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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

May 11 News Update

See Earth’s temperature spiral toward 2C rise - graphic
One in five of world's plant species at risk of extinction
Global Warming Cited as Wildfires Increase in Fragile Boreal Forest *
In Novel Tactic on Climate Change, Citizens Sue Their Governments *

Hollande Bypasses France’s Lower House on Labor Law Overhaul *

The
      seniors at the center of the photo controversy are set to graduate
      on 21 May.
Black West Point cadets will not be punished for raised-fists photo

U.K. Workers Face Longer Hours After Brexit, Labor Unions Warn
Family gets mini-makeover, courtesy of hospital, labor unions
Union Representing Tribune-Herald Employees Files Labor Charge
Sued, Cuomo Says He Supports New York Farmworkers’ Right to Organize *
Norway's Unions Confront Neoliberalism
L.A. Car Wash Workers Turn Up Pressure
Building a Community-Minded Union in Mid-Century St. Louis
Private long-term care facility workers launch strike
Uber Recognizes New York Drivers’ Group, Short of a Union *
Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Fiasco Is a Harbinger of Mainland Woes *


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 4:49 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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