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Thursday, April 16, 2015

April 16 News Update

Protest New York
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
Nearly 1,000 in L.A. join nationwide protests for $15 minimum wage
In Test for Unions and Politicians, a Nationwide Protest on Pay *


Hundreds of workers representing fast-food employees, home health care workers and others rallied Wednesday evening on the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus after a march that originated at Theis Park earlier in the evening.
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.

We take a closer look at news stories in our companion Week In Review blog, hosted at: KC Labor at WordPress
Posted by Bill Onasch at 5:26 AM
Labels: labor news; climate change

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