February 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 pay wall policy allows free access to only about ten articles a month.

Tar sands pollution two to three times higher than thought
Nurses Criticize State Dept Keystone XL Pipeline Report
Pipeline rupture report raises questions about TransCanada inspections

Saving Our Unions Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win?
Leadership of Oregon's SEIU Local 503 suffers big defeat at hands of members  
Keeping the trains running, barely
WHO: Time to regulate fast food
The issues with Catholic hospitals
Union Communication Services to Be Part of Cornell’s Worker Institute
Issa ‘Pure Enemy of Postal Service’ But Quiet Dems Are No Help Either
New study links fracking to birth defects in heavily drilled Colorado
Western Pennsylvania UPSers Say No!
CN Rail to meet with union over stalled labor deal
Cambodia: Garment Factories Thwarting Unions
Will Miami-Dade commissioners force compromise on all county workers?
VW Workers in Tennessee to Vote on Joining Union *