Friday, July 24, 2015

July 24 News Update

Outrage over EPA emissions regulations fades as states find fixes
Pollution isn't colorblind: environmental hazards kill more Black Americans
California anti-fracking protests expand
Western Canada's hot, dry summer of discontent may be just the start
Offshore Wind Farm Raises Hopes of U.S. Clean Energy Backers *


Photo of New York wage rally
Workers rally for $15 federal minimum wage
Push to Lift Minimum Wage Is Now Serious Business *

Ford, UAW, formally begin labor talks; jobs to Mexico at issue
It Took Direct Action to Make This Boss Pay Seattle’s New Minimum Wage
With Capitulation in Greece, the Front Moves Outward
Actor and Union Activist Theodore Bikel Dies at Age 91
UAW Donates $50,000 in Memory of the Charleston 9
Montgomery County Taxi Drivers Push for Massive Reforms
NNU Statement on Black Lives Matter and the Health Impact of Racial Disparities
Travelling to North Carolina to March for Voting Rights
Brattleboro Co-op Moving on From Unionization Fallout
Screening Aug. 2 of Who Built Our Capitol? video
Labor Chorus to pay tribute to Joe Hill July 28
Sad news: Dr. Donald Rasmussen has died
Anthem to buy Cigna for$54.2 billion to create U.S. health insurance giant
Poll Finds Most in U.S. Hold Dim View of Race Relations *


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