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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

May 27 News Update


New South Africa mines minister pledges strike mediation
B.C. teachers strike as sides return to negotiating table
Governments Await Obama’s Move to Gauge U.S. Climate Efforts *
Why losing glaciers matters: Bob McDonald
Ontario NDP leader brushes off supporters' letter of dissent
'March Against Monsanto' held in Edmonton
VA private care to be enhanced
Jailed Migrants, Used as a Cheap Labor Pool *
Sinn Fein Benefits as Ireland Moves Left *
The Ripple Effects of Rising Student Debt *
Chicago Teachers' Union Report on School Closings
Greek radical leftists score clear victory in EU vote
White House inadvertently identifies CIA chief in Kabul
Workers at Brazil Stats Body IBGE Go on Strike *
Greek Radical Leftists' Win Complicates Reform Program *
Hospitals Look to Health Law, Cutting Charity *
I.R.S. Bars Employers From Dumping Workers Into Health Exchanges *
Insurers Once on the Fence Plan to Join Health Exchanges in ’15 *
NYC’s Teachers Debate Whether to Ratify Contract *
Empty Scrubs Need to Be Filled, Say San Francisco Nurses

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.

We take a closer look at news stories in our companion Week In Review blog, hosted at: KC Labor at WordPress

Bill Onasch at 4:49 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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