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Monday, June 6, 2016

June 6 News Update

Oregon train derailment
Oregon oil-train crash damaged town's water and sewer systems
Protest and oil sheen on Columbia river follow Oregon train derailment

Union workers at Erie GE weigh options as possible job cuts loom
Walmart Worker Advocates Express Skepticism Over Raises *
Strikes, Protests Disrupt France as Tourist Season and Euro 2016 Loom
Coalition forms to combat wage theft
Verizon Strike Shows Corporate Giants Can Be Beat
UK trade union leaders call on 6 million members to vote remain
Union says it has proof Southern Railway lied about cancelled services


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 4:54 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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