June 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.

Shoppers Food Warehouse Retaliating Against Workers
Let’s get healthcare reform right with Medicare for All
Supreme Court Increases Regulation on Unions
In Alabama Poultry Workers Victory, A Vote to Stick Together
American, TWU Contracts Approved as Labor Talks Continue
Utility workers to rally at Mass. State House
Breeding Miscue Robbed Taste From Supermarket Tomatoes
West's wildfires a preview of changed climate: scientists
ICBC union issues 72-hour strike notice
States Face a Challenge to Meet Health Law’s Deadline *
Uncertainty Over States and Medicaid Expansion *

June 28 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.

Insurgents oust leaders of  NY's second largest state employee union
AMR Labor Talks Race Clock as Judge's Deadline Nears for Accord
Italian Parliament Passes Monti's Labor Law Ahead of EU Summit
Sunoco, Phila. refinery workers in tentative deal
Shoppers Food workers' union files suit against grocer
FLSA: 74 Years Fighting Child Labor and Still Going
The War on Women is Real
Are Senate Democrats to Blame for Blocking Election for American Airline Workers?
Are We at a Tipping Point?
Forty years of How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
5,000 public servants learn their jobs are at risk
Arctic sea-ice levels at record low for June
Climate change fears 'overblown' says ExxonMobil boss

June 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 ten articles a month.

More St. Louis Nurses Vote for NNU
In ‘Travesty of Justice,’ Judge Blocks American Airlines Workers’ Union Election
SiCKO Stars to Reunite After 5 Years with Reminder Healthcare System Still Sick
Pennsylvania Politicians Push Broad Privatization Agenda
Teamster Sympathy Strikes Defeat Lockout
TransCanada wins 1 of 3 US permits for Keystone line
Over 150 natives occupy Amazon dam construction site
US appeals court upholds pollution limits
Tentative deal announced in B.C. teachers' dispute
Moncton locks out Codiac Transpo drivers and mechanics
Manning prosecutors put on spot
Shell Is Likely to Receive Permits for Oil Drilling Off Alaska *

June 26 Week In Review Now Online

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June 26 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.

Sea rise faster on East Coast than rest of globe
Commentary: To survive, unions must evolve
Hunger Strikers Target Congress for Starving the Post Office
Lead poisoning 'epidemic' plagues California condors
Veterans Forced to Attend Anti-Union Meetings on Army Base
Irish Farmers Say Shell Oil Operations Bring Injustice, Not Jobs
Palermo’s Pizza Workers Light the Night
OSHA Acts to Protect Fracking Workers from Silica Exposure
Bay Area Sutter Nurses Set Next Strike – July 3
Union leaders have mixed view of Supreme Court ruling on immigration law
Paraguay's Parliamentary Coup and Ottawa's Imperial Response
Biofuels and hunger, two sides of the same coin
Germany Plans to Dispose of Bhopal Toxic Waste
Gas leak from Regina-area storage cavern stopped
CAW joins abortion debate
Transit union leader to put focus on scheduling
Arizona police sound alarm over immigration ruling
BP spill hastened erosion, study says
A Palestinian Village Tries to Protect a Terraced Ancient Wonder of Agriculture *
With No Vote, Taxpayers Stuck With Tab on Bonds *
Union Panel Urges Approval of Lockheed Contract *
CAW's chief to be 'open-minded' on profit sharing

June 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.

Rio ends with corporate power warning
Rio+20 Earth Summit: campaigners decry final document
Raul Castro at Rio+20: 'We must make a momentous change'
Canada, US, and Vatican unite against human rights at Rio+20

Saunders Wins AFSCME Presidential Election, But Big Questions Remain
Nuclear Power Workers Vote Down Contract As Safety Questions Mount
Can SEIU Help Vermonters Win Single Payer?
Union accepts Kruger bid to salvage Corner Brook mill
Students protest calmly in Montreal, Quebec City
Enbridge staff ignored warnings in Kalamazoo River spill
B.C. public-sector job action closer after talks fail
Walmart supplier accused of abuses
Vestas abandons plans for Sheerness wind turbine factory
IRA Ex-Commander to Shake Hands With Queen *
Smoky Haze From Indonesian Fires Engulfs Southeast Asia *
Mississippi’s Only Abortion Clinic at Risk as Law Nears *
PM considers big cuts to benefits
Several Thousand Protest Arpaio's Tent City *
BCTGM members reject Crystal Sugar's demands for a third time
Catholic Spirit workers, supporters protest outside cathedral
Scientists warn US east coast over accelerated sea level rise
3 People Missing After Trains Collide in Oklahoma *

June 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.

