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Friday, March 29, 2019

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Workers at Conagra's Louisville plant reject labor contract

9 Months After Janus, AFSCME Reports 94% Retention

Fueled by climate change, extreme weather disasters hit 62 million in 2018

Solidarity with Algerian people in their struggle for popular sovereignty!

The Green New Deal: A Strategy for a More Equal United States

Death toll in Dhaka office tower fire soars to 25

Construction worker falls 23 stories to his death in KC

Agnès Varda, beloved French New Wave director, dies aged 90

US immigration system 'at breaking point'

IcebergTwice the Size of New York City About to Split From Antarctica *

Top Democrat Assails Interior Secretary Nomination *






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Thursday, March 28, 2019

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Week In Review March 27
Trump Says Puerto Rico gets too much storm assistance
Local 3299 files Unfair Labor Practice charge against UC
Exhausted migrants crowded under a bridge in Texas
Trump Owns the Economy Now, for Better or Worse *
Senate Blocks Green New Deal but Expends Plenty of Carbon Talking *



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Wednesday, March 27, 2019

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Musicians Union Vows Fight for Streaming Residuals
UMass Medical, labor union reach agreement for 2,600 workers
Thousands of Uber drivers are striking in Los Angeles
UIC Grad Workers On Strike for Living Wages
Wall Street Pressure Prompted GM Plant Closures
Blackstone Called Out For Inflating Rents, Aggressive Evictions
Bolsonaro orders Brazil army to mark 55th anniversary of military coup
Green New Deal: Senate defeats proposal
After Boeing Crashes, Sharp Questions About Industry Regulating Itself *
People Actually Like the Green New Deal *
Grew Up Around Fossil Fuels--Now Their Jobs Are in Renewables *


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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

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2018 spike in energy demand spells climate trouble
USMCA opens a can of worms
New Yorkers Mark Triangle Shirtwaist Anniversary
Rutgers faculty union authorizes strike
Lordstown Workers Unlikely To Benefit From GM's New EV
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Offers Only Two Dozen Permanent Jobs
Homophobic Sign Posted at Queens Subway Station
UK scientists try to put the brakes on Brexit
Wounded Wilderness: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 30 Years Later
'My Generation Has Been Fooled'
'We Demand Food for Thought'
Segregation the Story of New York City’s Schools for 50 Years *


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Monday, March 25, 2019

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One million join march against Brexit as Tories plan to oust May
Lawyers Ramp Up Challenges to Trump’s Oil Drilling Push
Major Pipeline Delays Leave Canada’s Tar Sands Struggling
Teamsters, YRC reach tentative labor contract, union says
UC hit with third labor strike in a year
Labor Unions of the World, Unite
Canada in the Age of Working-Class Power
Experts warn Midwest flood risk may persist for months
Free Transit in Ottawa
Copenhagen Wants to Show How Cities Can Fight Climate Change *
What Makes a Catastrophic Flood? *


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Friday, March 22, 2019

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Oakland Teacher Strike Builds Steam In School Funding Fight
Pa. waste facility is a threat to waterways
Christchurch: Mourn for the dead and fight like hell for the living
From Liberal ‘Ideology’ to Massive Cuts
The fantasy world of the Long Depression
Class Struggle at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
UAW must resist strategy to divide members, NAACP leader says
E.U. Approves Brexit Extension, but Chaotic Departure Still Looms *
The Outspoken Women of the House *
25 States Are at Risk of Serious Flooding This Spring *



