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Monday, March 16, 2015

March 16 News Update

Carbon emissions leveled off in 2014
Global emissions stall in 2014 following slowdown in China's economy
Oil Company Lease Stirs Revolt in Green Seattle *
Wind Could Power 35 Percent of U.S. Electricity by 2050

Strike at Marathon's Galveston Bay plant to continue
Steelworkers reach tentative pact to end refinery strike

Ferguson
Fight over Seattle's minimum wage could have national consequences
Harley laying off 169 workers in Kansas City
‘Right to Work’ battle in Wisconsin
Michigan residents blame plants for pollution
Conversations with Kay, Part 1
SEIU State Council Endorses Garcia Against Rahm Emanuel
L.A. teachers launch union drive at Alliance charter schools
Scotland’s Labor party and UK vote tumult
Brazilians swarm streets in anti-govt rally
Giving a Voice to Immigrant Workers in New York *


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 4:52 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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