Wednesday, April 15, 2015

April 15 News Update


Fight for 15 Inspires Bold Demands
Fight for $15 goes global: Workers set to launch worldwide protest
Students back Fight for $15

Atlanta School Workers Sentenced in Test Score Cheating Case *
Bolivia's Voters Reaffirm 'Process of Change'
Andre Cole execution goes ahead after US supreme court dismisses appeal
Mothers at Texas detention centre continue to protest 'horrible' treatment
Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO's combative president
Nestle Has Illegally Pumped Calif. Water Since the Last Major Drought
Protests as Turkey starts work on first nuclear power plant
Japan's CO2 emissions hit second-highest on record
China farm pollution worsens, despite moves to curb fertilisers, pesticides
Dutch citizens sue government over climate change
Gunter Grass warned of 'sleepwalking' into world war in final interview
School board OKs multibillion-dollar benefits package for L.A. teachers, others
LAPD arrests civil rights protesters who shut down Metro Blue Line
Airline food workers strike at LAX, affecting international flights
Union might postpone vote seeking to organize Boeing's South Carolina plant
Double-decker tour bus employees join powerful Transport Union Workers
Nuclear Reactors in Japan Remain Closed by Judge’s Order *


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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