US top court rules against union on nonmember fees
Corporations Win Criminal-Fine Limits in Top Court Ruling
Fiat loses union case in long-running labor row
Labor Union Election Sheds Light on Embattled Future
Union workers at Pilgrim nuclear plant in Plymouth reject tentative contract
Young Families' Net Worth Fell the Fastest
Letter Carriers Member Tells the Real Story About the USPS
Most Minimum Wage Earners Are Women
Spain’s Miners Strike Against Austerity Measures, Subsidy Cuts
Workers will protest archdiocese for dissolving Catholic Spirit union
Part-time firefighters win right to unionize
Chicago Charter Teachers Fight for Their Jobs, And a Union
Bus staff strike over 2012 bonus
Global carbon emissions rise is far bigger than previous estimates

June 21 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.

Activists stage colorful anti-Rio+20 demo in central Rio
Environmentalists Risk Their Lives in Brazil
Rio 20 years later: Pollution up, forests down
Rio+20 Earth summit talks turn into rubber-stamp job

Strike looms at Dominican Hospital next week
San Diego pension measure under review
UE Local 712 Members Fight Outsourcing at Kenyon College
Ralston Maintenance Workers Win Raises, Improve Language, Stop Concessions
Organizing Wildfire and Wildcat Strikes Spread Among Cablevision Workers
Chicago Teachers Union Takes the Upper Hand with Overwhelming Strike Vote
Nuclear Operator in Japan Exonerates Itself in Report *

June 20 Week In Review Now Online

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June 20 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.

Are Nurses Headed to War with SEIU?
Robin Hood Aims Arrows at Wall Street Speculation
Plant Occupiers Start Worker Cooperative
What Happened to All the Weatherization Jobs?
Pilgrim nuclear plant workers to vote on new contract
Lockheed, union agree to meet federal mediators
More firms to offload pensions
Editors, Writers of Heart & Soul Still Unpaid
Nearly 15 million people displaced by disasters in 2011
'Carbon capture' too risky, earthquake prone: US study
Killings of environmentalists appear to be on rise
Crude oil leaks from Enbridge pipeline pumping station
Workers upset over switch to disposable linens
Yukon foreign workers say they're exploited
Asian immigrants surpass Hispanics
Officials: ‘Flame’ created by Israel, U.S. to slow Iran
Analysis: GOP tax plan would hurt middle class
Public Workers Face Continued Layoffs, Hurting the Recovery *
Chile: Court Orders Inquiry Into 1976 Killing of American *

June 19 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.

CNA and SEIU-UHW Battle Over Labor's Future

Public-Workers' Union Regroups After Wisconsin to Plot Comeback
New union chief to face war over benefits
AFSCME Challenger Alice Goff on Politicians, Concessions, and Defending Public Workers

Lee’s agreement with 26 labor groups follows tense negotiations
Piggly Wiggly in Sheboygan to close amid labor dispute
Workers at SLU Hospital, Des Peres Hospital form union
Dancers' Alliance Wins First Pact for Video Performers
Tell Change.org to Stop Supporting Union-Busters Like Stand for Children
Older Workers Confront Cold New World in Harsh Job Market
Black Lung Plagues Surface Miners, New Study Shows
At Rio+20: Values versus prices
Ford salaried staff strikes in England over cutbacks
Average Canadian family income unchanged in 2010
Environmental activists 'being killed at rate of two a week'
Rio+20 negotiators accused of strong-arm tactics
TSA tentatively okays private screeners
As Wages Fall, Overqualified Workers Feel Inflation’s Toll *
American Children, Now Struggling to Adjust to Life in Mexico *
Silenced Mich. Lawmaker Does 'Vagina Monologues' *

June 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.

