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EcoUnionist News #47
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, April 14, 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:
- 4/18 March and Rally: Workers Memorial Day 2015 Remember The Dead and Fight for The Injured & Fight TPP - Transport Workers Solidarity Committee, April 13, 2015
- Fields of Toxic Pesticides Surround the Schools of Ventura County—Are They Poisoning the Students?; In some of California’s most heavily Latino communities, going to school can be a health hazard - By Christina Sarich, The Nation, April 6, 2015
- Monsanto Employee Admits an Entire Department Exists to “Discredit” Scientists; But no one knows about it - By Christina Sarich, Natural Society, April 6, 2015
May Day:
- Boston Mayday 2015! - Boston IWW, April 13, 2015
- Chicago May Day 2015 Schedule of Events & Official Posters - Chicago IWW, April 13, 2015
- May Day #Shut It Down Assembly (Bay Area) - Leaflet (not affiliated with any organization)
An Injury to One is an Injury to All:
- Harmony halts operations at Unisel mine after fatal incident - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, April 7, 2015
- New Evidence BP’s Spill Dispersant Caused Harm to Humans and Wildlife - By Andy Rowell, Oil Change International, April 7, 2015
- Union warnings ignored as rotten rail signal collapses - By RMT Press Office, RMT, April 8, 2015
- Workers now out after being trapped by fire in Manitoba mine - CBC News, April 6, 2015
- Workers strike at Anglo’s coal mine in South Africa - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, April 8, 2015
USW Refinery Strike:
- United Steelworkers reviewing contract proposal from Marathon Petroleum - By L.M. Sixel, FuelFix, April 7, 2015
- Union workers vote to end strike - By Mark Maynard, The Independent, April 6, 2015
Carbon Bubble:
- Noble Energy cuts 220 jobs - By Rhiannon Meyers, FuelFix, April 7, 2015
- Two coal plants in Ohio part of AEP closings - By Nick Mullins, The Thoughtful Coal Miner, April 8, 2015
- Wages for oil and gas workers are growing the slowest of any industry - By Ryan Holeywell, FuelFix, April 9, 2015
Just Transition:
- Australian Renewable Energy Industry Loses 2,300 Jobs, Labor Calls Abbott To Swallow His Pride - By Joshua S Hill, Clean Technica, April 13, 2015
- Coal Jobs Decline As Renewable Jobs Increase - By Joshua S Hill, Clean Technica, April 8, 2015
- European federation of Public Services Unions joins TUED - Trade Unions for Energy Democracy, April 8, 2015
1267-Watch:
- Sued by engineer of train that exploded, BNSF says it may be shielded by federal law - By Adrian Glass-Moore, WDAZ 8 ABC, April 12, 2015
Bread and Roses:
- Detroit Needs Water to Work - By Justin Wedes, Detroit Water Brigade, April 13, 2015
- Saving Seeds: Farmers Rise Up Against Industry-Backed Laws; New publication by Grain and La Via Campesina documents nefarious ways new laws criminalize seed sharing and the growing peasant movement resisting them - By Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams, April 8, 2015
Other News:
- Chevron Whistleblower Videos Show Deliberate Falsification Of Evidence In Ecuador Oil Pollution Trial - By Mike Gaworecki, DeSmog Blog, April 9, 2015
- Mass Extinction: Is the Enemy Us? - By Umair Muhammad, Great Transition Initiative, February 2015
- Oiling The Machinery Of Climate Change Denial And Transit Opposition - By David Suzuki, DeSmog Blog, April 7, 2015
- What If Uber Were a Unionized, Worker-Owned Co-Op? These Denver Cabbies Are Making It Happen - By Erin McCarley, Yes!, April 10, 2015
For more green news, please visit our news feeds section on ecology.iww.org; Twitter #IWWEUC
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