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Thursday, August 14, 2014

August 14 News Update


Tear gas fired at protesters after US teen's death
Racial tensions are not new in St. Louis suburb
Ferguson protests over death of unarmed teen turn violent
Arrested while covering Mo. protests: A reporter’s first-person account
Racial tension has long hung over police force
Anonymity in Police Shooting Fuels Anger *

Snowden: lies pushed me over the edge
'Poor' outlook for Barrier Reef as climate change threatens
AP video journalist, translator killed in Gaza
In North Carolina, Fast Food and Moral Mondays Movements Build Ties
FairPoint union workers picket in Manchester
Doctors Medical Center advocates sue in federal court to halt closure
Amazon's Biggest Fish Faces Threat of Extinction
First Nation aims to evict Imperial Metals over Mount Polley tailings spill
Labor sharks sink teeth into low-wage immigrant workers
As Shifts Vary, Family’s Only Constant Is Chaos *
Members of Congress Ask Holder to Open Federal Inquiry in Chokehold Case *
Violence by Rikers Guards Grew Under Bloomberg *
Virgin America Attendants Get Airline’s First Union *

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 5:09 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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