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Postings of news stories and analysis of interest to working people by 9AM Central, Monday-Friday

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

February 14 News Update

Each Monday-Friday, by 9AM Central, we’ll post links to news stories and analytical articles of interest to working people. Sometimes they will be accompanied by editorial commentary. Stories from the New York Times will be followed with a *. The Times pay wall policy allows free access to only about twenty articles a month.

Keystone may be revived after U.S. election: Canada official
Workers demand fair contract at Saint Paul Hotel
Sudden Business Closures in Chicago Prompt Wage Theft Fights
UN biodiversity plan: neoliberal measures to commodify nature
Fired Latino Workers at Pomona College Fight Back
February Marks 44th Anniversary of Historic Memphis Sanitation Strike
Aurora labor backers take protest to home of ATMI company’s CEO
LA's trash industry gets ready to rumble
Nurses rally over Memorial hospital bed closures
Bahrain activists hit by tear gas
Argentine union boycotts UK ships
Monsanto found guilty of chemical poisoning in France
Never before have gas prices risen so high so early in the year
Overtime bill pits needs of high-tech employers vs. workers
Pentagon Wants to Raise Some Retirees’ Health Fees *
Bill Onasch at 5:54 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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