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	<title>USW Blog &#187; AFL-CIO</title>
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		<title>Gone with the Wind: Blowing U.S. Tax Dollars Off Shore</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/11/19/hell-if-d-c-didn%e2%80%99t-offshore-849-million-in-stimulus-for-windmills-already/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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By Leo W. Gerard
USW International President 
It turns out a Texas windmill farm developer’s request last month for nearly half a billion in stimulus funds to create 2,000 jobs in China doesn’t rank first on the audacity scale.
Shockingly for American taxpayers, and sadly for the staggering 10.2 percent of Americans who are unemployed, it doesn’t even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Time to Put Jobs First</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/11/17/it%e2%80%99s-time-to-put-jobs-first/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/11/17/it%e2%80%99s-time-to-put-jobs-first/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<title>Maybe Conservatism is Dead?</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/10/21/maybe-conservatism-is-dead/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/10/21/maybe-conservatism-is-dead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<title>The Chamber of Commerce&#8217;s Jobs Deception Campaign</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/10/16/the-chamber-of-commerces-jobs-deception-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/10/16/the-chamber-of-commerces-jobs-deception-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<title>Obama Plans to Reform Economy, Not Just Health Insurance</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/09/16/obama-plans-to-reform-economy-not-just-health-insurance/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/09/16/obama-plans-to-reform-economy-not-just-health-insurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<title>New Reason for Devotion to Employee Free Choice Act</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/09/15/new-reason-for-devotion-to-employee-free-choice-act/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/09/15/new-reason-for-devotion-to-employee-free-choice-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=998</guid>
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		<title>Crisis and Opportunity</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/08/11/crisis-and-opportunity/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/08/11/crisis-and-opportunity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=872</guid>
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		<title>Workers Rights Are Civil Rights</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/07/24/workers-rights-are-civil-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/07/24/workers-rights-are-civil-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<title>United Steelworkers And AFL-CIO Lead Historic Arkansas March For Employee Free Choice Act</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/07/13/united-steelworkers-and-afl-cio-lead-historic-arkansas-march-for-employee-free-choice-act/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/07/13/united-steelworkers-and-afl-cio-lead-historic-arkansas-march-for-employee-free-choice-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JColeman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=780</guid>
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		<title>The Best of Times and the Worst of Times</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/07/01/the-best-of-times-and-the-worst-of-times/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/07/01/the-best-of-times-and-the-worst-of-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JColeman</dc:creator>
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