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Monday, February 9, 2015

February 9 News Update

United Steelworkers widens oil refinery strike
Building unions return to Kentucky refinery despite Steelworkers' Picketlines

How environmental activists turned a pipeline into a climate movement
Tar Sands Pipeline Planned for Dane County Eclipses KXL
Climate change takes its toll on Costa Rica forest

Fracking puts California governor, environmentalists at odds
Greece back on collision course with EU over loan demands
US economy creates 1 million jobs in 3 months
Engineer Helped Passengers Escape Burning Train *
The Shrinking American Labor Union *
West Coast Port Employers to Cut Shifts Amid Labor Dispute
GE Cited for Labor Law Violations
Postal Workers to begin bargaining, challenge Staples-Office Depot merger


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
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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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