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		<title>BREAKING: Rick Perry Retires</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2011/12/24/breaking-rick-perry-retires/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, sorry, that headline is a little deceptive. Rick Perry is still Governor of Texas. Rick Perry is still running for President of the United States. He is still making money as the author of the bestselling book Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America From Washington, which decries the role of government in our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A With Responsible Pension Investment Expert Thomas Croft</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/12/28/qa-with-responsible-pension-investment-expert-thomas-croft/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/12/28/qa-with-responsible-pension-investment-expert-thomas-croft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leo W. Gerard: Tom, your new book, Up From Wall Street: The Responsible Investment Alternative, provides both cautionary tales for those responsible for investing workers’ pension funds and a field guide of practical assistance for institutional investors who want to use responsible investing (RI) techniques. Let’s start with the caution. Why should workers care how [...]]]></description>
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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>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Leo W. Gerard International President This week the minimum wage rose by 70 cents to $7.25 an hour, a beggar&#8217;s lot really, but still corporations across America decried it. Good times or bad, somehow Wall Streeters walk away with $700,000 bonuses, you know, on top of their salaries, but a 70-cent minimum wage hike [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For pensions, a promise still matters</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2009/03/30/for-pensions-a-promise-still-matters/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2009/03/30/for-pensions-a-promise-still-matters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robyn E. Blumner, St. Petersburg Times Columnist Let&#8217;s be frank. There are contracts and then there are contracts. Those retention bonus contracts held by American International Group executives in its financial products division were apparently inviolate. No matter how many smart lawyers Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner consulted, the contracts were bulletproof, and a default [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Offers New Deal for American Manufacturing</title>
		<link>http://blog.usw.org/2008/06/29/obama-offers-new-deal-for-american-manufacturing/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usw.org/2008/06/29/obama-offers-new-deal-for-american-manufacturing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom Conway International Vice President Democrat Supports Union Choice, Health Care Reform During 7 ½ years of the George W. Bush presidency, one out of every five workers in manufacturing &#8211; 3.5 million all together – lost their jobs and their ticket to the American dream. In contrast, Democrat Sen. Barack Obama pledges to [...]]]></description>
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