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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

August 26 News Update


Thousands mourn Michael Brown
2 Die in Explosion at Recycling Plant *
NLRB: Jimmy John's Can't Fire Workers for Icky Sick-Leave Protest
Michigan Unions Brace for Teacher Opt-out Decision
Judges' rulings take away workers' rights
Six Hundred Cleaning Ladies Re-Invigorating Greek Movement
In Defiant Action, Pipeline Protesters Lock Themselves to Trucks
Blow to Big Coal in Northwest could be sign of things to come
Rebuilding Gaza: The natural gas option
'You go home heartbroken,' says B.C. teacher on picket line
Unifor members rally against Bombardier offer in Thunder Bay
Generation Later, Poor Are Still Rare at Elite Colleges *
Grain Piles Up, Waiting for a Ride, as Trains Move North Dakota Oil *
No Link Found for Deaths and Veterans’ Care Delays *
Soldier Kills Herself at Fort Lee *
Uncertainty for Workers Losing Jobs at Atlantic City Casinos *
Judge Blocks a Local Pesticide Law in Hawaii *


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 5:07 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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