April 29 News Update

Unseasonably warm weather a clear sign of climate change, say scientists
Lured by Early Warm Weather, Scorpions Emerge to Swarm Arizona Homes *


Verizon Agrees to Raise Pay in ‘Final Offer’ to Labor Unions
NFL players union gives Draft Day support to Verizon strikers


Connecticut march protests austerity budget

ATU renews call for safety culture at all workplaces on Workers’ Memorial Day

France labour law protests turn violent


'The state stole my raise': workers sue Alabama over 'racist' wage law

Vancouver bus drivers vote in favour of strike action

Carpenters seek union at Aaron Carlson Corp. in Morris
Organizers, Aim for the Bullseye!
Brigham Nurses to Protest Contract Talks
Recently Retired UE Organizer Jim Ermi Dies at 60
Workers Say T-Mobile Created A Fake Union To Kill The Real One
It’s easy to blame unions for all of Metro’s problems. It’s also wrong
Labor agency files complaint against VW on row with UAW in Tennessee
Agreements Reached with Labor Unions at Saint Michael’s Medical Center
The Attack on Democracy and Secularism in India
Tony Blair courted Chinese leaders for Saudi prince's oil firm
Jeremy Corbyn denies Labour crisis over antisemitism
Why Is Productivity So Weak? Three Theories *
As Russians Struggle to Pay Bills, Debt Collectors Mimic the Mob *
Colorado Weighs Replacing Obama’s Health Policy With Universal Coverage *

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April 28 News Update

Sunny States Are Sabotaging Solar Energy
Do fracking activities cause earthquakes? Seismologists and Oklahoma say yes
BC Hydro files injunction to stop protesters camping at its office

Truck Workers Jump-Start Union and Reverse Two-Tier
Missouri religious objections proposal fails in committee
UK Labour suspends MP over 'anti-semitic' Facebook posts
US F-22 fighter jets land in Lithuania amid Russia tensions
Mondelez sees 'one-time costs' on labor front; union pushes Mexico boycott
Verizon Brand Takes a Hit With Consumers As Strike Drags On
Should Jersey City Council OK minimum 30-hour work week for private workers?
Equality watchdog warns junior doctors' contract is potentially illegal
The Union Advantage for Contingent Faculty
Wealthier households benefit most from RESP grants

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April 27 News Update

MPs: UK air pollution is a 'public health emergency'
Germany to subsidize electric cars to help own auto industry
Rachel Notley plans to promote climate plan in Washington
VW Presentation in ’06 Showed How to Foil Emissions Tests


Twin Cities Transit Union to vote on pact May 8 and 9


Union Leaders, Lawmakers Address Verizon Strikers At State House Rally

Teamsters Activists Move To Prevent Slashing of Retirees’ Pensions
Do labor unions have a new answer to right-to-work laws?
Labor union accuses company of failing to make payments
Former employees sue McNeil Pharmaceuticals for retaliatory termination claims
Union says Volkswagen staff won't pay price for Dieselgate in wage talks
Labor Unions Push for Changes to House Puerto Rico Bill
US unions plan attack on Donald Trump in attempt to derail presidential bid
Almost 80% of junior doctors took part in all-out strike, NHS says
More than a million people in UK living in destitution, study shows
Tatar Legislature Is Banned in Crimea

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April 26 News Update

Austerity vs. the Planet: The Future of Labour Environmentalism

Paris climate deal: countries with about half of global emissions to join this year
Saudi unveils far-reaching plan to move away from oil
Wind energy converter inspired by ancient boats
Australian politician sets river on fire to protest fracking
USDA declines to pay for cows, crops poisoned by pesticide


Fidel Castro: The Cuban people will overcome

Battle over N.C. transgender law intensifies as lawmakers reconvene
Anti-LGBT law sparks protests in North Carolina, with dozens arrested
Federal judge upholds North Carolina voter ID law said to be discriminatory

VW to go to U.S. court to keep 160 Tennessee plant workers from UAW
Labor finalizes black lung benefit rule
Egyptian police stifle plans for mass protest over islands
Austrian 'end of an era' after far-right election triumph
Rauner, state workers union square off over new contract at hearing
Dane County judge keeps Wisconsin right-to-work union ruling in place
Hospitals braced for walkout as Hunt says doctors' strike must be defeated

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April 25 News Update

Unions put focus on workplace safety


Nye’s workers lose jobs, but get severance

Verizon's Union Employees Fight for the Future of the American Working Class
President Karen Lewis at City Club of Chicago
Obama plans 250 more U.S. troops for Syria, boosting force to 300
Mexico hampered probe into apparent student massacre, panel says
Austrian police clash with Italians protesting Brenner border checks
Union member Prince fought for worker rights
No settlement yet for transit workers
Immigrant bus drivers allege discrimination, labor law violations
May Day march set for April 29
Junior doctors’ strike set to go ahead as Hunt rejects compromise
BHS seeks Sports Direct lifeline as it heads for collapse
My family came to the US as refugees, says George Clooney

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April 24 Week In Review Now Online

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April 22 News Update

From Paris to New York, climate pact to cross next hurdle
Fuleni Blockade stops RMD Environmental Committee Site Visit
Leak blamed as Mexico explosion death toll rises
California's coal war pits economic survival against environmental justice
Diesel cars' emissions far higher on road than in lab, tests show
Trudeau to sign Paris climate treaty at UN — but Canadian plan months away


Can Teamsters Save the Right to Retire?


