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EcoUnionist News #122 - #NoDAPL Update
Submitted by x344543 on Tue, 09/20/2016 - 19:00
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, September 20, 2016
The following unions have issued statements in solidarity with those opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline; we will add additional unions to this list as we become aware of their having taken a similar stand:
- New York State Nurses Association - September 1, 2016
- IWW - September 3, 2016
- Border Agricultural Workers - September 7, 2016
- Amalgamated Transport Union - September 9, 2016
- Communications Workers of America - September 9, 2016
- National Nurses United - September 9, 2016
- ILWU Local 19 - September 12, 2016
- Oregon Public Employees Union (SEIU Local 503) - September 12, 2016
- United Electrical Workers - September 12, 2016
- ILWU Pacific Coast Pensioners Association - September 13, 2016
- National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981) - September 16, 2016
- California Faculty Association - ca. September 17, 2016
- AFL-CIO Labor Coalition for Community Action, (includes the A. Phillip Randolph Institute, the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, the Coalition of Labor Union Women, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, and Pride at Work) - September 19, 2016
(This may not be a complete list, but we will endeavor to correct any oversights as we find them. If you know of additional unions who have joined this list, please contact us at euc@iww.org.)
On the other hand, some unions insist on staying on the wrong side of history:
- AFL-CIO to Planet Earth: Drop Dead! - By Norman Solomon, CounterPunch, September 19, 2016
- AFL- CIO Bucks Progressive Allies, Backs Dakota Access Pipeline - By Dave Jamieson, Huffington Post, September 16, 2016
- Unions want governor to ensure safety - By Lauren Donovan, Bismark Tribune, September 7, 2016
- Hoffa Calls on N.D. Governor to Help Pipeline Workers - By staff, Teamsters, August 31, 2016
In Response, union members are encouraged to sign this appeal (instructions included within).
Dakota Access Pipeline Halted Again!:
- Federal judge cancels restraining order - By Caroline Grueskin, Bismarck Tribune, September 16, 2016
- Dakota Access Lake Oahe Work Stopped Pending Standing Rock Sioux Appeal - By staff, Indian Country Today, September 17, 2016; [related]: Dakota Access Pipeline construction temporarily halted - By Natasha Geiling, Think Progress, September 17, 2016 | Federal Appeals Court Halts Dakota Access Segment as Solidarity Protests Spread Nationwide - By staff, Unicorn Riot, September 17, 2016 | Appeals court halts Dakota Access Pipeline work pending hearing - By staff, Indianz.Com, September 16, 2016 | Judge drops injunction against tribal leaders - By Associated Press, Bismarck Tribune, September 16, 2016
- Heavy machinery removed from DAPL work site, former protest site, in Morton County - By Max Grossfeld, NBC KFYR TV 5, September 13, 2016
- In Dramatic Reversal, White House Halts Dakota Access Pipeline Construction Under Missouri River - Jan Hasselman and Dave Archambault II interviewed by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, September 12, 2016; [related]: Water Protectors at Standing Rock React to Obama's Intervention in Dakota Access Pipeline Battle - By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, September 12, 2016 | Native American Activist Winona LaDuke at Standing Rock: It's Time to Move On from Fossil Fuels - Winona LaDuke interviewed by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, September 12, 2016 | Lakota Activist Debra White Plume from Pine Ridge: Why I am a Water Protector at Standing Rock - Debra White Plume interviewed by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, September 12, 2016 | Did Obama Just Avoid War with Great Sioux Nation? - By Anne Meador, DC Media Group, September 10, 2016 |
Direct Actions against the Pipeline Construction Continue:
- Sacred Stone Camp prepares for winter weather - By Sara Berlinger, NBC KFYR TV 5, September 16, 2016
