September 30 News Update

Dakota Access Pipeline and the Future of American Labor
Ecocide in the Niger Delta
What's next for Pacific NorthWest LNG project?

Hoboken train crash: one dead and more than 100 injured in New Jersey
EuropTec lockout ends; 11 union workers won't return
Just Born workers returning to their jobs Friday
Thousands of Belgian workers march against planned labor law changes
In contract talks, workers hope to address home care crisis
3M Cottage Grove workers say they’re ready to strike
Allina, striking nurses continue talks
Chicago Teachers Union sets Oct. 11 strike date
Disabled People Give Lead In Fight Against UK Austerity
Pokémon Go couldn't keep up under the weight of traffic, Google confirms
Canada's population tops 36 million as immigrants, refugees swell numbers
American Airstrike Killed Afghan Civilians, U.N. Says *
How Democrats Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Big Donor Money *

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September 29 News Update

Photograph: Mark Lennihan/AP
New York City accelerates emissions efforts in face of daunting sea level rise


On Second Try, IBEW Scores Major Victory for Southern Organizing at Electrolux

Gov. Brown Signs Bill to Protect Patients in ‘Observation’ Settings
NNU Statement on Police Shootings and Protests
U.S. to send more troops to Iraq ahead of Mosul battle
The military's ritual of saluting for the national anthem
Missouri fraternity suspended over reports of racial slurs
Oil prices surge after OPEC's surprise output cut deal
Samsung labor union plans Europe tour
Microsoft supplier Lionbridge laying off all its unionized workers
Labor Pressing Obama for Action on Contractor Workers' Union Rights
Culinary Union seeks boycott amid Las Vegas Trump hotel impasse
Grinnell student employees approve union contract
Just Born files lawsuit against union as strike enters fourth week
IAM Launches Campaign to Bring ‘Justice at Express Scripts’
Corbyn urges Labour MPs to end 'trench warfare' and back socialist vision for UK
Protecting Humans and Jobs From Robots Is 5 Tech Giants’ Goal *
U.S. to Bar Arbitration Clauses in Nursing Home Contracts *

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September 28 News Update

No fracking, drilling or digging: it’s the only way to save life on Earth
Greenland's receding icecap to expose top-secret US nuclear project
More Than 9 in 10 People Breathe Bad Air, W.H.O. Study Says *
Appeals Court Hears Challenge to Obama’s Climate Change Rules *

Labor Is A Women’s Issue
Why Are Unions Writing Themselves Out of Seattle Labor Laws?
Federal judge tosses unions’ lawsuit challenging ‘right-to-work’
Will Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Try to Close a Canadian Factory?
A Union Is Brewing at Virginia Lipton Factory
Organizing against U.S. colonial rule in Puerto Rico
Jeremy Corbyn rules out any pledge to cut immigration
UE Local 269 at Erving Paper Settles Contract in Record Time

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September 27 News Update

First shipment of fracked shale gas set to arrive in UK
Pipeline Company Claims "Public Benefit" in Seizing Private Lands
US emissions set to miss 2025 target in Paris climate change deal, research finds
New BC Pipeline Spill Details Show Largest Involved 1,000 Litres of Oil



Supporters of the Russian communist party attend a rally. | Photo: Reuters 
Life After the USSR: Buying the Dream, Living the Nightmare

Hyundai Motor union stages first full strike in 12 years
Korea's subway, railway workers to strike
Job quality worsening for SME employees

AFL-CIO delegates challenge NFL to support bakery workers
Nurses at SSM-Saint Louis University Hospital Vote to Approve New Contract
CVOEO Members Win Raises, Improve Safety, Contract Language
Long Beach reaches tentative labor agreement with city’s largest union
Thai Union welcomes AP article on shrimp labor conditions
Canada First Nations chief won't join UK royals for 'empty gesture' ceremony
In BC’s ‘Strong’ Economy, Many Signs of Struggle for Average Workers
Millennials Angry over Jobs, and NDP Should Be Their Voice, Says Ashton
3 Labor Activists in China Get Suspended Prison Terms *
Wells Fargo Workers Claim Retaliation for Playing by the Rules *

