Monday, February 13, 2012

February 13 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 twenty articles a month.

Violence offers glimpse of Greece's reform challenge
New Rules for Wisconsin Unions: No Rules
GM gets environmental OK for new China plant
The NDP Leadership Race: Sleepwalking Toward the Centre?
Eight ways Monsanto fails at sustainable agriculture
Crane drops section of Port Mann bridge into B.C. river
CAW questions Caterpillar takeover of Electro-Motive
Acadian Lines and union back to bargaining table
Christians 'marginalised' - Carey
Obama plan seeks to defuse birth control debate
Mortgage settlement is great — for politicians and banks
Across the Country, Looking for the Recovery *
Obama Budget Bets Other Concerns Will Trump the Deficit *
Labor Dept. Issues New Rules for Guest Workers *
EPA Is Sued Over Delays in Soot Standards *
Bishops Were Prepared for Battle Over Birth Control Coverage *
A Confused Nuclear Cleanup *
Pentagon budget eyes $178.8 bln for R&D, procurement
Health-care advocates slam Drummond report
Union says it's excluded in Dal-NSAC merger talks
Fukushima reactor readings raise reheating concern
Bishops maintain opposition to birth control mandate
Marine’s suicide after two tours in Iraq is only the start of his family’s struggle
Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It *
Occupy Movement Regroups, Preparing for Its Next Phase *
King calls on UAW to stage nationwide protests
Ellison to headline graduate student union rally
UNITE HERE files charges against Crowne Plaza in Bloomington
'The Risk that Nuclear Weapons Will Be Used Is Growing'
Air Canada reaches tentative deal with dispatchers
Student occupation at McGill ends peacefully
Metro Transit workers rally in Grand Parade
Garzón rally draws 10,000 in Madrid

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