- We delivered 33K petitions today! - By staff, Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition, September 14, 2016
- Protests shift along pipeline route - By Lauren Donovan, Bismarck Tribune, September 14, 2016
- Standoff at Vermont Rising Tide #NoDAP Blockade - By staff, Earth First! Newswire, September 13, 2016
- N.D. Pipeline Protester: 'It's About Our Rights As Native People' - By Jeff Brady, NPR, September 12, 2016
And Solidarity Actions Take Place All Over:
- Hundreds Protest Dakota Access Pipeline - By staff, American Postal Workers Union, September 19, 2016
- 400 March, Seven Arrested While Disrupting Philly TD Bank Locations over Pipeline Financing - By Jed Laucharoen, Rising Tide North America, September 18, 2016
- Citibank Occupied to Protest Dakota Access Funding - By Angie Viands, Rising Tide Chicago, September 17, 2016
- Dakota pipeline protesters march downtown Seattle streets - By staff, KIRO TV 7, September 16, 2016
- On Solidarity with Standing Rock, Executive Clemency and the International Indigenous Struggle - By Leonard Peltier, CounterPunch, September 16, 2016
- Pittsburghers Stand with Standing Rock, Say No to the Dakota Access Pipeline - By C Raphael, Three Rivers Rising Tide, September 16, 2016
- Santa Fe Water Protectors Stand With Standing Rock Against the Risky Business of Dakota Access Pipeline - By Frances Madeson, CounterPunch, September 16, 2016
- Stand Up for Rural Communities: Say NO to the Dakota Access Pipeline & Extreme Energy Extraction on Sept. 22 - By Katie Doody, Land Stewardship Project, September 16, 2016
- Utah Land Defenders support Standing Rock and Red Warrior Camp! - By C Raphael, Utah Tar Sands Resistance, September 16, 2016
- 200+ #StandWithStandingRock Actions This Week - By Emily J, 350.org, September 15, 2016
- Solidarity with Standing Rock - By staff, Socialist Worker, September 15, 2016
- Solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux Warriors - By Doug Barnes and Anne Slater, Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women, September 15, 2016
- Anti-pipeline protesters across America stand with Standing Rock - By Katie Herzog, Grist, September 14, 2016
- Deepwater Horizon premiere in Toronto hit by Dakota pipeline protest - By Andrew Pulver, The Guardian, September 14, 2016
- 'Dreamers and Warriors' Unite For Global Day of Protest Against Dakota Access - By Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams, September 14, 2016
- Indigenous resistance grows as Standing Rock solidarity actions continue - By Sophia Reuss, Rabble.Ca, September 14, 2016
- Maine Students Sit-In Solidarity With DAPL & Protest Maine Pipeline - By Maine Students for Climate Justice, Popular Resistance, September 14, 2016
- #NoDAPL Protesters Shut Down 2 TD Bank Branches In DC - By staff, Beyond Extreme Energy, September 14, 2016
- Solidarity from the Amazon to Standing Rock - By Leo Cerda, Dallas Goldtooth, and Moira Birss, Amazon Watch, September 14, 2016
- How You Can Support the #NoDAPL Fight No Matter Where You Are - By Cristina, Go Fossil Free, September 12, 2016
- No Dakota Access Pipeline - By Jennifer Krill, Earth Works, September 12, 2016
- #NoDAPL & Holding Sacred Spaces Sacred - By May Boeve, 350.org, September 12, 2016
- Standing Rock protests: this is only the beginning - By Rebecca Solnit, The Guardian, September 12, 2016
- Vancouver TD bank occupied to protest ties with Dakota Access Pipeline - By Derrick O'Keefe, Ricochet, September 12, 2016
- Asheville: 8 Arrested After Throwing Down Against Pipelines and Prisons - By staff, It's Going Down, September 8, 2016
...as Does the Legal Dragnet:
- Morton County charges 8 additional Dakota Access Pipeline protesters, files warrants for 3 others - By staff, NBC KFYR TV 5, September 15, 2016
- North Dakota vs. Amy Goodman: Journalism is not a crime - By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan, Democracy Now!, September 15, 2016
- Twenty-three Jailed Water Protectors Being Denied Atrorney Visits - By Brenda Norell, Censored News, September 13, 2016
