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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

June 10 News Update

Risk on the Rails--Milwaukee Next?
Structural failure caused derailment
Train Safety Changes Advised After Amtrak and Metro-North Accidents *

Union says Space Needle offers members 'poison candy' as labor dispute heats up
Millennials May Turn the Tide Toward Unionization *
Sea Shepherd to Pay Millions to Whale Killers
Doubts grow about tax plan passing to fix Kansas budget
U.S. appeals court upholds restrictive Texas abortion law
Striking Texas refinery workers say reach tentative pact with Marathon
Climate peril stirring in permafrost, experts tell UN
SeaTac's Fight for 15: Why Faith Was Key
UE Battles GE Over Pensions
In Germany, Grass-Roots Opposition to a European-U.S. Trade Deal *
New York City Council to Vote on Bill to Protect Carwash Workers *
McDonald’s Hires Robert Gibbs, Ex-Press Secretary for Obama *


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 4:57 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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