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House Democrats unveil bill to expand healthcare nationwide

Bernie Sanders Jumps Into a Union Fight

Union workers and King Soopers heading back to the table

Auto workers' union sues GM to keep three plants open

The charter bosses lose again at CICS

Lesbophobia Past and Present

Wildfires Rag in Britain After Record Temperatures *

28 Women Dragging Suitcases March for Abortion Rights in Northern Ireland *

Ohio city votes to give Lake Erie personhood

Captured Indian pilot to be released

US and North Korea leaders leave early, cancel planned ceremony

White House Bars 4 U.S. Journalists From Trump’s Dinner With Kim *

Israelis May Have Committed Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza Protests *

Oregon to Become First State to Impose Statewide Rent Control *

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Boeing Board to Add Nikki Haley, Who Helped Fight Union Drive

UE Locals 506, 618 Strike 'For the Jobs Our Communities Deserve' in Erie

California’s biggest state worker union kicks off contract talks

Graduate student and postdoc unions begin negotiations with Columbia

Grocery workers contract dispute

Cooling cloud banks could vanish

Bill Jenkins, Who Tried to Halt Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Dies at 73 *

Oakland teachers are fighting for the future

Iceberg twice the size of New York City is set to break away from Antarctica

UK faces chaotic Brexit or extension of article 50

Ocasio-Cortez rebukes Ivanka Trump 'as a person who actually worked for wages'

Labor For Sustainability Special Bulletin On Green New Deal

Two African-American Women Are Headed for Runoff in Chicago’s Mayor Race *

United Methodists Tighten Ban on Same-Sex Marriage and Gay Clergy *

Extreme Weather Can Feel ‘Normal’ After Just a Few Years, Study Finds *

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EU Considers 21-Month Delay If May Can't Get Brexit Done

Emissions Now 10x Higher Than When Arctic Had Crocodiles And Palm Trees

Low Wage, Not Low Skill: Why Devaluing Our Workers Matters

Labor Fights Over the City's New Energy Agency Are Just Getting Started

Stop & Shop Workers’ Union Votes To Authorize Strike

Union Workers at Erie GE Negotiate to the Wire with Wabtec

Workers at the forefront of minimum wage victory press on for union rights

White House to set up panel to counter climate change consensus

The climate is changing – why aren’t we?

Hugo Blanco: From Trotskyism to Indigenous Vitality

Kia loses, union wins, in latest bonus ruling

Gaza protesters call on Palestinian leader to quit

AOC delivers impassioned response to critics

Chicago, Seeking a New Mayor, Sees Black Residents Voting With Their Feet *

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Health Care and Insurance Industries Mobilize to Kill ‘Medicare for All’ *

The Green New Deal Is Better Than Our Climate Nightmare *

The Power of a $15 Minimum Wage *

Black women’s labor market history

Union representing Stop & Shop workers votes to authorize strike

Worked to Death at FedEx

Growing threat from far right upsurge

GE Unions Vote 'Overwhelmingly' to Authorize Strike

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Satellite spies signs of slavery from space

 Dams can reduce natural greenhouse gases

TUED Bulletin 83 — February 21, 2019

Trump and the World Economy
Teacher Strikes Boost Ed Funding in WV, Other States
For a fighting ecological trade-unionism
Trump’s ‘national emergency’ power grab
Southwest Airlines blasts labor union
Pollution casts shadow over New Mexico’s booming dairy industry
Hyundai workers to go on strike
Chilean Dockworkers Organize Month-Long Strike
The Subways Should Be Free
Peace Treaty, and Peace Prize, for North Korea Appear to Tempt Trump *
Labor’s Hard Choice in Amazon Age: Play Along or Get Tough *
Emmett Till’s Murder, and How America Remembers Its Darkest Moments *
Green New Deal Technologically Possible. Political Prospects Another Question *

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KC Labor February 20 Week In Review

Amid game industry layoffs, AFL-CIO says it’s time for workers to organize

Southwest grapples with new labor and revenue problems

Unions and Allies Respond to Governor Walz's Budget Proposal

Black Workers Biggest Winners if Federal Minimum Wage Goes Up

Feminism: Why a women*’s strike on March 8?

The Trump tax plan proves a bonanza for business

The battle lines have been drawn on the Green New Deal

White House Panel Will Study Whether Climate Change Is a National Security Threat *

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Betsy DeVos vs. Student Veterans *

Elizabeth Warren Proposes Universal Child Care *

Don Newcombe Dies at 92; Dodger Pitcher Helped Break Racial Barrier *

No solidarity for labor in crowded mayoral race

Twin Valley support workers take on school board

Regarding the Prespes Agreement and the nationalist rallies

Donald Trump rushing to sell Saudi Arabia nuclear technology

Oil dips after forecast for record U.S. shale output

West Virginia Teachers Strike Again

Trump’s Two-Year War on the Investigations Encircling Him *

Thousands Rally Against Anti-Semitism in France *

Russians, Feeling Poor and Protesting Garbage, Suffer Winter Blues *

Wallace Broecker, 87, Dies; Sounded Early Warning on Climate Change *

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UE 506 and Wabtec Plan More Contract Talks This Week

Queensland union will not back candidates who do not support coal workers

Aggie Square Rehab Facility Has UC Labor Unions Concerned Over Outsourcing

New Era workers gain an ally in Nationals closer Sean Doolittle

New York Labor Didn't Shrink from Confronting Amazon

Teachers are leading a national workers’ revolt. Oakland may be next

The Nurses in Bulgaria are Rising Up

Why hundreds of scientists formed a human chain around Hungarian Academy

Bernie Sanders Announces 2020 Presidential Run *

Kamala Harris Tells New Hampshire: ‘I Am Not a Democratic Socialist’ *

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Macron Prepares Repressive Measures--Yellow Vests, Red Unions Strike Together

