Thursday, November 20, 2014

November 20 News Update


‘Hands Up, Don’t Ship!’ Minneapolis UPS Workers Protest Shipments to Missouri Police - See more at: http://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2014/08/hands-dont-ship-minneapolis-ups-workers-protest-shipments-missouri-police#sthash.rJeEoDbc.dpuf
Gag order in Blankenship case criticized
Blankenship and black lung: Why coal isn't clean

Obama to announce go-it-alone plan on immigration Thursday
Sanctuary 2014: The Lord, if not the law, is on immigrants' side
Farm workers want in on Obama’s immigration action
Deportation Reprieve May Exclude Parents of Young Immigrants *

Mexico is teetering on the edge of the abyss
Main Mexico Leftist Party on Verge of Dissolution, Leader Says
Mass Abduction Reveals a Decaying Mexican State


Students in the UK March for 'Free Education

UN: World not close to avoiding dangerous warming
Lame-duck Congress urged to oppose fast track trade legislation
San Francisco may soon adopt Retail Workers Bill of Rights
Obama won't close door on torture
Defend Teamster Jobs at Sysco-US Foods


$15 an Hour and Full-Time

City of Omaha civilian union agrees to big changes in pension plan
Amazon Worker Forces Changes as Labor Board Settles Claim
Wilcox County's GD Copper votes to join steelworkers union
Takata’s Switch to Cheaper Propellant Is at Center of Crisis *

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.

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