Monday, March 10, 2014

March 10 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.

Union Solidarity at UPS
United for Justice at Maspeth

Truckers reject Vancouver port deal: strike to begin Monday
Jon Holden is new leader of 32,000 Boeing Machinists
Tropicana reaches labor deal with Culinary, bartenders unions
Union files suit against Mountaire Farms plant in Lumber Bridge
Peabody cleaning contractor ordered to pay $1M
MTA seeks commuter groups' backing in LIRR contract fight
After 12 years of war, labor abuses rampant on US bases in Afghanistan
Board: Grain lockout unfair, workers broke law
Teachers union files unfair labor complaint against LIU
Park Ridge mayor vetoes labor agreement
Idaho bill would let inmates do farm work
Volkswagen sides with UAW on appeal
3 Mohawk protesters could be charged after Ontario rail blockade
Pesticide traces in some tea exceed allowable limits
Auto Regulators Dismissed Defect Tied to 13 Deaths *
When Employees Confess, Sometimes Falsely *
New Ozone-Destroying Chemicals Discovered in Atmosphere
What now for West Virginia, its water and its future?
Evidence standard a snag in state-worker union talks
Hope bakery accused of unfair labor practices
Union files safety complaint against MAC on New Albany project
Union Report Says Obamacare Will Hasten Income Inequality
Record use of US public transit
After Fukushima, Utilities Prepare for Worst *

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