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September 26 News Update

As Tribes Fight Pipeline, Internal AFL-CIO Letter Exposes 'Very Real Split'
Jobs, Justice, and the Clean-Energy Future
The Dakota Access Pipeline Fight: Where Does the Standoff Stand?
Michigan Tribe Aims to Block Enbridge Pipeline Spill Settlement
Mariner East 2 pipeline nears final steps for approval
Mexico Extinguishes Fuel Tanker Fire Off Gulf Coast *
Aviation’s Paris Moment’ as Nations Near Emissions Deal *

Black-white wage gaps expand with rising wage inequality


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Self-driving trucks threaten one of America’s top blue-collar jobs


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Jeremy Corbyn Is Re-elected as Leader of Britain’s Labour Party *
Jeremy Corbyn: most Labour MPs should not fear deselection

Striking nurses, Allina called back to bargaining
Canadian GM workers ratify 4-year labor contract
Business-Backed ‘Anti-Union Union’ Falters at Volkswagen
The heavy price of Santiago's privatised water
Nearly 14,000 Uber And Lyft Drivers Sign Union Cards In New York
Inside DuPont and Monsanto's Migrant Labor Camps
Farmworkers Taste the Fruits of Victory
Junior doctors suspend strike plans due to 'patient safety' concerns
Phone Makers Could Cut Off Drivers. So Why Don’t They? *
Under pressure from union, L.A. County makes it easier for probation workers
60,000 Brazil Bank Workers Strike Against Temer's Labor Reforms
Workers gather in Duluth for Minnesota AFL-CIO convention
Pay Raises, Improved Seniority Language In Berlin Blue Collar Workers’ Contract
Russia, Jailer of Local Separatists, Welcomes Foreign Secessionists *
Socialist Party Sees Deep Losses in Spain Elections *
Too Poor for Proper Plumbing: A Reality in 500,000 U.S. Homes *

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September 23 News Update

Canadian and US tribes band together to fight Alberta oil sands pipelines
100 countries push to phase out potentially disastrous greenhouse gas
Company fights city in court over coke breeze storage


Chicago Teacher: Why We May Strike Again

Workers at Hector P. Garcia clinic site on strike
Charlotte protests: curfew imposed as Scott family view footage of killing
France and the Struggle over Labour Reforms
Bigots Beware: White Athletes Are Becoming Sympathetic to Anthem Protests
HUDS Negotiations: What’s on the Table
Companies must prove need for permanent replacements in strikes
Ohio Trump campaign chair says there was 'no racism' before Obama
Labour MPs prepare to 'coexist' with Corbyn – from backbenches
Canadian union targets Fiat Chrysler next for contract talks
‘Fees Must Fall’: Anatomy of the Student Protests in South Africa *

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September 22 News Update

COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco: What strategy for  climate change?
River pollution puts 323m at risk from life-threatening diseases, says UN
Global coral bleaching event might become new normal, expert warns
Paris Climate Deal Passes Milestone as 20 More Nations Sign On *


Locked Out Defense Workers Protest Renewed Contract with Honeywell
Locked-out Honeywell workers march to Capitol

Clarksburg owes locked out workers thousands in back wages
Korea’s Hyundai Motor union goes on another strike this week
Dominion employees return to work with agreement not to strike
Publicly-subsidized apartment building is operating as a hotel
British National living wage 'failing to provide basic needs for lowest paid'
Charlotte protests: North Carolina governor declares state of emergency
Immigrants Aren’t Taking Americans’ Jobs, New Study Finds *

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September 21 News Update

U.S. labor brass to pipeline protestors: Drop Dead!
New Zealand kea, the world's only alpine parrot, faces extinction
Clinton 'dropped climate change from speeches after Sanders endorsement'
'Red tape' locking small island states out of billions in climate funds

GM-Unifor deal includes $520M-plus investment in plants
GM deal includes move of work from Mexico to Ontario