How Can Labor Combat Obama's Secret 'NAFTA of the Pacific'?
Research lakes shutdown will be costly, scientists argue
Albertans reminded to stay off oil-contaminated lake
Spanish miners clash with police
Carbon storage 'may cause small earthquakes'
Japan nuclear restart gets PM's approval
Obama Acknowledges U.S. Is Fighting Groups in Somalia and Yemen *
China to Investigate Death of Labor Activist *
Obama to Permit Young Migrants to Remain in U.S. *
In Health Care Ruling, Vast Implications for Medicaid *
Workers Point Finger at Their Own Agency Amid a Backlog in Veterans’ Benefits *
Lockheed Is Replacing Strikers at Fighter Plane Plant *
Locked-out Crystal Sugar workers schedule another contract vote
Archdiocese strips Catholic Spirit workers of their union contract
Air Canada offer to ground crews OK'd by arbitrator
French Socialists win majority
Alabama law casts a long shadow
Supporters of Bailout Claim Victory in Greek Election *
Thousands March Silently To Protest Stop-and-Frisk Policies *
American Rights at Work, Jobs with Justice Announce Merger
California Hospitals, with Help From UHW-SEIU, Launch New Attack on Ratio Law
Mexico's 'maquiladora' labor system keeps workers in poverty
Italian workers mass to protest Monti cuts, reform
Union members arrested during protest at Atlantic City's Tropicana
Senate Democrats Block Funding for Guest Worker Protection Rule

June 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.

American Airlines Wins Order Blocking Union Election
More than 2,000 Workers Join AFL-CIO Unions
650,000 Signatures Filed for Ballot Initiative to Protect Collective Bargaining in Michigan
Legislature’s Interference With Women’s Health Care Decisions Puts Lives At Risk
Scabs Brought in To Run Nuclear Power Plant During Lockout in Mass
East Metro electricians vote to authorize strike
Will Wisconsin Wake-Up Call Lead to Shake-Up in AFSCME?
Chemical spill cleanup keeps North Bay residents away
Parks Canada staff banned from criticizing Feds
Argentina demands Falklands/Malvinas talks
Pressured, E.P.A. Proposes Soot Limit *

June 14 Week In Review Now Online

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June 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.

Opel in talks about German plant's fate
Pilgrim’s Pride hourly workers to join union
Pizza Company Accused of Targeting Immigrant Strikers
New union grocery, Lunds, opens in downtown Minneapolis
Oregon Faculty Organize Against Corporate Creep
Air Transat flight attendants approve temporary wage freeze
India's 'lawless' mining industry criticised by Human Rights Watch
Lump-sum pension offer a tough call for General Motors, Ford retirees
Dread and Uncertainty Pervade Life in a Diminished Greece *

June 13 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 at 9 Bay Area hospitals to hold 1-day strike
Northern California supermarket workers call in strategist for contract talks
Alabama Poultry Workers Buck Anti-Union Campaign, Choose RWDSU
VA Health Workers to Rally Against Job Downgrades
Standing Up to Corporate School Agenda, Chicago Teachers Greenlight Strike
Quebec students ask court to suspend special law
Dozens die in attacks across Iraq
Greek radical defies EU pressure
Owner of Tortilla Factory Where Worker Died Admits Payroll Violations *

June 12 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.

Montreal riot police block protesters from economic forum
Quebec: Making War on Our Children

29 of 76 Unionists Murdered in 2011 Were Colombian
Take Action to Help Palermo's Pizza Workers in Milwaukee
St. Louis Nurses Vote for NNU
The Wisconsin Recall Election: Statement of the UE General Officers
Will Massachusetts Teachers 'Stand' Against Attacks?
Spain: A Spiral of Crisis, Cuts and Indignacion
Pakistan: Free the Hunza 5, prisoners of climate change
Workers dangling from Calgary scaffold saved
Alberta oil spill will take months to clean up
Climate change rate could be faster than thought, study suggests
Financial crisis sapped wealth of U.S. families
Family Net Worth Drops to Level of Early ’90s *