Saturday, March 26, 2016
We will be on break
The editor is taking a break before and after a trip to the Labor Notes Conference. The next News Update will be Monday, April 11
Friday, March 25, 2016
March 25 News Update
Japan
fleet kills 333 whales in Antarctic hunt
Wildfire burns about 620 square miles in Kansas, Oklahoma
Global coal and gas investment falls to less than half that in clean energy
Court Sets Deadline for a Volkswagen Diesel Fix, but Solution Could Prove Elusive *
Chicago Teachers to Strike for Public Schools and Services
Egyptian state takes on independent trade unions
US official says Marines expanding combat role in Iraq
Palestinians ban goods of five Israeli firms from West Bank
105 Years Later, We Remember the Triangle Fire Role in the Fight for Worker Safety
Unions Push Right to Work off the Table in Kentucky
The Front National and French Workers
Stop & Shop union members rally for new labor pact as talks drag
South Africa Labor Court Dismisses Union's Gold Strike Appeal
A dispute over laborers' wages drives protest at Apple Campus 2
'Mulcair must go,' say NDP supporters at McGill, Concordia universities
Angry Arizona Voters Demand: Why Such Long Lines at Polling Sites? *
Abortion Rights Advocates Cry Foul at New Step in Fetal Tissue Inquiry *
Indiana Governor Signs Abortion Bill With Added Restrictions *
Cuomo Faces Loud Backlash Over Push to Cut State’s CUNY Funding *
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.
Wildfire burns about 620 square miles in Kansas, Oklahoma
Global coal and gas investment falls to less than half that in clean energy
Court Sets Deadline for a Volkswagen Diesel Fix, but Solution Could Prove Elusive *
Chicago Teachers to Strike for Public Schools and Services
Egyptian state takes on independent trade unions
US official says Marines expanding combat role in Iraq
Palestinians ban goods of five Israeli firms from West Bank
105 Years Later, We Remember the Triangle Fire Role in the Fight for Worker Safety
Unions Push Right to Work off the Table in Kentucky
The Front National and French Workers
Stop & Shop union members rally for new labor pact as talks drag
South Africa Labor Court Dismisses Union's Gold Strike Appeal
A dispute over laborers' wages drives protest at Apple Campus 2
'Mulcair must go,' say NDP supporters at McGill, Concordia universities
Angry Arizona Voters Demand: Why Such Long Lines at Polling Sites? *
Abortion Rights Advocates Cry Foul at New Step in Fetal Tissue Inquiry *
Indiana Governor Signs Abortion Bill With Added Restrictions *
Cuomo Faces Loud Backlash Over Push to Cut State’s CUNY Funding *
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.
Thursday, March 24, 2016
March 24 News Update
Global
Warming’s Terrifying New Chemistry
Flint water crisis was 'environmental injustice', governor's taskforce finds
DiCaprio criticises climate change deniers running for president
Longannet power station closes ending coal power use in Scotland
On the Brussels attacks
Labor Dept. finally closes a loophole favoring union-busters — after 57 years
Chicago Teachers Union votes to shut schools for day with walkout on 1 April
Woman found dead in freezer of downtown Atlanta hotel
Measure to hike California's minimum wage to $15 qualifies for ballot
Man arrested for punching protester is an Air Force member
Grand Rapids Police Intimidating, Threatening to Arrest Students, Workers
North Carolina reins in local governments, transgender rule
Workers will overcome anti-union laws
Junior doctors escalate industrial action to all-out strike next month
In Argentina, mothers of 'disappeared' protest Obama's marking of 1976 coup
Joe Garagiola, a Catcher Who Called a Better Game on TV, Is Dead at 90 *
New Rules Aim to Reduce Silica Exposure at Work Sites *
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.
Flint water crisis was 'environmental injustice', governor's taskforce finds
DiCaprio criticises climate change deniers running for president
Longannet power station closes ending coal power use in Scotland
On the Brussels attacks
Labor Dept. finally closes a loophole favoring union-busters — after 57 years
Chicago Teachers Union votes to shut schools for day with walkout on 1 April
Woman found dead in freezer of downtown Atlanta hotel
Measure to hike California's minimum wage to $15 qualifies for ballot
Man arrested for punching protester is an Air Force member
Grand Rapids Police Intimidating, Threatening to Arrest Students, Workers
North Carolina reins in local governments, transgender rule
Workers will overcome anti-union laws
Junior doctors escalate industrial action to all-out strike next month
In Argentina, mothers of 'disappeared' protest Obama's marking of 1976 coup
Joe Garagiola, a Catcher Who Called a Better Game on TV, Is Dead at 90 *
New Rules Aim to Reduce Silica Exposure at Work Sites *
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.
