We are taking our usual year end break. The next News Update will be Monday, January 6, 2014.
Best holiday wishes to all,
Bill Onasch
Postings of news stories and analysis of interest to working people by 9AM Central, Monday-Friday
Monday, December 16, 2013
December 16 News Update
Each Monday-Friday, by 9AM Central,
we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles
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America's Bipolar Climate Future
Irving Oil offices searched in Lac-Mégantic probe
Worker dies in fall at Manaus World Cup stadium
In cracking cellphone code, NSA power grows
German Party Clears Way for Merkel's 3rd Term *
California Plans Tighter Control of Fracking, Not Enough for Some *
Worker Fired After Helping Put Out Fire *
Autopsy: BART Workers Didn't Follow Safety Rules *
A Koch Brother, on a Crusade Against Counterfeit Rare Wines *
Feeble Hiring in Construction Is a Stubborn Drag on Growth *
Union Head Says Boeing Contract Offer Not Much Improved *
Kitzhaber gives longshore union disputed jobs
Rank and file to decide on ‘last’ Boeing offer, union leader says
Put Boeing’s offer to a vote, Inslee, others urge Machinists
Bachelet wins Chile presidential run-off
Time for Protest Degradation of Postal and Other Public Services
Metro-North Seen Lagging in Protection Against Crash *
America's Bipolar Climate Future
Irving Oil offices searched in Lac-Mégantic probe
Worker dies in fall at Manaus World Cup stadium
In cracking cellphone code, NSA power grows
German Party Clears Way for Merkel's 3rd Term *
California Plans Tighter Control of Fracking, Not Enough for Some *
Worker Fired After Helping Put Out Fire *
Autopsy: BART Workers Didn't Follow Safety Rules *
A Koch Brother, on a Crusade Against Counterfeit Rare Wines *
Feeble Hiring in Construction Is a Stubborn Drag on Growth *
Union Head Says Boeing Contract Offer Not Much Improved *
Kitzhaber gives longshore union disputed jobs
Rank and file to decide on ‘last’ Boeing offer, union leader says
Put Boeing’s offer to a vote, Inslee, others urge Machinists
Bachelet wins Chile presidential run-off
Time for Protest Degradation of Postal and Other Public Services
Metro-North Seen Lagging in Protection Against Crash *
Friday, December 13, 2013
December 13 News Update
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we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles
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National Nurses Statement on Federal Budget Deal
Budget Deal Keeps Cuts, A Disaster for Majority
House approves budget deal
Jobless Fear Looming Cutoff of Benefits *
Snowden Will Make Video Appearance
Snowden document shows Canada set up spy posts for NSA
Not much oversight for Canada's electronic spies
Mexico’s Pride, Oil, May Be Opened to Outsiders *
MSNBC's Hayes Met with Writers Over Dispute with Network
Jaw-Dropping Statistic on the Retirement Security of Black, Latino Workers
Lawsuit Seeks to Ensure Fair Wages for Migrant Workers
Registered nurses vote to unionize at Providence Hospital in D.C.
Nurses Postpone Protests Friday as Dignity Requests Talks to Resolve Dispute
Local 222 Member Named Connecticut Paraprofessional of the Year
Boeing to shift research jobs to South, Midwest
Injuries, losses prompt MLB to seek collision ban
AC Transit labor dispute heats up as cooling-off period nears end
Appo school board inks first of three pending labor contracts
EU Takes on Overfishing
Anti-Semitic Carol Causes Uproar in Romania
Arctic 30 told they cannot leave Russia
Catalonia Calls Vote on Split *
Experts Eye Oil and Gas Industry as Quakes Shake Oklahoma *
$15 Hourly Minimum Wage in Northwest City Faces Court Challenge *
New Obama Adviser Brings Corporate Ties *
Negotiator: Machinists Must Decide on Boeing Offer *
NYU Graduate Assistants to Join Auto Workers’ Union *
National Nurses Statement on Federal Budget Deal
Budget Deal Keeps Cuts, A Disaster for Majority
House approves budget deal
Jobless Fear Looming Cutoff of Benefits *
Snowden Will Make Video Appearance
Snowden document shows Canada set up spy posts for NSA
Not much oversight for Canada's electronic spies
Mexico’s Pride, Oil, May Be Opened to Outsiders *
MSNBC's Hayes Met with Writers Over Dispute with Network
Jaw-Dropping Statistic on the Retirement Security of Black, Latino Workers
Lawsuit Seeks to Ensure Fair Wages for Migrant Workers
Registered nurses vote to unionize at Providence Hospital in D.C.
