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		<title>An AFL-CIO as Diverse as Workers</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/09/17/an-afl-cio-as-diverse-as-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Fred Redmond
Vice President for Human Affairs
A. Philip Randolph spoke up for civil rights at an AFL-CIO convention during a different era. It was a time when women who got pregnant were fired the moment they showed; one in which America practiced apartheid at water fountains, on buses, and in schools; one that hid people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Media Fails to Probe Multi-National&#8217;s Refusal to Buy American</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/06/10/media-fails-to-probe-multi-nationals-refusal-to-buy-american/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/06/10/media-fails-to-probe-multi-nationals-refusal-to-buy-american/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[$787 billion stimulus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beta Steel Corp.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Duferco Farrell Corp.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[OJSC Novolipetsk Iron & Steel Works]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sharon Herald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steel coils]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steel slabs]]></category>
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		<title>No evidence found that Colombia suddenly FTA-worthy</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/05/11/no-evidence-found-that-colombia-suddenly-fta-worthy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/05/11/no-evidence-found-that-colombia-suddenly-fta-worthy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 19:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bogotá]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Parliamentarians]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Colombia Free Trade Agreement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[free trade agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House Speaker Nancy Pelosi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Gibbs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Kirk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trade unionist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Trade Representative]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Unite the Union]]></category>
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		<title>It&#8217;s about democracy and rights, not secret elections</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/03/13/its-about-democracy-and-rights-not-secret-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/03/13/its-about-democracy-and-rights-not-secret-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[corporate America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EFCA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Free Choice Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAFTA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wagner Act]]></category>
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		<title>USW helps empower workers on Firestone plantation in Liberia</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2008/09/09/usw-helps-empower-workers-on-firestone-plantation-in-liberia/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2008/09/09/usw-helps-empower-workers-on-firestone-plantation-in-liberia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harmon Lisnow]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Sweeney]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Leo W. Gerard]]></category>
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		<title>Obama Offers New Deal for American Manufacturing</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2008/06/29/obama-offers-new-deal-for-american-manufacturing/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2008/06/29/obama-offers-new-deal-for-american-manufacturing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American manufacturing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[USW International President Leo W. Gerard]]></category>

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		<title>The Two Faces of McCain</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2008/06/28/the-two-faces-of-mccain/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2008/06/28/the-two-faces-of-mccain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sen. John McCain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subprime mortgage crisis]]></category>
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