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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

March 18 News Update

Striking Motiva workers approve contract
Exxon, union trade proposals for longer Beaumont refinery contract

A Smart Strategy to Defeat ‘Right to Work’
Walker and Rauner’s Assaults On Organized Labor Are Also an Opportunity

Protesters clash with police near new European bank HQ in Frankfurt
Riot in Frankfurt targets new ECB HQ

Judge clears way for Seattle's min. wage
New law allows reductions in certain retiree pensions
Labor Department orders Union Pacific to pay disciplined worker $350,000
VTA Workers to Vote Wednesday on Unionization
Why Auto Makers Are Building New Factories in Mexico, not the U.S.
Hamilton officials back off call for real-time dangerous rail cargo data
California Drought Enters 4th Year, Conservation Efforts and Worries Increase *
2 People to Make Pleas in West Virginia Chemical Spill Case *


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 4:49 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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