Oil
USW reaches tentative deal with oil industry
March 13, 2015The Steelworkers have reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract with Shell as a pattern agreement for the rest of the industry.
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On anniversary of BP blast, judge speaks out for strikers
March 12, 2015The former judge who heard the 4,016 cases in the explosion's aftermath is speaking out for the strikers.
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GOP letter to Iran: a national disgrace
March 11, 2015The dangers inherent in the GOP's congressional victory last fall are growing more apparent with the passing of each day; but all is not lost.
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Nurses welcome veto of Keystone XL bill
February 25, 2015"The miniscule number of jobs it would create are far outweighed by the enormous damage that this project creates to our health and in accelerating the climate crisis."
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Union not surprised by flare-up at Whiting, Ind. BP plant
February 24, 2015"We refuse to accept that fires, explosions, and working people to exhaustion are just the cost of doing this business -- these are all things that we can control."
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