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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

March 17 News Update

U.S. refinery deal hits roadblocks at 8 striking plants

Alarming new data on melting Antarctic ice
Seychelles' climate change 'wake up' call
Drought-stricken California only has one year of water left
The argument for divesting from fossil fuels is becoming overwhelming

McDonald's OSHA
McDonald's workers allege injuries, unsafe conditions
McDonald's workers claim hazardous conditions in 19 U.S. cities
McDonald's workers detail on-job hazards

Machinists Seek to Hold Union Election at Boeing’s S.C. Plant
Consumers getting 'skinned' by health insurers
Using the Fed and trade to make the rich richer
Let’s Call It Like It Is
Standing On Our Own Shoulders
How Unions Can Grow Stronger in the Wake of Right To Work
GOP set to unveil budget blueprint, with cuts to safety net programs
N.Y.U. Professor Is Barred by United Arab Emirates *
Streetcar Revival Is Wavering in Some Cities *
Failed by Law and Courts, Troops Come Home to Repossessions *


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 5:02 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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