be Easy or Cheap to Fix Flint’s Water Crisis *
UAW, GM give $3M to United Way of Genesee County

Deadline approaching for janitors’ strike
The Vampire Squid Tells Us How to Vote
Cleveland mayor apologizes for Tamir Rice ambulance claim
Union: Stop tax breaks to companies violating labor laws
Labor leaders, workers urge MBTA not to privatize services
Rauner, Madigan battle again on labor bill a day after Obama urged compromise
Right-to-work amendment fails in Alabama House
Growers Fight Union & California Labor Law   
We Need A Strong Trade Union In Every Workplace
Junior doctors vow to fight on after Jeremy Hunt imposes new contracts
Ireland's party leaders round on Gerry Adams in TV election debate
NYC cop convicted in stairwell shooting
Court Gives Deadline to Fix Kansas School Financing *

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February 11 News Update

US clean power plan setback 'will not affect Paris climate change deal'
Swansea tidal energy scheme faces 'disastrous setback' from government review
Friends of the Earth defends its record on lobbying against fracking
Rooftop Solar Providers Face a Cloudier Future *
Laminate Causes Problems, but Cancer Risk Is Called Low *


Teamster retirees blast rescue plan for pension


Officers urge transit workers to reject contract offer

Factory Workers In Juárez Unionize For Higher Pay, Better Working Conditions
In Ciudad Juárez, a fight for 50 cents

Report on Syria conflict finds 11.5% of population killed or injured
Russian-backed Aleppo attack kills hundreds

Sanders’ surge marks outrage with system
Bernie Sanders meets with Al Sharpton in effort to court Black voters

2 Texas researchers under fire for Planned Parenthood study
IMF threatens to cut Ukraine aid over corruption
Union backs bill to boost TSA worker labor protections
Labor union rally outside Intel headquarters with non-union cafeteria workers
UAW adds to unfair labor charges against VW
Gov. Snyder seeks $300M for Flint, schools
Activist's arrest sparks tension between Pope Francis and Argentina's president
Birmingham pub bombings: police told to release any evidence of forewarning
How cheap oil may ruin your life

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February 10 News Update

Almost level: Study details how mining flattens W.Va.
Supreme Court Deals Setback to Obama’s Power Plant Regulations *


Calls for speaker’s boycott, urging improved treatment of subcontracted workers


United Steelworkers, ATI to meet Wednesday in attempt to resolve labor dispute

Sanders wins big over Clinton in NH, garnering wide support
Feds Find Fiat Chrysler Gear Shifters Can Confuse Drivers
What You Need to Know About the Oil Price War
Black boxes recovered from site of German train crash that killed 10
NHS needs funding rise to make it envy of world again, says healthcare expert
LA city, county OK sweeping anti-homelessness plans
Windsor youth struggle with 22 per cent unemployment rate
U.S. to Send More Troops to Aid Afghan Forces Pressed by Taliban *
Stung by Low Oil Prices, Companies Face a Reckoning on Debts *

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February 9 News Update

Water woes: Tap runs brown in Louisiana’s impoverished northeast
Unsafe Lead Levels in Tap Water Not Limited to Flint *
Sea-level rise 'could last twice as long as human history'
Ikea quietly stops selling solar panels to UK householders
U.N. Agency Proposes Limits on Airlines’ Carbon Emissions *
Californians Fight Over Whether Coast Should Be Rugged or Refined *
Half-Built Nuclear Fuel Plant in South Carolina Faces Test on Its Future *


Community support gives North Branch teachers momentum
Teachers are striking to save public education


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How activists got a Black Lives Matter sign into the hands of Beyoncé's dancers

Deadly train crash in southern Germany
Teamsters pension crisis driving deep cuts for retirees
Westminster hospital nurses ratify union contract
Low pay forces South Dakota teachers to hold 2nd, 3rd jobs
Egypt flooded Gaza tunnels at Israel's request: minister
Arab Israeli MP gets suspended sentence for police 'insult'
ISIS airstrikes by Canada to end by Feb. 22, training forces to triple
India's economy grows better-than-expected 7.3% in last quarter
Union files to represent Uber drivers serving LaGuardia
Ford to double production in Mexico
Federal judge blocks release of new videos by anti-abortion group
Oilsands giant derails full public inquiry into foreign workers' deaths
No breakfast, no care, for long-term care resident, due to staff shortage
Chipotle Meeting Outlines Food Safety to Workers and Message for Public *
Paul Aiken, Leader of Authors Guild, Dies at 56 *

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