Friday, March 9, 2012

March 9 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.

Keystone oil pipeline bill fails in Senate
Women call for greater equality on rights day
Union: Kamenetz pension bill sidesteps labor negotiations
Report: Young Workers' Wages Are Sinking
17,000 Workers at United Airlines Join IAM
Gender Pay Gap Worldwide Remains Unchanged for 10 Years
‘The regime in Iran is a very rational one’ Israeli intelligence chief says
Entire Pacific nation could one day move to Fiji
Ecuador Indians begin protest march against land policy
Nuclear Lobby Pushes Ahead with New Reactors
German Nuclear Inspectors Remember Fukushima
Big Nuclear's cosy relationship with the Obama administration
Air Canada strike during March Break averted
B.C. teachers balk at minister's report card demands
Police stun grenade blamed for student's eye injury
Anglican Church backs First Nation in mining dispute
University of Windsor rejects bus pass 2-to-1
USPS closures threaten small towns
Toyota recalls 700,000 vehicles in US
Green groups angered as biomass plant approved
Canada's job market struggles for growth
Japan’s Nuclear Energy Industry Nears Shutdown, at Least for Now *
Court Blocks--and Allows--Parts of Law on Migrants in Alabama *
Spanish Unions Call General Strike Over Reforms *

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