October 1 News Update

‘Hands Up, Don’t Ship!’ Minneapolis UPS Workers Protest Shipments to Missouri Police - See more at: http://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2014/08/hands-dont-ship-minneapolis-ups-workers-protest-shipments-missouri-police#sthash.rJeEoDbc.dpuf

Royals outlast A’s in 12-inning thriller to open major league postseason
School spending by affluent is widening wealth gap
U.S. signs pact to keep troops in Afghanistan past 2014
California becomes first state to ban plastic bags
Felony charges filed against electrical contractor for underpaying workers
Almost half the world’s older people lack pensions
Workers win contract at Ramada Mall of America
Everyone On the Bus: Rider-Driver Alliances
Detroiters Vow Resistance After Judge Rules There is No Human Right to Water
Oil boom threatens Ecuador's biodiversity
A Public Works Debacle that Defines Afghanistan
Transit lockout forces high school to hire buses
Union says it never supported First Air cargo layoffs
Our criminal justice system is making it really hard for the poor to find jobs
UN: At Least 1,119 Iraqis Killed in September *
Kissinger Drew Up Plans to Attack Cuba, Records Show *
Obama Plan to Let Children in Central America Apply for Refugee Status *
Freelancers Union to End Its Health Insurance Plans in New York *
Consumer Confidence Falls, as U.S. Economy Hits Bump *

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September 30 News Update

‘Hands Up, Don’t Ship!’ Minneapolis UPS Workers Protest Shipments to Missouri Police - See more at: http://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2014/08/hands-dont-ship-minneapolis-ups-workers-protest-shipments-missouri-police#sthash.rJeEoDbc.dpuf

How Did Leaders Respond to the People’s Climate March?
After the People’s Climate March, it is time to demand more
Scientists Trace Extreme Heat in Australia to Climate Change *
Nebraskans Raise Their Voices in Fight Against Keystone XL Pipeline *
Climate Convergence Moves Us Forward, But Challenges Us to Create a Strategy
Earth lost 50% of its wildlife in the past 40 years, says WWF

Teachers protest history proposal
Review: Why Privatization Fails
Riot police withdraw as 'Umbrella Revolution' grows in Hong Kong
Hard choices: Hillary Clinton admits role in Honduran coup aftermath
Calif. protesters block Israeli-owned ship
Monofrax Union Workers Go On Strike
Labor Ruling: Union Steward Deserves Job Back at Ambulance Company
Unifor rallies in Thunder Bay
University of Windsor, WUFA avert strike, set to negotiate
Pensioners take fight for cost of living to court
Mount Pearl locks out unionized workers; CUPE slams decision
De Blasio’s Executive Order Will Expand Living Wage Law to Thousands More *

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September 29 News Update

‘Hands Up, Don’t Ship!’ Minneapolis UPS Workers Protest Shipments to Missouri Police - See more at: http://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2014/08/hands-dont-ship-minneapolis-ups-workers-protest-shipments-missouri-police#sthash.rJeEoDbc.dpuf

U.S. carbon emissions tick higher; Obama tells U.N.: ‘We have to do more’
The Problem Is Capitalism
Green movement embracing more radical tactics as desperation grows
President’s Drive for Carbon Pricing Fails to Win at Home *

Unions demonstrate on Cross Campus
Hyatt to Pay Ousted Workers $1m in Boycott-Ending Deal
Did Lear Strike Really Beat Two-Tier?
Far-left group fights to save Istanbul neighborhood
Cuba to send more doctors to Ebola nations
Al Jazeera staffer recalls time in Egypt prison
B.C. First Nation granted leave to appeal Northern Gateway pipeline approval
Benefits of Economic Expansions Increasingly Going to Richest Americans *
Soil run-off creating problems for Sudbury lakes, scientist says
Air France Pilots End Two-Week Strike *
For Many New Medicaid Enrollees, Care Is Hard to Find, Report Says *
In Alaska, a Battle to Keep Trees, or an Industry, Standing *
Letter Carriers to rally Oct. 6 to save postal service
Low wages and no overtime: The downside of being a retail ‘manager’
Hong Kong pro-democracy protests expand in defiance of government

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September 26 News Update

‘Hands Up, Don’t Ship!’ Minneapolis UPS Workers Protest Shipments to Missouri Police - See more at: http://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2014/08/hands-dont-ship-minneapolis-ups-workers-protest-shipments-missouri-police#sthash.rJeEoDbc.dpuf

Thousands of unionists help sound the alarm on climate change
The climate march cynics are wrong
Climate justice gets a new lease on life
Natural Gas Expansion Will Raise Emissions, Worsen Climate

Bus Company Fails at Racial Divide and Conquer
Canada's First Nations push for self-rule
US, Canada tribes sign bison treaty
Nurses Stage Massive Protest on Vegas Strip

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September 25 News Update

‘Hands Up, Don’t Ship!’ Minneapolis UPS Workers Protest Shipments to Missouri Police - See more at: http://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2014/08/hands-dont-ship-minneapolis-ups-workers-protest-shipments-missouri-police#sthash.rJeEoDbc.dpuf

We need a plan to forestall climate disaster
Obama's UN speech spins statistics
Marching for a Healthy Planet and Good jobs

Report: Services for female veterans fall short
High-Flying Drones and Basement Wages: Alarming Trends in Package Delivery
Edward Snowden Awarded 'Alternative Nobel' for Revealing Vast Surveillance
Colorado Students Take To Streets
Undocumented students wait for Obama
Swaziland: Textile Workers Sickened from a Dangerous Chemical
Celebrate 15 Years of California’s Nurse to Patient Ratios!
Mercedes labor chief seeks union foothold at Alabama plant
Island Lake workers in line for raises under proposed labor deal
L.A. City Council Votes for Minimum-Wage Hike to 15.37 at Big Hotels
US to pay $554M to Navajo Nation
E.P.A. Unveils Second Phase of Plan to Reverse Great Lakes Damage *

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September 24 News Update

‘Hands Up, Don’t Ship!’ Minneapolis UPS Workers Protest Shipments to Missouri Police - See more at: http://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2014/08/hands-dont-ship-minneapolis-ups-workers-protest-shipments-missouri-police#sthash.rJeEoDbc.dpuf

Ten Points for a Trade Union Strategy Against Climate Change
The Greening of the Labor Movement
Obama appeals for ‘ambitious’ effort to stem effects of climate change

Thousands Rally Against Nuclear Restart in Japan
Ferguson Affects Us All: Statement of the UE General Executive Board
Tentative Agreement Reached for California Renzenberger Drivers
Veterans for Peace Statement Opposing US Bombing of Iraq and Syria
Postal union wins arbitration; At least 9,000 jobs to become labor positions
FBI gags state and local police on capabilities of cellphone spy gear
Under Affordable Care Act, 25 Percent Increase in Health Insurers Is Predicted *
Concrete Slab Crushes Construction Worker in Midtown Manhattan *
Amazon Workers in Germany Extend Strike *

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