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		<title>Maine Gov. Orders Removal of Labor Mural at Department of Labor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It ain't John Ashcroft ordering the coverup of Lady Justice's bare breast, but it's close. The Tea Party-backed Governor of Maine, Paul LePage, has ordered his state's Department of Labor to remove a mural depicting moments in labor history from its walls. LePage also demanded the state rename the Labor Department's conference rooms, currently honoring labor icons like Frances Perkins and Cesar Chavez.]]></description>
		<link>http://workinprogress.firedoglake.com/2011/03/23/maine-gov-orders-removal-of-labor-mural-at-department-of-labor/</link>
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		<title>Did Protestors Call Walker&#8217;s Bluff? No Arrests Yet in Wisconsin Capitol</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We just spoke with David Dayen in the Capitol &#8211; from all appearances, Capitol police are NOT removing the protestors who remain in the building. For the moment, 35 minutes after the supposed clearing of the Capitol Building, the police have no orders to move people, and the protestors aren&#8217;t going anywhere. Follow David on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://workinprogress.firedoglake.com/2011/02/27/did-protestors-call-walkers-bluff-no-arrests-yet-in-wisconsin-capitol/</link>
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		<title>Live Updates: Police to Clear Protestors from Wisconsin Capitol Building</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m collecting live coverage of events as police prepare to clear out the Wisconsin Capitol Building in Madison, WI on the 14th day of protests against Gov. Scott Walker&#8217;s union-busting bill. Police are scheduled to remove protestors at 4:00 p.m. CST, with several dozen planning to be arrested in civil disobedience. You should also check [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://workinprogress.firedoglake.com/2011/02/27/live-updates-police-to-clear-protestors-from-wisconsin-capitol-building/</link>
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		<title>DNC&#8217;s Union-Free 2012 Convention</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning the Democratic National Committee announced that its 2012 convention will be held in Charlotte, NC. North Carolina has another distinction: it's the least union state in the country, with just 3.2% of its workers belonging to a union (coming behind even Arkansas, Georgia, and Mississippi). And the DNC's host city of Charlotte has exactly 0 (zero) union hotels in which the 15,000+ visitors will stay for the convention. Finally, the host venue in Charlotte, the Time Warner Cable Arena, does not appear to have any union workers. ]]></description>
		<link>http://workinprogress.firedoglake.com/2011/02/01/dncs-union-free-2012-convention/</link>
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		<title>Union Members Disrupt Mortgage Banksters Meeting in DC (VIDEO)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Awesome activism from members of the Sheetmetal Workers union (SMWIA), 200 of whom burst into a private meeting of mortgage bankers to protest layoffs by a homebuilding company that got a $900 million in federal funds intended for job creation, and instead laid off workers. The banksters fled the scene, though one said he would have engaged the workers if they had "worn a suit."]]></description>
		<link>http://workinprogress.firedoglake.com/2011/01/19/union-members-disrupt-mortgage-banksters-meeting-in-dc-video/</link>
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		<title>Unions Out in Force Against NAFTA-Style Korea Free Trade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor unions came out in force against the Obama Administration's NAFTA-style Korea Free Trade deal today, breaking nearly a week of <a href="http://workinprogress.firedoglake.com/2010/12/04/labor-silent-in-opposing-nafta-style-korea-free-trade-heres-where-they-used-to-stand/">silence</a> since the agreement was dropped late Friday night.

The <a href="http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2010/12/09/breaking-afl-cio-head-richard-trumka-releases-statement-opposing-obamas-nafta-style-korea-free-trade-deal/">AFL-CIO labor federation</a>, the <a href="http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2010/12/09/united-steelworkers-oppose-passage-of-obamas-nafta-style-free-trade-agreement/">United Steelworkers (USW)</a>, and the <a href="http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2010/12/09/statement-of-communication-workers-opposing-obamas-nafta-style-free-trade-agreement/">Communications Workers (CWA)</a> all released simultaneous statements Thursday afternoon saying they would oppose the Korea Free Trade deal.]]></description>
		<link>http://workinprogress.firedoglake.com/2010/12/09/unions-out-in-force-against-nafta-style-korea-free-trade/</link>
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		<title>UAW Backed NAFTA-Style Korea Free Trade to &#8220;Reward the Administration for Good Behavior&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UAW President Bob King tells a more revealing story about the union's curious support for the NAFTA-style Korea Free Trade deal. In an interview with labor reporter Mike Elk for In These Times, King makes the shocking admission that the union endorsed the deal simply to "reward the [Obama] Administration for good behavior" just for including the unions in the discussions.]]></description>
		<link>http://workinprogress.firedoglake.com/2010/12/09/uaw-backed-nafta-style-korea-free-trade-to-reward-the-administration-for-good-behavior/</link>
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		<title>Labor Silent in Opposing NAFTA-Style Korea Free Trade; Here&#8217;s Where They Used to Stand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the 14 hours since the White House dumped the news of a NAFTA-style Korea Free Trade agreement on a Friday night, labor unions are deafly silent in opposing this job-killing agreement.

UAW came out in support, but to our count, no other unions have said a word. Firedoglake reported last night that President Obama, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, and Members of Congress worked the phones yesterday to keep unions quiet. The Steelworkers are reportedly on the fence about supporting, and their goal for the AFL-CIO is neutrality, or silence. So far, it's working.

In the absence of any opposition from anyone in labor on the new NAFTA, I thought I'd do a public service and show where labor and its allies used to stand on this NAFTA-style agreement, before they were pushed back into the veal pen.]]></description>
		<link>http://workinprogress.firedoglake.com/2010/12/04/labor-silent-in-opposing-nafta-style-korea-free-trade-heres-where-they-used-to-stand/</link>
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		<title>NLRB: Facebook Discussions Between Co-Workers are Protected Speech</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is why it's nice to have a Democratic majority on the National Labor Relations Board: workers get rights. The National Labor Relations Board ruled that an employee can safely discuss work issues with their co-workers on Facebook without fearing punishment by their employer.]]></description>
		<link>http://workinprogress.firedoglake.com/2010/11/09/nlrb-facebook-discussions-between-co-workers-are-protected-speech/</link>
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