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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

June 2 News Update

Six energy companies call for carbon pricing
Kansas doctors challenge 2nd trimester abortion procedure ban
Many health insurers go big with initial 2016 rate requests
Things to know about the California oil spill
California Senate passes bill to raise minimum wage to $11 per hour
Washington farmers, wildlife managers prepare for drought
South African NUM labor union sees tough gold mine pay talks
Bernie Sanders Gains Momentum in Iowa *
Will Kaiser's Labor Partnership Crack?
Charges against Edward Snowden stand, despite telephone surveillance ban
USPS Demands Cuts in Pay, Benefits, Job Security
Tentative Pact for Registered Nurses at DC’s Biggest Hospital
Nebraska Service Center Workers Organize Quickly and Win Big
Europe’s appetite for U.S. wood fuels controversy
Mexico: Teachers Union Members Damage Election Offices in Protest *
Fatal Construction Accidents Are Rising in New York *


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 4:56 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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