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<title>USA : Feds push back aginst American Airlines' effort to abandon pension plans</title>
<link>http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=45&amp;articleid=20120203_45_E1_Americ171761</link>
<description>Source: Tulsa World</description>
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<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tunisia : AFL-CIO-UGTT make odd couple</title>
<link>http://www.africaintelligence.com/MCE/power-brokers/2012/02/02/afl-cio-ugtt-make-odd-couple,97860967-ART</link>
<description>Source: Africa Intelligence</description>
<guid>http://www.africaintelligence.com/MCE/power-brokers/2012/02/02/afl-cio-ugtt-make-odd-couple,97860967-ART</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Portland Letter Carrier Rally, January 8, 2012, Save America's Postal Service</title>
<link>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9RY8OGrQ0I</link>
<description>Source: NACLBranch82</description>
<guid>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9RY8OGrQ0I</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Obama's Magic Number May Be 150,000 Jobs Per Month</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/business/economy/obamas-magic-number-may-be-150000-jobs-per-month.html?_r=1&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
<description>Source: NYTimes / Nate Silver</description>
<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/business/economy/obamas-magic-number-may-be-150000-jobs-per-month.html?_r=1&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : 'Jobs,' 'budget' excuses can't cloak real reason for GOP war on workers</title>
<link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#46260291</link>
<description>Source: MSNBC</description>
<guid>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#46260291</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Canada : Caterpillar shifts south at start of ‘race to the bottom,' critics warn</title>
<link>http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/02/03/caterpillar-jobs-head-to-indiana-in-race-to-the-bottom/</link>
<description>Source: iPolitics</description>
<guid>http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/02/03/caterpillar-jobs-head-to-indiana-in-race-to-the-bottom/</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Jobless Rate Falls to 8.3%, Altering Face of Campaign</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/us/politics/improved-job-picture-poses-risks-to-obama-and-romney.html?_r=1&amp;nl=todaysheadlines&amp;emc=tha2</link>
<description>Source: NYTimes</description>
<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/us/politics/improved-job-picture-poses-risks-to-obama-and-romney.html?_r=1&amp;nl=todaysheadlines&amp;emc=tha2</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Statement By AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka On January 2012 Jobs Report</title>
<link>http://www.enewspf.com/opinion/30636-statement-by-afl-cio-president-richard-trumka-on-january-2012-jobs-report.html</link>
<description>Source: ENews Park Forest</description>
<guid>http://www.enewspf.com/opinion/30636-statement-by-afl-cio-president-richard-trumka-on-january-2012-jobs-report.html</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : State Dept. Cracks Down on Abuse of Foreign Students by Hershey and Others</title>
<link>http://blog.aflcio.org/2012/02/03/state-dept-cracks-down-on-abuse-of-foreign-students-by-hershey-and-others/</link>
<description>Source: AFL-CIO</description>
<guid>http://blog.aflcio.org/2012/02/03/state-dept-cracks-down-on-abuse-of-foreign-students-by-hershey-and-others/</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Protest Planned at Indy Hotel</title>
<link>http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=52039</link>
<description>Source: Inside Indiana Business</description>
<guid>http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=52039</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Panel Votes to Ban Collective Bargaining</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/arizona-panel-votes-to-ban-collective-bargaining.html?src=recg</link>
<description>Source: NYTimes</description>
<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/arizona-panel-votes-to-ban-collective-bargaining.html?src=recg</guid>
<pubDate>04 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : The Privatization of Public Services, State by State</title>
<link>http://blog.aflcio.org/2012/02/01/the-privatization-of-public-services-state-by-state/</link>
<description>Source: AFL-CIO</description>
<guid>http://blog.aflcio.org/2012/02/01/the-privatization-of-public-services-state-by-state/</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Jobless Claims Decline</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/business/economy/us-jobless-claims-decline.html?_r=1&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
<description>Source: NYTimes</description>
<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/business/economy/us-jobless-claims-decline.html?_r=1&amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : As Jobs Go Global, U.S. Workers Pay</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/us/03iht-letter03.html?partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
<description>Source: NYTimes</description>
<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/us/03iht-letter03.html?partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : In Manufacturing, a Plan to Lure Jobs Back to America</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/business/economy/a-lure-to-keep-jobs-made-in-america.html?partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</link>
<description>Source: NYTimes</description>
<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/business/economy/a-lure-to-keep-jobs-made-in-america.html?partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : The War on Organized Labor</title>
