Postings of news stories and analysis of interest to working people by 9AM Central, Monday-Friday
Friday, March 30, 2018
March 30 News Update
Alarmed
conservationists call for urgent action to fix 'America's
wildlife crisis'
EPA accused of urging staff to downplay climate change after memo leaks
E.P.A. Set to Roll Back Rules Forcing Cars to Be Cleaner *

Mayo Clinic, union to meet with judge over lockout of Albert Lea
Spectrum Strike Enters Second Year With NYC Protest
GM Korea chief urges labor union to accept wage freeze
Gov't Employees Labor Union Recognized as Lawful
Activist, Unionist, Educator and Hell-Raiser’ Carolyn Jacobson Dies at 67
Trouble in candy land
IDA moves ahead with tax breaks for Hempstead Village laundry
UAW added members in 2017, but union dues fell versus 2016
The Only Way to Survive Janus
Technology and capitalism 150 years after Das Kapital
Putin spokesman describes Weinstein accusers as 'prostitutes'
Trump officials end policy exempting pregnant immigrants from detention
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.
EPA accused of urging staff to downplay climate change after memo leaks
E.P.A. Set to Roll Back Rules Forcing Cars to Be Cleaner *
Mayo Clinic, union to meet with judge over lockout of Albert Lea
Spectrum Strike Enters Second Year With NYC Protest
GM Korea chief urges labor union to accept wage freeze
Gov't Employees Labor Union Recognized as Lawful
Activist, Unionist, Educator and Hell-Raiser’ Carolyn Jacobson Dies at 67
Trouble in candy land
IDA moves ahead with tax breaks for Hempstead Village laundry
UAW added members in 2017, but union dues fell versus 2016
The Only Way to Survive Janus
Technology and capitalism 150 years after Das Kapital
Putin spokesman describes Weinstein accusers as 'prostitutes'
Trump officials end policy exempting pregnant immigrants from detention
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.
Thursday, March 29, 2018
March 29 News Update
Australia's
emissions rise again in 2017, putting Paris targets in doubt
It’s the No. 1 Power Source, but Natural Gas Faces Headwinds *

Organized labor rallies against right-to-work law, other bills
West Virginia Teachers Learned from 1970s Miners
Elections in Russia: The Very Best Day – 2012 and 2018
Marx’s concept of class
University strikes: where do we go from here?
France: Unions, Left Confront Macron’s Attacks on Rail Services and Jobs
Springfield Y-block stopped in Committee as labor union members oppose
I'm Sticking With The Union
Inslee signs controversial union bill despite calls for a veto
Ecuador cuts off Julian Assange's internet access at London embassy
Arizona governor and Uber kept self-driving program secret
All 22 female senators call on Congress to combat sexual harassment
Mexican police officers found guilty of murdering journalist in rare conviction
Keir Starmer says Labour is prepared to vote down Brexit bill
Under Ben Carson, HUD Scales Back Fair Housing Enforcement *
Manhattan Church Shields Guatemalan Woman From Deportation *
CUNY Food Workers Complain of Poor Conditions, Low Wages *
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.
It’s the No. 1 Power Source, but Natural Gas Faces Headwinds *
Organized labor rallies against right-to-work law, other bills
West Virginia Teachers Learned from 1970s Miners
Elections in Russia: The Very Best Day – 2012 and 2018
Marx’s concept of class
University strikes: where do we go from here?
France: Unions, Left Confront Macron’s Attacks on Rail Services and Jobs
Springfield Y-block stopped in Committee as labor union members oppose
I'm Sticking With The Union
Inslee signs controversial union bill despite calls for a veto
Ecuador cuts off Julian Assange's internet access at London embassy
Arizona governor and Uber kept self-driving program secret
All 22 female senators call on Congress to combat sexual harassment
Mexican police officers found guilty of murdering journalist in rare conviction
Keir Starmer says Labour is prepared to vote down Brexit bill
Under Ben Carson, HUD Scales Back Fair Housing Enforcement *
Manhattan Church Shields Guatemalan Woman From Deportation *
CUNY Food Workers Complain of Poor Conditions, Low Wages *
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.
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
March 28 News Update
Can information technology save global fisheries?
'Extreme' fossil fuel investments have surged under Trump, report reveals
How climate change could swallow Louisiana's Tabasco island
Texas sinkholes: oil and gas drilling increases threat, scientists warn
Oklahoma House Passes Pay Increase, Teachers Say They Will Still Strike
Portland Burgerville could become first fast-food union shop in US
Union supporters protest city employee contract negotiations
Campus Unions, Local Labor Councils Endorse Grad Student Union
South Korean auto workers blast revised trade deal with US
Germany Courts Workers With Sausages and Cheap Housing
Women 'Never Think of Getting Credit' But Now That's Changing
Argentine soy crush workers to start wage strike
From Mission to Microchip: Rethinking California's Labor History
What Is the Significance of China’s #MeToo Movement?
The vision of the new society in Marx’s Capital
Amazon priest who championed land rights for Brazil's poor is arrested
Census Question on Citizenship Spurs States to Join in Lawsuit *
App to Harvest Data on Facebook Had Tie to a Thiel Company *
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.
'Extreme' fossil fuel investments have surged under Trump, report reveals
How climate change could swallow Louisiana's Tabasco island
Texas sinkholes: oil and gas drilling increases threat, scientists warn
Oklahoma House Passes Pay Increase, Teachers Say They Will Still Strike
Portland Burgerville could become first fast-food union shop in US
Union supporters protest city employee contract negotiations
Campus Unions, Local Labor Councils Endorse Grad Student Union
South Korean auto workers blast revised trade deal with US
Germany Courts Workers With Sausages and Cheap Housing
Women 'Never Think of Getting Credit' But Now That's Changing
Argentine soy crush workers to start wage strike
From Mission to Microchip: Rethinking California's Labor History
What Is the Significance of China’s #MeToo Movement?
The vision of the new society in Marx’s Capital
Amazon priest who championed land rights for Brazil's poor is arrested
Census Question on Citizenship Spurs States to Join in Lawsuit *
App to Harvest Data on Facebook Had Tie to a Thiel Company *
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.
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
March 27 News Update
How
Pruitt's EPA Is Delaying, Weakening and Repealing Clean Air
Rules
These Pollutants Don't Last Long, But They’re Wreaking Havoc on the Arctic
Cities vs. Fossil Fuels: A Climate Tutorial for the Court
Brazil senate considers lifting ban on sugarcane production in Amazon

