May 31 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.

Quebec students want 'clear' answer to latest offer
International Mine Workers Union Organizing in SC
Michigan Agrees To Temporarily Continue Dues Check-Off For SEIU Home Care Workers
French unions warn of mass job cuts in reform talks
Truman Medical Center union workers press for bigger wage increase
Union seeks to enforce labor contract on North Bay freight line
Terry Melvin Elected to Lead CBTU
Nurses Ratify Contract at EMMC with Patient Safety Provisions
After NATO Summit, Chicago Labor, Community Groups Protest Rahm and CME
Bad News for Labor: New Detroit Newspaper Strike Book Underscores a Broken System
Postal Workers, Community Allies Increase Pressure as USPS Cuts Loom
Another massive oil spill
The Bipartisan Assault on Higher Education
Some Poles Left Behind Despite Economic Success
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair to visit Alberta tar-sands
EU greenhouse gas emissions rise despite climate change policies
On Campus, New Deals With Banks *

May 30 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.

Quebec student leaders say province budging on tuition
Canada's 'casseroles protests' grow

Austerity Debate in Ireland Heats Up as EU Treaty Vote Nears
Locked-out Crystal Sugar workers plan 125-mile trek
Retired union member offers original play about Joe Hill
Restaurant Workers Set Sights On Walmart Wannabe: Darden
As emissions soar, only radical action can stop catastrophic heat rise
Doctors support industrial action
Bradley Manning in good spirits
401(k) fees could reduce average nest egg by 30%, study says
Prime-age workers are still lost in the U.S. recession’s undertow
India’s Economy Slows, With Global Implications *
China: Workers Riot Over the Killing of a Man by His Boss *
Seattle Votes Against Coal Terminals *
Most Aid to Athens Circles Back to Europe *

May 28 Week In Review Now Online

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May 29 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.

Government Repression of Quebec Student Movement Sparks Massive Protests
Quebec students, government back to the table Monday
Casserole pan-demonium in Quebec
Quebec students challenge Bill 78 in court
Quebec student spokesman a divisive figure among tuition-fee protesters

Canadian Pacific strikers face back-to-work legislation
Workers at CP Get Railroaded

U.S. Winds Down Longer Benefits for the Unemployed *
Quebec Steelworkers Face Mining Pariah
G8 food alliance won’t help farmers or end hunger
Employment Insurance review boards to be scrapped
Teamsters trying to organize parkway truckers
Bonn climate talks end in discord and disappointment
Manning lawyer: evidence withheld
Hollywood a longtime friend of the CIA
Retirees may find they don't qualify to refinance their mortgages
Spent Fuel Rods Drive Growing Fear Over Plant in Japan *
Postal Service Offers Buyouts to 45,000 Mail Handlers *
Teachers in autumn strike threats
Labor Board Member Resigns Over Leak to G.O.P. Allies *
Fukushima radiation found in tuna
Amazon in danger as Brazil moves forward with bill

May 25 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.

Quebec's 'truncheon law' rebounds as student strike spreads
Quebec faces mounting pressure amid student crisis
31st night protest in Montreal

VW workers eye higher pay rise than IG Metall union
Union cites seaport in complaint with NLRB
Workers at eight metro hospitals ratify new contract
Chicago Schools Showdown Galvanizes Teachers
Workers' EI history to affect claim under new rules
Seasonal workers anxious about changes to EI system
Canadian Pacific union dismisses threat of more layoffs
Firefighters describe hostile workplace in Prince Albert
Good jobs, pensions 'our rights,' CUPE says
Scottish 'Yes' campaign to launch
If President Rousseff passes the forest code, it won't be only Brazil that suffers
Climate scientists say warming could exceed 3.5 C
150,000 more US heat deaths projected by 2100
UN climate talks 'stalled', Kyoto architect tells AFP
The Battle of the Overpass, at 75
Mexico student protests cause election stir
Legislation may enable states to offer universal healthcare
Amazon says it will improve warehouse conditions
Battle Brewing Over Labeling of Genetically Modified Food *
Romney Off on Obama's Love for Unions *
Painter Dies in Fall From Upper East Side Window *
A Mining Rush in the Upper Peninsula *
We will observe the Memorial Day holiday Monday. Next update will be Tuesday, May 29

May 24 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.

