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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

April 20 News Update

New Hampshire Considers Joining Climate Change Lawsuit
NASA Celebrates Earth Day with Public Events, Online Activities
Flint water crisis: criminal charges expected against several people

Verizon workers take over midtown Manhattan in the second week of their strike


Fight for $15 in Chicago

Metro Vancouver transit operators to take strike vote
Kurdish Opposition Leader Demirtas: 'Erdogan Wants a Caliphate'
Fidel Castro gives rare speech saying he will soon die
The Slow Death of South Africa's Biggest Labor Union
Crisis in Brazil
British Government scraps proposed changes to trade union funding
Conservatives win Manitoba election, ending NDP's 17-year reign
Alberta marks 100-year anniversary of women's right to vote
Life Expectancy for White Americans Drops Slightly; Analysts Cite Drug Overdoses *
Intel to Slash 12,000 Jobs as PC Demand Plummets *
Bank Fees Are a Hidden Cost of Payday Loans *
UnitedHealth to Pull Back From Insurance Exchanges, Citing Losses *


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.
Bill Onasch at 4:59 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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