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
March 23 News Update
Scientists Warn of Perilous Climate Shift Within Decades, Not Centuries *
Nuclear Plant Leak Threatens Drinking Water Wells in Florida *
Climate change warnings for coral reef may have come to pass, scientists say
Low Gas Prices Create a Detour on the Road to Greater Fuel Economy *
Supreme Court Upholds Worker Class-Action Suit Against Tyson *
Supreme Court upholds class action suit on wage theft
Private prison debate raises issues of race, justice
Nurses Strengthen Patient Advocacy, Retain Experienced RNs In New Contract
Labor unions throw support behind wage protesters
ADM workers weigh joining union
Shumlin Administration, State Workers' Union At Impasse Over Contract
Overthrowing Dilma Rousseff
Supreme Court Case on Contraceptives Mandate May Offer Little Closure *
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.
Nuclear Plant Leak Threatens Drinking Water Wells in Florida *
Climate change warnings for coral reef may have come to pass, scientists say
Low Gas Prices Create a Detour on the Road to Greater Fuel Economy *
Supreme Court Upholds Worker Class-Action Suit Against Tyson *
Supreme Court upholds class action suit on wage theft
Private prison debate raises issues of race, justice
Nurses Strengthen Patient Advocacy, Retain Experienced RNs In New Contract
Labor unions throw support behind wage protesters
ADM workers weigh joining union
Shumlin Administration, State Workers' Union At Impasse Over Contract
Overthrowing Dilma Rousseff
Supreme Court Case on Contraceptives Mandate May Offer Little Closure *
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.
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
March 22 News Update
Carbon emissions highest in 66 million years, since dinosaur age
Climate changing at 'unprecedented' rate: UN
Coal plants use as much water as 1 billion people and consumption set to double
Climate guru James Hansen warns of much worse than expected sea level rise
India has the most people without clean water, report says
UE's 80th Birthday: Still Militant and Democratic After All These Years
Trump finally unveils foreign policy team
Marines Deployed to Iraq After Adviser Killed
Proposal for earned sick time moves forward in Minneapolis
Correspondent Forced to Leave Turkey
Minnesota Nurses Report Record Number of Staffing Incidents in Hospitals
The Color of Wealth in Los Angeles
Hungary heads towards general strike and civil disobedience against Orbán regime
Union Days speaker: ‘there are no jobs on a dead planet’
Union negotiator says he has no authority to discuss opening Connecticut contract
Mexican Workers Accuse Authorities Of Favoring Corporate Interests
Corbyn calls on PM to let go of Osborne over budget turmoil
Castro demands return of Guantánamo Bay during historic Obama visit
Why we should listen to the cleaners on strike at the Maudsley hospital
Millions more Russians living in poverty as economic crisis bites
Amazon employees hold strike over pay
Protest against taxi apps causes chaos in Indonesia capital
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.
Climate changing at 'unprecedented' rate: UN
Coal plants use as much water as 1 billion people and consumption set to double
Climate guru James Hansen warns of much worse than expected sea level rise
India has the most people without clean water, report says
UE's 80th Birthday: Still Militant and Democratic After All These Years
Trump finally unveils foreign policy team
Marines Deployed to Iraq After Adviser Killed
Proposal for earned sick time moves forward in Minneapolis
Correspondent Forced to Leave Turkey
Minnesota Nurses Report Record Number of Staffing Incidents in Hospitals
The Color of Wealth in Los Angeles
Hungary heads towards general strike and civil disobedience against Orbán regime
Union Days speaker: ‘there are no jobs on a dead planet’
Union negotiator says he has no authority to discuss opening Connecticut contract
Mexican Workers Accuse Authorities Of Favoring Corporate Interests
Corbyn calls on PM to let go of Osborne over budget turmoil
Castro demands return of Guantánamo Bay during historic Obama visit
Why we should listen to the cleaners on strike at the Maudsley hospital
Millions more Russians living in poverty as economic crisis bites
Amazon employees hold strike over pay
Protest against taxi apps causes chaos in Indonesia capital
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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