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	<title>USW Blog &#187; collective bargaining</title>
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		<title>The Myth of the Benevolent Boss</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/02/18/the-myth-of-the-benevolent-boss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tim Francisco
Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Working-Class Studies
Following this year’s Superbowl, viewers who stayed tuned to CBS were treated to the premiere of the network’s new series, Undercover Boss, in which COO of Waste Management Corp., Larry O’Donnell, dons coveralls to go undercover in his own corporation.
The premise of the show according to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Collective Bargaining for America</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/06/16/collective-bargaining-for-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Stewart Acuff
Special Assistant to the President, AFL-CIO
After trillions of dollars in federal spending to lift our economy out of the greatest economic crisis in 75 years, we now know that besides financial deregulation and insatiable greed, the biggest cause of our crisis is 30 years of stagnant and declining wages. We also know that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Middle class needs right to bargain, secure contracts &#8212; like CEOs have</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2008/08/08/america%e2%80%99s-middle-class-needs-right-to-bargain-secure-contracts-like-ceos-have/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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By Leo W. Gerard
International President 
Kosher abuse
In May, when immigration officials raided the kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa and hauled out 389 undocumented workers, the news was all about immigration violations, but now the focus is on the employer, Agriprocessors Inc.
That’s because it turns out that while purportedly giving ritual consideration to the animals [...]]]></description>
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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>
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By Jim English
International Secretary-Treasurer
Marketing Myths vs. Hard Realities
The political hucksters who market presidential candidates are shameless about the myths they create.
Ronald Reagan was pitched as a former union president who understood working Americans. Instead, he fired striking air traffic controllers and ignited a quarter century of corporate union busting.
George Bush, Sr. was sold as “kindler” [...]]]></description>
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