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PATCO Resolves Safety Issues in Montana
Safety issues at PATCO Tower resolved....
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Palin: These People Don't Stack Up to Me
One of the best blog / diary entries that I read today was written by a brother named Paul. He posted an amazing piece to DailyKos that, shortly after reading it, I asked him if I could cross-post it to UnionReview.com. His response, "Hell yea."
Enjoy this entry and thank Paul with me for doing some great work.
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Building Bridges Radio: Obamanomics and Lily Tomlin on Health Care for All
Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report
National Edition
Produced by Ken Nash and Mimi Rosenberg
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Join Ed Ott at a forthcoming Fall Extravaganza in New York City
An open invitation from the Civil Service Merit Council to attend "A Fall Extravaganza," where the keynote speaker will be none other than Ed Ott, Executive Director of NYC Central Labor Council.
Click into the story for the full details.
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James Mcmurtry- "We Can't Make It Here Anymore"
Someone posted this video on a website I spend a lot of time at (www.teamstersonline.com). Though I am not familiar with this artist, I loved the video and song - I though to pass it along.
-Richard
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Bus Drivers in Atlanta Area Overwhelmingly Ratify Contracts After Voting Yes 116-0
About 200 First Transit bus drivers in the Atlanta area have overwhelmingly ratified first-ever contracts that give them a host of benefits they never had, including paid holidays. The drivers enjoyed their first paid holiday on Labor Day. They are members of Teamsters Local 728 in Atlanta.
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DeWitt factory losing grip
The news came suddenly and it came without mercy: in October, the Newell Rubermaid plant in DeWitt, Nebraska , which makes VICE-GRIP wrenches, will close its doors, sending nearly 400 people out the door without jobs.
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McCain-Palin: Old age and inexperience
The timing couldn?t have been better.
Less than 24 hours after Barack Obama gave his historic, emotionally-charged, yet eloquent speech at the Democratic National Convention, John McCain stole the spotlight by pulling a fast one out of left field. Late last week, he announced his running mate as Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
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And I Approve This Ad ...
After spending some time going through videos for various projects I am working on today, I came upon this one from Senator Obama addressing the Teamsters Union. I thought to post and share it with everyone.
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Conservatives like McCain 'talk Christ...but walk corporate'
?Sen. Barack Obama has a record of putting communities -- not corporations -- first and helping average people get our fair share,? AFL-CIO President John Sweeney said in his Labor Day message. ??.Sen. John McCain plans to continue the Bush record of putting corporate profit over working families? needs.?
Bill Londrigan, Kentucky State AFL-CIO president, echoed Sweeney?s words at the annual Labor Day picnic in Paducah, an historic old Ohio River town in deep western Kentucky .
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