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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

January 5 News Update

US sues VW over emissions software
California gas disaster highlights patchwork of environmental laws
Oklahoma: Well Operators Ordered to Reduce Wastewater *


New Mass Deportation Raids Begin


Free-Speech Crackdowns Show Transit Workers Are on the Right Track

Mediation begins in Valley bus union-operator negotiations
Auburn RNs at Sutter Auburn Faith Approve New Pact
Ring in the New Year with these events
Windows 10 budges a bit as masses cling to Windows 7
Medicare is changing: What's new for beneficiaries
General Motors Invests $500 Million in Lyft, Sees A Self-Driving Future
Happy 2016! These CEOs Have Already Banked An Average Worker's Salary
Northern Ireland medics fear prison over abortion advice
Even Insured Face Crushing Medical Debt, Study Finds *
Manufacturing Contracts for 2nd Straight Month *


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 5:51 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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