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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

May 28 News Update


U.S. Troops to Leave Afghanistan by End of 2016 *
9,800 troops to stay in Afghanistan

General Baker Jr.: Activist, union leader 'loved the workers of the world'
Detroit’s Radical

Arctic ice melt to release 1 trillion pieces of plastic into sea
Obama delays deportation policy review
Chrysler should begin UAW contract talks now: Marchionne
MSHA pushes proximity detection rule back again
Caperton retrial: Another jury rules against Massey
Anti-World Cup protesters march on Brasilia stadium, face tear gas
Climate changes push native Montana trout toward extinction
Unions urge DOT to reject Norwegian’s foreign air carrier
Walmart, China workers to agree out-of-court settlement
FBI files on music icon Pete Seeger to be released online
Out Front at Outback: Worker Center Partnership in Action in Iowa
The Ukraine Crisis and the New Cold War
Detroit defends bankruptcy plan to pay pensioners more than bondholders
Median CEO pay crosses $10 million in 2013

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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Bill Onasch at 4:48 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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