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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

June 17 News Update


Obama sends troops back to Iraq as crisis worsens
Iraqi Leader Resists Calls to Unite Sunnis and Kurds *
Iraq's Biggest Oil Refinery Shut Down, Foreign Staff Evacuated *

U.N. climate talks fracture over future of carbon markets
Minimum CO2 price of $32 needed to curb warming
Early warning 2: Commoner on global warming

IMF lowers estimate of US economic growth in 2014
Egypt to release Al Jazeera reporter on hunger strike
GM safety crisis grows with recall of 3 million more cars for ignition
Argentina: Won't submit to 'extortion' on debt
Boycott IKEA: Some Assembly Required
What's Wrong with the Vergara Decision for Teachers
NLRB Steps up for Steelworkers
Union workers at Yokohama Tire's Salem plant have new 4-year contract
Opel's Plant Closure to Cost More Than EUR600 Million
Union Nurses to Picket 100+ NYC Facilities Wednesday
South Africa platinum firms, union agree 'in principle' offer
Truckers Resist Rules on Sleep, Despite Risks of Drowsy Driving *


Stories from the New York Times will be followed with a *. The Times pay wall policy allows free access to only about ten articles a month.

We take a closer look at news stories in our companion Week In Review blog, hosted at: KC Labor at WordPress

Bill Onasch at 4:53 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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