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3/4/2010 11:45 AM
The A.F.L.-C.I.O. announced on Wednesday that it will sponsor two “Weeks of Action” including demonstrations in 200 cities against the nation’s major banks.
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3/3/2010 10:31 AM
The AFL-CIO will integrate its political drive with its pro-jobs campaign this year, holding politicians accountable and refusing to support those who don’t actually do something to help suffering workers, top leaders say.
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3/2/2010 9:31 AM
Unpopular as they were with the public, had the federal government not financially rescued both the nation’s big banks and then two of the Detroit Three automakers, the U.S. would have descended into another Great Depression, Vice President Joe Biden says.
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3/2/2010 8:48 AM
For America's construction unions, Democratic President Barack Obama’s announcement of $8.3 billion in federal loan guarantees to speed the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Georgia means one thing: Jobs.
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3/1/2010 3:45 PM
 SMWIA members and staff have taken part in a coast to coast effort to notify the public about Volkswagon's anti-worker initiatives in places like Tennessee where federal stimulus money has been utlized to help out this anti-worker foreign auto company. You can view photos of members in across from Florida, through the Southwest, the Northeast and on the West Coast.
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2/23/2010 11:13 AM
 Last year, we began posting information about the MichCanSka 2010 snowmobile ride, organized by SMWIA member Bill Bradfield.
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2/1/2010 9:33 AM
Last week, President Barack Obama called on Congress to pass Health Care Reform Legislation. While we will continue to fight for the elimination of the tax on employer-provided insurance, the need for health care for all Americans is obvious. But, the need will not be met if we do not push hard at the local level in getting public support behind the effort.
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1/28/2010 2:05 PM
In their rush to malign Project Labor Agreements, anti-worker groups such as the Associated Builders and Contractors have time and time again repeated one study concerning school construction costs that was conducted by the widely discredited Beacon Hill Institute.
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1/28/2010 1:59 PM
Despite noting that “the long-awaited recovery seems to be under way,”a newly released Consensus Construction Forecast offers little reason for optimism in 2010. It does, however, provide hope for 2011.
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1/27/2010 10:44 AM
SMWIA signatories Ductmate Industries Inc. of Charleroi, Pa., and McQuay International of Minneapolis, Minn., were among firms recently awarded a total of $2.3 billion in new clean energy manufacturing tax credits for 183 clean energy projects in 43 states.
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