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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April 22 News Update

From Paris to New York, climate pact to cross next hurdle
Fuleni Blockade stops RMD Environmental Committee Site Visit
Leak blamed as Mexico explosion death toll rises
California's coal war pits economic survival against environmental justice
Diesel cars' emissions far higher on road than in lab, tests show
Trudeau to sign Paris climate treaty at UN — but Canadian plan months away


Can Teamsters Save the Right to Retire?


On the Line with Verizon Strikers
Standing Up to Verizon's War on Unions

Old TV ad exposing McDonald's biggest fan: Donald Trump
Could Minnesota Become the Next Wisconsin for Union Bargaining
Drummond to start talks with its biggest coal workers' union
Uber reaches $100m settlement in fight with drivers, who will stay contractors
UK junior doctors may follow April strikes with indefinite walkout
Cameco cutting 500 jobs at Rabbit Lake uranium mine
Metropolitan Museum of Art Plans Job Cuts and Restructuring *

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April 21 News Update

Coral bleaching hits 93% of Great Barrier Reef: scientists
Clean air advocate: California has nation's dirtiest air
Times's climate change coverage 'distorted' and 'poor quality'
Deadly explosion at Mexican state-run petrochemical plant
EU dropped climate policies after BP threat of oil industry 'exodus'




Negotiations stall at Mayo Clinic hospital in Albert Lea

Unionists join pro-democracy demonstrations
Venezuela indicts businessman implicated in Panama Papers
Ben Carson is cool to idea of Tubman on the $20 bill
Think about immigration like a nurse
Labor board sides with state workers in contract stalemate
Teamsters Union Suggested Its Members to Approve Costco's New Contract

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April 20 News Update

New Hampshire Considers Joining Climate Change Lawsuit
NASA Celebrates Earth Day with Public Events, Online Activities
Flint water crisis: criminal charges expected against several people

Verizon workers take over midtown Manhattan in the second week of their strike


Fight for $15 in Chicago

Metro Vancouver transit operators to take strike vote
Kurdish Opposition Leader Demirtas: 'Erdogan Wants a Caliphate'
Fidel Castro gives rare speech saying he will soon die
The Slow Death of South Africa's Biggest Labor Union
Crisis in Brazil
British Government scraps proposed changes to trade union funding
Conservatives win Manitoba election, ending NDP's 17-year reign
Alberta marks 100-year anniversary of women's right to vote
Life Expectancy for White Americans Drops Slightly; Analysts Cite Drug Overdoses *
Intel to Slash 12,000 Jobs as PC Demand Plummets *
Bank Fees Are a Hidden Cost of Payday Loans *
UnitedHealth to Pull Back From Insurance Exchanges, Citing Losses *

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April 19 News Update

Is your weed killer carcinogenic?
ExxonMobil, Rockefellers face off in climate battle
Netherlands Aims To Ban All Non-Electric Cars By 2025
Delta drought gives glimpse into bleak future for mighty Mekong
US and China lead push to bring Paris climate deal into force early


I'm a Verizon employee. Here's why I'm on strike

Chicago union says clock has started toward teachers' strike
Airbnb negotiations with powerful US labor union facing backlash
Union workers paint the Mary A. Whalen for free
Union Seeks Higher Tariffs on U.S. Imports of Raw Aluminum *
Union: Animals will be cared for in case of Brookfield Zoo strike
The Trouble With Cambodia’s New Law on Trade Unions
Backhoe in Philadelphia Amtrak accident had right to be on track: report
Cuba calls Obama visit 'an attack' as Communists defend ideology
'Moral Monday' leader removed from American Airlines flight
Most Germans oppose Merkel on prosecution of comedian, poll shows
Kuwait oil workers' strike sees output plunge
Labour tells Jeremy Hunt to clarify position on junior doctors' contract
Govia Thameslink takes Aslef union to court over longer trains dispute
Pentagon increases US troops and financial aid in fight against Isis

'An international disgrace': Jesse Jackson calls for Chicago to close Homan Square

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April 18 News Update

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March temperature smashes 100-year global record
Calls for Shipping and Aviation to Do More to Cut Emissions *


Anti-austerity protest brings 150,000 to the streets of London
Anti-austerity protest: tens of thousands attend London march
Anti-austerity protesters march in Manchester

Joining nationwide strike, Twin Cities fast food workers seek $15 an hour
Nursing home workers see Fight for $15 as vital to quality care

