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Special to the Salem News With an announcement expected later this month about a Senate bid, U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan reported raising more than $1.2 million during the first three months of this year. It’s more than twice as much money as Ryan has ever raised in a quarter in his 18-plus years in Congress. His previous best quarter was July to September 2020 in which he raised $586,146. Several sources close to Ryan, D-Howland, say he officially will announce his candidacy for the U.S. Senate later...

California Proposes Plan for an Extensive Fracking Ban Legislators have proposed a ban on a series of oil extraction methods, including hydraulic fracking, as well as a well-operation buffer zone. But with Gavin Newsom facing recall, some worry the bill may get shut down. Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times   |   April 5, 2021   |  Analysis (TNS) — When Gov. Gavin Newsom voiced his support last year for a ban on hydraulic fracturing by oil and...

The crackdown on oil and gas production under consideration by the California Legislature is much wider in scope than the plan requested by the governor.

With his future on the line, Newsom might be reluctant to cross California’s trade unions and voters in the oil-rich San Joaquin Valley

White House Wedges Pro-Union Provisions Into Infrastructure Plan President Joe Biden tacked on measures to his infrastructure plan that make it easier for workers to organize and more difficult for them to avoid unionization. “[The plan will] create good-quality jobs … while ensuring workers have a free and fair choice to organize, join a union, and bargain collectively with their employers,” the White House said in a press release. Biden also urged Congress to pass the pro-union Protecti...

Article content The NDP reached new levels of hypocrisy this weekend. After expending every opportunity they had to call out the Tories on every little slipup on health orders, they blindly turned their eye and hosted a public press conference and invited striking Manitoba Hydro workers in on it in downtown Winnipeg. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or ALDRICH: NDPs flawed pandemic publicity stunt worthy of fine Back to video NDP Leader Wab Kinew t...

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Liberty Utilities joins carpenters union, contractors in opposing ‘right-to-work’ bill Urge New Hampshire House to reject measure that passed Senate March 17, 2021 The carpenters union, Liberty Utilities and a group of private contractors are calling on the New Hampshire House to reject “right-to-work” legislation that was recently passed in the state Senate. The three have sent letters to state representatives calling Senate Bill 61 a “dangerous” bill that interferes with agreement...

Amazon Is Hiring Aggressive Firms to Bust Union Efforts Members of the Workers Assembly Against Racism gathered across from Jeff Bezos-owned Whole Foods Market in Union Square South for a nationwide solidarity event with unionizing Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama. Erik McGregor / LightRocket via Getty Images By Since the start of the year, Amazon has subjected its almost 6,000 warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, to a relentless and aggressive anti-union campaign. Among other tactics, A...

Opponents speak out against proposed West Warwick medical waste treatment plant A PROPOSAL FROM MedRecycler-RI to build a medical-waste treatment plant in West Warwick drew overwhelming opposition during a public hearing on March 15. WEST WARWICK – A proposal to build a medical waste treatment plant in West Warwick continues to fan flames of opposition. Dozens of residents, business owners, environmentalist advocates and state and local lawmakers voiced vehement objections to the MedRecycler...