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Monday, March 19, 2018

March 19 News Update


Environmental Justice Adviser Slams Pruitt's Plan to Weaken Coal Ash Rules
US coal hasn’t set aside enough money to clean up its mines
Devastating Australia Bush Fire Destroys Scores of Homes *

In Brazil, 1,000 Protest Murder of Rio de Janeiro Councilwoman *
Marielle Franco: Brazil’s favelas mourn the death of a champion

Workers at Idaho’s Lucky Friday mine have been on strike for 370 days
UAW vs. Tesla: It's on
Painters union hopes to recruit Latino construction workers
New Sinn Fein Leader Has a Familiar Task: Wooing Irish-Americans *
Scott Pruitt, Trump’s Rule-Cutting E.P.A. Chief, Plots His Political Future *
Disputes with temporary workers add to GM Korea's challenges
Qatar to reimburse recruitment fees to 30,000 workers
Trump Administration, McDonald’s Rush to Avoid Employer Liability Trial
Hospital's challenge to union is disgraceful
Labor Groups Launch Effort on Grad Student Unions
Union for GE Appliance Park workers seized by national parent
Japan's Labor Unions Squeeze Small Pay Rise From Top Companies
Trump Ed Secretary DeVos trashes her own workers’ union, imposes 'contract'
Union representation rising after decades of decline
How an increasingly powerful Momentum is transforming Labour


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 5:04 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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