Tuesday, April 30, 2013

April 30 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.

Cambodian Workers Camp Out, Hunger Strike Against Walmart and H&M - See more at: http://www.labornotes.org/#sthash.YOn2c1sR.dpuf
The High Human Price of Cheap T-Shirts
Texas fertilizer company didn't heed disclosure rules before blast
EPA Issues Plan on Tainted Water From Power Plants *
Part-Time Work Becomes Full-Time Wait for Better Job *
SF pride rescinds Manning honor
Wealth Gap Among Races Widened Since Recession *
Loans Borrowed Against Pensions Squeeze Retirees *
U.S. Steel locks out workers at Nanticoke plant
Thousands rally against EI reform in Montreal
Alberta workers remember those lost
Budget cuts nix $90m in federal college aid
‘Untold Stories’ offers lectures, tours and performances on labor history
AT&T Coordinated Bargaining Disintegrates
Terrorists? Arrest 'Em (Unless They're Walmart)
NDP slide to right sparks socialist opposition
An ineffective solution to climate change
Ecosocialist Conference shows potential for a united green left in North America
Climate Collision Course: CO2 Levels About to Hit 400 PPM
5 Things You Need to Know About the ‘Comp Time’ Bill
The Right to Go to Work…Come Back Home
Job Safety: 100 Years Ago, Bosses Had ‘Divine’ Rights, Workers None
Huge toxic algae bloom expected for Lake Erie
Eurozone jobless rate to hit new high
BP rebuked over North Sea oil leak
Flow of Tainted Water Is Latest Crisis at Japan Nuclear Plant *
A City That Turns Garbage Into Energy Copes With a Shortage *

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