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	<title>USW Blog &#187; Hilda Solis</title>
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		<title>At The Table</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/03/03/at-the-table/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Hilda Solis U.S. Secretary of Labor I was &#8220;raised union.&#8221; My mother, who immigrated to the United States from Nicaragua, worked the 3 p.m. to midnight shift at a toy factory after the birth of my younger twin sisters. She was a member of the United Rubber Workers, which later merged with the Steelworkers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solis: Governors in Wis. And Ohio Want Workers to Relinquish Their American Rights</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/03/01/solis-governors-in-wis-and-ohio-want-workers-to-relinquish-their-american-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tula Connell AFL-CIO Managing Editor The nation’s governors met last weekend in Washington, D.C., for their annual conference. Well, not all of them. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was a no-show, preferring to make the rounds on the weekend television interview programs to explain away why he wants to take away the freedom of public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Unemployment Insurance Boosts Entire U.S. Economy</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/11/19/report-unemployment-insurance-boosts-entire-u-s-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2010/11/19/report-unemployment-insurance-boosts-entire-u-s-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mike Hall AFL-CIO Senior Writer A new study shows that the economic impact of unemployment insurance (UI), especially for long-term jobless workers, has a huge positive effect on the economy, not only for the jobless, but by keeping millions of other workers on the job. With Republican lawmakers balking at maintaining UI for millions of jobless [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BP to Pay Record $50.6 Million OSHA Fine for Texas City Blast</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2010/08/13/bp-to-pay-record-50-6-million-osha-fine-for-texas-city-blast/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2010/08/13/bp-to-pay-record-50-6-million-osha-fine-for-texas-city-blast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By James Parks AFL-CIO Senior Writer BP agreed this week to pay a fine of $50.6 million to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for violations related to the 2005 explosion at its Texas City, Texas, refinery that killed 15 and injured 170. The company also must pay another $500 million to protect workers at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CEOs, Union Leader Agree: Manufacturing Strategy Crucial</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/12/02/ceos-union-leader-agree-manufacturing-strategy-crucial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[            By Leo W. Gerard USW International President Defying popular stereotype, CEOs and labor representatives sat on a panel and largely agreed on major issues confronting industry and working people. It happened Monday, Nov. 30 as CNBC taped “Meeting of the Minds: Rebuilding America” in a hall at Carnegie Mellon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s next gauntlet: Reviving the middle class</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/03/05/obama%e2%80%99s-next-gauntlet-reviving-the-middle-class/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/03/05/obama%e2%80%99s-next-gauntlet-reviving-the-middle-class/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robert L. Borosage Co-Director Campaign for America’s Future It ain&#8217;t easy. No use jokin&#8217;. Everything&#8217;s broken.&#8221; &#8211;Bob Dylan We can&#8217;t go back to the old economy. That economy &#8212; marked by booms and busts, Gilded Age inequality, declining wages, growing household debts, and unsustainable trade deficits &#8212; didn&#8217;t work very well for most Americans. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama wants you to join the union</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/02/03/president-obama-wants-you-to-join-the-union/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/02/03/president-obama-wants-you-to-join-the-union/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robert Kuttner Co-Founder and Co-Editor of The American Prospect I do not view the labor movement as part of the problem, to me it&#8217;s part of the solution. &#8211; President Barack Obama, January 30, 2009 The great union leader John L. Lewis, who headed the United Mine Workers from the &#8217;30s through the &#8217;50s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Barack Obama commit industrial policy?</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2008/12/30/will-barack-obama-commit-industrial-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robert Kutner Co-Founder and Co-Editor of The American Prospect Barack Obama may soon find that he is committing a big sin against one of the major premises of the reigning ideology. As part of his plan to restructure the auto industry, rebuild infrastructure, and create new green industries and jobs, he will be committing [...]]]></description>
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