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		<title><![CDATA[Dedicated Federal Employees Keep Air Traffic Moving During Major Power Outage]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200803/ai_n25309006]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Kori Blalock Keller of Professional Aviation Safety Specialists PASS, AFL-CIO, +1-202-293-7277  Routine Maintenance Checks Ensure Efficiency of Aviation System WASHINGTON,March 3/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Tuesdays power outage across South Florida did not impact air traffic in the area due to the work performed everyday by dedicated Federal Aviation...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Unions Want UN Affiliate to Decide U.S. Labor Policy]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_20071112/ai_n21124623]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Organized labor won last November's election lottery. The unions officially spent $105 million and, in return, received a promise from the new Democratic majority to push labor's redistributionist economic agenda. They are desperate to convince politicians to give them what they cannot win in the marketplace. The impact on domestic...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lawmakers Set a Minimum Wage and Should Set a Maximum Wage]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200704/ai_n21895744]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORSContact: Sara Nelson of Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL- CIO, +1-847-292-7170, ext. 524 WASHINGTON, April 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United Airlines Flight Attendants, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO, are demanding that Congress address the wage disparity between workers and executives. Members of the Association of Flight...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Official time as a form of union security in federal sector labor-management relations]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m6007/is_59/ai_n24960886]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I.   INTRODUCTION II.  EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION AND UNION SECURITY IN      AMERICAN LABOR RELATIONS      A. Exclusive Representation      B. Types of Union Security Arrangements        1. The Closed Shop...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Supporters still committed; immigration bill still stalled]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmusa/is_200703/ai_n18696890]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- President Bush says he wants an immigration bill this year. So do the top Democratic leaders in the House and Senate. Other supporters range from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to the Service Employees International Union.     Seldom has legislation received such high-profile backers from...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News From USW: USW President Cites New AFL-CIO Direction on Trade Policy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joins AFL-CIO's Trumka to Oppose 'Fast Track' Renewal  LAS VEGAS -- News From USW: The United Steelworkers USW President Leo W. Gerard announced approval by the AFL-CIO Executive Council of a resolution that calls on the U.S. Congress to assert its constitutional responsibility to institute new reforms on trade...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News From USW: AFL-CIO Condemns Mexican Government's Suppression of Labor; Pledges Strong Support to Mexican Miners and its President]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS -- News From USW: The AFL-CIO passed a resolution today strongly condemning the attacks by the government of Mexican President Calderon on the Mexican Miners Union, its democratically elected president Napoleon Gomez Urrutia and the country's independent labor movement.  Mr. Gomez, president of Mexico's National Miners, Metallurgical...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reject flawed trade deals]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmusa/is_200612/ai_n16923447]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The new Congress will face a daunting array of challenges and choices with respect to trade policy when it convenes in January. Our country is running an annual trade deficit of almost $800 billion, real wages are stagnant or falling for most American workers, the number of people in poverty...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Who gets your vote? Trade and energy issues take center stage for manufacturers in the 2006 midterm election.(ELECTIONS)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[RICHARD AND AUDREY HERZBERG HAVE SOME tough choices to make when  they vote in the 2006 midterm election. Traditionally the Herzbergs have  supported Republican candidates, but the owners of Reliable Metalcraft  Corp.--a $1.5 million Mishawaka, Ind.-based maker of precision metal  parts--are feeling a little conflicted this...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[War, economy sway race]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Two weeks before Election Day, voters are more focused on national issues than in any previous congressional election, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, and they express unprecedented pessimism on the war in Iraq and downbeat attitudes about the economy. Just 19% of those surveyed say the United States...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The evolution of corporate governance, continued &#8230;]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go2446/is_1_31/ai_n29304308]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1997 DIRECTORS & BOARDS published a timeline of the evolution of corporate governance from the early years of the 20th century. For our 30th anniversary issue, we extend the timeline to 2006. What follows are key developments and iconic moments in the current history of boards.  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[PENSION FUNDS: Unions quietly develop models for hybrid plans.(News)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5266/is_200609/ai_n20449932]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Jenna Gottlieb    WASHINGTON - Faced with a declining defined benefit system and half  the working population not covered by any employer-provided retirement  plan, officials at the AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International  Union have bee  Byline: Jenna Gottlieb    WASHINGTON...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Two labor rivals have US Airways marriage]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmtpi/is_200608/ai_n16614118]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[There's nothing like a drive to survive to push solidarity between unions - even two unions on opposite sides of last year's split in the labor movement.  That's what happened with the Communications Workers of America, led by Larry Cohen, and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, led by James...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TWU Calls Ruling by the AFL-CIO Comparable to 'Union Busting', Union Renews Pledge to Assist Northwest Airlines Flight Attendants]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS, May 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Transport Workers Union TWU Local 556 representing Southwest Airlines flight attendants announced today that it will continue to support the efforts of the Professional Flight Attendants Association PFAA to affiliate DALLAS, May 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Transport Workers Union TWU Local 556 representing Southwest...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Micrel Reports 32 Percent First Quarter Profit Increase.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[M2 PRESSWIRE-27 April 2006-SessionsIR.com: Micrel Reports 32  Percent First Quarter Profit IncreaseC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD    RDATE:27042006    Stocks in the News: Human Biosystems Incorporated (OTC BB: HBSC),  InvestSource Communications Incorporated (OTC: IVSR), Wal-Mart Stores  Incorporated (NYSE: WMT), Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT), Micrel...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A peek at the books: new regulations shed light on Big Labor]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_5_58/ai_n26696036]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I'M the newest member of the AFL-CIO. You can join, too: Sign up on the website of Working America, an advocacy organization tied to the union. All it requires is the submission of your name, e-mail address, and zip code. Voila! Welcome to Big Labor.  The AFL-CIO claims to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The fifty-nine-minute rule: white Christmas, gray area?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m6052/is_2006_March/ai_n16741155]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This is their holiday treat.... There is nothing so simultaneously yearned for and ridiculous as the email invoking the 59 minute rule. We do not take this rule lightly. I am told there have actually been debates regarding the authority ... to invoke the 59 Minute Rule.... I was too...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IN THE REGION  Brandywine begins first of 3 Metroplex buildings  Brandywine Realty Trust, Plymouth Meeting, said it had started construction of a 120,000-square-foot, five-story, granite-and-glass building, the first of three it plans in the Metroplex Corporate Center near the intersection of the Blue Route and the Pennsylvania Turnpike...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Young Praises Senate Passage Of Postal Reform Legislation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The head of the 310,000- member National Association of Letter Carriers (AFL-CIO) today praised action of the U.S. Senate in passing legislation to reform postal laws for the first time in over 35 years. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The head of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; US unions, weakened by public apathy and internal splits, are fighting back with an online database that accuses corporate supremos of lining their own pockets while grinding down their employees.  Business leaders are deeply unhappy at the online initiative of the AFL-CIO workers' federation, accusing union...]]></description>
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