Thursday, February 12, 2015

February 12 News Update

UN deal to combat global warming complicated as length of draft text balloons
At long last, US Congress to approve Keystone pipeline
Is climate change fuelling war?

The Immediate Demands of the Greek Working Class
'Bankrupt but Free': Greeks support push against EU austerity

Obama's war request ignites debate about scope of ISIL conflict

A worker from the United Steelworkers (USW) union walks a
      picket line outside the Shell Oil Deer Park Refinery in Deer Park,
      Texas February 1, 2015. REUTERS/Richard Carson
Union says little progress in U.S. refinery contract talks
Native Americans gather in Montana to protest slaughter of Yellowstone bison
Both sides gear up for fight over Rauner order on union dues
45,000 suicides annually linked to unemployment
Pennsylvania governor proposes new tax on natural gas extraction
Jon Stewart's exit as a phony newsman is a loss to real news
Sisters in arms: Kurdish women in front line against IS
Private Sector Faculty Get Green Light to Unionize
US jails a clearinghouse for poor, ill
UAE: Abuses at NYU, Louvre, Guggenheim Project
Did Jimmy John’s Fire Yet Another Worker for Supporting a Union?
Germany Passed Its First-Ever Minimum Wage Law—And It Covers Interns
CityBus asks riders to lobby legislators
Nurses deliver Valentine message on patient safety
Spain’s Podemos leads electoral pack


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