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 *