Ruling supports united faculty union at U of M

Protesters clash with police in Charlotte after fatal shooting of Black man
South Africa NUM labor union declares wage dispute with Angloplats
Unionized bank workers set for 'largest' strike this week
Decision on labor unions will ensure grad students receive fair treatment
Menzies cabin cleaners go union at PDX
Will ABHOW’s Brewing Legal Battle Redefine Labor Law?
The Public Option Is Back: Our Enthusiasm Should Be Tempered
Wage gap between white and Black Americans is worse today than in 1979
Chemical Accidents in China Have Killed Nearly 200 This Year, Report Finds *

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September 20 News Update

NWU Supports the Struggle to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline
AFL-CIO Constituency Groups Stand with Native Americans to Stop Pipeline
'Erin Brockovich' chemical threatens two-thirds of Americans
Pipeline rupture in Alabama threatens fuel shortages across eastern US
The stale emissions of climate change debate


Workers seek union representation in wake of Mayo Clinic outsourcing plan

Unifor announces tentative deadline deal with GM to avert strike
Canada union far from a deal with GM ahead of strike deadline

Moral Mondays movement goes national
South African Workers Mobilize to Challenge Neoliberal Policies
Thousands of prisoners strike ‘to end slavery’ across the United States
Corbyn set to beat Labour right wing, again
Jeremy Hunt acted illegally over junior doctors, court hears
UC Berkeley reinstates class on Palestine following outcry over its suspension
The Washington Post is wrong: Edward Snowden should be pardoned

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September 19 News Update

Hesitance to Link Weather Events to Climate Change 'No Longer Appropriate'
Michigan Tribe Aims to Block Enbridge Pipeline Spill Settlement
Arctic sea ice shrinks to second lowest level ever recorded


Wash. Farmworkers Join Union, as Labor Movement Gains Allies

Striking nurses question Allina board members’ leadership
Honeywell Faces Unfair Labor Practice Charge as Lockout Continues
Union alleges Just Born employee posed as labor official
Dominion and union reach agreement to bring employees back to work
Trump’s Empire Girded With $885 Million in Tax Breaks *
A Sour Surprise for Public Pensions: Two Sets of Books *
Non-Aligned summit backs Maduro, slams US 'interference'
Gunmen Attack Another Labor Leader in Colombia
Unifor’s Focus on Investment Lets Down Canadian GM Workers
Dolphins sit out anthem after police union says they have forfeited free speech

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September 16 News Update

Lives in the balance: climate change and the Marshall Islands

The Long Island University lockout is over
Just Born job fair for replacement workers draws applicants, union anger
Flights cancelled in France as labour reform strikes return
Will This Angry Labor Union Squeeze General Motors' Profits?
Child Care Often Pricier Than Rent, Food, and College Tuition
Colombia accepts role in 1980s killings of leftist politicians
EU leaders search for way out of 'existential crisis'
Taiwan Railway labor union may take action on Lunar New Year holiday
Singing Staff of Ellen’s Stardust Diner Goes Silent Amid Firings
Gas company worker lockout ends
Striking nurses question Allina board members’ leadership
Mexican Protesters Demand Ouster of President *

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September 15 News Update

Dakota Access Pipeline plan still on despite protests across the US and world
Hinkley Point C nuclear power station gets government go-ahead
In Plea Deal, Ex-Michigan Official Admits Silence in Flint Water Crisis *


Fundraiser Friday to benefit striking Allina Health nurses

Income gains in 2015 don’t reverse long trend toward greater inequality
The Recovery Is Real, but Large Parts of U.S. Are Left Behind *

Why millions of Indian workers staged one of the biggest strikes in history
Schnucks, union spar in court over employee handbilling
Sakuma workers vote to join union; boycott over
Jeremy Corbyn urges supporters to campaign for jobs and NHS
'Edward Snowden did this country a great service. Let him come home'
Leaked documents reveal secretive influence of corporate cash on politics
Workers Pay More for Health Care as Companies Shift Burden, Survey Finds *

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September 14 News Update

Dakota Access Pipeline plan still on despite protests across the US and world
Pipeline fight comes to Louisville
Standing Rock protests: this is only the beginning
Why We Shouldn't Pay $1-Billion for the Ring of Fire

