Tuesday, April 9, 2013

April 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.

Cambodian Workers Camp Out, Hunger Strike Against Walmart and H&M - See more at: http://www.labornotes.org/#sthash.YOn2c1sR.dpuf
AFSCME Council 5 supports marriage equality
Immigrant Workers Strike Hits Warehouse Sector in Italy
Tariq Ali on Late British PM’s Legacy From Austerity to Apartheid
The Cost of European Austerity Measures: 10 Million Newly Jobless
Long Beach Hyatt Workers Vote to Join UNITE HERE
Walmart’s Waltons' Foundation Biggest Donor to ‘Parent Revolution’
The Forgotten Radical History of the March on Washington
Canadians not eligible for EI after parental leave
Student Loan Rate Set to Rise, Despite Lack of Support *
Ex-Regulator Says Reactors Are Flawed *
Amtrak Ridership Hitting Record Levels in FY 2013 *

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