Tuesday, June 23, 2015

June 23 News Update

Full text of pope’s statement on environment and exploitation
Avaaz and Greenpeace spread G7 climate illusions
Major B.C. wildfire could go up like tinder amid dry heat
Earth is on brink of a sixth mass extinction, scientists say, and it’s humans’ fault    
Naomi Oreskes, a Lightning Rod in a Changing Climate
E.P.A. Warns of High Cost of Climate Change *

Is the fight for $15 the next civil rights movement?
Involuntary Part-Time Work: Here to Stay?    
The List of the Fight for $15's Victories


Plaque will mark bloody battle of 1934 truckers' strike in Minneapolis
GE reaches tentative labor agreement with U.S. unions
Thousands strike as class war comes to Iceland
The top .001 percent are different from you and me
Arsenic poisons wells in Peru
As Minnesota taconite producers cut their costs, labor contracts are next
Scott Walker and the Fate of the Union
Fired after joining strike, four janitors suspect retaliation
Union organizers see hope in southern states
University workers cite growing divide
New Rule Speeds Unionization Votes, Say Organizers
Bernie Sanders & oppositional criticism
Strawberry pickers strain to see fruits of labor
Germany releases Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour
US Nukes Could Soon Return to Europe
CP train left without hand brakes above B.C. town: warrant
Loblaws unionized workers in Ontario reject deal, prepare for strike
Communication Workers Look Ahead
Herbicide 2,4-D 'possibly' causes cancer, study finds
Minnesota AFL-CIO President Knutson to retire
Rachel Notley calls for inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women
$15 minimum wage worries many businesses, new study shows
Council of Conservative Citizens Promotes White Primacy, and G.O.P. Ties *
After Elk River Spill, Congress Will Vote on Bill Regulating Toxic Chemicals *

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