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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

February 3 News Update

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Labor Network for Sustainability Calls for Support for Oil Strikers
US oil workers strike over pay and safety
USW Calls for Work Stoppage at Nine Oil Refineries, Plants
U.S. Oil Workers Stage Largest National Strike Since 1980
Oil refinery worker's strike impacts Bay Area refinery

Seizing the Opportunity to Fight Austerity
Greece needs an exit option

University of Chicago Nurses Vote To Authorize a Strike
Pharma, healthcare’s 8-ton gorilla, comes under increasing scrutiny
Jail Infirmary Workers Raise Alarm on Unsafe Staffing
Al Jazeera's Peter Greste calls for colleagues' release
Venezuela officials barred from entering US
FCC Chairman Moving Forward with Real Net Neutrality Protections
Informal Labor Activism Picks Up Union Slack in NC
In factory and in the street, Labor is learning again there is power in a union
Trove of papers reveal a Rosa Parks who did much more than sit down
OSHA Cites Ashley Furniture Over Dozens of Safety Violations *

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 5:47 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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