<link>http://loyalopposition.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/the-war-on-organized-labor/</link>
<description>Source: NYTimes</description>
<guid>http://loyalopposition.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/the-war-on-organized-labor/</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Teamsters at Saint-Gobain's CertainTeed Subsidiary Succeed in Retaining Premium Health Care Plan</title>
<link>http://www.icem.org/en/21-Materials-glass-ceramics-cement/4873-US-Teamsters-at-Saint-Gobain-Succeed-in-Retaining-Premium-Health-Care</link>
<description>Source: ICEM</description>
<guid>http://www.icem.org/en/21-Materials-glass-ceramics-cement/4873-US-Teamsters-at-Saint-Gobain-Succeed-in-Retaining-Premium-Health-Care</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : New contract for 7000 in-flight catering workers</title>
<link>http://www.itfglobal.org/news-online/index.cfm/newsdetail/6979</link>
<description>Source: ITF</description>
<guid>http://www.itfglobal.org/news-online/index.cfm/newsdetail/6979</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : White House Offers Plan to Lure Jobs to America</title>
<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/business/economy/a-lure-to-keep-jobs-made-in-america.html?_r=1&amp;emc=tnt&amp;tntemail0=y</link>
<description>Source: NYTimes</description>
<guid>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/business/economy/a-lure-to-keep-jobs-made-in-america.html?_r=1&amp;emc=tnt&amp;tntemail0=y</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : AFL-CIO urges members, friends to join 'Working America'</title>
<link>http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/201202020160</link>
<description>Source: Charleston Gazette</description>
<guid>http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/201202020160</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Union groups call senator's chairmanship loss ‘sad,' ‘deplorable,' ‘a shame'</title>
<link>http://floridaindependent.com/67450/mike-fasano-prisons-unions</link>
<description>Source: Florida Independent</description>
<guid>http://floridaindependent.com/67450/mike-fasano-prisons-unions</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : A regulation on business that business loves: 'Right to Work'</title>
<link>http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&amp;entry_id=4901</link>
<description>Source: America</description>
<guid>http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&amp;entry_id=4901</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : New OSHA rule to protect workers from silicosis stuck in 'regulatory black hole'</title>
<link>http://www.npr.org/2012/02/01/146168033/new-silica-rules-languish-in-regulatory-black-hole</link>
<description>Source: NPR</description>
<guid>http://www.npr.org/2012/02/01/146168033/new-silica-rules-languish-in-regulatory-black-hole</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : White House delays another workplace rule that could save lives</title>
<link>http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/12655/white_house_delays_another_workplace_safety_rule_that_could_save_lives/</link>
<description>Source: In These Times</description>
<guid>http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/12655/white_house_delays_another_workplace_safety_rule_that_could_save_lives/</guid>
<pubDate>03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : VIDEO: Faces of Change: Lilly Ledbetter's Equal Pay Story </title>
<link>http://youtu.be/tMxsYqaFwA0</link>
<description>Source: Barack Obama</description>
<guid>http://youtu.be/tMxsYqaFwA0</guid>
<pubDate>02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Breaking: America's Truck Drivers Shut Down Port of Seattle to Expose Dangers of the Job </title>
<link>http://cleanandsafeports.org/blog/2012/02/01/breaking-america%E2%80%99s-truck-drivers-shut-down-port-of-seattle-to-expose-dangers-of-the-job/</link>
<description>Source: Coalition for Clean &amp; Safe Ports</description>
<guid>http://cleanandsafeports.org/blog/2012/02/01/breaking-america%E2%80%99s-truck-drivers-shut-down-port-of-seattle-to-expose-dangers-of-the-job/</guid>
<pubDate>02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Realities of the runway: Models organize against abuse</title>
<link>http://www.metro.us/newyork/local/article/1084583--a-union-for-fashion-models</link>
<description>Source: Metro New York</description>
<guid>http://www.metro.us/newyork/local/article/1084583--a-union-for-fashion-models</guid>
<pubDate>02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Stop The Greed: NUHW, CNA,IUOE 39 Strike Kaiser In SF To Protect Benefits &amp; Patient Care</title>
<link>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-au_AhTzGjY&amp;list=</link>
<description>Source: Labor Video Project</description>
<guid>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-au_AhTzGjY&amp;list=</guid>
<pubDate>02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : UMass Memorial cutbacks draw fire</title>
<link>http://bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view/20220202umass_memorial_cutbacks_draw_fire_hospital_seeks_to_trim_150_jobs_sell_two_divisions/srvc=home&amp;position=also</link>
<description>Source: Boston Herald</description>
<guid>http://bostonherald.com/business/healthcare/view/20220202umass_memorial_cutbacks_draw_fire_hospital_seeks_to_trim_150_jobs_sell_two_divisions/srvc=home&amp;position=also</guid>
<pubDate>02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : DC Janitors union leader speaks on life as labor, immigration activist</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/voice-behind-efforts-for-md-dream-act-began-activism-as-a-teenage-immigrant/2012/01/11/gIQAUbU0eQ_story.html</link>
<description>Source: Washington Post</description>
<guid>http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/voice-behind-efforts-for-md-dream-act-began-activism-as-a-teenage-immigrant/2012/01/11/gIQAUbU0eQ_story.html</guid>
<pubDate>02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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