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Thursday, March 21, 2019

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Your Favorite Podcast May Soon Be Union
Stand with Muslims
Ukraine: An Election for the Oligarchs
100 years of Rosa Luxemburg’s Marxism
Giving a voice to the Venezuelan people
Broiler chickens: The defining species of the Anthropocene?
Who Should Own Photos of Slaves? *
Looking Back at World War II ‘Lumberjills’ *
Obama-Era Oil Leases Broke Law by Not Assessing Climate Impact *
Graduate Students on Strike
Amazon and Union at Odds Over Firing of Warehouse Worker *
Workers hit picket line at UC Davis Medical Center
Sanders, at UCLA, highlights his longtime support for organized labor
Hawaii leads country in labor union representation
Brazil’s Unions Prepare for War
Kentucky Gov. intentionally exposed kids to chicken pox instead of vaccine
Rethinking Approaches to Climate Change
Doomed Jets Lacked 2 Safety Features That Boeing Sold as Extras *
Fight to Tame a Swelling River With Dams Outmatched by Climate Change *



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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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U.S. jury finds Bayer's Roundup caused man's cancer
Drought plan done for Colorado River
Interior Press Secretary Spouted Islamophobia, Climate Denial
Thousands flee midwest as three die amid flooding
A radical left in Slovenia Parliament
What can Karl Marx offer to the 21st Century?
May asks EU for Brexit delay
Why climate action is the antithesis of white supremacy
Talks between Wabtec and union in Erie continue
Widespread pickets planned in support of Las Vegas union
Trump proposes slashing science spending
Antibiotics set to flood Florida’s troubled orange orchards
Trump Picks Former Delta Executive as F.A.A. Chief *



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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

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Scientists track damage from controversial deep-sea mining method
How China’s Ban on Importing Waste Has Stalled Global Recycling
Brexit: Speaker rules out third meaningful vote on same deal
Cyclone Idai: more than 1,000 feared dead in Mozambique
Jacinda Ardern is showing the world what real leadership is
Stop & Shop workers authorize a strike
Boeing's Unsuccessful Attempt to Avert a Crisis
Stone Creek Coffee workers start voting on union representation
State Unions, Municipal Employees Exempt from Paid FMLA Program
Exxon’s Climate Denial Set To Face First Public Scrutiny
AP finds hot records falling twice as often as cold ones
Record Floods Bring New Toll When Farmers Can Least Afford It *





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Monday, March 18, 2019

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March 16 KC Labor Week In Review
Minnesota students 'strike' over climate change
Workers at Little Big Burger Joining Portland Fast-Food Labor Drive
UAW puts its money where its mouth is
Fire breaks out at a Houston-area petrochemicals terminal
Stop Brexit and get rid of the Tories
Wastewater - private equity’s new black gold in U.S. shale
Australia bans tour by alt-right star Milo Yiannopoulos
Climate Striker: We must take on capitalism if we want to avert chaos
UN report says emission cuts will not stop Arctic devastation
Saudi Crown Prince’s Brutal Drive to Crush Dissenters *
Trump Crackdown Unnerves Immigrants, and Farmers *
Durham Dreamed of a Transit Line. Duke University All but Killed It *
88 Pounds of Plastic Found in Dead Whale in the Philippines *
Trump Loosens Sage Grouse Protections, Benefiting Oil Companies *



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Friday, March 15, 2019

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49 killed in 'terrorist' attack on New Zealand mosques

Youth climate strikes take place in more than 100 countries
Why Unions Must Bargain Over Climate Change
Anchor Brewing workers can toast to their new union
It's 2050 And This Is How We Stopped Climate Change
US official reveals Atlantic drilling plan
Pilots Promised 737 Software Fix Last Year; They’re Still Waiting *
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Thursday, March 14, 2019

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Norway MPs want Nobel for student climate campaigner Greta
Toxic air tears apart families in Mongolia
Nearly half of global childhood cancer cases go undiagnosed
One year after her murder: Justice for Marielle!
Venezuela: Electricity recovery, U.S. withdraws diplomatic staff
Defining a safe operating space for food systems in the Anthropocene
US drops 'Israeli-occupied' designation from Golan Heights
The next steps in Brexit's unfolding drama
One British Ex-Soldier to Be Prosecuted in ‘Bloody Sunday’ Shootings *
New Rule for Transgender Troops: Stick to Your Birth Sex, or Leave *
Tiny Costa Rica Has a Green New Deal Too *



