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Thursday, April 30, 2015

April 30 News Update

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'Today's official attendance was zero': Baltimore hosts first MLB game without fans

About 150 US workers are killed on the job every day – report
Hundreds participate in Workers Memorial Day ceremony in Saint Paul
For laborers lost: Workers remembered in local service at courthouse
Local labor leaders honor those who died on the job

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Who's Making Less than $15?
In Quincy protest, union workers call for more job commitments from developers
Radioactive waste haunts St. Louis
Job sprawl hurting minorities, the poor
Calif. touts plan to reduce greenhouse gases    
Labor Unions Flex Muscles in German Corporate Shake-Ups
American Psychological Association Collaborated on Torture Justification *
Insurers Flout Rule Covering Birth Control, Studies Find *
Shell Pushes on With Arctic Exploration as It Awaits U.S. Permit *


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
Bill Onasch at 5:02 AM

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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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