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Thursday, March 8, 2018

March 8 News Update


International Women’s Day in
        Kathmanduepa06588111 Nepalese women hold placards and balloons
        during a rally to mark International Women’s Day in Kathmandu,
        Nepal, 08 March 2018. According to reports, thousands of women
        affiliated with various political parties and non-government
        organizations participated in the rally, calling for equal
        social, economic and politics rights for women. EPA/NARENDRA
        SHRESTHA
International Women's Day 2018

An overview of 'resilience' and climate change
A New Wave of Water Privatisation in Indonesia
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The West Virginia Option
West Virginia teachers’ strike: A militant model for the labor movement
The teachers united couldn't be defeated
The West Virginia teachers' strike is over. But the fight for healthcare isn't

Trump Is Set to Sign Tariff Plan Despite G.O.P. Pushback *
Europe threatens tariffs on US peanut butter and orange juice as trade war looms

Frontier Communications Workers on Strike All Across West Virginia
BMWE Reaches Tentative Agreement With Freight Carriers
Puerto Rico And Its Teachers' Unions Clash Over Proposed Charter Schools
Nepotism and corruption: the handmaidens of Trump's presidency
Case is cover for anti-union advocates
Teachers hold immense governing power before gubernatorial elections
U of Iowa nurses ask state Supreme Court to weigh in on contract negotiation
America’s Forgotten History of Illegal Deportations
Ben Carson's housing agency drops pledge to end housing discrimination
European clocks lose six minutes after dispute saps power from electricity grid


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 5:56 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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