July 15 News Update

Detroit must do what is right - turn the water back on
Support Builds for Friday March to End Water Shutoff

A Rare Win For The Unions? Staples Abandons Postal Service Trial
American Postal Workers Union on Staples Announcement on ‘Pilot Program’
Sign Now: Stop Staples Petition

Bombardier Workers Strike as New Contract Talks Fail
Unifor workers strike at Bombardier Thunder Bay

Long Island rail strike set for Sunday after talks break down
Rebellion From the Bottom Up: The Low-Wage Worker Movement
Union Campaign Wins Big Raise At Rocky Mount Engine Plant
Inequality Rising
The Fight to Raise the Minimum Wage
Starbucks baristudents should beware the green mermaid bearing gifts
In rush to cut benefits backlog, VA made errors
First U.S. flight deports Honduran kids under fast-track drive
How nations are tackling nuclear waste storage
Anti-fracking protesters arrested in U.S. capital
Climate change signals the end of Australian shiraz as we know it
States told to find way to clear Medicaid backlog
Clifton Steel Co., worker's union settle contract dispute
REVIEW: 'Revolutionary Teamsters: The Minneapolis Truckers' Strike of 1934'

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