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EcoUnionist News #112
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, July 12, 2016
The following news items feature issues, discussions, campaigns, or information potentially relevant to green unionists:
Lead Stories:
- Fear This: How the Movement (Not Clinton) Can Stop Trump - By Richard Moser, CounterPunch, July 8, 2016
- Are Oil Trains Just Too Heavy? No Regulations, No Weigh To Know - By Justin Mikulka, DeSmog Blog, July 7, 2016
- De-Privatize! - By Don Fitz, ZNet, July 7, 2016
- Some comments on Andreas Malm’s ‘Fossil Capital’ - By Luke Neal, Climate and Capitalism, July 6, 2016
- As Temperatures Climb Across the Country, Workers Will Suffer - By Elizabeth Grossman, In These Times, July 5, 2016
- Feminist Socialism and the Commons - By Hilary Wainwright, Commons Transition, June 9, 2016
Ongoing Mobilizations:
- Flush the TPP - Ongoing through 2016 | #FlushtheTPP
- In Defense of Mother Earth and Land - Oaxaca, MX: July 21-22, 2016
- March for a Clean Energy Revolution - July 24, 2016, Philadelphia | #CleanEnergyMarch
- International Resistance Gathering Against Extractivism - July 28-30, Mexico
- TWAC Cascadia 2016 - August 8th-15th 2016
- Climate Camp and Degrowth Summer - Rheinland, August 19-29, 2016
- Power Shift Southeast - Orlando, FL: September 9-11, 2016
- Lucas Plan - November 2016
The Thin Green Line:
- Canada just shut down another major pipeline proposal - By Xian Chiang-Waren, Grist, July 5, 2016
Just Transition:
- Anatomy of a nuke closure: How PG&E decided to shutter Diablo Canyon - By Herman K. Trabish, Utility Dive, July 7, 2016
- Retraining the future: Can Wyoming build the workforce outside the energy industry? - By Benjamin Storrow, Casper Star Tribune, July 2, 2016
- Historic Agreement Paves Way for Alliance Between Labor and Environmentalists - By Tom Dalzell, The Huffington Post, June 29, 2016
- Premier Wall should put Sask. people ahead of oil industry - By Mark Bigland-Pritchard, Saskatoon Star Phoenix, June 24, 2016
Bread and Roses:
- EEOC singles out Fair Food Program as “radically different accountability mechanism” in landmark report on harassment in the workplace! - By staff, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, July 11, 2016
- ZIMSOFF co-organises a dialogue on the state of land, seeds and food with allies - By staff, La Via Campesina, July 11, 2016
- Agroecology Learning Exchanges in Uganda - By staff, La Via Campesina, July 8, 2016
- Four Years of Struggle,Three Years Boycott, Sakuma Finally Ready to Negotiate - By staff, Boycott Sakuma Berries, July 8, 2016
- Nearly 10,000 petition signatures supporting boycott delivered to Wendy’s CEO Todd Penegor by UU General Assembly! - By staff, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, July 8, 2016
- NUMSA statement on Zimbabwe crisis – By Patrick Craven, NUMSA, July 8, 2016
- A farmer’s guide to Brexit – By staff, Small Farm Future, July 7, 2016
- Farmer-to-farmer training session on Millets at Amrita Bhoomi; Karnataka, India - By Ashlesha Khadse, La Via Campesina, July 6, 2016
- Female Migrant Farmworkers Push Back Against Machismo and Abuse in California’s Wine Country – By Trina Moyles and KJ Dakin, Yes!, June 21, 2016
An Injury to One is an Injury to All:
- Five die in wall collapse at Birmingham recycling site – By staff, BBC News, July 7, 2016
- Pan Pac mill workers in 24-hour strike over union agreement – By staff, Stuff (NZ), July 7, 2016
- Trudeau stalling on ban of biggest killer of workers in Canada – By Gerry Caplan, Rabble.Ca, July 7, 2016
