Monday, July 28, 2014

July 28 News Update


'Fast-Food Workers Intensify Fight for $15 an Hour *
Fast-food workers Chicago convention to escalate wage demands
Fast food workers vow civil disobedience
Fast food workers gather in Chicago, prepare to escalate wage demands
Fast-food workers’ pitch for higher pay turning into civil rights issue

Central American leaders criticise US border policy
Border Crisis Spurs AFL-CIO, Honduran Labor Movement Renewed Attention
Most Migrant Children Entering U.S. Are Now With Relatives, Data Show *

U.S. Steel charged in crushing accident involving Hamilton, Ont. worker
Wabush Mines potential sale good for workers: union president
Probe into Kansas girl's death in hot car to include foster homes contractor
Report notes 'terrorist encounters' at KCI
First Nations shame federal government in Parliament Hill ceremony
TVA ends traditional pension for new hires
If the Post Office Wants Business, Try Postal Banking
Fatal Advice for the NDP
Mobilizing Temporary Migrant Workers
AFSCME backs UWS custodial workers over threat of outsourcing
From direct action to organization, lessons from Canada’s Line 9 sit-ins


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