Nurses Postpone Protests Friday as Dignity Requests Talks to Resolve Dispute
Local 222 Member Named Connecticut Paraprofessional of the Year
Boeing to shift research jobs to South, Midwest
Injuries, losses prompt MLB to seek collision ban
AC Transit labor dispute heats up as cooling-off period nears end
Appo school board inks first of three pending labor contracts
EU Takes on Overfishing
Anti-Semitic Carol Causes Uproar in Romania
Arctic 30 told they cannot leave Russia
Catalonia Calls Vote on Split *
Experts Eye Oil and Gas Industry as Quakes Shake Oklahoma *
$15 Hourly Minimum Wage in Northwest City Faces Court Challenge *
New Obama Adviser Brings Corporate Ties *
Negotiator: Machinists Must Decide on Boeing Offer *
NYU Graduate Assistants to Join Auto Workers’ Union *
Thursday, December 12, 2013
December 12 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
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Canada Post changes mean 8,000 fewer jobs
Newly discovered greenhouse gas '7,000 times more powerful than CO2'
F.D.A. Restricts Antibiotics Use for Livestock *
Unions and Media Break Bread—and Stereotypes
Retail Sit-Down in 1937 Detroit: Lessons for Today’s Low-Wage Strikers
NYU students allowed to unionize, hope to set precedent
Will Seattle Join SeaTac With a $15 Minimum Wage?
D.C. RNs Vote Union for Patient Care
UE Local 684’s Gains at TEMCO Include Wages, Healthcare
On Fifth Anniversary of Republic Occupation, Boss is Sentenced to Prison
Santa Clara approves new contract with labor union
Mayor Stewart strikes revised deal with city employees' union
NLRB expected to dismiss claim by GE workers
Federal Employee Unions Gain Members Post-Shutdown
Hidden Disaster in New Budget: Demonic Plot to Raid Pensions
Food banks face crunch as donations shrink
Red Cross home care worker strike gets underway
Attawapiskat housing crisis: A ground-level perspective
North Dakota supreme court considers challenge to anti-abortion law
Hardships Linger for a Mending Ireland *
Canada Post changes mean 8,000 fewer jobs
Newly discovered greenhouse gas '7,000 times more powerful than CO2'
F.D.A. Restricts Antibiotics Use for Livestock *
Unions and Media Break Bread—and Stereotypes
Retail Sit-Down in 1937 Detroit: Lessons for Today’s Low-Wage Strikers
NYU students allowed to unionize, hope to set precedent
Will Seattle Join SeaTac With a $15 Minimum Wage?
D.C. RNs Vote Union for Patient Care
UE Local 684’s Gains at TEMCO Include Wages, Healthcare
On Fifth Anniversary of Republic Occupation, Boss is Sentenced to Prison
Santa Clara approves new contract with labor union
Mayor Stewart strikes revised deal with city employees' union
NLRB expected to dismiss claim by GE workers
Federal Employee Unions Gain Members Post-Shutdown
Hidden Disaster in New Budget: Demonic Plot to Raid Pensions
Food banks face crunch as donations shrink
Red Cross home care worker strike gets underway
Attawapiskat housing crisis: A ground-level perspective
North Dakota supreme court considers challenge to anti-abortion law
Hardships Linger for a Mending Ireland *
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
December 11 News Update
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we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles
of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be
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CATS, labor union reach tentative agreement to avert midnight strike
Connecticut hospital workers locked out learn of loss of health care coverage
Deal between L.A., DWP workers finalized despite new union challenge
HEI, union reach agreement
Mexican Senate prepares to vote on historic energy bill
Colombia's ousted Bogota mayor rallies thousands in protest
GM to stop making cars in Australia by 2017
Toyota likely to quit Australia production after GM exits
How the ANC's Faustian pact sold out South Africa's poorest
Union worried FLL workers will lose healthcare
Union files unfair labor charge against TLC Health
Supreme Court punts decision on union-organizing strategy
Domino's workers protest low wages, get locked out
Give Denver SuperShuttle Drivers a Fair Deal
Idle No More protesters march to Parliament Hill
Homecare workers set to strike on Wednesday
Capitol Leaders Agree to a Deal on the Budget *
2 New York City Colleges Draft Rules That Restrict Protests *
Study Finds Federal Contracts Given to Flagrant Violators of Labor Laws *
