Holiday Break

We're observing the Thanksgiving holiday break. Next update will be Monday, December 2.

November 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.

Lawrence + Memorial Hospital Braces For Strike Wednesday
Missouri unions looking for uncommon allies in Boeing bid
Americans back Iran deal by 2-to-1 margin: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Will County Labor Dispute Continues
Cambodian Unions Call for Doubling of Minimum Wage
TriMet wants a major rewrite of the union contract
Should First Graders Take A Test? Teachers Say No
No Transit Fare Increase!
Technology Didn't Kill Middle Class Jobs, Public Policy Did
US unlikely to prosecute Assange for publishing leaked documents
YRC Presents Contract Proposals to Union
United Airline Mechanics Picket for a Fair Contract
N.B. shale gas tensions flare, but day passes in relative peace
Sears Canada laying off close to 800 workers
Union says Heinz never asked for fix to 'unprofitable' plant
Court takes up Obamacare case
EU delays new car CO2 rules
Beijing confiscates barbecues in drive to cut air pollution
Cuba, Lacking Bank, Closes U.S. Consular Services *
Voters in SeaTac, Wash., Back $15 Minimum Wage *
Battling Flames in Forests, With Prison as the Firehouse *
Hundreds Evacuated After Railcar Leak in Ohio City *

November 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.

Twice as Much Methane Escaping Arctic Seafloor
Study: US spewing 50% more methane than EPA says
U.S. EPA has greatly underestimated emissions from methane : report
Emissions of Methane in U.S. Exceed Estimates, Study Finds *

Walmart Workers Plan Raucous Black Friday
The top 10 myths about working retail – at the holidays and beyond
How Extending Black Friday Undermines Workers’ Rights

Spies worry over 'doomsday' cache stashed by Snowden
Edward Snowden a 'hero' for NSA disclosures, Wikipedia founder says

Proposed cuts to US food programmes will offset voluntary donations
As Homeless Line Up for Food, Los Angeles Weighs Restrictions *
Brooklyn Pantry Struggling to Help Fill Gap Left by Cuts to Food Stamps *

Jaguar Land Rover plans $437 million Brazil factory: government
Workers decry conditions at Harvard-owned DoubleTree
Strike hits Amazon logistics centers in Germany
Unionization Is Up in 2013, For One Very Big Reason
German union boss has warning for companies that set up in anti-union South
Wis. officials set votes that could end school workers' last union rights
Socialists debate nuclear, 3: Unsafe, unaffordable, unnecessary
Protesters demand closure of Dept. of Defense 'school of assassins'
Egyptian students defy law banning protests
New Left-Wing Party in Honduras Cries Foul *
CLUW Revitalizes Fight for Working Women at 17th Biennial Convention
El Paso RNs Approve First Union Contract
Co-op Workers from Mexico Visit UE Northeast Co-ops
Afghan accord near collapse due to new demands
Four years into the economic recovery, unprecedented anxiety for workers
Towboat Sinks in River in Iowa, Releasing Oil *
The Single-Payer Alternative *

November 25 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.

Modest deal breaks deadlock at UN climate talks
Deals at Climate Meeting Advance Global Effort *
Warsaw climate talks set 2015 target

NSA Report Outlined Goals for More Power *
NSA Infected 50,000 Computer Networks With Malicious Software

Socialist in Seattle: City councilor expects not to be a rarity for long
In Chile and Seattle, the left faces an electoral dilemma

China launches sweeping probe as Sinopec blast toll rises
Protesters Support Unionization Efforts of DoubleTree Employees
An iPad on Every Desk: A Trojan Horse, Teachers Say
Stop Line 9 Should Be Labour's Demand
MEPs Plan Qatar Trip after Damning Resolution
Texas Education Board Flags Biology Textbook Over Evolution Concerns *
U.S. Retailers Decline to Aid Factory Victims in Bangladesh *
Marines Toughen Rules for Makers of Licensed Clothing *
Boeing Solicits Bids for Site of 777X Production *
MGM Vegas Casino Workers Approve Union Contract

November 24 Week In Review Now Online

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November 22 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.

Redondo Beach union employees protest city leadership
MGM Resorts workers OK union contract, keeping free health insurance intact
Workers or 'Leaseholders'? D.C. Cabbies Ally with Teamsters
Learning to live in the anthropocene
Texas resists processing military benefits for same-sex spouses
Green groups walk out of UN climate talks in Warsaw
Alabama board approves pardons for 'Scottsboro Boys'
3 Million Face Loss of UI Lifeline

November 21 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.

Turmoil at climate talks as blame game heats up
US can access Britons' personal data under secret deal
Volkswagen Trips Over Tennessee's Touchy Union Politics
Labor board orders some striking Will County workers back on job
Local union files groundbreaking prevailing wage lawsuit
GE sees wage cuts
Bulgarian Workers, Students Rally against Government
University of California Workers Strike Against Harassment
Socialist elected to Seattle city council
Dump It in the Ocean: TEPCO's Plan for Radioactive Fukushima Water
Illinois legalizes same-sex marriage
Proposed labour code changes worry safety advocates
Detroit accused of exaggerating debt
Just 90 companies caused two-thirds of man-made global warming emissions
In October, a Day for the New York City Subway’s Ridership Record Book *
Major Retailers Agree to Inspection Standards in Bangladesh *
Tribune Company to Cut 700 Newspaper Employees *