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

Thursday, February 2, 2012

February 2 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.

US Refiners, Oil Workers Avert Strike With Tentative Contract
Three Kaiser Unions Walk Out Again in California, while SEIU Stays Put
AMR wants to cut 13,000 jobs, pensions
IBM Could Trim 8000 German Jobs, According to Labor Union
House votes to extend federal pay freezes
Pfizer recalls birth control pills in US
Workers stage 'back to work' action at American Crystal Sugar
‘Right to Work’ for Less Passes, Indiana Working Families Vow to Fight On
Exposing the 'Right-to-Work' Fraud
The Privatization of Public Services, State by State
Labour Leadership Squabbles in Ontario
Transit strike hits Halifax
Tanker drivers strike suspended
Wall Street Journal rapped over climate change stance
Judge’s ruling puts Sunflower power plant on hold
Missouri governor backs plans for new Midwest oil pipeline

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/#storylink=cpy
Company Banned in Effort to Protect Foreign Students From Exploitation *
Immigrant Worker Firings Unsettle a College Campus *
Bill Onasch at 5:59 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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