Dakota Access Pipeline threatens drinking water in Illinois The Prairie Rivers Network has completed an assessment of the Dakota Access Pipeline and found it crosses a number of significant rivers in Illinois and would threaten the water supply of more…
Labor Notes
Labor notes for March
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Asbestos manufacturers try to evade liability. Taking advantage of the new Republican rule over Congress, the remaining firms that manufactured items containing asbestos – the cancer-causing substance that sickened thousands of shipyard workers, factory workers, construction workers and others, and…
Labor Roundup
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Union-owned Bank of Labor to open DC branch. The Kansas City-based union-owned Bank of Labor will open a branch in the nation’s capital in the spring, making it one of the few worker-friendly financial institutions in D.C. When it…