Fourth International World Congress 2018
'Right-to-Work' draws dark money into Missouri
Heinz union employees reject latest contract offer, hold off on potential strike
Burgerville Workers Union Give Corporate 48 Hours to Recognize It
Facebook logs SMS texts and calls, users find as they delete accounts
Linda Brown, Kansas student whose case ended school segregation, dies at 76
Cuomo’s budget includes plan to create CUNY school focused on unions
Contract workers hold work stoppage on Tuesday
When told they would have to work for starvation wages, they called BS
Troubled labor pact raises obstacle to Argentina shale development
Unionizing pitched to county
EVENT: The Future of Labor in Minnesota
Agrarian reform is needed to slay apartheid’s land demons
Temer, we charge you
The end of a golden age?
A New Strategy for Higher Education
In the ruins of the present
Gun controls in old East Germany
Unity Rally in support of UNITE HERE Local 75 workers
Grocery Wars Turn Small Chains Into Battlefield Casualties *
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.
These Pollutants Don't Last Long, But They’re Wreaking Havoc on the Arctic
Cities vs. Fossil Fuels: A Climate Tutorial for the Court
Brazil senate considers lifting ban on sugarcane production in Amazon

Fourth International World Congress 2018
'Right-to-Work' draws dark money into Missouri
Heinz union employees reject latest contract offer, hold off on potential strike
Burgerville Workers Union Give Corporate 48 Hours to Recognize It
Facebook logs SMS texts and calls, users find as they delete accounts
Linda Brown, Kansas student whose case ended school segregation, dies at 76
Cuomo’s budget includes plan to create CUNY school focused on unions
Contract workers hold work stoppage on Tuesday
When told they would have to work for starvation wages, they called BS
Troubled labor pact raises obstacle to Argentina shale development
Unionizing pitched to county
EVENT: The Future of Labor in Minnesota
Agrarian reform is needed to slay apartheid’s land demons
Temer, we charge you
The end of a golden age?
A New Strategy for Higher Education
In the ruins of the present
Gun controls in old East Germany
Unity Rally in support of UNITE HERE Local 75 workers
Grocery Wars Turn Small Chains Into Battlefield Casualties *
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.
Monday, March 26, 2018
March 26 News Update
Arctic
Sea Ice Missed a Record Low This Winter. Barely. *
Drilling in ‘Australia’s Galápagos’ Raises Hopes of Jobs and Fears of Spill *
Canada: how a pipeline engineer got arrested in anti-pipeline protests

Parkland students made history. And we're not going anywhere
Show of Force as Students’ Grief Inspires Huge Gun Protests *
Photos From the ‘March for Our Lives’ Protests *
U.S. Strikes Qaeda Target in Southern Libya, Expanding Shadow War There *
‘America First’ Bears a New Threat: Military Confrontation *
Justice Dept. Pushes for Mandated Access to Encrypted Data *
Slovaks Meet New Bosses. They’re Not Much Different From Old Bosses *
China’s Economic Czar Warns U.S. Treasury Secretary on Tariffs *
Rights groups vow to fight Trump's 'transphobia masquerading as policy'
Protests in California after police kill Black man carrying only his phone
Bolton worked with Cambridge Analytica on YouTube voter experiment
Brexit insider claims Vote Leave team may have breached spending limits
Catalan Ex-Leader, Wanted for Sedition, Is Held in Germany *
Teacher Strike Fever Spreads
When Professionals Rise Up, More Than Money Is at Stake *
Germany’s 28-Hour Workweek
Unions dying? Membership soars in Inland Empire, shrinks near coast
Union remains resistant to Doublestar’s acquisition of Kumho Tire
Thousands of Vietnamese workers take to highway to protest wage cuts
Workers at Chilean mine Escondida accept early contract talks
New top leader at SEIU Local 503
At Reed College, students are unionizing
U.S. Union Membership Data in Perspective
Durham City Council wants to overturn N.C. ban on collective bargaining
Turning 40, the Steelworkers' Union looks to future
Raucous Board Meeting ends in the Elimination of Paraprofessional Positions
When the Elderly Call for Help, a ‘Chain’ Immigrant Often Answers *
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.
Drilling in ‘Australia’s Galápagos’ Raises Hopes of Jobs and Fears of Spill *
Canada: how a pipeline engineer got arrested in anti-pipeline protests

