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EcoUnionist News #59
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, August 4, 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:
- Beyond Extinction: Transition to post-capitalism is inevitable (A response to Margaret Atwood's, It’s Not Climate Change It’s Everything Change) - By Nafeez Ahmed, Medium.Com, July 28, 2015
- The Hurricane Katrina Pain Index: 10 Years Later - By Bill Quigley, Portside, July 20, 2015
Ongoing Mobilizations:
- Flood the System - Fall 2015: Flood, blockade, occupy and shut down the systems that jeopardize our future! | #FloodTheSystem
- People’s Climate Strike - November 26 - December 12, 2015
- Railcon15 - Chicago, Illinois Saturday, September 19, 2015 | #Railcon15
- Trade Union Climate Summit - September 14 & 15, 2015 Paris | #unions4climate
Bread and Roses:
- Strike Suspended in Potosi, Bolivian VP Declared "Persona non Grata" - By EFE, Earth First! Journal, August 3, 2015
- Farmworkers score big in new tomato deal - By Eve Andrews, Grist, July 29, 2015
- Farmworkers Walk Out Again in Organic Blueberry Fields Over Continuing Unattainable Production Standards Under Sakuma’s New Pay Scale - By Staff, Boycott Sakuma Berries, July 24, 2015
An Injury to One is an Injury to All:
- Canadian mining company profiting from slavery says UN - By SumOfUs, Papua New Guinea Mine Watch, August 2, 2015
- Blankenship Lawyers Fight To Keep Mine Explosion Discussion Out Of Criminal Trial - By Farron Cousins, DeSmog Blog, August 1, 2015
- Perú shouts to defend their land from Tía María mining project - By Solidarité Avec Cajamarca, Yes to Life No to Mining, August 1, 2015
- Subway platform workers endure brutal heat, spending hours underground in elevated summer temperatures - By Dan Rivoli, New York Daily News, August 1, 2015
- Two Years After President Obama Directed Action, Federal Agencies Are Still at the Starting Line - By Brian Gumm, et. al., Coalition to Prevent Chemical Disasters, July 30, 2015
- Union could strike if Sun Tran talks fail - By Patrick McNamara, Arizona Daily Star, July 30, 2015
- OSHA orders company to pay $20,000 for retaliating against sick drivers - By Staff, Land Line, July 29, 2015
- Rio Tinto in Namibia: the Connelly Case - By Staff, Environmental Justice Organisations, Liabilities, and Trade, July 29, 2015
- Sago - By Nick Mullins, The Thoughtful Coal Miner, July 29, 2015
- Union representing Metro workers: Don’t ignore asbestos, WMATA - By Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post, July 29, 2015
- Emterra Employee Labour Dispute - By Gareth Madoc-Jones, CFJC TV, July 28, 2015
- 5 Videos the Tuna Industry Doesn’t Want You to See - By John Hocevar, EcoWatch, July 28, 2015
- Ruthless Power and Deleterious Politics: From DDT to Roundup - By Evaggelos Vallianatos, TruthOut, July 27, 2015
- US Steel Wants to Turn Back the Clock - By U.S. Steel Bargaining Committee, United Steelworkers, July 24, 2015
- Steelworkers, Asarco file NLRB charges - By Staff, Arizona Daily Star, July 17, 2015
- Families upset by Tesoro appeal of 2010 refinery explosion fine - By Eric Wilkinson, KING 5 News, July 21, 2015
- Brisbane refinery blockaded in support of Alexander Spirit - By Holly Birkett, Splash247, July 17, 2015
- Rail car worker found dead inside tanker in Southeast Texas - By Staff, Associated Press, July 7, 2015
- Richmond Sanitation Workers Stage Wildcat Strike - By anonymous, Our Steets, July 7, 2015
Carbon Bubble:
- Shell to ax thousands of jobs amid $7 billion in spending cuts - By Jordan Blum, FuelFix, July 30, 2015
- With no sign of oil price rebound, Shell wields axe again - By Ron Bousso and Karolin Schaps, Reuters, July 30, 2015
- About 30,000 fresh job cuts, more mine closures expected in Australia - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, July 29, 2015
- B.C.'s LNG job boom overstated, according to think tank’s report - By Business in Vancouver, Mining.Com, July 29, 2015
- Chevron to cut 950 jobs in Houston, 1,500 companywide - By Jordan Blum, FuelFix, July 28, 2015
- Halliburton, Baker cut workforces deeper, bringing layoffs to 27,000 - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, July 27, 2015
Just Transition:
- In Case You Missed It, There’s a Clean Energy Jobs Boom in Tennessee - By Taylor Allred, Clean Energy Footprints, July 31, 2015
- Contesting coal: A former miner argues against coal dependency in Missouri and nationwide - By Áine O'Connor, St Louis Public Radio, July 30, 2015
- Why has Australia's largest coal mining union backed Labor's Renewable Energy Target? - By Matt Peacock, Australian Broadcasting Company News, July 28, 2015
- Report: Public Transit Systems Provide Significant, Varied Benefits - By James Ayre, Clean Technica, July 23, 2015
- Black Unionists Try to Save South Africa from Becoming a Failed State - By Marsha Coleman, Black Agenda Report, July 21, 2015
- Speak Your Piece: Hard to Swallow - By Deborah Payne, Daily Yonder, July 17, 2015
- The EPA’s Clean Power Plan and Jobs - By Staff, Labor Network for Sustainability, July 2015
Other News:
- Park Service Snoozes Through Effigy Mounds Wake Up Call; Lessons Learned Report on Mass Desecration Blocked form Official Circulation - By Kirsten Stade, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, August 3, 2015
- Wage negotiations in S. Africa’s gold sector to end next week - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, July 31, 2015; [follow up]: South African union rejects 13% pay hike; president threatens strike - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, August 2, 2015
- Elongated Limbo for Chemical Safety Board Top Staff; Leave Extended to 3 Months as Search for “Possible Misconduct” Plods On - By Kirsten Stade, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, July 30, 2015
- Suit to Obtain Arctic Offshore Drilling Safety Data; Key Oil Spill Prevention and Response Documents Still Not Released to Public - By Kirsten Stade, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, July 30, 2015
- Grassroots Action: Braving the Blast Zone To Stop Oil Trains - By Daniel Adel, Bioneers, July 29, 2015
- PNG and Solomons slammed for forced labour and prostitution in logging and mining industries - By Radio New Zealand, Papua New Guinea Mine Watch, July 29, 2015
- Uber cars bashed in Mexico, cabbies protest rideshare apps - By Peter Orsi, San Francisco Chronicle, July 29, 2015
- Codelco halts world's largest open pit copper mine over strike - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, July 28, 2015
- Uber and the lawlessness of 'sharing economy' corporates - By Frank Pasquale and Siva Vaidhyanathan, The Guardian, July 28, 2015
- Union workers again reject contract with Stillwater Mining - By Alison Noon, Miami Herald, July 28, 2015
- Park Ranger Numbers Shrink as Visitation Swells; Fewer Permanent and Seasonal Law Enforcement Rangers than a Decade Ago - By Kirsten Stade, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, July 27, 2015
- Carbon-tax initiative divides environmentalists - By Jim Brunner, Seattle Times, July 25, 2015
- Nailed to the cross, bus drivers demand worker rights - By Wendy Carrillo, First Look, July 22, 2015
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