- Riot Police Begin Mass- Arrests at Dakota Access Pipeline, FB Censors Video - By Nick Bernabe, Anti-Media, September 13, 2016; [related]: 22 protesters arrested at pipeline construction site - By Tory Brecht, WQAD TV 8, September 13, 2016
- North Dakota arrest warrant for Amy Goodman raises fears for press freedom - By Sam Levin, CounterPunch, September 12, 2016; [related]: #NoDAPL: Temporary Halt to Pipeline Construction; Arrest Warrant Issued for Veteran Journalist - By Andy Rowell, Oil Change International, September 12, 2016
...and the Capitalists' Intransigence:
- “Dakota Access Construction Will Continue” In Spite of White House “Suggestion”, Pipeline Corp CEO Vows - By staff, Counter Current News, September 15, 2016; [related]: Dakota Access Pipeline Company Vows to Continue Despite Worldwide Protests - By Andy Rowell, Oil Change International, September 14, 2016 | Dakota Access CEO: Company committed to finishing project - By James MacPherson, Associated Press, September 13, 2016
- More than a billion dollars at stake if Dakota Access pipeline stalls, company says - By Alejandro Dávila Fragoso, Think Progress, September 15, 2016
- I Expect More Violence from the Oil Industry - By Anne Rolfes, Bridge the Gulf, September 8, 2016
Men Behind the Curtain:
- Did an Industry Front Group Create Fake Twitter Accounts to Promote the Dakota Access Pipeline? - By Steve Horn, DeSmog Blog, September 15, 2016
- Native American Water War Reveals Oil’s Fatal Flaw - By Ari Phillips, Climate Desk, September 14, 2016
- Security Firm Guarding Dakota Access Pipeline Also Used Psychological Warfare Tactics for BP - By Steve Horn, DeSmog Blog, September 13, 2016
- Meet the Texas billionaire and GOP donor behind the North Dakota pipeline controversy - By Sue Sturgis, Facing South, September 7, 2016
More News:
- Fighting for Our Lives: #NoDAPL in Historical Context - By Nick Estes, The Red Nation, September 18, 2016
- Fight Feels Familiar For Tribes At Pipeline Protest - By Amy Sisk, Inside Energy, September 16, 2016
- Why the Dakota Access pipeline fight may be a turning point in U.S. environmental politics - By Ron Meador, Minneapolis Post, September 16, 2016
- At Standing Rock, a Sense of Purpose: “This Is How We Should Be Living” - By Sarah van Gelder, Yes! Magazine, September 14, 2016
- Many Reasons, One Cause In Pipeline Protest - By Amy Sisk and Leigh Paterson, Inside Energy, September 14, 2016
- From Standing Rock, North Dakota to Atenco, Mexico: Imposing Petro Culture by Force - By Johnny Hazard, CounterPunch, September 13, 2016
- Michigan Tribe Aims to Block Enbridge Pipeline Spill Settlement - By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, September 13, 2016
- Voices Against the Pipeline: “The Old Ones” - By Mary McBee, Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition, September 13, 2016
- The Dakota Access Pipeline will lock-in the emissions of 30 coal plants - By Lorne Stockman, Oil Change International, September 12, 2016
- Halt to Dakota Pipeline Is Part of International Resistance to Water Threats - By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue, September 12, 2016
- The Big Difference at Standing Rock Is Native Leadership All Around - By Sarah van Gelder, Yes! Magazine, September 11, 2016
- North Dakota oil pipeline delays could hit producers, shippers - By staff, Reuters, September 11, 2016
- How #NoDAPL united a movement for indigenous rights - By Nick Engelfried, Waging NonViolence, September 10, 2016
- A History of Native Americans Protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline - By Alexander Sammon, Mother Jones, September 9, 2016
- Yankton Sioux Tribe Sues US Army Corps, USFWS Over Dakota Access - By staff, Indian Country Today, September 9, 2016
- Hillary Clinton needs to take a stand on the Dakota Access Pipeline - By Bill McKibben, Los Angeles Times, September 7, 2016
- Former worker says lake at risk of oil leak, pipeline contractor defends workmanship - By Amy Dalrymple, Bismarck Tribune, August 5, 2016
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