On the Line with Verizon Strikers
Standing Up to Verizon's War on Unions

Old TV ad exposing McDonald's biggest fan: Donald Trump
Could Minnesota Become the Next Wisconsin for Union Bargaining
Drummond to start talks with its biggest coal workers' union
Uber reaches $100m settlement in fight with drivers, who will stay contractors
UK junior doctors may follow April strikes with indefinite walkout
Cameco cutting 500 jobs at Rabbit Lake uranium mine
Metropolitan Museum of Art Plans Job Cuts and Restructuring *

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April 21 News Update

Coral bleaching hits 93% of Great Barrier Reef: scientists
Clean air advocate: California has nation's dirtiest air
Times's climate change coverage 'distorted' and 'poor quality'
Deadly explosion at Mexican state-run petrochemical plant
EU dropped climate policies after BP threat of oil industry 'exodus'




Negotiations stall at Mayo Clinic hospital in Albert Lea

Unionists join pro-democracy demonstrations
Venezuela indicts businessman implicated in Panama Papers
Ben Carson is cool to idea of Tubman on the $20 bill
Think about immigration like a nurse
Labor board sides with state workers in contract stalemate
Teamsters Union Suggested Its Members to Approve Costco's New Contract

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April 20 News Update

New Hampshire Considers Joining Climate Change Lawsuit
NASA Celebrates Earth Day with Public Events, Online Activities
Flint water crisis: criminal charges expected against several people

Verizon workers take over midtown Manhattan in the second week of their strike


Fight for $15 in Chicago

Metro Vancouver transit operators to take strike vote
Kurdish Opposition Leader Demirtas: 'Erdogan Wants a Caliphate'
Fidel Castro gives rare speech saying he will soon die
The Slow Death of South Africa's Biggest Labor Union
Crisis in Brazil
British Government scraps proposed changes to trade union funding
Conservatives win Manitoba election, ending NDP's 17-year reign
Alberta marks 100-year anniversary of women's right to vote
Life Expectancy for White Americans Drops Slightly; Analysts Cite Drug Overdoses *
Intel to Slash 12,000 Jobs as PC Demand Plummets *
Bank Fees Are a Hidden Cost of Payday Loans *
UnitedHealth to Pull Back From Insurance Exchanges, Citing Losses *

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April 19 News Update

Is your weed killer carcinogenic?
ExxonMobil, Rockefellers face off in climate battle
Netherlands Aims To Ban All Non-Electric Cars By 2025
Delta drought gives glimpse into bleak future for mighty Mekong
US and China lead push to bring Paris climate deal into force early


I'm a Verizon employee. Here's why I'm on strike

Chicago union says clock has started toward teachers' strike
Airbnb negotiations with powerful US labor union facing backlash
Union workers paint the Mary A. Whalen for free
Union Seeks Higher Tariffs on U.S. Imports of Raw Aluminum *
Union: Animals will be cared for in case of Brookfield Zoo strike
The Trouble With Cambodia’s New Law on Trade Unions
Backhoe in Philadelphia Amtrak accident had right to be on track: report
Cuba calls Obama visit 'an attack' as Communists defend ideology
'Moral Monday' leader removed from American Airlines flight
Most Germans oppose Merkel on prosecution of comedian, poll shows
Kuwait oil workers' strike sees output plunge
Labour tells Jeremy Hunt to clarify position on junior doctors' contract
Govia Thameslink takes Aslef union to court over longer trains dispute
Pentagon increases US troops and financial aid in fight against Isis

'An international disgrace': Jesse Jackson calls for Chicago to close Homan Square

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April 18 News Update

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March temperature smashes 100-year global record
Calls for Shipping and Aviation to Do More to Cut Emissions *


Anti-austerity protest brings 150,000 to the streets of London
Anti-austerity protest: tens of thousands attend London march
Anti-austerity protesters march in Manchester

Joining nationwide strike, Twin Cities fast food workers seek $15 an hour
Nursing home workers see Fight for $15 as vital to quality care

