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		<title>A Crucial  Senate Race and Its Impact on Jobs and the Economy</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/12/30/a-crucial-senate-race-and-its-impact-on-jobs-and-the-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/12/30/a-crucial-senate-race-and-its-impact-on-jobs-and-the-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Free Speech Zone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Sherrod Brown]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the campaigning for the 2012 election nears, America is still in deep trouble in unemployment and ever-increasing job-killing import competition. We lost 55,000 manufacturing facilities in the last decade, and those losses continue at about 1,000 per month along with many more good jobs. Any changes in trade policy to correct this grievous situation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trade Rulings Undermine Consumer Protection</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/12/07/trade-rulings-undermine-consumer-protection/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/12/07/trade-rulings-undermine-consumer-protection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From Our Allies and Partners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Trade Agreements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trade Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Citizen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12506</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“His name was Colin; here are his papers,” said the waitress presenting a bound prospectus to two diners who possess a limitless interest in the origin, diet and even friendship circle of the chicken they are about to order. The scene comes from Portlandia, the sketch comedy that skewers the bobo lifestyle. Most of us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newt Gingrich, Pseudo-Intellectual Free-Trade Kool-Aid Drinker</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/26/newt-gingrich-pseudo-intellectual-free-trade-kool-aid-drinker/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/26/newt-gingrich-pseudo-intellectual-free-trade-kool-aid-drinker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From Our Allies and Partners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gingrich Capitalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gingrich Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gingrich Free Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gingrich Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gingrich Trade Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Globalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republican candidates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12332</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At least one (Romney) may be at least o-kay if he really means what he says. At least one (Cain) is an odd mix of very good and very bad. And at least one (Perry) seems to be just naïve and corrupt on the subject. But I have yet to report on a candidate who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking Out Against Unfair Trade</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/22/speaking-out-against-unfair-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/22/speaking-out-against-unfair-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Montana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chellie Pingree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAFTA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12137</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Congresswoman Chellie Pingree spoke out on the House floor today in opposition to free trade agreements with Panama, South Korea and Columbia that she says will send good paying American manufacturing jobs overseas. Pingree said over 30,000 Maine manufacturing jobs have disappeared since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was ratified. The trade agreements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colombian Palm Oil Workers Win Protections in New Agreement</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/14/colombian-palm-oil-workers-win-protections-in-new-agreement/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/14/colombian-palm-oil-workers-win-protections-in-new-agreement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Montana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From AFL-CIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=12080</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Puerto Wilches, Colombia, an agreement has been reached between palm oil plantation workers who have been on strike for two months, employers and the government of Colombia. The agreement will protect the workers from retaliation—there were reports that military and counter-terrorism police were gathering and workers feared a crackdown. Colombia is the most dangerous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Undervalued Yuan Hurts U.S. Manufacturers</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/03/undervalued-yuan-hurts-u-s-manufacturers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/11/03/undervalued-yuan-hurts-u-s-manufacturers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Montana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From Alliance for American Manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[currency manipulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WTO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=11886</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Excellent debate on CNBC featuring the Alliance for American Manufacturing&#8217;s Scott Paul about the currency manipulation bill.]]></description>
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		<title>FTA: Pillage and Barbarism</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/10/24/fta-pillage-and-barbarism/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/10/24/fta-pillage-and-barbarism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Free Speech Zone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SINALTRAINAL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steelworkers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USW]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=11714</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Documents signed in a fraudulent attempt to violate workers’ and citizens’ rights are only sheets of paper. These do not reflect a bilateral commercial treaty but just one episode more in the history of pillage and barbarism in Colombia, Panama and South Korea. On the other hand, we value the work of all organizations and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter To President Barack Obama on Trade:</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/10/17/an-open-letter-to-president-barack-obama-on-trade/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/10/17/an-open-letter-to-president-barack-obama-on-trade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Free Speech Zone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Boehner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Portman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warren Buffett]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=11579</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The White House Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. President: Despite America’s  huge jobs problem and trillions of dollars in trade deficits, some U.S. leaders want even more bad Free Trade Agreements! The results ofNAFTA have been disastrous, and it’s widely predicted our new agreement with South Korea will also be a big net loss for the U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trade Deals Pass Congress &#8212; China Currency Bill More Important Than Ever</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/10/16/trade-deals-pass-congress-china-currency-bill-more-important-than-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/10/16/trade-deals-pass-congress-china-currency-bill-more-important-than-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 12:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allied Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From Campaign for America's Future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[currency manipulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Trade Agreements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Boehner]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=11570</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Congress just passed three more NAFTA-like trade deals, so our country&#8217;s trade deficit is going to get even worse. And pressure on working people to accept pay and benefit cuts and longer and harder working hours is going to get even worse. And the rewards to the top 1%, at the expense of the rest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Week of Walking Backwards</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/10/14/the-week-of-walking-backwards/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2011/10/14/the-week-of-walking-backwards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From the USW International President]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Jobs Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colombia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[currency manipulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreclosures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Trade Agreements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Boehner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McPherson Square]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAFTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usw.org/?p=11548</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a country where joblessness is a painful 9.1 percent. Where one in five children lives in poverty. Where foreclosures rose again last month. Where a whole movement—Occupy Wall Street -- is growing to protest the appeasement of the rich at the cost of the middle class. In that place, Congress chose to walk backwards last week. It didn’t take two steps forward – which it could have by passing the currency manipulation bill and American Jobs Act. No. It just took a giant step backward by embracing three job-killing trade agreements. It all provokes the question: Where are the jobs?]]></description>
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