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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>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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<title>USA : Act Now!  Stop Hyatt's Super Bowl Shuffle</title>
<link>http://afl.salsalabs.com/o/5872/c/514/p/dia/action/public/;jsessionid=0FCB3A6E0163C2DD77113D066C4DEFA9-n3?action_KEY=3525</link>
<description>Source: UNITE HERE</description>
<guid>http://afl.salsalabs.com/o/5872/c/514/p/dia/action/public/;jsessionid=0FCB3A6E0163C2DD77113D066C4DEFA9-n3?action_KEY=3525</guid>
<pubDate>02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : American Airlines to fire 13,000 employees, 15% of its workforce, and end 'traditional' pension plans</title>
<link>http://www.freep.com/article/C4/20120201/FEATURES07/120201057/American-Airlines-trim-labor-costs-13-000-jobs?odyssey=nav%7Chead</link>
<description>Source: Detoit Free Press</description>
<guid>http://www.freep.com/article/C4/20120201/FEATURES07/120201057/American-Airlines-trim-labor-costs-13-000-jobs?odyssey=nav%7Chead</guid>
<pubDate>02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Indiana gov. signs right-to-work bill, state becomes Rust Belt's 1st to enact anti-union law</title>
<link>http://www.newser.com/article/d9skprng2/indiana-gov-signs-right-to-work-bill-state-becomes-rust-belts-1st-to-enact-labor-union-law.html</link>
<description>Source: Newser</description>
<guid>http://www.newser.com/article/d9skprng2/indiana-gov-signs-right-to-work-bill-state-becomes-rust-belts-1st-to-enact-labor-union-law.html</guid>
<pubDate>02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Riverside County strikes new labor deal with county's biggest union</title>
<link>http://www.scpr.org/news/2012/02/01/31077/riverside-county-strikes-new-labor-deal-countys-bi/</link>
<description>Source: KPCC</description>
<guid>http://www.scpr.org/news/2012/02/01/31077/riverside-county-strikes-new-labor-deal-countys-bi/</guid>
<pubDate>02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, unions reach tentative deals</title>
<link>http://www.freep.com/article/20120201/NEWS01/302010003/Detroit-Mayor-Dave-Bing-unions-reach-tentative-deals?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE</link>
<description>Source: Detroit Free Press</description>
<guid>http://www.freep.com/article/20120201/NEWS01/302010003/Detroit-Mayor-Dave-Bing-unions-reach-tentative-deals?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE</guid>
<pubDate>02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Union balks at Bombardier outsourcing plan</title>
<link>http://www.kansas.com/2012/01/31/2199022/union-balks-at-bombardier-outsourcing.html</link>
<description>Source: Wichita Eagle</description>
<guid>http://www.kansas.com/2012/01/31/2199022/union-balks-at-bombardier-outsourcing.html</guid>
<pubDate>02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Keystone XL opponents need a jobs program</title>
<link>http://grist.org/green-jobs/keystone-xl-opponents-need-a-jobs-program/</link>
<description>Source: Grist</description>
<guid>http://grist.org/green-jobs/keystone-xl-opponents-need-a-jobs-program/</guid>
<pubDate>02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Failure to debate labour law changes sets a “dangerous precedent”, say unions</title>
<link>http://www.itfglobal.org/news-online/index.cfm/newsdetail/6972</link>
<description>Source: ITF</description>
<guid>http://www.itfglobal.org/news-online/index.cfm/newsdetail/6972</guid>
<pubDate>02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Small Biz Owners Say Job Exports, Not Regs Problem</title>
<link>http://blog.aflcio.org/2012/02/01/small-biz-owners-say-job-exports-not-regs-problem/</link>
<description>Source: AFL-CIO</description>
<guid>http://blog.aflcio.org/2012/02/01/small-biz-owners-say-job-exports-not-regs-problem/</guid>
<pubDate>02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>USA : Indiana Working Families Ready to Take Back the State</title>
<link>http://blog.aflcio.org/2012/02/01/indiana-working-families-ready-to-take-back-the-state/</link>
<description>Source: AFL-CIO</description>
<guid>http://blog.aflcio.org/2012/02/01/indiana-working-families-ready-to-take-back-the-state/</guid>
<pubDate>02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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