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 *