Monday, February 27, 2012

February 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 twenty articles a month.

3 Via employees die in Ontario derailment
W. Pa. tests: Chemicals in drilling area water
Fiat may close 2 Italian plants
UE Occupies Chicago Window Plant Again, and Wins Reprieve
Porter Airlines pilots try to form union
B.C. teachers to vote on full work stoppage
Striking transit union votes 78% against HRM offer
Burger King leaves British jobless scheme
Gleick on leave from Pacific Institute
Monsanto settles 'Agent Orange' case with US victims
Gov. Brown takes case for Medi-Cal cuts to Washington
Ford plays catch-up in China's growing auto market
Los Angeles Times to begin charging for online access to news
U.S. Agencies See No Move by Iran to Build a Bomb *
Auto Workers Tap Network for Obama *
Transportation Bill Faces a Wall of Opposition From Both Parties *
Rents Keep Rising, Even as Housing Prices Fall *
Teacher Quality Widely Diffused, Ratings Indicate *
Heathrow Express strike: RMT union members walk out
Emergency food for former Thamesteel workers
Cooper contract vote could be close, workers say
Amid a Federal Education Inquiry, an Unsettling Sight *

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