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Monday, January 9, 2017

January 9 News Update


Choked by smog, Beijing creates new environmental police
Freezing conditions cause death and chaos across Europe
The biggest environmental battles facing the Trump administration
Why capitalism is hopelessly devoted to fossil fuels

Columnist Nat Hentoff dies at 91
Nat Hentoff, Journalist and Social Commentator, Dies at 91 *

Head of nurses union 'counting on' Trump for single-payer system
Recovery Finally Yields Big Gains for Average Worker’s Pay *
Tube strike: service to be severely reduced as second union walks out
GM CEO: Won't change production plans despite Trump tweet
Book club, film examine standardized testing
Postal Service ends privatization deal with Staples
Chattanooga Auto Workers to Host Strike Meeting
As railroad business declines, talks with unions for Nebraska workers screech
Meryl Streep criticises Donald Trump at Golden Globes


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 5:09 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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