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3/30/2010 3:55 PM
A YouTube Video and Social Media Marketing class was held at the Local 33 Training Center in Akron, Ohio. The class is designed for organizers and leadership interested in advancing their skills using the latest research and game-changing communications strategies prevalent on Twitter, Facebook, and especially YouTube.
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3/29/2010 12:43 PM
The Party of “No” once more struck a blow against working Americans.
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3/29/2010 8:21 AM
Last weekend, President Obama announced a series of recess appointments, including two seats on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Both appointees, Craig Becker and Mark Pearce, are Democrats nominees. A third nominee, Brian Hayes, a staffer for Senator Mike Enzi, was left behind to be voted on by the Senate.
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3/26/2010 11:31 AM
A pro-union alliance of domestic manufacturers is joining Sens. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., to demand curbs on China’s undervalued currency -- a 40% undervaluation that cost hundreds of thousands of U.S. workers their jobs. They said job losses to China total 2.4 million from 2001-08.
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3/25/2010 11:44 AM
More than 325 sheet metal apprentices from the United States and Canada ventured to Las Vegas March 15-18 for the Annual International Sheet Metal Competition hosted by the International Training Institute (ITI).
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3/22/2010 12:21 PM
Walt Disney World in Florida may be the next stop for bullet-train makers in Japan and China, Bloomberg News reports.
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3/15/2010 12:59 PM
Reprinted from the Apollo Alliance. A direct link can be found here.)
Though much of Apollo’s work is focused on systemic changes in clean energy and green-collar job policy and practices, our work also is particularly useful to people who don’t have a job or are looking for a new one. The following green-collar job information resources should help.
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3/12/2010 9:39 AM
 This week, the Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association joined the fast-growing labor-environmental partnership dedicated to expanding the number and quality of jobs in the clean energy economy.
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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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