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Tuesday, January 9, 2018

January 9 News Update


Energy agency rejects Trump plan to prop up coal and nuclear power plants
Australia's emissions are rising. It's time for this government to quit pretending
$306bn in one year: US bill for natural disasters smashes record
Collision Near China Leaves Iranian Oil Tanker in Flames *

US says 200,000 people from El Salvador must leave within 18 months
Employers Brace for the Loss of an Immigrant Work Force *


A Missouri Dollar General Voted to Unionize

How Robotics and Automation Will Affect Labor in the Food System
Sugar Cane Factory Workers Launch Collective Strike
Lawsuit Delays AT&T Layoff Dates
Porsche Workers To Walk Out At Zuffenhausen Factory Over Pay
Workers' panel on organizing at the University of Minnesota
Women, Nature, and Capital in the Industrial Revolution
Oprah Winfrey's Golden Globes speech: the full text
Equalities watchdog intervenes after Carrie Gracie's complaint about BBC pay
South Africa Train Crash Injures Hundreds Outside Johannesburg *
Tax Law May Send Factories and Jobs Abroad, Critics Say *


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 6:37 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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