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		<title>Fiscal Futility</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2012/05/16/fiscal-futility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cengel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[from Robert Kuttner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Austerity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget Cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private equity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation will hold its third annual fiscal summit. We need this event like we need a mass outbreak of sado-masochism. If you wonder why all right-thinking people seem to have concluded that austerity is the royal road to economic recovery from a severe financial collapse made on Wall Street, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Trade Deficit Keeps Draining Money From Our Economy</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2012/05/16/the-trade-deficit-keeps-draining-money-from-our-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2012/05/16/the-trade-deficit-keeps-draining-money-from-our-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cengel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From Campaign for America's Future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade deficit]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=15537</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another month and another terrible trade deficit report. Why is it that DC elites who profess to care so much about deficits say so little about our worst deficit? The trade deficit drains money from our economy, lowers our wages and forces us into an ever-lower standard of living. Trade Deficit Rises 14% BusinessWeek: Trade [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technicality Snarls Fairer NLRB Union Election Rules</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2012/05/16/technicality-snarls-fairer-nlrb-union-election-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2012/05/16/technicality-snarls-fairer-nlrb-union-election-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cengel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From AFL-CIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NLRB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[union]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=15579</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Based on a technicality, a federal judge Monday rejected commonsense rules making National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) union elections fairer. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said the NLRB did not technically have a quorum when it adopted the rules last year. The NLRB had three members at the time; two approved the rules and the third, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;You&#8217;re So Bain&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2012/05/16/youre-so-bain/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2012/05/16/youre-so-bain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cengel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bain Capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=15439</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A musical tribute to the financial accomplishmets of Mitt Romney.]]></description>
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		<title>Workers Battle ExxonMobil Over Safety at Baton Rouge Refinery</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2012/05/15/workers-battle-exxonmobil-over-safety-at-baton-rouge-refinery/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2012/05/15/workers-battle-exxonmobil-over-safety-at-baton-rouge-refinery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 19:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cengel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ExxonMobil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worker safety]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=15584</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With almost $500 billion in annual revenues, ExxonMobil is one of the world&#8217;s truly powerful corporations. With all its resources and riches, the mammoth energy firm—the largest on the Fortune 500 list—Texas-based ExxonMobil is not loyal to America. Former CEO Lee Raymond made clear that his company’s only loyalty was to maximizing returns for shareholders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin Recall Targets Have Strong Ties to ALEC</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2012/05/15/wisconsin-recall-targets-have-strong-ties-to-alec/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2012/05/15/wisconsin-recall-targets-have-strong-ties-to-alec/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cengel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALEC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collective bargaining rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wisconsin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=15557</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On June 5th, voters in Wisconsin will go to the polls in an historic recall election, where they will decide who will serve as Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and State Senator in several districts for the rest of the current term. Nearly all the elected officials targeted by recall, who are in danger of being removed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How J.P. Morgan Chase Has Made the Case for Breaking Up the Big Banks and Resurrecting Glass-Steagall</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2012/05/15/how-j-p-morgan-chase-has-made-the-case-for-breaking-up-the-big-banks-and-resurrecting-glass-steagall/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2012/05/15/how-j-p-morgan-chase-has-made-the-case-for-breaking-up-the-big-banks-and-resurrecting-glass-steagall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cengel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From Robert Reich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=15546</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[J.P. Morgan Chase &#38; Co., the nation&#8217;s largest bank, whose chief executive, Jamie Dimon, has led Wall Street&#8217;s war against regulation, announced Thursday it had lost $2 billion in trades over the past six weeks and could face an additional $1 billion of losses, due to excessively risky bets. The bets were &#8220;poorly executed&#8221; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Public Service Announcement from The 99%</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2012/05/15/a-public-service-announcement-from-the-99/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2012/05/15/a-public-service-announcement-from-the-99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cengel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[99 percent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=15430</guid>
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		<title>What’s It All About, Romney?</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2012/05/15/whats-it-all-about-romney/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2012/05/15/whats-it-all-about-romney/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the USW International President]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ayn Rand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Heavener]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burt Bacharach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C. Kevin Landry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Full Sail University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hal David]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hatch Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NASCAR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Labor Relations Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NLRB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican Presidential nominee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[restore our future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richie Rich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solamere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spencer Zwick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TA Associates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tagg Romney]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=15550</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“What&#8217;s it all about, Romney? Is it just for the moment we live? What&#8217;s it all about when you sort it out, Romney? Are we meant to take more than we give. . .”  ~With apologies to Burt Bacharach and Hal David who wrote the original song, “Alfie” As Mitt Romney laughs while “apologizing” for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steelworkers Construct Centrifugal Compressors and Steam Turbines at Elliott</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2012/05/14/steelworkers-construct-centrifugal-compressors-and-steam-turbines-at-elliott/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2012/05/14/steelworkers-construct-centrifugal-compressors-and-steam-turbines-at-elliott/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cengel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Union Matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steelworkers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[turbine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=15570</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the small town of Jeannette in Western Pennsylvania, 400 skilled Steelworkers fabricate, assemble, test and repair centrifugal compressors and steam turbines for Elliott Group. Really, what they make is energy. The turbines and compressors that members of United Steelworkers Local 1145 construct are essential building blocks of the energy industry and are used in [...]]]></description>
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