Pressure mounts on Jeremy Hunt over handling of junior doctors’ dispute
Files Suggest Honduran Police Leaders Ordered Killings *
UK firm 'employed former child soldiers' as mercenaries in Iraq
NLRB backs workers at Trustone Credit Union
Gerawan workers’ vote to decertify UFW nullified by ag labor board
A look at the Leap Manifesto that is dividing the NDP
Rideau Carleton Raceway workers 'clearly shaken' after co-worker hit on picket line
Daycare workers and parents stage another protest against funding cuts
Labor Protesters to Resume Guggenheim Demonstrations *

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April 17 Week In Review Now Online

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April 15 News Update

World's scientists to join forces on major 1.5C climate change report
Is it possible to reduce CO2 emissions and grow the global economy?
Website reveals which homes will be swamped by rising sea levels
Australia: Electricity emissions surge by 5.5% since removal of carbon price
India's smog-choked capital imposes driving restrictions
U.S. Issues New Rules on Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling *

Pepper-sprayed students outraged as UC Davis tried to scrub incident from web


What Did Quebec Public-Sector Unions Achieve?
Labor movement pledges to challenge bigotry, bridge racial divisions
Tennessee governor vetos law to make Bible the official state book
Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems
California Appeals Court Reverses Decision to Overturn Teacher Tenure Rules *
Retirees Rally at the Capitol, Protesting Pension Cuts *

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April 14 News Update

Oil industry knew of 'serious' climate concerns more than 45 years ago
World's largest coal producer files for bankruptcy protection

Verizon Union Head to Appear at Sanders Rally as Strike Goes On
Verizon Workers On the Line
Verizon Strike, Day 1
Picket with Verizon Strikers
In Verizon Strike, Blue-Collar Stress Hits the Sidewalks *


A group of graduate students march to Tiger Plaza for a rally during the first week of school in fall 2015. Alexzandria Churchill/Staff Photographer
Graduate workers to hold union authorization election after year of MU pushback

Dozens of killings by US police ruled justified without public being notified
Hundreds protest near Homan Square after Chicago teen killed by police

Balfour Beatty and Interserve accused of migrant worker labour abuses in Qatar
Former Argentina president defiant after court appearance in fraud case
Racism at Harvard: months after protests began, students demand concrete change
Problems With D.C. Circulator Buses Started With Decision To Hire Private Firm
Tourists Keep Their Trolleys While Memphis Bus Riders Face Devastating Cuts
What Die Linke Should Do
National Labor Relations Board Declines VW's Union Challenge
Hundreds of union workers march in Atlantic City to oppose state takeover
Teacher Tenure Is Challenged Again in a Minnesota Lawsuit *

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April 13 News Update

BP is playing fast and loose with our future
Climate scientist James Hansen: 'I don't think I'm an alarmist'
Drought Cuts Short an African Success Story *
As Lead Levels Dip, Flint Residents Are Urged: Run Your Water *
Wildfires, Once Confined to a Season, Burn Earlier and Longer *

Verizon Workers Strike on East Coast After Deadline Passes *


With Second Strike Looming, Twin Cities Janitors Clean Up

Male-female pay gap stays at 79 cents
Right-To-Work Lawsuit Could Have National Implications As It Fails In Wisconsin
Trump's clash with Las Vegas union highlights his unpredictability
Ambulance privatisation descends into 'total shambles'
Documentary Stirs French as Officials Weigh a Labor Overhaul *
In Wyoming, Hard Times Return as Energy Prices Slump *

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April 12 News Update

What Is the True Cost of Food?
Notley's Case for Pipelines Shows an NDP Divided
Canada's Oil and Gas Push 'Wishful Thinking' against Climate Realities: Harvard Prof
Discarded Electronics and Ghana's Environmental Conundrum
Rural Water, Not City Smog, May Be China’s Pollution Nightmare *


Neoliberalism’s World of Corruption
David Cameron defends tax affairs as Commons demands answers

Unions for 40,000 Verizon workers set to strike Wednesday

New Democrats Say Goodbye to Mulcair, Vote for Leadership Change
An early look at potential candidates to replace Tom Mulcair
Canada's Progressive Party to Consider Radical 'Leap' to Green Economy
Climate justice movement shakes Canada’s New Democratic Party

Will the Fervor of Bernie Sanders’s Legions Endure? *
Roots of social justice organizing in Silicon Valley
Labor Notes conference big & diverse    
#NuitDebout: A Movement is Growing in France’s Squares
BART announces 10.8 percent pay hike to head off labor conflict
Pima care-agency workers get union    
Vietnam's Labor Newspaper Reports on Abuses at Home and Abroad
Bryan Adams cancels Mississippi tour date in protest over anti-LGBT law
China’s 1 Percent Flock to Canada *
Marine’s Death in a Secret Iraqi Base Reflects a Quietly Expanding U.S. Role *

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