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		<title>As Unemployment Aid Sets to Expire, Jobless Worker Says: &#8220;All of Us Need to Stand Together&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/29/as-unemployment-aid-sets-to-expire-jobless-worker-says-all-of-us-need-to-stand-together/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/29/as-unemployment-aid-sets-to-expire-jobless-worker-says-all-of-us-need-to-stand-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Terry Maile’s supervisor called her into a conference room with all of her co-workers to hear the news: It was their last day of employment at Level 3 Communications in Pittsburgh. That was it. The jobs were gone to India. “I couldn’t stop crying,” said Maile, a divorced mother of one, who until that moment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico’s Mineros Leader Honored with Meany-Kirkland Award</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/17/mexico%e2%80%99s-mineros-leader-honored-with-meany-kirkland-award/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/17/mexico%e2%80%99s-mineros-leader-honored-with-meany-kirkland-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Montana</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Exiled Mexican mine workers union leader Napoleón Gómez Urrutia will be honored with the AFL-CIO’s 2011 George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award tonight at a ceremony at the AFL-CIO in Washington, D.C. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says Gómez Urrutia is a ”truly courageous man who has shown us how difficult and how important it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio Results Show Voters Say Focus on Jobs, Not Partisan Attacks</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/14/ohio-results-show-voters-say-focus-on-jobs-not-partisan-attacks/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/14/ohio-results-show-voters-say-focus-on-jobs-not-partisan-attacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Montana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From AFL-CIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011 elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFL-CIO]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12070</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cincinnati Fire Fighters (IAFF) member&#160;Doug Stern says yesterday’s overwhelming rejection of Gov. John Kasich’s (R) attempt to eliminate collective bargaining rights of workers&#160;like firefighters, nurses, teachers, bridge inspectors and others shows: [T]he citizens of Ohio spoke and they made it loud and clear that the focus of government should be on creating sustainable middle class [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor&#8217;s Big Win in Ohio</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/11/labors-big-wins-in-ohio-elsewhere/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/11/labors-big-wins-in-ohio-elsewhere/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Montana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12040</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Organized labor racked up a big win in a crucial state, Ohio, on Nov. 8, defeating Right Wing GOP Gov. John Kasich’s plan to kill collective bargaining for state and local workers by a 63%-37% margin. The Associated Press called the referendum on Kasich’s law, SB5, just before 10 p.m., Eastern Time, with 904,391 “no” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nov. 8, 2011: Ohio Voters Repeal Anti-Worker Law</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/10/nov-8-2011-ohio-voters-repeal-anti-worker-law/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/10/nov-8-2011-ohio-voters-repeal-anti-worker-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Montana</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12032</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Nov. 8, Ohio voters repealed SB5, which took away the right of public employees to bargain for a middle-class life. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka joined working families at the phone bank and walking door to door to get-out-the-vote against the law, pushed by Gov. John Kasich and passed early in 2011.]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio Voters to Kasich: No, No, No</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/09/ohio-voters-to-kasich-no-no-no/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/09/ohio-voters-to-kasich-no-no-no/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Montana</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[typical GOP shenanigans]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12030</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ohio voters today resoundingly overturned the anti-worker agenda pushed by Gov. John Kasich (R), Republican state lawmakers and outside interest groups, which took away the right of public employees to collectively bargain for a middle-class life. Moments ago, the vote was called: Buckeye State voters said “No” to Issue 2. The Associated Press reports it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unity Is Strength for Progressives</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/08/unity-is-strength-for-progressives/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/08/unity-is-strength-for-progressives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=11998</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Business and liberal elites have long invested in developing collaborative leadership. In Occupy Wall Street and beyond, grassroots progressives are now getting into the game of working together. Something huge is happening in this country. It&#8217;s been a long time since we&#8217;ve seen this level of populist activity directed at the right targets: the big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Infrastructure Investment in Aberdeen Builds Bridges and Economy</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/06/infrastructure-investment-in-aberdeen-builds-bridges-and-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/06/infrastructure-investment-in-aberdeen-builds-bridges-and-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 12:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Montana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rebuild America Jobs Act]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=11923</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are reams of reports, tons of studies and rivers of statistics that prove investments in infrastructure pay off in jobs and economic boosts to the communities. When more people have good paychecks in the pockets, they pump money into their local economies. But it’s the up close and personal examples that can be the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unions Invest In America’s Infrastructure</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/05/unions-invest-in-america%e2%80%99s-infrastructure/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/05/unions-invest-in-america%e2%80%99s-infrastructure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Schwartz]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=11913</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Who will rebuild America? Despite the indisputable decay of our roads, bridges, ports, airports and schools, no one has come forward to patch them up, much less build their more efficient and attractive successors. “Prior to 1975,” says Bernard Schwartz, the former CEO of defense and aerospace manufacturer Loral Corp., who has taken the rebuilding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio Unionists Ramp up Campaign vs. Anti-Worker Law as Vote Nears</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/02/ohio-unionists-ramp-up-campaign-vs-anti-worker-law-as-vote-nears/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/02/ohio-unionists-ramp-up-campaign-vs-anti-worker-law-as-vote-nears/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Montana</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[James Hoffa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ohio SB5]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=11873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite favorable public opinion polls, Ohio unionists are taking nothing for granted and are ramping up their campaign to repeal Right Wing Gov. John Kasich’s anti-worker anti-union law, as a Nov. 8 referendum on it nears. Workers are pounding the pavements showing the everyday impact of Kasich’s measure, SB5, which he pushed through the GOP-run [...]]]></description>
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