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

Monday, March 5, 2012

March 5 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.

Virginia high court rules in favor of climate scientist
Union members rally against bills they say target organized labor
Ohio state workers' union approves 3-year contract
Mine Safety Officials Ditched Safety Citation Fearing Congressional Scrutiny
Ah-Choo! Movement for Paid Sick Leave Spreads
Union, Vale at odds over safety reports
B.C. students stage protests over teachers' dispute
GM to suspend Volt production
UAW and Fairfax settle issues
Burns & McDonnell settles case alleging hazardous sludge
Environmental damages remain issue after BP deal
Judge: Gov't can require union posters at work
Two-thirds of China's cities fail on air standards
Community speaks out as Robbinsdale district faces vote on bus drivers
University graduate student workers to vote on union starting March 19
Threatened Arctic lab aided by ordinary citizens
Deepwater Oil Drilling Picks Up Again as BP Disaster Fades *
EPA Heightens Scrutiny of Pa.'s Marcellus Shale *
Carwash Workers in New York City Plan Union Drive *
Bill Onasch at 5:50 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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