Tuesday, September 3, 2013

September 3 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.

Longshore Union Quits the AFL-CIO
Protracted strike in South Africa gold mines would hurt economy
Ammonia leak at Shanghai refrigeration plant kills 15, injures 26
UK asked N.Y. Times to destroy Snowden material
U.S. oil worries predated Lac-Mégantic disaster
Microsoft and Google to sue US
Low-paid Germans mind wealth gap
Secret document details a U.S. war in cyberspace
Alberta Superstore employees vote in favour of strike action
Quebec City's horse-drawn carriage drivers go on strike
Fukushima radiation levels soar
Facing Fire Over Challenge to Louisiana’s Oil Industry *
Income Gap Grows Wider (and Faster) *
Descendants of Slaves Hold Out Against Coal Mining *
Workers' Protests Highlight Fast-Food Economics *
A Decade of Flat Wages
The minimum wage after 75 years
New union leader wants to take labour movement on offensive
Fast and Flawed Inspections of Factories Abroad *
Drug Agents Use Vast Phone Trove, Eclipsing NSA’s *
Romanians protest for second day against gold mine
Crop pests moving polewards through global warming
More tank leaks found at Japan nuke plant
Red Cedar Trees Rebounded After Clean Air Act
Thousands Strike Fast Food, Picketing and Occupying
Secret files show growing distrust of Pakistan

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