Worker Deaths Raise Questions at an Apple Contractor in China *
CATS, labor union reach tentative agreement to avert midnight strike
Connecticut hospital workers locked out learn of loss of health care coverage
Deal between L.A., DWP workers finalized despite new union challenge
HEI, union reach agreement
Mexican Senate prepares to vote on historic energy bill
Colombia's ousted Bogota mayor rallies thousands in protest
GM to stop making cars in Australia by 2017
Toyota likely to quit Australia production after GM exits
How the ANC's Faustian pact sold out South Africa's poorest
Union worried FLL workers will lose healthcare
Union files unfair labor charge against TLC Health
Supreme Court punts decision on union-organizing strategy
Domino's workers protest low wages, get locked out
Give Denver SuperShuttle Drivers a Fair Deal
Idle No More protesters march to Parliament Hill
Homecare workers set to strike on Wednesday
Capitol Leaders Agree to a Deal on the Budget *
2 New York City Colleges Draft Rules That Restrict Protests *
Study Finds Federal Contracts Given to Flagrant Violators of Labor Laws *
Worker Deaths Raise Questions at an Apple Contractor in China *
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
December 10 News Update
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we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles
of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be
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Prospects dim for fast renewal of jobless benefits
US household wealth reaches high of $77 trillion
Russia signs deal to forgive $29 billion of Cuba's Soviet-era debt
UAW Dues Increase? Biggest Mistake since Two-Tier
Healthier Fatty Acids Found in Organic Milk
Korean rail workers go on strike over privatization plan
Missouri’s Boeing bid will play a part in union fight
Climate Change and Socialism
Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro removed
AIG execs got bailout bonuses, but pensioners get cuts
Few Places to Go *
NYT Reporters Sue Homeland Security in FOIA Fight *
U.S. Ends Bailout of G.M., Selling Last Shares of Stock *
Prospects dim for fast renewal of jobless benefits
US household wealth reaches high of $77 trillion
Russia signs deal to forgive $29 billion of Cuba's Soviet-era debt
UAW Dues Increase? Biggest Mistake since Two-Tier
Healthier Fatty Acids Found in Organic Milk
Korean rail workers go on strike over privatization plan
Missouri’s Boeing bid will play a part in union fight
Climate Change and Socialism
Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro removed
AIG execs got bailout bonuses, but pensioners get cuts
Few Places to Go *
NYT Reporters Sue Homeland Security in FOIA Fight *
U.S. Ends Bailout of G.M., Selling Last Shares of Stock *
Monday, December 9, 2013
December 9 News Update
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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
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UN climate talks stall on taking action
Capitalism's March toward Global Collapse
Climate Change: 'The Greatest Challenge of Our Time'
States woo Boeing with incentives to win bid for building 777X jet
Labor leaders and educators ready to help Boeing
Metro-North ordered to make safety changes after deadly crash
Deadly Factory Fire Bares Racial Tensions in Italy *
Jackpine tarsands mine expansion OK'd by Ottawa
Global trade deal condemned by anti-poverty groups
Raise the Wage at McDonald's
Nurses agree to new contract with Virginia hospital
Fighting Eviction When Your Home Is Your Workplace
Healthy foods weigh down grocery bills
Government invests half-million dollars in seal meat
Social workers strike in LA
WikiLeaks – how it happened
Groups plan public sector assault
Mandela's radicalism often ignored by Western admirers
A tale of two Chicagos
Record air pollution cancels flights in Shanghai
Negm, Dissident Poet of Egypt’s Underclass, Dies at 84 *
Enrollment Errors Put Medical Coverage at Risk *
Pennsylvania Wants to Use Federal Funds to Cover Poor *
Judge Suspends BP Spill Payments to Businesses *
Short-Term Gains, Long-Term Trouble *
825 Long Islanders face layoffs at bus company
Tentative Hibbing labor agreement voted down by union
Republic Windows ex-CEO gets 4 years in prison
In Nation Remade by Mandela, Social Equality Remains Elusive *
Emails detail a hidden plan for Kansas City Public Schools
