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Today in eco-history: Death and destruction in Bangladesh
April 29, 2014On this day in 1991, a powerful cyclone with winds over 150 mph hit Bangladesh. At least 138,000 people were killed and most food crops were washed away or destroyed.
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Union leaders, Labor Dept. honor the fallen on Workers Memorial Day
April 29, 2014The Senate Labor Committee is holding a hearing on employer retaliation against worker whistle-blowers who report job safety and health violations to OSHA.
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Venezuelan opposition attacks Cuban health workers
April 29, 2014Cuban doctors contribute to the long term construction of systems of public health throughout the global South, health systems that were abandoned or disregarded during decades of neo-liberalism.
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Community and labor unite in fundraiser for VW workers
April 28, 2014Chattanooga for Workers hosted a potluck fundraiser to help send some Volkswagen workers to Washington DC for a national speak out on the truth about working at Volkswagen.
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Today in eco-history: Chernobyl disaster announced to public
April 28, 2014On this day in 1986, continuing high levels of radiation emerging from the Chernobyl disaster led Soviet authorities to publically announce the accident.
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