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Monday, October 16, 2017

October 16 News Update


EPA, herbicide makers agree to new limits for use of dicamba
Northern California Fires Have Destroyed at Least 5,700 Buildings *
California Fires: Record Hot Summer, Wet Winter Created Explosive Mix
Are Electric Vehicles Pushing Oil Demand Over a Cliff?
Five Climate Truths Donald Trump Doesn’t Understand *
Ireland and Britain Brace for Unusual European Hurricane *
Seven Are Hospitalized After Oil Rig Explodes in Louisiana *

G.M. and Union in Canada Reach Tentative Agreement to End Strike *
Canadian and American unions seek to raise wages in Mexico
Arbor Hills Landfill workers strike continues
Labor unions bring real rebuilding assistance to Puerto Rico
Victory in Stagnation?
NLRB Joint Employer Rule May Soon Be Reversed
Becoming a Steelworker Liberated Her. Then Her Job Moved to Mexico. *
Documenting U.S. Role in Democracy’s Fall and Dictator’s Rise in Chile *
Tesla Fires Hundreds of Workers *
The Flint Militants
First Nations seek to raise Canada's rent after 150 years of $4 payments
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee taken off Mississippi school reading list


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.
Bill Onasch at 4:49 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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