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Thursday, October 15, 2015

October 15 News Update

More VW trouble: 2016 diesels have new suspect software
Climate qualms mean oil will never be used up: BP
Legal fight ends over Exxon Valdez spill
Moose populations on alarming decline in North American parks
Federal government orders halt to Montreal sewage dump plan
Bad water: 'Third World' conditions on First Nations in Canada


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Different pay for new hires under latest UAW-FCA deal

Obama to Announce Halt of U.S. Troop Withdrawal in Afghanistan *
Obama to send 300 troops to Cameroon
Solano County workers set for 1-day strike
Six hours of negotiations, no new deal for Clifford-Jacobs workers
Illinois comptroller: cash crunch will delay pension payments
UK landlords renting to illegal immigrants could face jail
Home care worker gets first paid day off in 15 years
Baltimore City Hall occupied overnight
Elderly struggle in woeful Vegas economy
Islamophobe Movement Returns With a Vengeance
Rosalyn Baxandall, Feminist Historian and Activist, Dies at 76 *
Missouri: Judge Strikes Down Law Increasing St. Louis’s Minimum Wage *


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 4:42 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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