Police kettle Montreal student protesters, arresting 400
Red Square, Everywhere
Tuition talks to resume between Quebec minister, students

Labor union to sue Obama's Labor Dept over parking charge increase dispute
Nikki Haley Tries To Capitalize Off Video of Union Leader Smashing Pinata
USW Members in Anacortes OK Tesoro Deal
California Domestic Workers, Immigrants Rally for Rights
Railroad Workers Convene to Shake Up Unions
American Workers: Shackled to Labor Law
Bed Bath and Broke: Warehouse Workers Go for Election
How a CP strike affects Canada's supply chain
UK's plunge into recession worse than expected
HP to cut 27,000 jobs
New and Frozen Frontier Awaits Offshore Oil Drilling *

May 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 Montreal rally ends with police clashes
Canadian Pacific Railway workers on strike
Immigrant Workers Prevail in Workplace Justice Campaign at Brooklyn Hummus Producer
Review: The Civil Wars in the U.S. Labor Movement
Union Gets New Election At a Target *
Fracking Exposes Workers to High Levels of Silica and Other Health Hazards
Machinists Strike as Caterpillar Demands Non-Union Wage Rates
Education Cuts Met With Strike in Spain *
New Mexico Says Jet Fuel Spill Could Be Larger *

May 22 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.

We will not let this pipeline cross our land!
German Metal Workers' 4.3% Pay Settlement Seen Setting Benchmark
Mass Layoffs And Labor Law Violations Force Strike At Wire Mill
NLRB Issues Complaint Against Verizon Over Firings
SEIU Healthcare Minnesota members voting on tentative contract
Wisconsin’s New Bad Idea
Day-Care and Home-Care Workers Get Ready to Enjoy New Rights in Conn.
Quebec student group fights Bill 78
Spanish protest at education cuts
Teachers in anti-academy strike

May 21 Week In Review Now Online

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May 21 Early Edition 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.

Chicago Protests
Nurses Bring Robin Hood to Chicago
National Press on Chicago Rally to Tax Wall St
On the Eve of NATO in My Hometown
Chicago Protests Draw Thousands Before NATO Event *
Police 'set up' NATO firebomb trio
Anti-NATO protesters march through Chicago to summit

Protests In Quebec
Emergency law, celebrity support giving oxygen to Quebec protesters
Quebec Students Mobilize Against Draconian Law Aimed at Breaking Four-Month Strike
Montreal police teargas protesters, arrest dozens
Montreal police pepper-spray bar patrons amid protest

New York Nurses Take Back Their Union, Push for Safe Staffing
Across Canada, quality of life varies widely
N.S. teachers slam Dexter's education cuts
30,000 barrels leak at Come By Chance; oil contained
Facebook Builds Network of Friends in Washington *
Air Canada, pilots turn to arbitrator
NAACP endorses same-sex marriage
Thousands March Against Austerity in Frankfurt *
Lockheed, 2 unions agree on contracts
Canadian Pacific workers give 72-hour strike notice

May 18 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.

Quebec Government Bludgeons Student Strikers With Emergency Law
Quebec education law to impose fines in tuition crisis
Quebec rocked by student protests

Nurses' Pre-NATO Rally Expected to Draw Thousands *
Pilgrim nuke plant allows workers to return, extends contract
Mandan oil refinery union workers ratify contract
Gijima of South Africa to Fire 200 Workers
Leaders of KCK-based Boilermakers union contest Star's report
Union claims Kravis board reneged on labor dispute agreement
Hot Summer Projected for Much of US
Nurses Demand That Foster Apologize For Using Female Slur
Hospital strike averted with tentative contract agreement
Wealthy Defense Contractor Pushes Machinists to Strike
Indigenous activists expose dirty oil business
The UN’s ‘Green Economy’ plan is a destructive illusion
Budget cuts claim famed freshwater research facility
Australasia has hottest 60 years in a millennium, scientists find
Construction Worker Dies in SoHo Fall *
Postal Service to Consolidate 48 Mail Processing Centers in Summer *

May 17 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.

Largest union group rejects American offer
Pilots Union asks court to maintain American Airlines' labor contracts
Wages for Young College Grads Fall
Ohio Labor Council Embraces Community Wetlands Project
Twin Cities health care workers authorize strike
Nurses Defy Chicago Mayor, Rallying for Robin Hood Tax
Mexico’s Cananea Strikers: Fighting for the Right to a Union
Montreal student protest ends with 122 arrests
G20 report slams police for 'excessive' force
CBE holding strike vote
Big Gathering for NATO Puts Chicago on High Alert *

May16 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.

AMR wins labor deals with five union work groups
NLRB Can Revive Speedy Union Vote Rule Judge Threw Out
Climate talks open in Bonn to tackle emissions targets
Evolution and Climate Change Should Be Taught in Schools, Say States
Older Workers Have Highest Long-Term Jobless Rate
House Republicans Threaten Nuclear Worker Safety
Arizona Public Employees Now Barred from Civil Service Protection
Anna Deavere Smith—of Nurse Jackie— to Perform in Chicago on Healthcare Crisis
Working the assembly line at GM not as easy as it seems
Proposed meat inspection rule changes draw NDP fire
Quebec college to remain closed after tense standoff
Kruger sends warning to unionized Corner Brook workers
North Dakota: riding the oil rush
Total gas leak operation begins at Elgin North Sea platform
Earth's environment getting worse, not better, says WWF ahead of Rio+20
Needy States Use Housing Aid Cash to Plug Budgets *

May 15 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.

