Wednesday, November 28, 2012

November 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.

UN climate scientist: Sandy no coincidence
Climate Change Threatens to Create a Second Dust Bowl
Permafrost Melts While Government Negotiations Stall
The unequal pain of climate change in Europe

Obama fails first climate test
US coastal cities in danger as sea levels rise faster than expected
Campaigners sue EPA over carbon emissions


Bangladesh fire tragedy far too common
Bangladeshi Garment Workers Rally for Union Rights after Deadly Fire
Disney, Sears used factory in deadly Bangladesh fire


Wal-Mart's strategy of deniability for workers' safety
Former baseball union head Miller dead at 95

Chile Escondida copper mine union agrees to early labor talks

The Campaign Against the Rand Formula

Fire Kills 14 in Workshop for Disabled People

Rob Ford apologizes for actions in conflict case

Winnipeg media chided for taking Ikea freebies

Tenants, group push for rent control

Nobel laureates call for Israel boycott
Siberia's pesticide dumps may prove a bigger hazard than nuclear waste
Now Touring, the Debt Duo, Simpson-Bowles
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Portuguese Join Europe’s Chorus of Discontent
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Italy Government Faces Test as Steel Plant Says Ruling Would Force It to Close
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