Should a Lake Get Legal Rights Like a Person? Toledo Voters Will Decide *

E.P.A. Will Study Limits on Cancer-Linked Chemicals. Critics Say Delays Action *

Waterloo, unions kick off contract negotiations

Construction labor woes are wearing on region

New sewer board members say they're open to union representation

Labor Dispute Leads To Lockout At Rusal’s Bauxite Operation In Guyana

Climate, class and revolting children

Skipping School to Save the Earth *

Baldwin tweets back as Trump talks of 'retribution' for SNL

Labour split: seven MPs resign from the party

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Breaking with bad politics

The Philippine Left in a Changing Land

Contrary creatures

Why the rich are to blame for climate crisis

Corporations see a different kind of 'green' in Ocasio-Cortez’s 'green new deal'

Trump to declare emergency, sign spending bill
May defeated on Brexit again as ERG Tories abstain
Denver teachers end three-day walkout after deal to raise pay 11%
The Greensboro Sit-In Protests, Explained
Teacher strikes made 2018 the biggest year for worker protest in a generation
Miners union leader unites labor movement under new umbrella organization
Union Files Labor Complaint Against Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Trump Will Declare a National Emergency. What Happens Next? *
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Journalists Say Publisher Threatened Them in a Tirade *

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The Jasic Struggle in China’s Political Context

'Pursuing obsession': Iran slams US-led talks

Ilhan Omar takes Trump's Venezuela envoy to task

Senate passes landmark bill to enlarge national parks

French Town Becomes a Focal Point in War over Water

Japan's auto unions submit requests, kicking off annual spring wage talks

Mexico’s EnergyTransformation?

Green New Deal Is What Realistic Environmental Policy Looks Like *

A Locked Door, a Fire and 41 Girls Killed as Police Stood By *

Europe’s Middle Class Is Shrinking. Spain Bears Much of the Pain *

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John Bellamy Foster on the ‘Green New Deal’

A US Tax on Wealth Is Long Overdue

Sting Hired by Unifor to Help Save GM Oshawa Plant

After Winning a $15 Minimum Wage, Fast Food Workers Now Battle Unfair Firings *

Why U.S. Oil and Gas Expansion Is Incompatible with Climate

Testimony at MN Capitol underscores need for stronger wage theft laws

Terrifying assessment of a Himalayan melting

Brazil's Pataxo depended on a river that's now polluted with mud

What Colour is Your Vest?

A Grieving Mother Wants to Put a Face on Air Pollution *

The Atomic Soldiers *

How to Cut U.S. Emissions Faster? Do What These Countries Are Doing *

National Strike Grips Belgium, Canceling Flights and Shutting Breweries *

Bikes put spanner in works of Dutch driverless car schemes

Electric cars are already cheaper to own and run, says study

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Denver teacher strike: Thousands walk out for better pay

Twin Cities nurses ready for contract talks

Nicolas Calas: The Trotskyist Time Forgot

'We Are The Lions, Mr. Manager'

Socialists and the fight for democracy in Venezuela

Iran marks 40th anniversary of Islamic revolution

Conversion: Alternatives for the GM Shutdown

Landmark Australian ruling rejects coal mine over global warming

Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature'

What is the Green New Deal and how would it benefit society?

Catalan Leaders’ Trial Starts, and Spain’s Government Fights for Its Survival *

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AOC Dissects Financial System In Congressional Speech

With López Obrador In, Workers Have the Confidence to Walk Out

Number of U.S. Workers Involved in a Strike in 2018 Was the Highest Since 1986

Anchor Brewing workers crack open union drive with rally

Labor’s death reports were greatly exaggerated

A mining dam collapsed and buried more than 150 people *

Finland’s Basic Income Trial Boosts Happiness, but Not Employment *

Magazine censored, editor dropped for covering Henry Ford’s anti-Semitic paper

Hedge Funds Win, Puerto Ricans Lose

Wolf Creek workers win labor relations case

How teacher union support could sway the Chicago mayor’s race

Italy unions turn out thousands

Violent ‘Yellow Vest’ Protests in Week 13 *

UAW chief: GM cuts show labor contracts are more essential than ever

Trump Mocks Warren With Apparent Reference to Trail of Tears * 

A ‘Green New Deal’ Is Far From Reality, but Climate Action Is Picking Up in States *

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Frank Robinson, Hall of Fame, MLB's first Black manager, dies at 83

Seattle General Strike: Labor’s Most Spectacular Revolt

The Protests against Russia’s Pension Reform

Fascisms Old and New

The American Left Resurgent: Prospects and Tensions

Palm oil industry expansion spurs Guatemala indigenous migration

Green New Deal: Ocasio-Cortez unveils bold plan to fight climate change

JetBlue president warned workers against joining a union

Socialism Is More Popular Than You Think, Mr. President

Local construction workers’ unions sue drug companies over opioid crisis

The Rebirth of Mexico’s Electrical Workers

The Resurrection of American Labor

UC Student-Workers Union delivers list of demands

GM reports strong profits on good sales of pricier vehicles

From paradise to landfill: beloved California beach covered in trash

Teachers’ strikes are women’s strikes

Supreme Court Blocks Louisiana Abortion Law *

The Church With the $6 Billion Portfolio *

‘Green New Deal’ Far From Reality, but Climate Action Is Picking Up in States *