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April 6 News Update

Marathon Catlettsburg Oil Workers Reach Agreement to End Strike

Beneath Crops in California, Groundwater Crisis Grows *
California Drought Tests History of Endless Growth *
More than 1 million Californians lack reliable access to clean water

Thai environmentalists pay for activism with their lives
2011 Japan Tsunami Unleashed Ozone-Destroying Chemicals
Dockworkers union leaders back West Coast ports labor deal
Nigeria releases Al Jazeera journalists
Duke Energy, Virginia agree to settlement
Greenhills mine explosion near Elkford, B.C. sends 3 to hospital
In Chicago’s Reshaped Politics, Unions Are Divided Over Mayoral Race *
Victor Gotbaum, Labor Leader , Dies at 93 *

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April 3 News Update

Thousands of students, unions hit Montreal streets to protest government cuts
South Carolina governor takes aim at union 'bullies' in Boeing labor vote
Greece scraps hospital visit fee, to hire health workers
Seattle begins to phase in $15 minimum wage
Polar bears can't thrive on land amid massive ice loss
5 things that may surprise you about Rosa Parks
Airbnb offers Cuba rentals to Americans
Two New Reports Detail How Walmart Keeps Profits High, Wages Down
AFL-CIO Backs Baja Farm Workers’ Rights
Fast-food workers are proving that by joining together, they can improve their lives
American Apparel hit by labor union pains
UE Workers End Successful and Militant Strike
Philadelphia Airport Workers Strike Over Wages and Benefits
Nicole Kidman criticised over Etihad ad by flight attendants' union
The missing pledges for UN's global climate treaty
Coal mining's heavy toll in South Africa
Chicago’s Odd Couple: Mayor Emanuel and a Billionaire Republican Investor *

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April 2 News Update

Seattle Activists Take Wage Enforcement Into Their Own Hands

McDonald's to raise some workers' wages
Twin Cities fast food workers plan April 15 strike
McDonald's to raise pay for 90,000 workers
McDonald’s to Raise Pay at Outlets It Operates *

Important Strike in Mexico: Farm Workers Paralyze Baja Farms
Packed house as Oswego discusses Rauner 'right-to-work' proposal
11 convicted over Atlanta test cheating
California restricts water as snowpack survey finds 'no snow whatsoever'
4 Killed in Explosion and Fire on Pemex Mexican Oil Platform *

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April 1 News Update

Strike brings Argentine capital to a halt
Obama vetoes Republican bid to block union election rules
Nationwide power cut paralyses Turkey
North Dakota's new oil train safety checks seen missing risks
Vietnam hit by rare strike at major footwear factory
NYC blast probe highlights problem of stealing gas
German unemployment falls to new post-unification low
Bryant sent to minors by Cubs; union threatens litigation
Study Finds Union Mines Safer, More Productive Than Nonunion
UE Officers' Statement on U.S. Sanctions Against Venezuela
Mercy Hospital union workers protest 'gag order'
UAW membership tops 400,000 for first time since 2008
Harvard Workers Got the Cold Shoulder This Winter
Public Employment Relations Brd considers charge filed by UC union
The Walmart Tax Subsidy

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March 31 News Update

L.A. Teachers Escalate

U.S. to submit plans to fight global warming; most others delay
Ottawa lagging on emissions targets ahead of UN conference, critics say
Climate Change Threatens to Kill Off More Aspen Forests *

Workers at China’s largest shoe maker poised for another historic strike
China's Guangdong province invests billions in robot factories

NLRB to weigh in on high-stakes McDonald’s labor dispute
Movement to Increase McDonald’s Wage Broadens Its Tactics *

Soros ready to pour $1 bn into Ukraine
SYRIZA's Two Months in Government: Difficulties and Challenges
Companies close; workers left holding the bag
South Africa’s Main Labor Grouping Said to Expel Leader Vavi
Queen Elizabeth's Windsor Castle faces first labor dispute    
Cuba Eradicates Syphillis, HIV Transmission to Babies
Shadowy Corporate Group Fighting to Gut Workers' Compensation Laws    
Baja Labor Leaders Learned Tactics from Their Efforts in U.S.
After a story is published, an Arkansas minimum-wage worker loses her job

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March 30 News Update

Can Labor Strike Back?


Hundreds gather in Whiting for BP strike solidarity rally

Climate fund signs up first partners
UN green climate fund can be spent on coal-fired power generation

About 1,000 workers fired from South African power plant
Oil council: Shale won't last, Arctic drilling needed now
Monsanto fined for not reporting Idaho chemical releases
Brazil: The Débâcle of the PT    
Grassroots Movement Blocks Mexican Water Privatization Scheme
Wall Street Regulator Gears Up for Labor Fight With Its Workers
Court Slaps Down Airport Worker Strike Ban
Two bodies found at NYC explosion site    
Why Mexico’s Farmworkers Who Harvest Our Food Are on Strike

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