Pressure mounts on Jeremy Hunt over handling of junior doctors’ dispute
Files Suggest Honduran Police Leaders Ordered Killings *
UK firm 'employed former child soldiers' as mercenaries in Iraq
NLRB backs workers at Trustone Credit Union
Gerawan workers’ vote to decertify UFW nullified by ag labor board
A look at the Leap Manifesto that is dividing the NDP
Rideau Carleton Raceway workers 'clearly shaken' after co-worker hit on picket line
Daycare workers and parents stage another protest against funding cuts
Labor Protesters to Resume Guggenheim Demonstrations *

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April 17 Week In Review Now Online

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April 15 News Update

World's scientists to join forces on major 1.5C climate change report
Is it possible to reduce CO2 emissions and grow the global economy?
Website reveals which homes will be swamped by rising sea levels
Australia: Electricity emissions surge by 5.5% since removal of carbon price
India's smog-choked capital imposes driving restrictions
U.S. Issues New Rules on Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling *

Pepper-sprayed students outraged as UC Davis tried to scrub incident from web


What Did Quebec Public-Sector Unions Achieve?
Labor movement pledges to challenge bigotry, bridge racial divisions
Tennessee governor vetos law to make Bible the official state book
Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems
California Appeals Court Reverses Decision to Overturn Teacher Tenure Rules *
Retirees Rally at the Capitol, Protesting Pension Cuts *

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April 14 News Update

Oil industry knew of 'serious' climate concerns more than 45 years ago
World's largest coal producer files for bankruptcy protection

Verizon Union Head to Appear at Sanders Rally as Strike Goes On
Verizon Workers On the Line
Verizon Strike, Day 1
Picket with Verizon Strikers
In Verizon Strike, Blue-Collar Stress Hits the Sidewalks *


A group of graduate students march to Tiger Plaza for a rally during the first week of school in fall 2015. Alexzandria Churchill/Staff Photographer
Graduate workers to hold union authorization election after year of MU pushback

Dozens of killings by US police ruled justified without public being notified
Hundreds protest near Homan Square after Chicago teen killed by police

Balfour Beatty and Interserve accused of migrant worker labour abuses in Qatar
Former Argentina president defiant after court appearance in fraud case
Racism at Harvard: months after protests began, students demand concrete change
Problems With D.C. Circulator Buses Started With Decision To Hire Private Firm
Tourists Keep Their Trolleys While Memphis Bus Riders Face Devastating Cuts
What Die Linke Should Do
National Labor Relations Board Declines VW's Union Challenge
Hundreds of union workers march in Atlantic City to oppose state takeover
Teacher Tenure Is Challenged Again in a Minnesota Lawsuit *

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April 13 News Update

BP is playing fast and loose with our future
Climate scientist James Hansen: 'I don't think I'm an alarmist'
Drought Cuts Short an African Success Story *
As Lead Levels Dip, Flint Residents Are Urged: Run Your Water *
Wildfires, Once Confined to a Season, Burn Earlier and Longer *

Verizon Workers Strike on East Coast After Deadline Passes *


With Second Strike Looming, Twin Cities Janitors Clean Up

Male-female pay gap stays at 79 cents
Right-To-Work Lawsuit Could Have National Implications As It Fails In Wisconsin
Trump's clash with Las Vegas union highlights his unpredictability
Ambulance privatisation descends into 'total shambles'
Documentary Stirs French as Officials Weigh a Labor Overhaul *
In Wyoming, Hard Times Return as Energy Prices Slump *

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April 12 News Update

What Is the True Cost of Food?
Notley's Case for Pipelines Shows an NDP Divided
Canada's Oil and Gas Push 'Wishful Thinking' against Climate Realities: Harvard Prof
Discarded Electronics and Ghana's Environmental Conundrum
Rural Water, Not City Smog, May Be China’s Pollution Nightmare *


Neoliberalism’s World of Corruption
David Cameron defends tax affairs as Commons demands answers

Unions for 40,000 Verizon workers set to strike Wednesday

New Democrats Say Goodbye to Mulcair, Vote for Leadership Change
An early look at potential candidates to replace Tom Mulcair
Canada's Progressive Party to Consider Radical 'Leap' to Green Economy
Climate justice movement shakes Canada’s New Democratic Party

Will the Fervor of Bernie Sanders’s Legions Endure? *
Roots of social justice organizing in Silicon Valley
Labor Notes conference big & diverse    
#NuitDebout: A Movement is Growing in France’s Squares
BART announces 10.8 percent pay hike to head off labor conflict
Pima care-agency workers get union    
Vietnam's Labor Newspaper Reports on Abuses at Home and Abroad
Bryan Adams cancels Mississippi tour date in protest over anti-LGBT law
China’s 1 Percent Flock to Canada *
Marine’s Death in a Secret Iraqi Base Reflects a Quietly Expanding U.S. Role *

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