Parkland students made history. And we're not going anywhere
Show of Force as Students’ Grief Inspires Huge Gun Protests *
Photos From the ‘March for Our Lives’ Protests *
U.S. Strikes Qaeda Target in Southern Libya, Expanding Shadow War There *
‘America First’ Bears a New Threat: Military Confrontation *
Justice Dept. Pushes for Mandated Access to Encrypted Data *
Slovaks Meet New Bosses. They’re Not Much Different From Old Bosses *
China’s Economic Czar Warns U.S. Treasury Secretary on Tariffs *
Rights groups vow to fight Trump's 'transphobia masquerading as policy'
Protests in California after police kill Black man carrying only his phone
Bolton worked with Cambridge Analytica on YouTube voter experiment
Brexit insider claims Vote Leave team may have breached spending limits
Catalan Ex-Leader, Wanted for Sedition, Is Held in Germany *
Teacher Strike Fever Spreads
When Professionals Rise Up, More Than Money Is at Stake *
Germany’s 28-Hour Workweek
Unions dying? Membership soars in Inland Empire, shrinks near coast
Union remains resistant to Doublestar’s acquisition of Kumho Tire
Thousands of Vietnamese workers take to highway to protest wage cuts
Workers at Chilean mine Escondida accept early contract talks
New top leader at SEIU Local 503
At Reed College, students are unionizing
U.S. Union Membership Data in Perspective
Durham City Council wants to overturn N.C. ban on collective bargaining
Turning 40, the Steelworkers' Union looks to future
Raucous Board Meeting ends in the Elimination of Paraprofessional Positions
When the Elderly Call for Help, a ‘Chain’ Immigrant Often Answers *
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.
Friday, March 23, 2018
March 23 News Update
Paris
mayor proposes making public transportation free to decrease
pollution
'Great Pacific garbage patch' sprawling with far more debris than thought
Trees older than America: a primeval Alaskan forest is at risk in the Trump era
'Dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico will take decades to recover from farm pollution
Britain Refuses Permission for New Coal Mine in Northeast England *
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose Last Year. Here Are the Top 5 Reasons. *
Trains, flights grounded as strikes challenge Macron across France
Macron Becomes France’s Answer to Strongman Populism *
France strikes: Macron reforms spark nationwide strikes
French unions explain why the travel chaos is justified
China promises to hit US with tariffs as stocks plunge amid fear of trade war
Workers Need an Industrial Policy Not Tariffs
The Fed, trade wars and recession
Undocumented workers find new ally as unions act to halt deportations
Three central issues facing the Catalan independence movement
Ex-French President Sarkozy in Police Custody
CVS workers push for first union contract
New York-Area Airport Workers on Way to $19 Per Hour *
Marielle Franco murder: Brazilian authorities under global pressure to find killers
Congress Passes $1.3 Trillion Spending Bill, Averting Shutdown *
Trump Administration Retreats on Restaurant Tip-Sharing Plan *
New York City’s Population Hits a Record 8.6 Million *
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.
'Great Pacific garbage patch' sprawling with far more debris than thought
Trees older than America: a primeval Alaskan forest is at risk in the Trump era
'Dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico will take decades to recover from farm pollution
Britain Refuses Permission for New Coal Mine in Northeast England *
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose Last Year. Here Are the Top 5 Reasons. *
Trains, flights grounded as strikes challenge Macron across France
Macron Becomes France’s Answer to Strongman Populism *
France strikes: Macron reforms spark nationwide strikes
French unions explain why the travel chaos is justified
China promises to hit US with tariffs as stocks plunge amid fear of trade war
Workers Need an Industrial Policy Not Tariffs
The Fed, trade wars and recession
Undocumented workers find new ally as unions act to halt deportations
Three central issues facing the Catalan independence movement
Ex-French President Sarkozy in Police Custody
CVS workers push for first union contract
New York-Area Airport Workers on Way to $19 Per Hour *
Marielle Franco murder: Brazilian authorities under global pressure to find killers
Congress Passes $1.3 Trillion Spending Bill, Averting Shutdown *
Trump Administration Retreats on Restaurant Tip-Sharing Plan *
New York City’s Population Hits a Record 8.6 Million *
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.
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