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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

March 31 News Update


L.A. Teachers Escalate

U.S. to submit plans to fight global warming; most others delay
Ottawa lagging on emissions targets ahead of UN conference, critics say
Climate Change Threatens to Kill Off More Aspen Forests *

Workers at China’s largest shoe maker poised for another historic strike
China's Guangdong province invests billions in robot factories

NLRB to weigh in on high-stakes McDonald’s labor dispute
Movement to Increase McDonald’s Wage Broadens Its Tactics *

Soros ready to pour $1 bn into Ukraine
SYRIZA's Two Months in Government: Difficulties and Challenges
Companies close; workers left holding the bag
South Africa’s Main Labor Grouping Said to Expel Leader Vavi
Queen Elizabeth's Windsor Castle faces first labor dispute    
Cuba Eradicates Syphillis, HIV Transmission to Babies
Shadowy Corporate Group Fighting to Gut Workers' Compensation Laws    
Baja Labor Leaders Learned Tactics from Their Efforts in U.S.
After a story is published, an Arkansas minimum-wage worker loses her job


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 4:54 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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