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Postings of news stories and analysis of interest to working people by 9AM Central, Monday-Friday

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

February 29 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 twenty articles a month.

Labor unions rally in Annapolis
Banks, industry in India hit by trade-union strike
German Bank Workers Union Seeks 6% Wage Increase for 220000
Poll: US belief in warming rises with thermometer
Minnesota job seekers outnumber full-time openings 6-to-1
Wage Laws Could Include Homecare Workers, Finally
Natural gas: another magic bullet that won’t stop climate change
Royal Dutch Shell Should Be Held Accountable in Nigeria
MNA RNs Introduce 2012 Staffing For Patient Safety Act
Hoffa Backs Out of Hours of Service Fight
Could take 5 years to get 6 percent unemployment
B.C. legislation to remove teachers' right to strike
Steelworkers report on miners' deaths due Wednesday
Fukushima, a year on: 3,000 workers take on the twisted steel and radiation
Bill Onasch at 5:27 AM

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Retiree member of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1287. Active member National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981. Webmaster of kclabor.org since March, 2000. Former Vice-President of ATU 1287. In Minneapolis during Seventies-Eighties held several posts in UE Local 1139 including Local President and Shop Chairman at Litton Microwave. Charter member of Labor Party Advocates. Founding member of US Labor Against the War.
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