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EcoUnionist News #20
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, January 12, 2015
Disclaimer: The views expressed here are not the official position of the IWW (or even the IWW’s EUC) and do not necessarily represent the views of anyone but the author’s.
The following news items feature issues, discussions, campaigns, or information potentially relevant to green unionists:
Lead Story:
- Is Obama Really Going to Stop the Keystone XL? - Earth First! Newswire, January 6, 2015
IWW Campaigns:
- The world's first union for harm reduction workers [audio file] - By Scott Neigh, Rabble.Ca, January 7, 2015
Carbon Bubble:
- BP details job cuts, capital spending declines in latest economic impact report - By Joshua Cain, Fuel Fix, January 6, 2015
- CAT cutting 120 jobs in Peoria - By Frik Els, Mining.Com, January 7, 2015
- Fracking’s future is in doubt as oil price plummets - By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network, January 6, 2015
- Layoff notices coming to 175 workers at Grande Cache Coal - CBC News, January 7, 2015
- Shell Canada cutting back oilsands workforce - The Canadian Press, January 9, 2015
- Shell to cut 5 to 10 percent of 3,000 oil sands jobs - By Ryan Holeywell, FuelFix, January 9, 2015
- Small Texas oil company files for bankruptcy protection - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, January 7, 2015
- U.S. Steel 'Idles' Lorain Plant, Announces More Than 600 Local Layoffs - By Eric Sandy, Cleveland Scene, January 7, 2015
- U.S. Steel to lay off 142 in Houston - Associated Press, January 6, 2015
- Fact Sheet: Renewable Energy Job Numbers - By Laura Small and Yi Xu, Renewable Energy World, January 7, 2015
- Russia Blamed, US Taxpayers on the Hook, as Fracking Boom Collapses - By Ben Ptashnik, Truthout, January 8, 2015
Other News of Interest:
- Coal India unions call off strike in relief for govt - By Krishna N. Das and Jatindra Dash, Reuters, January 7, 2015 [related]: India coal miners end nationwide strike - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, January 8, 2015
- "The Day When Change Will Come": It's Time To Break the Vicious Circle of Capitalism - By Steve Rushton, Occupy.Com, December 23, 2014
- Deep Questions Arise Over Portland's Corporate Water Takeover - By Victoria Collier, Truthout, January 7, 2015
- IOC playing hardball over small mistakes, union leader says - CBC News, January 7, 2015
- Mine accidents in Turkey claimed 361 lives in 2014 - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com January 7, 2015
- Occupational health services in need of emergency care - European Trade Union Institute, January 7, 2015
- Rio Tinto far from ethical, says global union - Bougainville Freedom Movement, Papua New Guinea Mine Watch, January 7, 2015; [related]: Rio Tinto has violated our rights for nearly 60 years and we are seeking $900 million in compensation - By Derrick, West Coast Native News, January 8, 2015
- U.S. Forest Service Cancels $10 Million Plan for National Public Relations Campaign - By Jeff Barnard, Associated Press (reposted on the Earth First! Newswire), January 8, 2015
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