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Telecommunications Workers Union votes to merge with United Steelworkers
2014-11-08 03:49:34| Telecom - Topix.net
Union leaders issued a statement Friday saying TMU members had voted 73.7 per cent in favor of the merger. The TWU represents 12,000 members across Canada who work for telecommunications companies including TELUS and Shaw Communications , as well as employers in related telecommunications sectors.
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Maui Votes To Ban GMOs
2014-11-05 22:30:47| Chemicals - Topix.net
Maui County voters opted Tuesday to temporarily ban the cultivation of genetically engineered crops after a hard-fought campaign featuring $8 million in advertising from some of the world's largest corn-seed producers. The ban passed by a narrow margin, with 50 percent in favor and 48 percent opposed.
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Senate Now Has Enough Votes To Pass Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Bill
2014-11-05 21:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The new Senate Republican majority creates an opportunity for likely Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to force a vote on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline he's been waiting years to hold. By The Huffington Post's count, the new Senate will have at least 61 votes in favor of a measure forcing the pipeline's approval -- a filibuster-proof majority. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Tuesday in an appearance on MSNBC that passing a Keystone approval bill would be...
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Texas town where fracking was invented votes to ban it: 'If...
2014-11-05 18:52:55| Energy - Topix.net
Voters approved a ban on hydraulic fracturing in the North Texas town of Denton on Tuesday, making it the first city in the Lone Star State to outlaw the oil and gas extraction technique behind the U.S. energy boom. The vote in the city of 123,000 was highly symbolic because hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, is widely used in Texas, the top crude producer in the United States.
Texas town where fracking was invented votes to ban it: 'If...
2014-11-05 18:23:10| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Voters approved a ban on hydraulic fracturing in the North Texas town of Denton on Tuesday, making it the first city in the Lone Star State to outlaw the oil and gas extraction technique behind the U.S. energy boom. The vote in the city of 123,000 was highly symbolic because hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, is widely used in Texas, the top crude producer in the United States.
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