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EcoUnionist News #60
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, August 11, 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:
- Re-Imagining Climate Justice at the COP: Finding Our Frontlines at a Gathering in Bellagio, Italy - By John Foran, Resilience.Org, August 4, 2015
- China after the boom - By Tom Bramble, Red Flag, July 29, 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:
- Valley Pride Workers Walk Out Demanding Better Wages and Decent Living & Working Conditions - Press Release, Boycott Sakuma Berries, August 8, 2015; [related] Day 2 of Workers Strike at Valley Pride Farms - Press Release, Boycott Sakuma Berries, August 9, 2015
- Foodies and farmworkers: Allies or enemies? - Reviewed by Fred Magdoff, Climate and Capitalism, August 4, 2015
- Idaho #AgGag Law Struck Down as Unconstitutional - By Will Potter, Green is the New Red, August 3, 2015
- Water Reclamation from Mayor Duggan’s mansion! - Press Release, MICATS, August 3, 2015
- Climate Justice Alliance/Our Power Campaign Solidarity Statement with Community to Community Development and Familias Unidas por la Justicia at the Launch of the Summer of Our Power Relay - Press Release, Our Power Campaign, August 1, 2015
- Japan’s ‘sacred’ rice farmers brace for Pacific trade deal’s death sentence - By Nicole L Freiner, The Conversation, July 29, 2015
An Injury to One is an Injury to All:
- Why We Rallied At Phillips 66 on 7.29.15 - By Tony Lamadrid, United Steelworkers, August 9, 2015
- Indian rapper 'overwhelmed' by success of protest song against Unilever - By Maseeh Rahman, The Guardian, August 7, 2015
- 2 unions threaten action over DuPont safety record - By Jeff Mordock, Delware News Journal, August 6, 2015
- Labor Dept. to unveil worker protection rule - By Lydia Wheeler, The Hill, August 5, 2015
- PCBS Removed From Santa Monica Schools but Left in Malibu: Comprehensive Testing and Precautionary Removals Sought but Denied in Malibu - By Kirsten Stade, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, August 5, 2015
- Tesoro refinery to pay $4 million for inadequate air emission controls for seven years - By Denis Cuff, San Jose Mercury News, August 5, 2015
- Union Leaders Call on DuPont to Improve Safety - By Michael Wright and John Morawetz, United Steelworkers, August 5, 2015
- Mansfield State Police Confirm Pipeline Worker Killed - By Staff, WETM Twin Tiers, August 4, 2015
- NUMSA fully backs intercape bus drivers strike - Press Release, NUMSA, August 4, 2015
- Pipeline worker killed in Tioga County, Pa - By Brendan Gibbons, The Daily Review, August 4, 2015
- Samsung Creates $86 Million Fund For Workers Who Develop Cancer And Preventive Safety Measures - By Lauren C. Williams, Think Progress, August 4, 2015
- Family of killed mill worker "can now start to heal" - By Rodney Venis, The Prince George Citizen, August 1, 2015
- Mendocino County firefighters target timber industry practice - By Glenda Anderson, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, July 29, 2015
Carbon Bubble:
- NOV to cut more than 100 jobs in North Texas - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, August 10, 2015
- BHP Billiton axing other 380 jobs at its Olympic Dam - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, August 9, 2015
- Oilfield jobs decline in July - By Jennifer A. Dlouhy, FuelFix, August 7, 2015
- Is the Oil Industry Off a Cliff or Just in a Down Cycle? - By Elizabeth Douglass, Inside Climate News, August 6, 2015
- Southwestern Energy Lays Off 80 Arkansas Employees - By Curt Lanning, Arkansas Matters, August 6, 2015
- Global Oil Supply More Fragile Than You Think - By Nick Cunningham, OilPrice.Com, August 5, 2015
- Oil field companies cutting 276 more jobs in Texas - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, August 3, 2015
Just Transition:
- UK Pension Fund Invests £10 Million In Community-Scale Renewables - By Joshua S Hill, Clean Technica, August 10, 2015
- The Road to Paris and the Path to Renewable Energy - By Jed Alegado, Common Dreams, August 9, 2015
- Coal’s War On America - By Samantha Page, Think Progress, August 7, 2015
- Could Obama’s Clean Energy Plan Be Good For Coal Country? - By Michelle Chen, The Nation, August 5, 2015
- Some see better future as coal wanes - By James Bruggers, The Courier Journal, August 5, 2015
- When even coal miners support renewables - By Sami Grover, Tree Hugger, August 4, 2015; [related] Australia's largest coal mining and energy union backs Labour Renewable Energy Target - By Staff, Yes to Life, No to Mining, August 4, 2015
- USW: Important Work Ahead to Ensure Balanced State Efforts under the Clean Power Plan - By Roxanne Brown, United Steelworkers, August 3, 2015
Other News:
- Art & Protests at the Venice Biennale Highlight Labor Conditions, Climate Change and Austerity - Marco Baravalle interviewed by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, August 10, 2015
- Rednecks Symbolize Solidarity: W.Va. Mine Wars Museum Reclaims Union Identity - By Mark Hand, CounterPunch, August 10, 2015
- Are US Regulators Trying to Cover Up Influence Of Lobbyists On New Oil-By-Rail Regulations? - By Mike Gaworecki, DeSmog Blog, August 9, 2015
- Codelco says over $15 million in damages due to strike at Salvador mine - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, August 9, 2015
- South Africa’s main gold union snubs final pay offer - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, August 9, 2015
- No end in sight to recycling workers’ strike in Kamloops - By Tim Petruk, Kamloops This Week, August 5, 2015
- Phillips 66's oil rail project will endanger SLO County - By Linda Reynolds, San Luis Obispo Tribune, August 5, 2015
- [Video] How Portland Gave Shell A Pass - By SoftboxFilms, YouTube, August 5, 2015
- Ever heard of union hero Joe Hill? He's missing from most history books today - By Brandon Weber, UpWorthy, August 4, 2015
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