Short-cut to produce hydrogen seen as step to cleaner fuel
Seattle on front line of push for raising minimum wage
Senators: Put cameras on train tracks, engineers
Shrinking Arctic Sea Ice Means Scorching US Summers
Venezuela's Maduro to raise pressure on business after local vote
CN Rail did not report 1,800 accidents
Democrats hint at possibility of budget deal without jobless aid extension
On Health Exchanges, Premiums May Be Low, but Other Costs Can Be High *
UN climate talks stall on taking action
Capitalism's March toward Global Collapse
Climate Change: 'The Greatest Challenge of Our Time'
States woo Boeing with incentives to win bid for building 777X jet
Labor leaders and educators ready to help Boeing
Metro-North ordered to make safety changes after deadly crash
Deadly Factory Fire Bares Racial Tensions in Italy *
Jackpine tarsands mine expansion OK'd by Ottawa
Global trade deal condemned by anti-poverty groups
Raise the Wage at McDonald's
Nurses agree to new contract with Virginia hospital
Fighting Eviction When Your Home Is Your Workplace
Healthy foods weigh down grocery bills
Government invests half-million dollars in seal meat
Social workers strike in LA
WikiLeaks – how it happened
Groups plan public sector assault
Mandela's radicalism often ignored by Western admirers
A tale of two Chicagos
Record air pollution cancels flights in Shanghai
Negm, Dissident Poet of Egypt’s Underclass, Dies at 84 *
Enrollment Errors Put Medical Coverage at Risk *
Pennsylvania Wants to Use Federal Funds to Cover Poor *
Judge Suspends BP Spill Payments to Businesses *
Short-Term Gains, Long-Term Trouble *
825 Long Islanders face layoffs at bus company
Tentative Hibbing labor agreement voted down by union
Republic Windows ex-CEO gets 4 years in prison
In Nation Remade by Mandela, Social Equality Remains Elusive *
Emails detail a hidden plan for Kansas City Public Schools
Short-cut to produce hydrogen seen as step to cleaner fuel
Seattle on front line of push for raising minimum wage
Senators: Put cameras on train tracks, engineers
Shrinking Arctic Sea Ice Means Scorching US Summers
Venezuela's Maduro to raise pressure on business after local vote
CN Rail did not report 1,800 accidents
Democrats hint at possibility of budget deal without jobless aid extension
On Health Exchanges, Premiums May Be Low, but Other Costs Can Be High *
Friday, December 6, 2013
December 6 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
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St. Louis Machinists President: Keep 777X in Washington
Does labor representation at Boeing matter in 777X quest?
Fast-food workers walk off jobs in '100 city' low-pay protest
Fast-food workers strike over wages
Nelson Mandela, international civil rights icon, dies at 95
Strikes, Pickets, Protests by Community Health Systems RNs
Ecuador shuts down nonprofit environmental group
Fukushima water tanks: leaky and built with illegal labor
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Health Insurance Bargaining
Mines safety review will have 'teeth,' Steelworkers say
Air pollution cloaks Shanghai
Think the E.R. Is Expensive? Look at How Much It Costs to Get There *
St. Louis Machinists President: Keep 777X in Washington
Does labor representation at Boeing matter in 777X quest?
Fast-food workers walk off jobs in '100 city' low-pay protest
Fast-food workers strike over wages
Nelson Mandela, international civil rights icon, dies at 95
Strikes, Pickets, Protests by Community Health Systems RNs
Ecuador shuts down nonprofit environmental group
Fukushima water tanks: leaky and built with illegal labor
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Health Insurance Bargaining
Mines safety review will have 'teeth,' Steelworkers say
Air pollution cloaks Shanghai
Think the E.R. Is Expensive? Look at How Much It Costs to Get There *
Thursday, December 5, 2013
December 5 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
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Chicago Pursues Deal to Change Pension Funding *
In Detroit Ruling, Threats to Promises and Assumptions *
Christie’s Reveals Detroit Art Appraisal *
Ohioans Elect Two Dozen City Councilors on Independent Labor Ticket
Solidarity Saved Me from Hitler: Now it Must Save Palestine
NSA tracks billions of cellphones daily
Dangerous Global Warming Closer Than You Think, Climate Scientists Say