Technicality Snarls Fairer NLRB Union Election Rules
New Santa Fe Worker Center Protects Rights for All Workers
Unions, Kaiser Permanente Reach Tentative Agreement
Chicago Mayor Emanuel Agrees to Let Nurses Rally in Daley Plaza
Waste Company Locks Out Teamsters in Bid to Eliminate Pensions
Oregon Activists Look to Grassroots Approach to Win Universal Health Care
Australia: 7,000 march against fracking
Capitalism’s destructive quest for extreme energy
Quebec education minister quits over tuition dispute
Deadliest Danger Isn’t at the Rig but on the Road *

May 14 Week In Review Now Online

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May 14 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.

Commentary: History being re-written at law enforcement memorial
Doctors stage sit-in over refugee health care cuts
Transit union president says no need for bus stoppage
Chicago cops accused of intimidation
Global push to guarantee health coverage leaves U.S. behind
Extended jobless benefits cut in eight states
Poland: Unionists Protest New Retirement Age *
Kansas Lawmakers Pass Anti-Islamic Law Measure *
Spain's 'Indignants' mark protest anniversary
Student loan blues
California deficit soars to $16 billion
Daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro says her father backs gay rights
A Generation Hobbled by the Soaring Cost of College *
The Human Disaster of Unemployment *
Workers Battle ExxonMobil Over Safety at Baton Rouge Refinery
Child Labor and Agribusiness Churn Washington’s Food Fight

Labor Notes Conference Report

A report on the recent Labor Notes Conference by Bill Onasch has been posted on the KC Labor site and can be viewed by clicking here.

May 11 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.

Union workers at TRW reject tentative deal, continue to strike
Appeals court backs Starbucks limit on baristas' union efforts
Unions Respond To Emanuel's 'Pension Reform Plan'
German IG Bau Union Wins 3.3% Raise for Quarry Workers
Major Labor Unions Back Obama's Support for Marriage Equality
McLaren Evasive About Rehiring Cheboygan Memorial Nurses for Re-Opened Hospital
Mexican DMI Workers Visit UE Members at DMI in Ohio
The Troublemakers Union Gathers, Stronger than Ever
‘Deep Green Resistance’ – How not to build a movement
Afghan women fade from White House focus as exit nears
House OKs social programs cuts to aid Pentagon
Ambassador Bridge death fall leads to $107K in fines
Evolution on gay rights was long for Obama

May 10 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.

Nurses, Veterans Furious With City’s Changes To NATO Protests
Hundreds of Thousands of British Public Workers Strike Over Pensions
Judge Drops the Hammer on Union Members at Hostess
780 Caterpillar Workers Unexpectedly Go on Strike in Illinois
B.C. teachers contract dispute heats up
University Staff Union-NEA Files for Election of UVM Workers
Marchers protest Mardi Gras
California Domestic Workers Celebrate Mother's Day with Visit to Lawmakers
Wages, Pension, Other Benefits Improved In Local 155 Tinius Olsen Contract
In Rare Victory, Employer Voluntarily Recognizes UE
Take part in Letter Carriers' food drive Saturday
Union reaches tentative agreement with The Saint Paul Hotel
Protesters disrupt Yukon legislature

May 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 ten articles a month.

Back from attending the Labor Notes Conference, we resume our regular schedule today. A report on the LN gathering will be posted soon.

Blacks in South L.A. have a bleaker jobs picture than in 1992
Reversal on child farm-labor rules draws fire
Life spans in much of U.S. compare with those in poorest nations
Protests across US as activists and unions link up
Activist with keen interest in IRA and a passion for humanity
$7.7B clean-up bill for contaminated federal sites
Ex-Westray miner calls for law crackdown to protect workers
B.C.'s privatization of seniors' care raises concerns
Fallen bridge worker's son breaks silence for safety's sake
London mayor: Boris Johnson wins second term by tight margin
Heartland Institute compares belief in global warming to mass murder
EPA scientist who warned of caustic dust from Ground Zero wins job back
Bangladeshi workers risk lives in shipbreaking yards
Where is the best place to be a mother? Not the U.S.
Cuba’s Fortresses Against a Viral Foe *
An Old Texas Tale Retold: the Farmer vs. the Oil Company *
US Military Deaths in Afghanistan at 1,834 *
Exiled Mexican Union Leader Wins Standoff With Govt. After Court Decision
Workers schedule strike vote, question banks’ involvement with Twin Cities hospitals
Celebrating May Day, in New and Old Ways
Defiant Quebec Students Reject Shabby Government Offer
No regulatory framework in place to curb greenhouse gas emissions