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We will be observing the Labor Day holiday Monday. The next news update will be Tuesday, September 3.

August 30 News Update

Each Monday-Friday, by 9AM Central, we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be accompanied by editorial commentary. 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.

Britain says no to Syria intervention as U.S. considers actions
U.S. ready to go it alone on Syria after stinging British defeat
Obama's air strike plans in disarray after Britain rejects use of force in Syria
Within U.S. military, deep doubts about strike on Syria

U.S. spy network's objectives detailed in 'black budget' summary
The NSA unravels a civil rights-era win

Fast-Food Strike Supersized!
Fast-food workers in US-wide strike
In largest protests yet, fast-food workers seeking higher wages walk off job
In New Wave of Walkouts, Fast-Food Strikers Gain Momentum *

Colombia braced for mass protests
Colombian president calls for calm as farm protests reach Bogota

Sheen seen on river near Delaware City refinery
Santa Clara County Union Workers Reach Labor Deal
RI child care workers to vote on joining union
Warren County freeholders ink four-year deal with largest labor union
Wake up and smell smoke of bad decisions
Vancouver airport strike averted, union says
No deal: White House, Republican senators abandon budget talks
Study: Strain of struggle to make ends meet drains mental powers of poor
Navy: Training, Testing May Kill Whales, Dolphins *
Taylor Farms, Big Food Supplier, Grapples With Frequent Recalls *
The Central Challenge in U.S. Health Policy *

August 29 News Update

Each Monday-Friday, by 9AM Central, we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be accompanied by editorial commentary. 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.

Intelligence on weapons no 'slam dunk'
Legal case for strikes faces skeptics
Damascus residents brace for U.S.-led military strike

Fast-food strikes set for cities nationwide
The Origins Of Labor Day
Berry Pickers Walk Out, Boycott
New Four-Year Pact for 12,000 California and Nevada Dignity RNs
Plan to Cut Pensions Coming to Congress
Sweden's indigenous Sami in fight against miners
Vancouver airport strike would be 'chaos,' union says
Fidel Castro denies Russian claim that Cuba snubbed Edward Snowden
NYPD labels mosques terror groups
11 die as Indian buildings collapse
In Mexico, teachers fight education reform with rocks, sticks and fire
CPS Passes Budget Amid Protests

August 28 News Update

Each Monday-Friday, by 9AM Central, we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be accompanied by editorial commentary. 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.

Please read and take action to prevent U.S. involvement in another war
'Humanitarian Wars Are Also Wars'
The heir to Blair: Cameron makes 'moral case' for Syria attack - without UN mandate
Does President Obama know he’s fighting on al-Qa’ida’s side?
Arab League Rejects Attack Against Syria *

Kansas City fast-food workers will join national strike on August 29
Goodyear union workers ratify new four-year contract
Turkey's textile workers’ strike ends with deal
L.A. Port Truck Driver Strike Kicks Off Season Of Labor Unrest
Singing Deemed Illegal In the People’s Rotunda
Sutter’s $1 Billion Boondoggle-New Electronic Records System Goes Dark
Cypress Fairbanks RNs Approve New Pact with Houston Hospital
Vancouver airport workers could strike by long weekend
France: Government Proposes Changes in Pension System *
New Census Numbers Show Recession’s Effect on Families *
Vermont Yankee Plant to Close Next Year as the Nuclear Industry Retrenches *
‘The Great Shift’: Americans Not Working *

August 27 News Update

Each Monday-Friday, by 9AM Central, we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be accompanied by editorial commentary. 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.

Colombia Nationwide Strike Against 'Free Trade,' Privatization, Poverty
A Second Ecological Revolution?
Two unions wage turf battle over oil refinery workers
Water Woes: Vast US Aquifer Is Being Tapped Out
Jobs, Voting Rights, and Trayvon on Marchers' Minds
Sharp Fall for Orders of Durable Goods *

August 26 News Update

Each Monday-Friday, by 9AM Central, we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be accompanied by editorial commentary. 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.

How America Spies on Europe and the UN
NSA paid millions in Prism costs
NSA row: Germany's trade threat
NSA: staff abused surveillance tools

New Rules Would Cut Silica Dust Exposure *
Worker killed in 55-storey fall from Toronto building
Layoffs, program cuts coming to University of Alberta
Women in Engineering Earn 25% Less Than Men
Fighting Education Overhaul, Thousands of Teachers Disrupt Mexico City *
German union playing key role in UAW's campaign at Alabama's Mercedes plant
Bradken Chehalis Foundry Labor Union Fights for 'Fair' Contract
Union sues BNSF over contract on short line
Workers Approve Contract With Ohio-Based Goodyear
Canadian Documents Suggest Shift on Pipeline *