Steelworkers OK strike authorization at 3M Cottage Grove plant
Census Data 'Starkly Illustrates' the Time for Single Payer Is Now
Dominion: Customers 'Priority' in Labor Issue
The Fight to Save UMass Labor Center Is a Fight for Worker Power
No End in Sight for Unprecedented LIU Faculty Lockout
Household incomes rose in 2015 for first time in eight years, US Census says
US pledges record $38bn military aid to Israel over next 10 years
MPs deliver damning verdict on David Cameron's Libya intervention

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The September 13 Week In Review Now Online

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September 13 News Update

SEIU 503 Members Support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Pittsburgh water: expensive, rust-colored, corrosive, and high in lead
North Dakota arrest warrant for Amy Goodman raises fears for press freedom

After security contractor reneges, officers at Eagan postal facility strike
MBTA workers, union rally against privatization effort
Some Just Born workers cross picket line
In historic move, California expands overtime to farmworkers
French Port Workers Join Labor Reform Strike
How Veterans Are Losing the War at Home
UMass Labor Center Under Attack
NCAA Moves Events From North Carolina, Citing Anti-Gay-Rights Law *
Boundary changes are designed to hurt us at next election, says Labour MP
For Every 10 U.S. Adults, Six Vote *
How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat *

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September 12 News Update

From 280 Tribes, a Protest on the Plains *
U.S. Suspends Construction on Part of North Dakota Pipeline *
Standing Rock Litigation
Celebrities join Standing Rock Tribe at Washington D.C. courthouse
ATU condemns attacks on Standing Rock and Opposes Dakota Access Pipeline
Arrest Warrant Issued for Amy Goodman After Covering Pipeline Protest
Unfinished Nuclear Plant, 4 Decades and $5 Billion Later, Will Be Sold *


Coal miner retirees demand pension and health coverage



Monday: Join a St Paul forum on the meaning of 'solidarity'

Essentia nurses ratify new pact
Corbyn's Manifesto on Digital Democracy
With Spain in Political Deadlock, Catalans Renew Calls for Independence *
Organized labor strengthens its hand in New York City
UTA spends plenty of taxpayer money to block labor organizing
GM Korea, labor union reach agreement in wage talks
NFL players mark Sept. 11 with mix of patriotism — and protest
The Secret History of Colombia’s Paramilitaries and the U.S. War on Drugs
Class War by Other Means
Unions Knocking on the Academy’s Doors *
Marriage Falls in China, Transforming Finances and Families *
With Pensions Like $315 a Month, Chileans Wonder How They’ll Ever Retire *

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September 9 News Update

Native people fight to stop Dakota pipeline
‘I Want to Win Someday’: Tribes Make Stand Against Pipeline *
Climate Change and Jobs
Humans have destroyed a tenth of Earth's wilderness in 25 years
UK will miss its 2020 renewable energy targets, warn MPs
Ottawa silent as pipeline review runs into big trouble
G.E. Spent Years Cleaning Up the Hudson. Was It Enough? *


The historic photo from the Vietnam war that was censored. Photograph: Nick Ut/AP
Mark Zuckerberg accused of abusing power after row over 'napalm girl' photo

Colin Kaepernick reminds us that dissent is a form of patriotism, too
Seattle Seahawks consider team-wide national anthem protest at NFL opener


Mine Workers and Allies Rally For Promised Pensions, Health Care

When Your Boss Is Just Going through the Motions
Council vote gives St. Paul nation’s strongest earned sick time ordinance
Just Born begins hiring replacement workers
The Struggle Against Syriza’s 
Austerity Program
Why ‘Star Trek’ was so important to Martin Luther King Jr.
Why Sisi Hates Unions
Jeremy Corbyn claims he can unite Labour to take on Tories
Statins prevent 80,000 heart attacks and strokes a year in UK, study finds
Texas to Consider Mexican-American Textbook Critics Decry as Racist *
Missouri Woman Is Miss America Pageant’s First Openly Lesbian Contestant *
Private Equity Tries to Chip Away at Dodd-Frank With House Bill *

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September 8 News Update

California to extend most ambitious US climate change law
California panel rejects major coastal development
The Anthropocene Crisis
'I approve this message': Jill Stein faces charges for North Dakota protest graffiti
Yosemite adds 400 acres in national park's largest expansion in 70 years


Are Chicago Teachers Headed Toward a Strike?

