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Southwest Baggage Handlers Stage Airport Protests

2013-05-13 19:47:03| Airlines - Topix.net

Union president Charles Cerf said a major roadblock to an agreement has been Southwest's desire to replace some of its full-time employees with either part-timers or workers who are employed by... Union president Charles Cerf said a major roadblock to an agreement has been Southwest's desire to replace some of its full-time employees with either ... (more)

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TransCanada Files Lawsuit to Stop Keystone Pipeline Protests

2013-05-12 06:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Oklahoman: Energy infrastructure company TransCanada has asked an Oklahoma judge to help keep protesters away from its pipeline construction sites. The company is building a 485-mile oil pipeline between Cushing's storage hub and refineries along the Gulf Coast. The project is part of TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which is awaiting approval from the Obama administration to cross the U.S.-Canada border. The 1,179-mile pipeline would carry oil from Canada and North Dakota through Cushing to the...

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Union Protests to Target Gap over Bangladesh Worker Safety

2013-05-09 23:25:28| Apparel - Topix.net

A leading American labor union is throwing its weight behind public protests against Gap Inc.

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Protests in Chinese city over planned chemical plant

2013-05-04 13:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Hundreds of people took to the streets of the Chinese city of Kunming on Saturday to protest against the planned production of a chemical at a refinery, in the latest show of concern over the effects of rapid growth on the environment. China's increasingly affluent urban population has begun to object to the model of growth at all costs that has fuelled the economy for three decades, with the environment emerging as a focus of protests. Photographs on Weibo, China's version of Twitter, showed a...

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