L.A. social workers may strike despite progress in labor talks
Will County, Employees Reach Labor Deal To End Strike
Coalition Deal Shows Rising Clout of Lobbyists
Scientist settles in iconic 'drowning polar bears' row with US agency
Large Companies Prepared to Pay Price on Carbon *
Train Had a Warning System, Just Not in the Operator’s Cab *
Arizona Agency Is Faulted in Deaths of Firefighters *
Railroads to Offer Health Care to Same-Sex Spouses *
$15 Wage in Fast Food Stirs Debate on Effects *
Chicago Pursues Deal to Change Pension Funding *
In Detroit Ruling, Threats to Promises and Assumptions *
Christie’s Reveals Detroit Art Appraisal *
Ohioans Elect Two Dozen City Councilors on Independent Labor Ticket
Solidarity Saved Me from Hitler: Now it Must Save Palestine
NSA tracks billions of cellphones daily
Dangerous Global Warming Closer Than You Think, Climate Scientists Say
L.A. social workers may strike despite progress in labor talks
Will County, Employees Reach Labor Deal To End Strike
Coalition Deal Shows Rising Clout of Lobbyists
Scientist settles in iconic 'drowning polar bears' row with US agency
Large Companies Prepared to Pay Price on Carbon *
Train Had a Warning System, Just Not in the Operator’s Cab *
Arizona Agency Is Faulted in Deaths of Firefighters *
Railroads to Offer Health Care to Same-Sex Spouses *
$15 Wage in Fast Food Stirs Debate on Effects *
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
December 4 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
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In Largest-ever U.S. City Bankruptcy, Cuts Coming for Detroit Retirees
Fears for the future after Detroit bankruptcy ruling
Detroit Ruling on Bankruptcy Lifts Pension Protections *
British news staff may face terrorism charges over Snowden leaks
'Guardian will not be intimidated'
Edward Snowden: the next steps
Fukushima two years on: a dirty job with no end in sight
EPA fracking study could hurt energy boom: U.S. business leader
BART Unions Sue Board Over Contract Changes
Businesses win in U.S. court ruling on worker arbitration pacts
Mo. labor leaders offer 24-hour work for Boeing
Americanized Labor Policy Is Spreading in Europe *
Mexican left-wing leader Lopez Obrador has heart attack, surgery
Clark 1st ex-big leaguer to run MLB players' union
Workers of the (finance) world unite – and unionize
Coming To Mass. Ballots? Nurse Staffing And Hospital ‘Claw Back’
United Airline Mechanics Picket for a Fair Contract
Is the Next Crash Brewing?
Rail safety: Train operators breaking more rules in recent years
PotashCorp cutting hundreds of Saskatchewan jobs
Most Americans think US should 'mind its own business' abroad
More College Adjuncts See Strength in Union Numbers *
Panel Says Global Warming Carries Risk of Deep Changes *
Maine: Shrimp Season Is Called Off *
Train Engineer Was Dazed Before Crash, Lawyer Says *
In Largest-ever U.S. City Bankruptcy, Cuts Coming for Detroit Retirees
Fears for the future after Detroit bankruptcy ruling
Detroit Ruling on Bankruptcy Lifts Pension Protections *
British news staff may face terrorism charges over Snowden leaks
'Guardian will not be intimidated'
Edward Snowden: the next steps
Fukushima two years on: a dirty job with no end in sight
EPA fracking study could hurt energy boom: U.S. business leader
BART Unions Sue Board Over Contract Changes
Businesses win in U.S. court ruling on worker arbitration pacts
Mo. labor leaders offer 24-hour work for Boeing
Americanized Labor Policy Is Spreading in Europe *
Mexican left-wing leader Lopez Obrador has heart attack, surgery
Clark 1st ex-big leaguer to run MLB players' union
Workers of the (finance) world unite – and unionize
Coming To Mass. Ballots? Nurse Staffing And Hospital ‘Claw Back’
United Airline Mechanics Picket for a Fair Contract
Is the Next Crash Brewing?
Rail safety: Train operators breaking more rules in recent years
PotashCorp cutting hundreds of Saskatchewan jobs
Most Americans think US should 'mind its own business' abroad
More College Adjuncts See Strength in Union Numbers *
Panel Says Global Warming Carries Risk of Deep Changes *
Maine: Shrimp Season Is Called Off *
Train Engineer Was Dazed Before Crash, Lawyer Says *
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
December 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
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allows free access to only about ten articles a month.
