Friday, March 6, 2015

March 6 News Update


Carson refinery strike is about safety
Union says it will resume talks Monday with U.S. refining companies
Federal mediator tapped for Delta refinery talks
Steelworkers fire back over unfair labor practice charges
USW Local 7-1 sells T-shirts to support strike fund
U.S. Refiners, Striking Workers Digging In for Protracted Battle

As debate continues over right-to-work bill, protesters gather
Wisconsin, Round Two: Walker Attacks Private Sector Workers

CUPE, York University to resume talks on Friday
Austerity Strangles Ontario: the TA strikes in Context

BNSF oil train derails in rural Illinois
Space Needle to hire workers for higher pay
Union backing elusive as Garcia seeks to unseat Chicago Mayor Emanuel
Gaza power plant shuts down over Palestinian tax dispute
Protests shut down University of California Santa Cruz campus
PA tries to block Philly sick leave
The secret history of pollution and the EPA
A death delayed: Rodney Reed eyes exoneration, end to 'racist' justice
Indigenous Peruvians win Amazon pollution payout from US oil giant
Illinois: Unions Sue to Reinstate Dues *
Companies Turn Tables on Human Rights Lawyers *

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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