Friday, March 23, 2012

March 23 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.

Massive student tuition march paralyzes Montreal
American Airlines aims to cancel labor contracts
Union OKs Tesoro Hawaii refinery labor contract
Portugal hit by general strike against austerity pain
Protesting natives shut down Ecuador capital
Sea-Level Rise Foreshadowed in 3-Million-Year-Old Rocks
The IBT on Reality TV: Boston Union Teams Up With Mark Wahlberg
Workers demonstrate outside Verizon Store in Roseville
Pressing Grocery Chains, Florida Tomato Pickers Start to Feel Gains
Senate Sides with Wall Street. Passes So-Called JOBS Act
Casino Workers Seek Fair Process
YRC to Implement Mega-Change
Germany Unprepared for Major Nuclear Disaster
Air Canada walkout in Toronto delays flights
NDP leadership quest has promise and peril, poll suggests
North's on-job carcinogen limits weakest in Canada
Obama to fast-track part of pipeline
Obama's Keystone XL announcement under attack from both sides
Volkswagen to add 800 jobs at U.S. factory
U.S. Inches Toward Goal of Energy Independence *
Chemical Explosion at Portland Factory Injures 2 *
Construction Worker Killed in Building Collapse in Manhattan *
How Far Would You Go for a Comeback? *

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