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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

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Study finds unions boost area workers' wages
Burgerville Union Drive Keeps Expanding
Minneapolis School District sued over building projects
Teachers are ‘ready to fight
New labor college launching this spring in St. Paul
May's Brexit deal has been defeated again
Boeing Flights Grounded Across the Globe, but Not in the U.S. *



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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

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Senate sends gov. bill striking down local ‘right-to-work’
Is There a Future for Good Manufacturing Jobs in the U.S.? *
Strike pay hiked on eve of UAW talks
Cuba acknowledges climate change threats in its constitution
'Monumental step backwards' –$1bn gas pipeline dividing New York
Neoliberalism: not so bad?
Chicago Charter Teachers Strike, Win
No to the imperialist threat against Venezuela!



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Monday, March 11, 2019

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Amazon Workers in Minnesota Hold Strike for Better Conditions
Five Stop & Shop unions authorize leaders to call strike
UAW convention in Detroit will set stage for bargaining
Protesters celebrate Wendy’s pulling out of University of Michigan
Working People Aren’t Going Quietly
We Need to Say What Socialism Will Look Like
NASA offered pollution-spotting plane over Houston. EPA said no
Europe’s Growth Engine Sputters
When Socialists Won Women’s Suffrage
39,000 UC workers will strike again
Greta Thunberg, schoolgirl climate change warrior
U.S. Airstrikes Kill Hundreds in Somalia *
DeVos Illegally Delayed Special Education Rule, Judge Says *
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Friday, March 8, 2019

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>Happy International Womens Day
>Anniversary of the 1917 February Russian Revolution
>19th Anniversary of Launch of kclabor.org
UE, Wabtec Reach Agreement to End Strike in Erie, PA
Board rules Pitt graduate students entitled to hold union vote
Groceries, union hold first meetings for new labor contract
The decision to form the Communist International
The feminist strike extends across Europe
Iran: What happened after March 8 1979
The witchfinders are now ready to burn Corbyn
Guiding principles for an Ecosocialist Green New Deal
College Chain Crumbles, Millions in Student Loan Cash Disappears *
Tariff Man Has Become Deficit Man *
America’s Light Bulb Revolution *
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Thursday, March 7, 2019

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Wabtec, Erie union workers head to bargaining table
'It Feels Like We’re All Going to a Funeral Today.'
Kenya flights disrupted by airport workers strike
Chicago Federation of Labor honors Karen Kent
Corbyn renews calls to end UK arms sales to Israel
Plastics: The New Coal in Appalachia?
Chicagoans show they’re hungry for change
2,000 New Members Barred from Voting in NewsGuild Election
Endangered species face 'disaster' under Trump administration
America’s Trade Deficit in Goods Hits Record $891 Billion *
Regulators Move to Ease Post-Crisis Oversight of Wall Street *
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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

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The English Diggers, the 'Commons,' and the Green New Deal
Risks Rise For Mechanics Union As Fight Goes To Federal Court
Grocer Pulls Help Wanted Signs For Scabs
Lessons from a Washington Post labor dispute
St Paul Federation of Educators Celebrates 100 Years
Whose 'Security' — and for What?
80 arrests, including reporter, clergy, at Sacramento protest
Genoa Bridge Collapse Throws Harsh Light on Benettons’ Highway Billions *
U.S. and E.U. Are Headed for a Food Fight Over Trade *
Companies Falsely Labeled Products ‘Made in U.S.A.’ Their Penalty? $0. *


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Tuesday, March 5, 2019

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Labour declares for a second referendum
N.J. state workers union, Murphy reach deal on 4-year contract
Boeing Machinists union wins mid-contract pay raise
Most US coal plants are contaminating groundwater with toxins
Meet the climate kids fighting to fix the planet
Trudeau Doctrine
Border Patrol Facilities Put Detainees With Medical Conditions at Risk *
Ocean Heat Waves Are Threatening Marine Life *
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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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