- You must read the statement that the Sierra Club just came out with in support of #BlackLivesMatter – By Walter Einenkel, Daily Kos, July 7, 2016; [related]: Yes, ALL Cops: Supporting the Oppressed against the Police – By staff, Appalachian Workers Alliance, July 9, 2016 | Center for Biological Diversity Statement on the Killings of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and Five Dallas Police Officers – By Kierán Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity, July 8, 2016 | Statement by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) on the death of Philando Castile – By Stephen Cotton, International Transport Workers’ Federation, July 8, 2016 | AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the Deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile – By Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO, July 7, 2016 | CEJA statement on police killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile – By staff, California Environmental Justice Alliance, July 7, 2016 | Response to Police Killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile – By Steve Kretzmann, Oil Change International, July 7, 2016 | Statement On Police Murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile – By staff, Rising Tide North America, July 7, 2016 | Statement on Teamster Brother Philando Castile – By Sami Gabriel, Teamsters Local 320, July 7, 2016
- One of Metro’s new board members has potential conflicts of interest, echoing problems of previous board – By Robert McCartney, Washington Post, July 6, 2016
- Despite Mass Protests, France Passes Maligned Labor Bill Without Debate – By Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams, July 5, 2016
- Texas Prison Objects To Ruling That It Must Provide Arsenic-Free Water To Prisoners Amidst Deadly Heat – By Kit O'Connell, Mint Press News, July 5, 2016
- NTSB takes over BNSF Texas derailment investigation – By Mischa Wanek-Libman, RT&S, June 30, 2016; [related]: JP Pens a Song about the Freight Train Collision in Texas – By J.P. Wright, Payday Report, July 1, 2016 | Federal investigators begin survey of train crash’s cause – By Aaron Davis, Amarillo Globe-News, June 29, 2016
- The Night Shift: Capitalism’s Silent Killer – By John Leslie, Left Voice, June 21, 2016; [related]: A French report confirms the severe health effects of night work – By staff, European Trade Union Institute, July 6, 2016
Whistleblowers:
- Bay State South Coast Rail Should Return to Drawing Board – By Kirsten Stade, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, July 7, 2016
- How Canada’s pipeline watchdog secretly discusses "ticking time bombs" with industry – By Mike De Souza, National Observer, July 5, 2016
- Piles of Dirty Secrets Behind a Model ‘Clean Coal’ Project – By Ian Urbina, New York Times, July 5, 2016
Wobbles:
- Sacramento Activists Hold Vigil to Remember 47 Killed in Lac-Mégantic Disaster – By Dan Bacher, Daily Kos, July 10, 2016; [related]: To Stop ‘Bomb Trains,’ I Honeymooned in Jail – By Daphne Wysham, Other Words, July 6, 2016 | Event in Auburn will commemorate Lac-Megantic oil train disaster – By Lauren Abbate, Portland Press Herald, July 5, 2016 | Vigils and Protests Mark Anniversary of Fatal Oil Train Disaster: Events in 60 Cities and Letter to President on Stop Oil Trains Week of Action – By Eddie Scher, Stand.earth, July 5, 2016
- Demonstration at Home of Michigan Attorney General Due to Lack of Action on Enbridge Line 5 – By staff, MICATS, July 8, 201; [related]: Schuette’s “attack” story is one-sided, MICATS demonstrated at AG’s residence for inaction on Line 5 – By staff, MICATS, July 9, 2016
- Fighting Toxic Prisons: Reflections and Next Steps from the June 11 Convergence in D.C – By staff, Fighting Toxic Prisons, July 7, 2016
- ‘Town Halls’ in Toronto challenge Trudeau’s inaction on climate – By John Riddell, Climate and Capitalism, July 6, 2016
- Growing Opposition Forces EU into 'Humiliating Climbdown' on CETA – By Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams, July 5, 2016; [related]: Citizens' David Against TTIP Goliath – By Michel Reimon, Green European Journal, July 4, 2016
- Zibechi: Communities stand up for life – By Raúl Zibechi, Translated by Chiapas Support Committee, July 5, 2016; [related]: Thousands Gather to Reject Mining, Fracking, Damming in Mexico – By Regeneracion, Translated by Earth First! Journal, July 5, 2016
Other News:
- Sibanye may close loss-making Cooke 4 mine, puts 2,500 jobs on the line – By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, July 11, 2016
- South Africa girding for another platinum strike – By Andrew Topf, Mining.Com, July 10, 2016
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