Monday, November 6, 2017

November 6 News Update


How Shanghai would look with a rise of just 2C: the UN
        warned this week of a potential 3C scenario.
From Miami to Shanghai: 3C warming will leave world cities below sea level
The cities that will be drowned by global warming
'There is no convincing alternative explanation'
Slightly warmer temperatures caused Atlantic superstorms
In Antarctica, Two Crucial Glaciers Accelerate Toward the Sea *
A ‘Maritime Forest’ Where Sandy’s Waters Rose *
How Monsanto Captured the EPA
The New AFL-CIO Stand on Climate Change
National Weather Service May Be 'On The Brink Of Failure'

France's Macron targets apprentices in labor market shake-up
Nordic-Style Designs Sit at Heart of French Labor Plan *

Who Does Benefit From the Tax Cut Anyway? *
‘Major, Major’ Tax Cut May Not Be in Store for Middle Class *
Tax Cuts: Its All About Capitalism

Following a rally in Brooklyn’s Cadman Plaza Park, hundreds
        of union members march across the Brooklyn Bridge in support of
        IBEW Local 3 (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers),
        September 18, 2017 in New York City. More than 1800 members of
        IBEW Local 3 are entering their sixth month of a strike in a
        contract dispute with Charter Communications/Spectrum.
Seven months long, 1,800 out … epic strike mirrors US unions' fight to survive

Wide impact seen from UAW vote at Fuyao
D.C. Circuit to take up Volkswagen's challenge to 'micro union'
News workers unionized. Days later, they were jobless.
World's witnessing a new Gilded Age as billionaires’ wealth swells to $6tn
November Labor Briefing
Maglev developers ink deal to use union workers for project construction
Teamsters hold public picket against CSX future health benefits
Oregon nurses aid in Puerto Rico recovery
After 41 Years, The Teamsters Reform Movement Is Finally Building Power
Zionism, anti-semitism, and the Balfour Declaration


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Friday, October 20, 2017

October 20 News Update


Foreword to Creating an Ecological Society
How Congress Is Cementing Trump's Anti-Climate Orders into Law
It Took This Coal Miner 14 Years to Secure Black Lung Benefits. How Come?
South Korea Will Resume Reactor Work, Defying Nuclear Opponents *
Puerto Ricans Ask: When Will the Lights Come Back On? *

Senate passes Trump's budget, a first step toward contentious tax reform


OPSEU
          members on strike
Ontario Colleges On Strike

Canada GM Workers Strike, but Can’t Get Guarantee on Jobs

No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age
Nearly 200 of America's F-35s May Remain Indefinitely Unfit for Combat
Open Letter to the People of the United States–from Puerto Rico
United action of the working class: against factionalism
Why Would Tesla Lay Off Hundreds Of Workers When It’s Ramping Up?
Charter accuses its employees of cutting cables 125 times during strike
Bishops call for strengthened governance to save workers’ pensions
California state worker union raising dues to fight Trump agenda
Thousands of Workers in Paris Protest Macron Labor 'Reforms'
Brazil prosecutors investigate plan to give reconstituted food to poor people
Putin mentor's daughter Ksenia Sobchak to run for president
Oxford accused of 'social apartheid' as colleges admit no Black students
Childcare costs in England rise up to seven times faster than wages
Former Grenfell council chief will not seek re-election as councillor
PMQs verdict: Corbyn's easy win on the economy should worry Tories
Aslef asks members to bring Southern rail dispute to an end
Taking a Knee at Ann Arbor City Council, Far From N.F.L. Spotlight *
In St. Louis, Protests Over Police Violence Disrupt Economy, Win Attention *
Australia Mourns the End of Its Car Manufacturing Industry *


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Thursday, October 19, 2017

October 19 News Update


Canada’s Ongoing Complicity with Exploitive Extraction Schemes
Warning of 'ecological Armageddon' after dramatic plunge in insect numbers
World's deepest lake crippled by putrid algae, poaching and pollution
Portugal: interior minister resigns after wildfires kill 100


Union volunteers mobilize for Puerto Rico

Forum calls for enforcement of new labor standards
Jamaica, traffic lights, threats and knees
Trickle-down Trump
Medicare-for-all:  The time has come
Lane County workers go on strike
SEAT labor union wants more members on board
Unions grow in popularity, decline in membership
State to hold hearing on UMass Lowell's labor violations
Union coalition to AFL-CIO: Make single-payer health care a priority
Trump’s Big Mouth May Have Given Kaepernick a Case Against the NFL
Kumho Tire Fires Union Activist Following Union Election Defeat in Georgia
The Death of Stalin plays Russian roulette with the truth
Daphne Caruana Galizia: Establishment was out to get her, says family
Quebec passes law banning facial coverings in public
Spain ready to impose direct rule on Catalonia on eve of deadline
Trump's claim of Irish corporate tax cut is 'fake news', says prime minister
Labour inflicts symbolic defeat over universal credit rollout
U.S. Stood By as Indonesia Killed a Half-Million People, Papers Show *
Health Care Deal in Doubt as Trump Backs Off Support *


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