Dominion subsidiaries lock out union workers in 6 states
Union workers walk out at Just Born, maker of Peeps, in first strike in decades
CWA union members ratify AT&T Mobility labor contract
India Is Making Labor History With the World's Largest General Strike
How Community-College Faculty Organized a Strike and Scored a Contract
TUC leader says Labour is failing to act as effective opposition
'Untaxed Bermuda Triangle': Sinn Féin dissents as Irish Dáil backs Apple appeal
Four Oakland police officers fired, seven suspended, in sexual misconduct case
Uber drivers can’t resolve issues through class-action lawsuit, US court rules
The Downfall of ITT Was a Long Time in the Making *

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September 7 News Update

Judge puts hold on plan to open California lands to fracking
Geologist Sees Clues, Further Dangers, in Puzzle of Oklahoma’s Earthquakes *


Union march in Wilmington brings solidarity on Labor Day
Strong Unions Help All Workers—Not Just Union Workers
Why Labor and the Movement for Racial Justice Should Work Together
Union Members Draw Attention to Minimum Wage on Labor Day
Unions play significant role in boosting income for people of color
No to intervention in Syria by Turkey and all other states!
The last gasp of the demonstrations
RNs at Three KPC Hospitals Vote Overwhelmingly to Ratify New Contract
Transit Advice for New York, From Toronto *
Koch Brothers Ready for a Long War Over G.O.P. Values *

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September 6 News Update

Native American Pipeline Protest Halts Construction in North Dakota
Dakota Pipeline Approved by Army Corps Over Objections of 3 Federal Agencies
Minnesota Dakota tribes back North Dakota oil pipeline fight
North Dakota pipeline protest turns violent after cultural sites destroyed

Soaring ocean temperature is 'greatest hidden challenge of our generation'
Flooding of the U.S. Coastline, Caused by Global Warming, Has Already Begun *

More about the public health impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining
In U.S. Methane Hot Spot, Researchers Pinpoint Sources of 250 Leaks
Our only hope is to mobilize like we did in WWII
New York City to Change Lead Testing at Schools *
Obama and Xi Formally Commit U.S. and China to Paris Climate Accord *
In China's electric car boom, global automakers select different gear
Enbridge puts on hold proposed Sandpiper oil pipeline
Oklahoma Orders Shutdown of Wells After Record-Tying Earthquake *
‘Rolling Coal’ in Diesel Trucks, to Rebel and Provoke *
Toxic air pollution particles found in human brains


Commentary: War on workers has gone on for decades
Fight for 15 and a union – the future of organizing?
Black Workers, Unions, and Inequality


Nurses, allies crowd picket lines on first day of strike
Allina, nurses brace for prolonged strike
Nurses Strike Over Insurance at 5 Minnesota Hospitals
Nurses, allies emphasize solidarity as strike deadline approaches

Young Blacks’ Doubts About Clinton Worry Democrats *
Where Has Hillary Clinton Been? Ask the Ultrarich *

Tens of millions of Indian workers strike in fight for higher wages
The Importance of the September 2nd General Strike

Mexico's Striking Teachers Stand Firm Against State Repression
Corbyn investigating claims leadership contest is being rigged
The Other Big Election
For Unions and New York City Hall, an Open-Door Relationship Turns Complex *
Bargaining Over Corporate Investment: Innovation or Trap?
Protests Against 'Colonial' PROMESA Debt Plan Rock Puerto Rico
Fred Hellerman, Last of the Weavers Folk Group, Dies at 89 *
Pennsylvania's largest state government union ratifies new labor contract
Migrant Women Held in Pennsylvania Start Hunger Strike to Protest Detention *
Organizing Gets Fashionable: Zara Workers Beat the Odds
Trade Union Report to the Socialist Action Convention
Taking Stock One Year After Refugees' Arrival
Four Times BC Teachers Took the Lead in History
Coleman Mine work stoppage over, employees back on the job
Florida unions, worker advocates mark Labor Day with celebration, demonstration
A.N.C.’s Combative Response to Election Losses Startles South Africa *

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