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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

May 20 News Update

Los Angeles becomes latest US city to favor $15 minimum wage
Marathon workers say no to labor offer in Galveston
7,000 workers abandon unions in Turkey auto strike
School cafeteria workers, aides ratify contract

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Why We Should Spend Billions More On Trains
Railroads Around the Globe Find No Cheap Route to Safety *

Ruptured pipeline spills 21,000 gallons of oil on California coast
Why W.Va.’s coalfields can’t have nice things
Judge allows Illinois Gov. Rauner's lawsuit to proceed
NYC, Sanitation Union Reach Contract Agreement
Feds project Lake Mead below drought trigger point in 2017
Greece: Dissenters rev up pressure on government
34 million vehicles recalled over air bags
ATU 689 Calls for Focus on Fixing DC Streetcar
NDP jumps into 3-way race with Conservatives, Liberals
Rising carbon emissions from oilsands a 'unique' challenge, federal cabinet told
Comparing royalty rates in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Texas and North Dakota


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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