June 10 Week In Review Now Online

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June 10 News Update

Each Monday-Friday, by 9AM Central, we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be accompanied by editorial commentary. 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.

NSA data-mining 101: two 'top secret' programs and what they do
Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations
The National Security Agency: surveillance giant with eyes on America
Obama defends NSA’s sweeping surveillance
Why the NSA revelations aren’t like the IRS scandal or Benghazi for Obama
Tech Companies Concede to Surveillance Program
How the U.S. Uses Technology to Mine More Data More Quickly *
On whistleblowers and government threats of investigation
Timeline of Revelations About US Domestic Spying *
Stunning NSA Leaks: Is Daniel Ellsberg Back?

Turkish Unions Strike, Joining Mass Protests
Tens of thousands on streets, Turkish PM Erdogan defiant

Job market slowly improves, but it remains tough for young adults
Feds to pay OSHA whistleblower $820,000 settlement
Germany's Rebellious New Feminists
PDD supporters continue to rally for answers
Obama orders US to draw up overseas target list for cyber-attacks
In Nation's Breadbasket, Latinos Stuck in Poverty *
Many Rival Nations Surge Past the U.S. in Adding New Jobs *
Rise in carbon dioxide emissions may be ‘a disaster for all’

June 7 News Update

Each Monday-Friday, by 9AM Central, we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be accompanied by editorial commentary. 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.

Protests held in France after left-wing student beaten to death
Fascist attack in Paris

OSHA Inspected Philly Building Collapse Site, But Did Not Shut It Down
How Unions Avert Tragedies, Save Lives

NSA has direct access to tech giants' systems for user data, secret files reveal
Files: U.S. mines Internet data
U.S. Confirms That It Gathers Online Data Overseas *

Union workers lose jobs at ExxonMobil
Bakers Union organizing video lottery delis one at a time
France, Japan join forces for larger share of nuclear market
450 garment factory workers fall ill in Bangladesh
Canadian Utility Finds a Use for Detroit’s Pile of Tar Sands Byproduct *

June 6 News Update

Each Monday-Friday, by 9AM Central, we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be accompanied by editorial commentary. 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.

Turkey protests continue
Turkey in revolt!
On sixth day of Turkey protests, few signs that support is diminishing

NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily
Verizon ordered to give NSA all call data
U.S. Is Secretly Collecting Records of Verizon Calls *

Wal-Mart workers strike, protest low wages, poor working conditions
Walmart files restraining order against protesting labor groups

EDF and unions agree terms for possible Hinkley Point nuclear plant
NY, SUNY union agree on a mostly flat labor deal
Union workers reject latest contract offer from Rotek in Aurora
Colombian banana workers ratify labor strike
150 Arrested Protesting North Carolina's Attacks on Workers, Poor
Sun-Times Photojournalists Plan Rally
Brooklyn Cablevision’s NLRB Suit Aims Deep Into Agency
Social Security should be expanded, not cut
Philadelphia collapse kills six
Fire in China Stirs Debate on Safety of Workers *
North Carolina Repeals Law Allowing Racial Bias in Death Penalty Challenges *
EPA fines Lenexa company for lead paint use

June 5 News Update

Each Monday-Friday, by 9AM Central, we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be accompanied by editorial commentary. 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.

C'est Une Revolte, Pas (Encore) Une Revolution!
Protesters and Police Clash at Nike Factory in Cambodia
Union accuses CTA of violating labor contract
Mines Owned By Carlos Slim Shut Down Over Labor Disputes
Workers Petition For Vote To Form Union At Millstone
How to destroy the future | Noam Chomsky
Belshaw Factory Strikers Stand Strong After Rejecting Unfair Contract
Another contaminated water leak at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant
Ecuador oil spill pollutes Amazon tributary
Greece Seeks to Slow Public Sector Layoffs
Land Dispute Could Curb German Coal Mining
Shale gas truck seized by 'native warriors' in N.B.
800 tile setters strike across Ontario
Sebelius Asked Companies to Support Health Care Law *

June 4 News Update

Each Monday-Friday, by 9AM Central, we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be accompanied by editorial commentary. 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.

Raising Our Voices in Taksim Square
Turkish unions join fierce protests in which two have died
'Taksim Square Belongs to Us'

Court: 2003 Conn. state worker layoffs improper
Kaleida, union labor talks extended
Telkom Union Threatens Strike After Groups Split on Wage Demand
Home Care Workers File For Largest Union Election in Vermont History
Palermo's Pizza Workers March to Demand Meeting with Owners
BP announces plans after Alaska oil tax change
Floods halt Mississippi River shipping, shut Port of St Louis
Charley Richardson R.I.P. Union Activist, Protested Iraq War
Via Rail gets strike notice from CAW
Most Bangladesh factories vulnerable
Behind the Rise in House Prices, Wall Street Buyers *
Party bus in fatal accident showed ‘appalling’ disregard for safety

June 3 News Update

Each Monday-Friday, by 9AM Central, we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be accompanied by editorial commentary. 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.

Fire kills 119 at poultry plant in northeast China

B.C. officially opposes Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline
Tar sands supporters suffer setback

Elevator workers strike forces Sudburians to use stairs
Iraq sees highest death toll in years
Asia curbs US imports of wheat
Bangladeshis protest Walmart
Judge Orders Google to Give Customer Data to FBI *
The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill *
Storied Nuke Plant Becomes Environmental Wasteland *
New labor laws in Kansas and Missouri bolster the boss
UK's Labor vows iron discipline on budget, spells out some cuts
Teachers union organizer says boss fired her for trying to join union
Union warns labor disputes could affect what happens in Vegas
Portugal union calls strike against government austerity
SEIU Accused of Trying to Take Over Disneyland Union
Freeport Indonesia mine seen shut for two months: company
Environmentalists Unite in Quest to Fight Global Warming
Glencore fires 1,000 workers over wildcat strikes in S.Africa
Locomotive Builders Say, ‘Keep It Made in Erie!’
Train derails in bridge collapse near Sudbury, Ont
Protesters control Istanbul square
Carwash Workers in Queens Strike in Solidarity With Fired Colleague *
Concerns raised over coal ash in Missouri