June 8 News Update

The Return of Workplace Immigration Raids
$15 and Fairness Shakes Up Ontario
Seward Co-op workers on the march for a union
U of M unions to hold public forum on budget Thursday
These grads sport hard hats instead of caps and gowns
Kansas abandons massive tax cuts that provided model for Trump's plan
Greitens calls special abortion session for Missouri lawmakers
Gianforte pays $50,000 to press group to settle assault of Guardian reporter
Ben Carson hails homelessness agency that Trump budget would eliminate
Canada to boost military budget by 70% after pressure from US
Austerity has strangled Britain. Only Labour will consign it to history
Public-Private Projects Where the Public Pays and Pays *

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June 7 News Update

Trump spurns Paris Climate Accord
Climate Vandalism and North American Capitalism
Climate change progress at Trump's EPA is grinding to a halt, workers reveal

AT&T cuts fresh deal with 17,000 CWA strike-threat union workers
New high court challenge to labor unions follows 4-4 split
The Other Iran’s Views on the May 2017 Presidential Election
Trump has filled just 15 percent of the government’s top science jobs
Amazon, and Mozilla are staging a net neutrality online protest
How The Intercept may have outed its own leaker
Employers, worker advocates hate Trump overhaul of labor watchdogs
Kansas state workers could face furloughs
There’s more to Blue KC’s Obamacare exit than just financial losses
Labor talks heat up for clinic workers
Delaying Chemical Safety Rule Endangers First Responders
May: I’ll rip up human rights laws that impede new terror legislation
We were told Corbyn was ‘unelectable’. His fightback shows he’s anything but

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June 6 News Update

Trump's Climate Cuts Could Result in Half-Billion Extra Tons of CO2
Grand Canyon at risk as Trump asked to end uranium mining ban
Second Biggest Jump in Annual CO2 Levels
China Looks to Capitalize on Clean Energy as U.S. Retreats *

Subway Delays Strike Again, Tangling More Than a Dozen Lines *
How Did the Subway Get So Bad? Look to the C Train *

New worker center opens Thursday in South St. Paul
Brexit and China
Akala—English artist, writer and historian—comes out in support of Corbyn
KC takes away Burns & McDonnell’s right of first refusal for airport
Trump announces plan to privatize air traffic control
Russian agents hacked US voting system manufacturer before US election
A Case for Jeremy Corbyn *
The Unexpected Afterlife of American Communism *
Three Indian Farmers Shot Dead as Protests Escalate *
Under Trump, Worker Protections Are Viewed With New Skepticism *

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June 5 News Update

Cape Town cuts back to survive worst drought in 100 years
Pittsburgh to Trump: You don't speak for us on climate
Activists gather in downtown KC to protest withdrawal from Paris
Many U.S. underground natural gas storage wells at risk for leaks

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How G.O.P. Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science *
Trump, climate and the breakdown of multilateralism

Outrage as Trump targets London mayor over attacks
On a high: Positive drug tests for job applicants reach record level
We May Be Closer to Full Employment Than It Seemed. That’s Bad News. *
‘Last Secret’ of 1967 War: Israel’s Doomsday Plan for Nuclear Display *
Trump Plans to Shift Infrastructure Funding to Cities, States and Business *
The Establishment May be Done with Trump
Labour’s giant step forward on health
For Undocumented Mom, Somewhere to Shelter, but Nowhere to Run *

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June 2 Week In Review Now Online

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June 2 News Update

President Trump, climate change and the coalfields
Trump’s Stupid and Reckless Climate Decision *
World leaders react after Trump rejects Paris climate deal
President's Paris climate speech annotated
The US tried to derail climate action before – it ended in humiliating defeat
Trump to pull U.S. from historic Paris climate agreement
Trump’s reasons for leaving the agreement just don’t add up
U.S. states, major companies break with Trump’s decision to exit
Trudeau tells Trump Canada is disappointed by withdrawal
KC area Republicans applaud Trump’s decision to exit climate deal
Crack in Antarctic Ice Shelf Grows 11 Miles in 6 Days


I used to be a shy Corbynite but I’m over that now
May's lead slashed to three points as Labour close in on Tories
Corbyn vows no deals, no pacts if there is a hung parliament

Walmart is asking employees to deliver packages on way home from work
A report back from CLC Convention
Labor unions push for measure requiring contractors hire local workers
Congressional GOP Looks to ‘Rig’ Union Voting System
Right-To-Work Is Wronging Workers
University of Missouri System layoffs begin
Amazon fulfillment center in KCK hiring more than 1,000 positions
About half of all U.S. retail jobs could vanish due to computerization
Tesla fires female engineer who alleged sexual harassment

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France's longest-serving TV anchor sacked by state broadcaster
Walmart Is Accused of Punishing Workers for Sick Days *
Chinese Maker of Ivanka Trump’s Shoes Looks for Cheaper Labor *

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June 1 News Update

World’s Unity on Global Warming Pivots on U.S. Position *
Trump Plans to Exit Paris Climate Deal, White House Official Tells AP
Talk of Trump pullout alarms backers of Paris climate accord
China and EU strengthen commitment to Paris deal with US poised to step away
Musk to Trump: If you leave the Paris Climate Agreement, I'm out
Australia looks to use clean energy funds for carbon capture


Fight for 15 confronts McDonald’s stockholders meeting

US Supreme Court to hear Ohio voter registration case
Trump administration nearing completion of Cuba policy review
Israeli rule 'key cause' of Palestinian hardship
Vigorous Campaign Revives Transit Union in Right-to-Work Virginia
Tribute to hunger strikers in Palestine
Brazil rocked by the return of mass protest
Class Memory, Class Struggle and its Archivists
Activist probing factories making Ivanka Trump shoes in China arrested
LA homelessness jumps to record-breaking level
Mexican businessman rolls out 'Trump' toilet paper
San Francisco mulls ban on delivery robots
Shawnee Mission School District policy is ‘unconstitutional’
Kansas faces tough questions about future of state hospital
KC disability community fears Medicaid changes in GOP health bill
White House Details Ethics Waivers for Staff Members *
Steady Jobs, but With Pay and Hours That Are Anything But *
City Illegally Promotes Unionization of Carwash Workers, Judge Rules *

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