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Thursday, June 4, 2015

June 4 News Update

California's largest lake threatened by urban water transfer
Oil and gas turn their backs on coal as climate deal nears
UN climate effort under pressure for pre-pact action
North Dakota orders oil wells shut in on flooding concerns
For green activists, Arctic drilling could be the next big thing
Massive floods in southern Chile with more rain forecast
Filthy water plagues Black Belt counties
California oil spill pipeline had been left to rust paper-thin


St. Louis considers becoming next city to set $15
      minimum wage
St. Louis considers $15 minimum wage
UE Comes Out Swinging First Day of Negotiations
Freedom Act gives NSA everything it wants
UE Board Backs Fight Against Medicaid Privatization in Iowa
Pink Slips at Disney. But First, Training Foreign Replacements *
Inequality Troubles Americans Across Party Lines *
Dalton School Ordered to Rehire Teacher Who Criticized Bosses in Email *


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 3:53 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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