Monday, May 4, 2015

May 4 News Update

Photo of May Day march
May Day march sends message of unity
Twin Cities students walk out of schools to join Black Lives Matter protest
Protesters 'occupy' New York's Guggenheim over Gulf labor abuses
Castro, Venezuelan leader at May Day rally in Havana
International community rallies for workers’ rights on May Day
Police gassed hundreds of protesters, bystanders in downtown Montreal
May Day protesters clash with police as violence erupts in Seattle and Oakland

Limiting global warming to 2 degrees 'inadequate', scientists say
S.Korean workers rally against government labour reforms
Japan eyeing 26% greenhouse gas cut: officials
Just how left-wing is Bernie Sanders?
Echoes of Baltimore on the streets of Jerusalem
Detroit prosecutor resigns after saying Baltimore rioters should be shot
Brink's Armored Car Workers Join Fight for 15 and a Union
Cuba's medical magicians
Dining Workers Rally for 2016 Labor Negotiations
40 Years After End of Vietnam War, Let's Not Forget
GM Oshawa workers worry more layoffs could lead to plant closure
89% of United Steelworkers 6500 voted, and 76% said yes to new deal
Obama vows to help pro-trade Democrats fight off the left wing
Official ‘unemployment’ rate understates true U.S. joblessness
Legal volunteers arrested after defying Baltimore curfew
Sanders will register as a Democrat if needed
Budget plan calls for $194 billion in unidentified cuts to federal workforce
When the ‘refrigerator capital of the world’ lost its refrigerator plant
Israeli veterans say permissive rules of engagement fueled Gaza carnage
The Best and Worst Places to Grow Up: How Your Area Compares *
Drought’s Extremes Can Be Measured at Record-Low Lake Mead *
G.O.P. Expands Labor Battle to Laws Setting State Construction Wages *
The Uphill Battle to Better Regulate Formaldehyde *


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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