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Friday, February 5, 2016

February 5 News Update

Morocco’s vast 9$bn Ouarzazate solar power plant
Morocco to switch on first phase of world's largest solar plant
From liquid air to supercapacitors, energy storage is poised for a breakthrough
Five Facts That Reveal a Warming Planet
Obama to seek new tax on crude oil in budget proposal
Firm to pay 'symbolic' fine for W.Va. spill
Governor urged to quit after release of emails on Flint legionnaires' outbreak
Let’s make this a real ‘leap’ year, and go fossil fuel-free

Protesters demand an end to the systematic dismissals.
Argentine Labor Union Calls Huge National Strike Against Macri

Feb. 2016
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Labor Briefing: UE workers win back pay

More than 100 people unaccounted for after South Africa mine collapse
Construction Worker, 62, Dies in Fall From East Harlem Building *
TPP moves one step closer with signing
Race Is a Social Construct, Scientists Argue
Health Coalition Demands Funding for Hospitals
Bernie Sanders Gets Backing From Former NAACP Chief and a Nevada Union *
How History Got the Rosa Parks Story Wrong
HRW decries abuses under Paris emergency
Rep. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri rejects call to end inquiry into abortion providers
Security officers reach tentative contract with $15 minimum wage


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.

Posted by Bill Onasch at 5:46 AM
Labels: labor news; climate change

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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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