EcoUnionist News #65

Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, September 6, 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:

• This Labor Day Instead of Taking the Day Off, Work for Justice for Farm Workers! - By staff, Boycott Sakuma Berries, September 3, 2015
• When Did the Anthropocene Begin…and Why Does It Matter? - By Ian Angus, Monthly Review, September 2015
• My Work: Railroad Workers United - By J.P.Wright, Railroad Music, August 24, 2015
• Coal's Devastation - By Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, August 12, 2015

Ongoing Mobilizations:

• Flood the System - Fall 2015: Flood, blockade, occupy and shut down the systems that jeopardize our future! | #FloodTheSystem
• Northern California Climate Mobilization - November 21, 2015
• People's Climate Movement - October 14, 2015
• 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
• 21st Century EcoSocialism Conference - October 9-11, 2015, University of California Santa Barnara 

Bread and Roses:

• Report Back Of International Week of Action - By staff, Boycott Sakuma Berries, September 3, 2015
• Peasant agriculture is a true solution to the climate crisis - By Josie Riffaud, Edgardo Garcia, and Carlos Marentes, La Via Campesina, September 3, 2015
• European Dairy crisis: Demonstration during the extraordinary Agriculture Council meeting on Monday, the 7th of September - By European Coordination, La Via Campesina, September 1, 2015
• ‘Not gone away’: Tens of thousands rally in Irish capital against water charges - By staff, Russia Times, August 29, 2015
• ILWU supports Sakuma workers - By staff, ILWU Dispatcher, August 3, 2015

An Injury to One is an Injury to All:

• Pittsburgh Company Craigslist Post: Looking for Scabs to Work 84 Hours/Wk. During Lockout - By Zaid Jilani, In These Times, September 2, 2015
• NUMSA mourns the death of those who perished in road accidents in the Eastern Cape - By Phumzile Nodongwe, NUMSA, September 1, 2015
• Stillwater miners working under imposed contract, NLRB investigates complaint - By MTN News, KTVQ, September 1, 2015
• Another Powerful Explosion at Chemical Factory in China - By Jennifer Baker, Revolution News, August 31, 2015
• 'Harperman' Protest Song Gets Performer Suspended from Job - By staff, VOCM, August 31, 2015

Carbon Bubble:

• ION Geophysical to cut 25 percent of workforce - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, September 2, 2015
• Canada’s Penn West to cut workforce 35 percent, slash spending - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, September 1, 2015; [related] Penn West will scrap dividend, fire one-third of its workers - By Bloomberg, FuelFix, September 1, 2015
• ConocoPhillips to cut 10 percent of global workforce - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, September 1, 2015
• Alberta has lost 35,000 oilpatch jobs, petroleum producers say - By Tracy Johnson, CBC News, August 31, 2015
• Fossil Fools - By Branden Adams, The New Inquiry, August 31, 2015
• Canada’s driverless oilsands trucks; and the threat of big layoffs - By Geoffrey Morgan, Financial Post, June 8, 2015

Just Transition:

• No union mines left in Kentucky, where labor wars once raged - By Dylan Lovan, Associated Press, September 5, 2015
• The California state legislature just passed a coal divestment bill; what will this mean for the global divestment movement? - By Brett Fleishman, 350.org, September 4, 2015
• California forces pensions funds to divest from coal, but Future Fund digs in - By Sam Parkinson, REnew Economy, September 3, 2015
• California Passes Bill To Force Two Biggest Pension Funds To Divest From Coal - By Joshua S. Hill, Clean Technica, September 3, 2015
• California state pension funds to divest from coal - By Megan Darby, Responding to Climate Change, September 3, 2015
• The Nation’s Most Populous State Just Voted To Divest From Coal - By Katie Valentine, Think Progress, September 3, 2015
• California Assembly Votes to Divest Public Pension Funds From Coal - By Brett Fleishman, Kevin de León, and Claire Conlon, Fossil Free USA, September 2, 2015
• Stronger Climate Regulations Make Their Way to State Assembly - By Michael Krasny, KQED, September 2, 2015
• Fight to preserve Blair Mountain, labor history, continues - By Paul J. Nyden, Charleston Gazette-Mail, August 24, 2015

Other News:

• New Manatee Safeguards Need to be Strengthened; Inadequate Enforcement Unless Refuge Adopts Video Monitoring System - By Kirsten Stade, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, September 3, 2015
• Shell Arctic Offshore Safety Data Still Under Wraps; Specifics Bolstering President’s Assurance Cannot Be Produced until after Drilling - By Kirsten Stade, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, September 3, 2015
• Over 1,000 Arrested in Bengal Amid Violence During Trade Unions’ Countrywide Strike - By Kolkata, Kochi, Hyderabad, Nagpur, and Chandhigarh, The Times of India, September 3, 2015
• Tactical Response to Incidents Involving Crude Oil - By Robert Burke, Firehouse, September 1, 2015

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