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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

September 6 News Update


Hurricane Irma moving
        westward toward the Leeward Islands.
Irma becomes most powerful hurricane ever recorded in Atlantic
Plastic fibres found in tap water around the world, study reveals
Hookworm, a disease of extreme poverty, is thriving in the US south
'We don't have anything': landlords demand rent on flooded Houston homes

Crisis at Chemical Plant Reveals Flaws in Safety Regulations *

New Zealand election: Ardern pledges to decriminalise abortion

800,000 Face Hazy Future After Trump Revokes Program *
Ending DACA lowers wages and tax revenue

Michigan Gambled on Charter Schools. Its Children Lost. *
Labor leader: Unions help all workers
Jeremy Corbyn Tightens Control Of Party HQ
LES co-authors ‘State of Minnesota Unions’ report
Unions and Worker Co-ops, Old Allies, Are Joining Forces Again
After Nissan: Can We Organize the South?
Choices Facing African Americans
Quebec Independence -- A Key to Building the Left in Canada
Leaked document reveals UK Brexit plan to deter EU immigrants
Nafta Talks Lurch Ahead Without Signs of Major Progress *
Lego Will Cut 1,400 Jobs as Profit Dips, Despite Big-Screen Heroics *
European Court Limits Employers’ Right to Monitor Workers’ Email *

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.
Bill Onasch at 5:52 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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