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Monday, August 24, 2015

August 24 News Update

Nuclear waste site bid makes big waves in Ontario's Lake Huron
Climate change: Municipalities unprepared for 'weather whiplash,' warns meteorologist
Climate change is forcing boreal forest to tipping point, study finds
German-led expedition measuring climate change in Northern Atlantic
Animas river spill: EPA knew mine 'blowout' was possible, say documents

UAW activists pressure Detroit Three to end two-tier wages
SeaTac Airport's $15 Minimum Wage Beats Corporate Challenge
Nine injured after explosion at eastern China chemical plant
Judge Increases Pressure on U.S. to Release Migrant Families *
U.S. Court Reinstates Home Care Pay Rules *
Furniture maker that closed over unionization to face labour board hearing today


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 4:55 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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