Tuesday, July 1, 2014

July 1 News Update


Corporate Rights Trump Women's Health in Hobby Lobby Ruling
Religious bosses can refuse to pay for workers’ birth control coverage
Rulings Continue Corporate Attacks on Democracy, Women, Worker’s Rights
Justices side with employers on birth control mandate

Supreme Court Deals a Blow to Home Care Workers
SCOTUS deals blow to organized labor
Ruling Against Union Fees Contains Damage to Labor *

UE Officers Oppose Refighting the Iraq War
Obama to use executive actions to advance immigration reform
New York top court upholds towns' right to block fracking
Global Warming Threatens Emperor Penguins
New study shows Indonesia's disastrous deforestation
Report reveals huge negative impact of privatization
Privatization of oil company could force thousands of Mexicans to migrate
Fight for water goes beyond Detroit
Former corporate CEO likely to head VA
Pittsburgh Adjunct Faculty Vote to Join USW
Pauma Casino workers can wear pro-union button, judge rules
Union Members Descend on DoubleTree for Protest
RTC bus driver contract extended to July 31
Barry Commoner and the Great Acceleration
Resident orca whales suffer triple threat of pollution, noise and lack of food
London Underground power control staff to begin eight-day strike
GM recalls another 8.23m cars
NSA is given broad leeway to intercept data

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.

We take a closer look at news stories in our companion Week In Review blog, hosted at: KC Labor at WordPress

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