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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

August 11 News Update

EPA: Colorado mine water spill three times as large as reported
Protests as Japan restarts Sendai reactor

Arrests made after St. Louis County declares state of emergency
Police shootings about class as well as race
Sanders taps black activist to open Los Angeles rally
Arrested in Ferguson Last Year, 2 Reporters Are Charged *


El Super rally
El Super grocery chain settles complaints it refused to bargain with union
Ingersoll Rand, union to resume talks
Union contract talks at Y-12 put on hold
Bernie Sanders secures first endorsement from national trade union
How Social Workers Unionized at Portland's Janus Youth Programs
Further tube strikes loom as talks adjourn with little sign of progress


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 5:02 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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