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Thursday, April 16, 2015
April 16 News Update
Fight for $15 swells into largest protest by low-wage workers in US history
New York protesters demand $15 minimum wage
New York Today: Fighting for $15 *
Labor Unions Adopt Civil Rights, Social Justice Issues
$15 minimum wage advocates march through downtown Portland
Low-pay workers rally for $15
Walmart, Fast-Food Workers Lead Nationwide Fight for $15 Strike
In Test for Unions and Politicians, a Nationwide Protest on Pay *
Hundreds turn out in Kansas City for a day of ‘$15 an hour’ protests
Kansas City fast-food workers rally for higher wages
A key union backing away from one of labor’s most prominent campaigns
$153 billion a year to subsidize McDonald’s and Walmart’s low wage workers
Hospitals and major union to study workers' future
American-US Airways mechanics, ground workers closer to union contract
Oil spill leaves 100,000 Mexicans without water
Obama’s Effort to Slow Climate Change Heads to Court *
France: Radio Strike Is Ending *
Tennessee: Bill Making Bible Official Book Advances *
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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