May 8 News Update

US to attend UN climate talks as Trump weighs Paris pullout
Worried world urges Trump not to pull out of Paris climate agreement
The great climate silence: we are on the edge of the abyss but we ignore it
Japan’s nuclear disaster gave everyone on Earth extra radiation
Climate Programs Escape Trump Budget Knife. But the Real Fight Lies Ahead.
America's First Offshore Wind Energy Makes Landfall in Rhode Island
The significance of Naomi Klein: An ecosocialist exchange
E.P.A. Dismisses Members of Major Scientific Review Board *


May Day in Tucson: A tradition since 2006
Big May Day Strike in a Small Pennsylvania City

The Class of 2017--Will New Grads Get Good Jobs?
Health Act Repeal Could Threaten U.S. Job Engine *
The Wrong Way to Fix Student Debt *

Rally for public education set for May 20
Philadelphia Union Wins Equal Pay for Immigrant Nurses
These pre-existing conditions wouldn't be protected by new US healthcare bill
Stephen Fry investigated by Irish police for alleged blasphemy
Texas adoption agencies could reject Jewish, Muslim, gay or single parents
Critics say law would steal overtime pay from workers
Angry miners at disaster site attack Iranian president's car
US federal staff being forced to watch Fox News instead of CNN, leaked
Labor group says at least 9,000 banana workers could lose jobs
The great British Brexit robbery: how our democracy was hijacked
New Leader of American and Southwest Labor Union
Local labor leaders say workers' safety still a struggle
Trump immigration policy spurs ire at Kentucky Derby
A new federation?
French election: Emmanuel Macron wins presidency by decisive margin
US military's secret space plane lands with sonic boom in Florida

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May 5 Week In Review Now Online

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May 5 News Update

California is right to close its door to offshore drilling
The final leg and the myth of Trump's job promise
Noise pollution is drowning out nature even in protected areas

Iranian workers continue to struggle for independent trade unions
The Politics of Questioning the Civil War, According to One Historian
A fighter against the Teamsters old guard  
Local officials urge Dayton to veto preemption bill
May Day marches: A show of unity
San Diego woman gets 3 years in prison for hiding immigrants in her home
In Flint, Overdue Bills for Unsafe Water Could Lead to Foreclosures *
Is the G.O.P. ‘Staring Death in the Face’ After Repeal? *

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May 4 News Update

Groups sue to keep drilling ban in Arctic, Atlantic waters
Times wants diverse opinions. But on climate, facts are facts

Jobs to Die For: Report Cites 'Dirty Dozen' Companies
Union workers agree: OSHA cuts ‘ain’t right’

Students and Workers Rally on May Day
Students Produce List of Demands for UC Worker Rights

Exxon Mobil's outdated equipment and procedures led to Torrance explosion
Trump doubles down on dubious Civil War claim
Franken introduces bill to improve workplace safety
Union Meeting Exercise: The 'Right to Work' Stress Test
More than a thousand march for immigrants and organized labor on May Day
Boeing got a record tax break from Washington state and cut jobs anyway
Puerto Rico, $70 billion in debt, seeks bankruptcy protection
Senate votes to block retirement security for low-income workers    
Exploitation and Abuse at the Chicken Plant
Brazil on Strike

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May 3 News Update

Convenient Untruths About 'Human Nature'
An Eco-Revolutionary Tipping Point?
Keystone XL route: where opponents fear the ‘black snake’
As Arctic Ice Vanishes, New Shipping Routes Open *
Debate Over Paris Climate Deal Could Turn on a Single Phrase *

Funding protects miner health care, but doesn't resolve pension issues
Unions Draw Thousands to May Day March on Las Vegas Strip
General election: Labour must present a radical alternative
Negotiations between writers and studios were a true Hollywood thriller
CNN president: ‘Fox is state-run TV’
Teachers union opens a front on former Sacramento mayor's charter schools
Trump tells Duterte: 'You're doing a great job', Philippines claims
Journalists at 2 of Australia’s Biggest Papers Strike Over Job Cuts *
Legal Fight Could Make Kentucky Only State With No Abortion Clinic *

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May 2 News Update

Where oil rigs go to die

Reclaiming May Day, Workers' Day Born in U.S.
Protesters rally for worker's rights across the world for May Day
Defiant rallies for worker rights mark May Day around world
Minnesotans stand together on May Day
May Day rallies are held across the U.S.
KC May Day rally gathers labor, immigration, civil rights activists
Texas Immigration Bill Draws Protesters to the State Capitol *

Hollywood Writers and Studios Reach Last-Minute Deal *
The Latest: Protesters at St. Olaf reach deal with college
Eastside Food Co-op workers vote to unionize with UFCW Local 653
Trump, Congress may undo progress on workplace safety
Historians react to Trump’s Civil War comments

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May 1 News Update

Women’s strikes: Forward to May 1!
France on extra high alert for May Day as protesters march against Le Pen
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Climate March Draws Thousands of Protesters *
People's Climate March: thousands rally to denounce Trump's agenda
Climate March draws massive crowd to D.C. in sweltering heat
Thousands turn out in Chicago to protest Trump's ecological policies
Thousands gather at Lake Merritt for anti-Trump climate march
Thousands protest Trump's climate policies in downtown Seattle
Hundreds turn out in Minneapolis for climate march

How can we fight climate change?
Huge Arctic report ups estimates of sea-level rise
China’s Appetite Pushes Fisheries to the Brink *

Transit Union Turns Back on Metro Leadership, Stages Walkout
Foster Farms employees protest for better wages, new contract
Dubuque labor union remembers workers killed on the job
Can unions rebuild the labor movement in the US south?
In the Age of Trump, Can Labor Unite?
Food Workers Take On Fowl Play at Tyson -- And Win Better Conditions
Google activates company's first servers in Cuba
How Barnard Contingent Faculty Won Their First Contract
D.C. Vouchers Are Found to Bring Lower Test Scores but Higher Safety *
As Hollywood Writers’ Contract Ends, Studios Are More Vulnerable *
Under the Trump Tax Plan, We Might All Want to Become Corporations*
West Coast dockworkers to vote on deal seeking labor peace
‘It may be Pocahontas’: Trump slur attacks Warren as potential 2020 rival
Samantha Bee Toasts Journalism, Mocks Trump *
Persuasive Business Leaders Parade Through White House *
Trump Plan Could Lower Taxes, But Spending Cuts Would Hurt His Voters
GOP health plan for pre-existing conditions spawns worries
Turkey blocks Wikipedia access, bans TV dating shows
Bronx car washers walk off job as workers around city suffer labor woes
Congress agrees $1 trillion budget deal – but no money for border wall
6 Million Riders a Day,at the Mercy of 1930s Technology *

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