Answers sought after deadly New York train derailment
Wash. Official: 1 Trapped in Grain Silo Collapse *
Presidential panel convenes to resolve LIRR-union impasse
Labor Pushes Pension Emergency As Lawmakers Head Back To Springfield
Seabrook Nuclear Plant Union, Management Reach Labor Deal
S. Africa’s Numsa Discussing New Labor Party With Unions
Zimbabwe Mine Companies Said to Be Asked to More Than Double Pay
Factory pay lags, workers fall behind despite industry gains
Black Friday protests in Twin Cities show growing support for better wages
MSP Airport workers use heavy travel day to rally for better wages
How Traveling Musicians Won a Union of Their Own
Nurses and techs locked out in New London
Fast Food Giants Gorge on Subsidies
Arizona's privatized prison health care under fire after deaths
Indigenous Canadian anti-fracking protesters refuse to back down
Montana: Big Sky country at an environmental crossroads
Runaway trains double the reported rate, CBC finds
Answers sought after deadly New York train derailment
Wash. Official: 1 Trapped in Grain Silo Collapse *
Presidential panel convenes to resolve LIRR-union impasse
Labor Pushes Pension Emergency As Lawmakers Head Back To Springfield
Seabrook Nuclear Plant Union, Management Reach Labor Deal
S. Africa’s Numsa Discussing New Labor Party With Unions
Zimbabwe Mine Companies Said to Be Asked to More Than Double Pay
Factory pay lags, workers fall behind despite industry gains
Black Friday protests in Twin Cities show growing support for better wages
MSP Airport workers use heavy travel day to rally for better wages
How Traveling Musicians Won a Union of Their Own
Nurses and techs locked out in New London
Fast Food Giants Gorge on Subsidies
Arizona's privatized prison health care under fire after deaths
Indigenous Canadian anti-fracking protesters refuse to back down
Montana: Big Sky country at an environmental crossroads
Runaway trains double the reported rate, CBC finds
Monday, December 2, 2013
December 2 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
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Train Accident in the Bronx Kills 4 and Injures Dozens *
Train Derails in N.M., Killing 3 Railroad Workers *
Minimum wage wins in SeaTac, Wash.
Localities leading push to increase minimum wage
Privacy and the Right to Strike in Canada
Alberta accused of stripping workers' rights with new laws
Wage Strikes Planned at Fast-Food Outlets *
Foreign Firms Drive Cambodians from Farms
New Snowden docs show Canada OK'd U.S. spying at G20
A sinister night for 3 women in Egypt protest wave
SPD tries to overcome grassroots skepticism on Merkel deal
Key Bangladesh garments factory destroyed in blaze
Shipyard workers walk off job alleging bullying by management
ConocoPhillips releases list of fracking chemicals
South Carolina Threatens Washington Over Cleanup *
On Register’s Other Side, Little to Spend *
Union: Worker Warned Crane Was On Unstable Ground
Chile: Labor Strikes Shake Public Sector
Honduras's defiant left asks for presidential election recount
Anti-shale gas protest closes Highway 11 in N.B. for hours
8 veterans affairs employees to remain with 17,000 cases
China's freshwater lake is shrinking
A Forced Adoption, a Lifetime Quest *
London Mayor Raises Eyebrows, and Ire *
Illinois Gives Plan Details for Bailout of Pensions *
Missouri: Governor Wants Action on Boeing *
3 States End Resistance to Spousal Benefits Order *
For Long-Term Jobless, a Stubborn Trend *
St. Lawrence belugas threatened by pipeline plans
Where Factory Apprenticeship Is Latest Model From Germany *
That ‘Made in U.S.A.’ Premium *
40,000 protest Mexico leader on inauguration anniversary
Train Accident in the Bronx Kills 4 and Injures Dozens *
Train Derails in N.M., Killing 3 Railroad Workers *
Minimum wage wins in SeaTac, Wash.
Localities leading push to increase minimum wage
Privacy and the Right to Strike in Canada
Alberta accused of stripping workers' rights with new laws
Wage Strikes Planned at Fast-Food Outlets *
Foreign Firms Drive Cambodians from Farms
New Snowden docs show Canada OK'd U.S. spying at G20
A sinister night for 3 women in Egypt protest wave
SPD tries to overcome grassroots skepticism on Merkel deal
Key Bangladesh garments factory destroyed in blaze
Shipyard workers walk off job alleging bullying by management
ConocoPhillips releases list of fracking chemicals
South Carolina Threatens Washington Over Cleanup *
On Register’s Other Side, Little to Spend *
Union: Worker Warned Crane Was On Unstable Ground
Chile: Labor Strikes Shake Public Sector
Honduras's defiant left asks for presidential election recount
Anti-shale gas protest closes Highway 11 in N.B. for hours
8 veterans affairs employees to remain with 17,000 cases
China's freshwater lake is shrinking
A Forced Adoption, a Lifetime Quest *
London Mayor Raises Eyebrows, and Ire *
Illinois Gives Plan Details for Bailout of Pensions *
Missouri: Governor Wants Action on Boeing *
3 States End Resistance to Spousal Benefits Order *
For Long-Term Jobless, a Stubborn Trend *
St. Lawrence belugas threatened by pipeline plans
Where Factory Apprenticeship Is Latest Model From Germany *
That ‘Made in U.S.A.’ Premium *
40,000 protest Mexico leader on inauguration anniversary