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EcoUnionist News #31
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, February 10, 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 Stories:
- Register now for the Future of Railroads: Safety, Workers, Community & the Environment Conferences: Richmond, California (March 14, 2015) and Olympia, Washington (March 21, 2015) - railroadconference.org
- Demanding Respect for Worker Safety - by Leo Gerard, International President, USW, Huffington Post, February 9, 2015 [related] USW Web Petition: Safe Refineries Save Lives!
- Thousands of USW Oil Workers, Supporters Take Action in National Day of Action for Safe Refineries, Secure Jobs, and Healthy Communities - By Kate Aronoff, United Steelworkers Press Release, February 9, 2015
USW Refinery Workers Strike News:
- Carson’s Tesoro refinery one of 9 U.S. locations being picketed by United Steelworkers during strike - By Sandy Mazza, Daily Breeze, February 2, 2015
- Largest Steelworkers Strike in Decades Shows No Signs of Abating - By Kate Aronoff, Truthout, February 9, 2015
- Members from District 12 Rally on National Day of Action; Photos from Carson, CA., of the rally of members, their families and supporters for oil workers. Early crowd estimates set at 2,000 people - United Steel Workers Press Release, February 9, 2015
- Steelworkers rally at two local refineries to support strikers in other states - By Jane M. Von Bergen, Philadelphia Inquirer, February 7, 2015
- Two BP refineries join steelworkers’ strike; One BP plant is in Toledo; consumer worries could push gasoline higher - By David Koenig, Associated Press, February 9, 2015
- USW, Allies in Europe United in Fight for Safety at Oil Refineries; Striking Union Members Join Forces with Workers in UK, Netherlands - United Steel Workers Press Release, February 9, 2015
- USW Local 241 Members and their Families Rally in Support of National Oil Bargaining Policy Committee - By Jane M. Von Bergen, United Steel Workers Press Release, February 8, 2015
- United Steelworkers Widens Oil Refinery Strike - By Jane M. Von Bergen, Al Jazeera and Reuters, February 8, 2015
Rail Safety:
- CP Rail train conductor speaks out on her firing after Banff derailment - CBC News, February 9, 2015
Carbon Bubble:
- Baker Hughes to lay off 110, close plant in North Texas - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, February 9, 2015
March for Real Climate Leadership:
- KPFA FM Livestream of the March for Real Climate Leadership in Oakland, California | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | - February 7, 2015
Other News:
- Environmental justice sought for people of color, poor; Symposium participants share stories, strategies of taking on big industry, agriculture - By Rona Kobell, Bay Journal, January 15, 2015
- Pink Is Not Green: Companies That Support Fighting Cancer Should Not Use Chemicals That Cause It - Annie Sartor, EcoWatch, February 9, 2015
- PA Gov. Wolf Issued 73 Fracking Permits in Two Weeks, On Pace for 7,300 in First Term - By Jane M. Von Bergen, Energy Justice Summer, February 9, 2015
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