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<title>AFL-CIO president endorses Sterlite bid for bankrupt U.S. copper miner Asarco</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=180008347</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 07:54 GMT</pubDate>
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... HOME &gt; BASE METALS AFL-CIO president endorses Sterlite bid for bankrupt U.S.  ...  environmental NGOs and members of Congress, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney Wednesday urged the U.S. Justice Department and  ...
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<title>Labor unions behind Jared Polis attack ad</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=180002990</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 06:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  $25,000 while an electrical union contributed $20,000. Mike Cerbo, executive director of the Colorado AFL-CIO, said the state would be &quot;hard pressed to find a stronger advocate for working  ...
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<title>Labor behind attack ad in 2nd District</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=180002284</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 06:58 GMT</pubDate>
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...  $25,000 while an electrical union contributed $20,000. Mike Cerbo, executive director of the Colorado AFL-CIO, said the state would be &quot;hard pressed to find a stronger advocate for working  ...
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<title>Contractor or employee? Ask the IRS</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=180001266</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 06:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  expenses. Michael Cunningham, executive director of the Texas Building &amp; Construction Trades Council for AFL-CIO in Austin, urges construction workers who have been told by the boss that they&apos;re  ...
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<title>Would ballot initiative create right reforms?</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179999791</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 06:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  remain unconvinced about whether the proposal is really bipartisan and good for Michigan (Michigan AFL-CIO President Mark Gaffney&apos;s July 18 column, &quot;Reform state government to help voting, share pain&quot;).  ...
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<title>Minimum Wage Set to Rise, but Views Vary</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179970188</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 01:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  terms and that just seems not a good way of doing policy,&quot; Dube said. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, the nation&apos;s largest labor federation, applauded the latest increase but called it a modest  ...
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<title>McCain, Obama spend nearly $6M on Michigan TV ads</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179963175</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 00:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  markets in July saying what the surge in Iraq had accomplished, while the pro-Obama AFL-CIO spent $46,000 to run its own ads in the Flint-Tri-Cities market showing a veteran  ...
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<title>International Longshoremen&apos;s Association Expresses Support for International Longshore and Warehouse Union in Negotiatio</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179942259</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 21:52 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the 88th Convention of the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District, International Longshoremen&apos;s Association, AFL-CIO unanimously passed a resolution calling on the ILA to offer full support of its  ...
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<title>Statement by AFL-CIO President Sweeney, Our Support for Clear Choice of Workers Future at ASARCO</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179931603</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 20:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  our careful investigation of both companies&apos; records in the United States and abroad, the AFL-CIO and the unions at ASARCO -- the USW, Boilermakers, IBT, IBEW, IAM, IUOE, Millwrights,  ...
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<title>International Longshoremen&apos;s Association Expresses Support for International Longshore and Warehouse Union in Negotiations</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179931570</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 20:50 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  the 88th Convention of the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District, International Longshoremen&apos;s Association, AFL-CIO unanimously passed a resolution calling on the ILA to offer full support of its  ...
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<title>McCain fundraiser generates $1M for presidential campaign</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179928918</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 20:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Epstein, Dick Hug, Shelly Kamins, J.W. Marriott Jr. and Elaine Pevenstein. Protesters from the AFL-CIO used the event to complain that McCain ignores the economic woes of working people  ...
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<title>Pennsylvania AFL-CIO to Announce Endorsements for General Election Tomorrow, July 24, 2008</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179925879</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 20:19 GMT</pubDate>
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... The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO will be announcing endorsements for the November General Election, tomorrow, July 24, 2008, in  ...
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<title>Latin American Labor Council Backs Downpayment Assistance</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179923344</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 19:52 GMT</pubDate>
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... AFL-CIO affiliate stands up for working families as Congress debates downpayment assistance GAITHERSBURG, Md., July  ...
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<title>Countdown to the Aug. 5 primary -- West Bloomfield Treasurer</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179906465</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 17:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the Fraternal Order of Police for many years Endorsements: West Bloomfield Police Officers Association, AFL-CIO American Federation of Teachers Greater Detroit Building and Construction Trades Council What makes you  ...
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<title>Chuck Hagel: I Want To Be Number Two</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=179879345</link>
<pubDate>23 Jul 2008 15:26 GMT</pubDate>
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...  and State 0 percent in 2006. 2007 Senator Hagel supported the interests of the AFL-CIO 16 percent in 2007. ...
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