July 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.

Save Mart's labor deal puts heat on Raley's and Safeway
Settlement for New York Home Care Workers Highlights Injustice in Labor Law
Boycott Palermo’s, Say Milwaukee Pizza Factory Strikers
New York City Taxi Drivers to Receive Long-Awaited Raise
Trumka: Lifting Restrictions on U.S. Investments in Burma ‘Premature’
Mass. Nurses Assoc. Applauds Overrides To Save Taunton State Hospital
Hundreds of Houston Janitors Go On Strike
U.S. declares drought disaster in 26 states
Wrong Union For the Job
Financial board OKs Mayor Bing's plan to slash pay, benefits for union workers
Decision time nears for GM, Ford retirees on lump sum offer
Crisis Batters Global Faith in Capitalism
Quebec student protest organizers tour Ontario
Workers sprayed with uranium dust at Cameco refinery
CAW study finds laid-off workers can't find 'decent jobs'
Vale labour dispute in Long Harbour enters 2nd day
Ireland 'riot': Twenty police officers hurt
Party Strains to Be Heard Now That Its Voice Isn’t Nader’s *
U.S. Fares Poorly in Efficiency Rankings *