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Friday, May 15, 2015

May 15 News Update

Minneapolis mayor, police chief ask for witnesses in protest investigation
Nekima Levy-Pounds: Ferguson and Minneapolis are closer than we think

NASA finds Antarctic ice shelf a few years from disintegration
Los Angeles can expect number of extreme heat days to rise: study
Seattle, like it or not, becomes Shell's Arctic base
Handling radioactive waste at Fukushima plant could be improved: IAEA

Labor claims victory as Facebook hikes contractor wages
1997 law limits payments to victims of railway accidents
Navajo Nation imposes tax on junk food
Duke Energy to pay $102M for coal ash spill
Sharp announces thousands of job cuts
NLRB Reaffirms Kellogg Lockout Illegal; Orders Workers Made Whole   
Union Files Complaint Against Co-op
The Washington Post picked its top American Communists. Wonkblog begs to differ
US Senate advances trade negotiating authority for Obama
CP Rail training more office workers to drive trains in case of strike
Defining Bluesman for Generations *


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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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