April 30 Week In Review Now Online

You can view the new WIR by clicking here.

Because of the Labor Notes Conference the next WIR will appear in about two weeks.

April 27 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. 
 

The next news update will be Wednesday, May 9

Activists march for labor issues

Lewis legislators approve contract with 200 union workers

Jobless claims suggest stumbling labor recovery

Judge: Fla. worker drug testing unconstitutional

French May Day labor fest sparks election battle

Postal Workers Unions Continue Fight to Stop Massive USPS Cutbacks

Study, lawsuit expose exploitation faced by retail cleaning workers

With Contracts Expired at AT&T, Communications Workers Strive for Unity

Unions Focus on House After Senate Passes Flawed Postal Reform Bill

Rain Quicker to Arrive and Dry Up During Global Warming
Government Ends Negotiations With Quebec's Striking Students

What makes Quebec students 'distinct'?

Montreal student protest march declared illegal

B.C. mills move to clean up sawdust after explosion

Conservatives, NDP statistically tied in new poll

Australia’s fake debate on climate change

Nurses announce tentative contract deal

Manning judge warns prosecutors

Report: Thinking can undermine religious faith

Men's wages still struggling to recover from recession

3 U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan attack

KC fire union approves labor pact aimed at avoiding layoffs

April 26 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.

3,600 Lockheed Martin Workers Go on Strike in Texas
Tax-Dodging GE Takes Union Fire
Antarctic ice melting from warm water below
Detroit students walk out, protest closing
Chrysler earns $473 million in first quarter
B.C. mill inspection records show dust concerns
Montreal student demonstration turns violent
Fired Vale worker starts arbitration
Worker safety sparks changes to repair procedures
Acadian bus talks to resume this weekend
Justices appear set to uphold SB1070
Nearly 100,000 in California to lose a jobless benefit in May
Chasing Fees, Banks Court Low-Income Customers *

April 25 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.

Why Does OSHA Move at a Glacial Pace?
Union, Riders Chase a Better Bus System
Undocumented Pulitzer-Winning Journalist Pushes Reform
Florida Potato Grower Accused of Labor Trafficking
Rev. Jackson’s endorsement of NATO protest
Debt Collector Is Faulted for Tough Tactics in Hospitals
How the Media Distorts Coverage of Social Security
UK slides back into recession
Protesters air grievances at Wells Fargo meeting
Massive Student Upsurge Fuels Major Debates in Quebec Society
2nd death confirmed from Prince George sawmill fire
Capital Health strike deadline postponed to Thursday

April 24 Week In Review Now Online

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April 24 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.

Death penalty repeal to go before California voters
Man charged with felony for allegedly stealing $1 McDonald's soda
AMR union to vote next week on proposal: sources
Senate to vote on measure to nullify union rules
7,000 workers strike at Brazil’s Amazon dam project
Bing's budget slashes $250M spending, more than 2,500 jobs
UAW weighing GE protest
Michigan Amendment Would Block Anti-Union Legislation
Quebec and student groups in talks at last
Obama cautious in approach to gay rights
Trustees’ Report Shows Social Security ‘Vibrant, Strong’
Four Years Later, No Justice for Guatemala's Workers
Sutter Nurses Set 1-Day Strike for Patient Care
Bill to ease radioactive rules makes some in Missouri worry
Fees and Anger Rise in California Water War *
Insurers Alter Cost Formula, and Patients Pay More *

April 23 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.

Three days of news

Common Ground on the Kill Floor: Organizing Smithfield

How can we build the movement to stop climate change?

Violent Montreal student protest nets 17 arrests

Ontario NDP likely to cave in budget showdown

Teachers ordered to complete spring report cards

Hundreds of N.S. teachers protest school cuts

Mediator appointed as strike looms at Capital Health

Costa Concordia salvage to begin

Villaraigosa calls for cutting 669 city jobs

Unions back American-US Airways merger

In France, the Fringe Emerges as a Force *

No Place for Heated Opinions *

Madison School District teachers call 10% pay cut illegal

8 Ways Global Warming Is Already Changing the World
Climate change 'impacts Europe's mountain plants'
Labour groups rally at Queen's Park

Czechs stage anti-government rally

Sisters of mercy, devotion — and dismay

Mesothelioma victims deserve better than wasteful legal maneuvers

One in two new graduates is jobless or underemployed

Conservative Nonprofit Acts as a Stealth Business Lobbyist *

U.S. and Afghanistan Reach Partnership Agreement *

Vast Mexico Bribery Case Hushed Up by Wal-Mart *

A Ban on Some Seafood Has Fishermen Fuming *

France's Hollande, Sarkozy in hunt for far-right votes
Warming set to make corn prices pop
Fuel tanker dispute talks resume

Something fishy in the ‘green’ label