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Friday, January 29, 2016

January 29 News Update

Billionaire Paul Allen's yacht damaged Caribbean protected coral
Modern European summers are warmest since Roman times, study finds
Independent Greenland 'could not afford' to sign up to Paris climate deal
Environment ministers meeting in Ottawa face sobering emissions projections

Quebec workers protest against austerity.
Quebec Unions Debate a Settlement


Seattle Uber Drivers Win Right to Bargain
Postal customers, unions back reform legislation
Six years of resistance by electricians
Historic Fare Strike Hits Buses in Grand Rapids, MI
Union membership rates hold steady in Minnesota, across nation
Teamsters and others fighting pension battle over multi-employer fund
Aussie vote to decide on gay marriage: PM
Feds to expand equal pay data collection
US failed to protect Central American kids
Ind. aims to repeal 'religious objections' law
Tories threaten to block Liberal efforts to repeal controversial union laws
Drug Shortages Forcing Hard Decisions on Rationing Treatments *
Chemicals Caused Samsung Chip Worker's Ovarian Cancer *
Many Fertilizer Plants Are Poorly Located and Regulated, Says Report *


Stories from the New York Times will be followed with a *. The Times pay wall polic
y 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 5:51 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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