June 14 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.

Louisiana Chemical Plant Explodes, At Least 73 are Injured and One Killed
Turkey protests enter crucial phase
Patriot Coal, union exchange jabs as walkout talk intensifies

Ford Gets on Wellness Bandwagon—Despite Evidence Such Programs Don’t Work - See more at: http://www.labornotes.org/#sthash.FmhdJi1D.dpuf

Federal Workers Stage 'Eat-In' to Show Sequestration Impact
Ohio Union Members Stand with Fired Teacher Carla Hale
Fight against Sysco Sweetheart Deal Escalates
Do private-sector unions still have a future in the U.S.?
Resistance grows to UPS contract proposal
Via Rail strike averted, union says
Massive Alberta waste water spill will kill plants
Ontario workers exposed to unsafe levels of Agent Orange
What we know about CSEC, Canada's eavesdropping agency
Secret Court Ruling Put Tech Companies in Data Bind *
Bus-Fare Protests Hit Brazil’s Two Biggest Cities *
Justices, 9-0, Bar Patenting Human Genes *
Exxon Is Sued Over March Pipeline Spill *
Condé Nast Faces Suit From Interns Over Wages *

Ford Gets on Wellness Bandwagon—Despite Evidence Such Programs Don’t Work - See more at: http://www.labornotes.org/#sthash.FmhdJi1D.dpuf