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		<title>USW Rapid Response Recognizes Work and Sacrifice of Members</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/12/17/usw-rapid-response-recognizes-work-and-sacrifice-of-members/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lock-Out]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This holiday season, the USW Rapid Response department would like to acknowledge the countless Steelworkers engaging in critical legislative fights and those who are struggling to keep their jobs or survive unemployment. In addition, the department would like to show appreciation to all those who are currently making great sacrifices to be the counterweight against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s No Fixing the Jobs Crisis Without Unions</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/09/13/theres-no-fixing-the-jobs-crisis-without-unions/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/09/13/theres-no-fixing-the-jobs-crisis-without-unions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adam Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organized labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Americans need jobs and America needs work.  But corporations are not investing their $2.5 trillion in profits in the US.  Consumers don’t have money or are too scared to spend it.  President Obama promised to do what corporations won’t and consumers can’t.  However, it won’t happen if Congress is not effectively pressured to pass the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Vision for Economic Renewal – An American Jobs Agenda</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/07/25/a-vision-for-economic-renewal-%e2%80%93-an-american-jobs-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/07/25/a-vision-for-economic-renewal-%e2%80%93-an-american-jobs-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Montana</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=10246</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[America is facing a catastrophic jobs crisis. Not since the Great Depression has official unemployment hovered above nine percent – where it is today – for more than 20 months. Millions of American have given up looking for a job altogether. Even worse, real unemployment is more than 18%. Yet Washington overall has obviously yet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let’s Fight for Jobs and an Infrastructure Road Map</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/07/09/let%e2%80%99s-fight-for-jobs-and-an-infrastructure-road-map/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/07/09/let%e2%80%99s-fight-for-jobs-and-an-infrastructure-road-map/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Montana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, July 7th 2011, the Republican leadership of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee outlined a six-year surface transportation bill that would destroy millions of jobs across the country. The brief sixteen page document fails to address America’s infrastructure needs and instead will leave workers at the side of the road holding “work wanted” signs. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Time for Investors to Weigh in on Refinery Safety</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/05/05/its-time-for-investors-to-weigh-in-on-refinery-safety/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/05/05/its-time-for-investors-to-weigh-in-on-refinery-safety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 17:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anacortes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ConocoPhillips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daily Show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deepwater Horizon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[explosion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judy Shurke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil bargaining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rafael Moure-Eraso]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refinery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunoco]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Texas City refinery. OSHA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Valero]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years, the USW has pressured oil refiners to fix serious hazards and take real steps to improve refinery safety.  We’ve suggested standards for reporting incidents at refineries to improve transparency and we’ve proposed standards to address fatigue and eliminate excessive overtime.  Still, the oil industry remains unsafe for workers, surrounding communities and the environment. Now it’s time for investors to weigh in on safety because it impacts the bottom line.  ]]></description>
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		<title>A Well-Intentioned Bad Idea</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/03/30/a-well-intentioned-bad-idea/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/03/30/a-well-intentioned-bad-idea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American-made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boycott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizens United]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservative agenda]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Koch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jon Geenen International Vice President, United Steelworkers By now anyone who had not yet heard of the Koch brothers has been introduced to them. Every major newspaper and magazine has run an article about the brothers who until recently lived largely under the radar while advancing a political vision via political action committees and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making America the Best Place on Earth to Work</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/01/31/making-america-the-best-place-on-earth-to-work-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/01/31/making-america-the-best-place-on-earth-to-work-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[corporate profits]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[State of the Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Constitution]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=7338</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The most telling statement in the State of the Union address was this: “We have to make America the best place on Earth to do business.” The speech outlined a plan to coddle corporations using workers’ tax dollars. If businesses create jobs for those workers as a result, fine. If they don’t, well, no one’s going to make them. That’s an upside down policy. The focus of the American government must be making America the best place on Earth for American workers.]]></description>
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		<title>Union Membership: Standing with Workmates for the Middle Class</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/01/26/union-membership-standing-with-workmates-for-the-middle-class/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/01/26/union-membership-standing-with-workmates-for-the-middle-class/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[PACE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paper workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paperworkers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[union dues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, a former member of the United Paperworkers International Union (UPIU) wrote to the USW blog to complain that now, six years after UPIU, and its successor, PACE, joined the United Steelworkers union, he would have to begin paying the same rate of dues as other steelworkers have been paying all along. USW [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rights Come with Responsibilities; the Right Shirks Theirs</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/01/12/rights-come-with-responsibilities-the-right-shirks-theirs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/01/12/rights-come-with-responsibilities-the-right-shirks-theirs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Allen West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill O’Reilly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Byron Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clarence Dupnik]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harry Reid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jon Kyl]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lori Drew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megan Meier]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rush Limbaugh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Hannity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharron Angle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tea party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tides Foundation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conservatives are seeking to evade culpability after their irresponsible speech has provoked the delusional to violence. It’s difficult to directly link violent political rhetoric like Sarah Palin’s illustration showing gun sight cross hairs on U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ Arizona district to Jared L. Loughner’s shooting spree last weekend that left six dead and Giffords and 13 others wounded. What is clear, however, is that vile and threatening communication that becomes so repetitive that it’s routine has the effect of sanctioning an atmosphere of violence. Republicans guard their right to incite, but shirk the attendant responsibilities.]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Rewards: Controlling U.S. Trade Policy</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/11/23/corporate-rewards-controlling-u-s-trade-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2010/11/23/corporate-rewards-controlling-u-s-trade-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Angela Merkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAFTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central American Free Trade Agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia Free Trade Agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dmitri A. Medvedev]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free trade]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Korea Free Trade Agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lee Myunk-bak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Myron Brilliant]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New York Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North American Free Trade Agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panama Free Trade Agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thomas J. Donohue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=6479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, Abraham Lincoln would have to say America’s got a government of the people by the corporations, for the corporations. That’s because American corporations are in control, exercising all the Supreme Court-granted rights and privileges of personhood while shirking all of the responsibilities of citizenship. The proposed trade agreement with South Korea illustrates corporate control of government for profit. Americans hate the FTA that will cost jobs and increase the trade deficit. But corporations, which stand to profit from it, are insisting on its passage and succeeded in spinning the break down of talks in Seoul as a failure for Obama.]]></description>
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