Labor Advocate

Postings of news stories and analysis of interest to working people by 9AM Central, Monday-Friday

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

October 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.

NNU Nurses Ratify VA Master Contract Covering 9,000
Jaguar Land Rover Union Vote in Favor of New 2-Year Pay Deal

CenturyLink, union fail to reach labor deal, sign onto day-to-day extension

PPC workers charged after sit-in at billing center

Ongoing Contract Negotiations at U of R & URMC

Wal-Mart workers at several stores strike to protest conditions

In Politics, There’s Expensive, and Then There’s Effective
Workers and Activists Look Ahead after Gov. Brown Vetoes Pro-Immigrant Bills

Local 712 Settles Kenyon College Contract

Local 165 Members Organize Fellow Employees into UE

Canada surprises with 52,000 new jobs in September

Twice as many in U.S. report no religion as in ’90

CDC: 13,000 patients may be at risk for meningitis

Bill Onasch at 5:40 AM

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Retiree member of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1287. Active member National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981. Webmaster of kclabor.org since March, 2000. Former Vice-President of ATU 1287. In Minneapolis during Seventies-Eighties held several posts in UE Local 1139 including Local President and Shop Chairman at Litton Microwave. Charter member of Labor Party Advocates. Founding member of US Labor Against the War.
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