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Monday, April 20, 2015

April 20 News Update

Low-wage workers, supporters rally for $15-an-hour pay    
Teachers union, LAUSD reach tentative contract agreement
Laid-Off Walmart Workers Head to Labor Board *
Thousands march in Europe against US-EU free trade pact
Canada revises upward CO2 emission data since 1990
Kerry to visit Arctic amid concern over ice melt
U.S. calls for more oil train inspections, other safety measures
California gas pipeline explosion, fire injure up to 15 people
Climate plans put world on track for warming above agreed limits
Texas House approves gutting municipal fracking bans
Conflict Over Soil and Water Quality Puts ‘Iowa Nice’ to a Test *
Allina workers win $15 minimum wage
Makanda officials seek to reverse anti-union vote
Ford Announces Mexico Expansion, Angers U.S. Labor Union
Tellers, teachers, Somali immigrants take on big banks during St. Paul rally
OSSTF hopes to avoid teachers' strike in Thunder Bay
Actors’ Equity Pushes for Minimum Wage, but Not All Members Want It *
A Response to Alec Baldwin’s Complaints That Living Wage Rally Snarled Traffic *


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.

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Bill Onasch at 5:51 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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