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		<title>Clocking Out: Like Rain On Your Wedding Day Edition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This date should “occupy” your calendar&#8230; Not being “concerned about the very poor” isn’t a public relations problem for Republicans&#8211;it’s a policy problem. Here come the candidates! Kathleen Falk (D-WI) officially launches campaign to oust Scott Walker, and Jackie Cilley (D-NH) announces intent to succeed John Lynch. Meanwhile, Oregon’s Suzanne Bonamici became our newest member [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workingamerica.org/blog/2012/02/07/clocking-out-like-rain-on-your-wedding-day-edition/</link>
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		<title>A Thousand Letters to Tom Corbett</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Working America members, teachers, and unemployed Pennsylvanians on both sides of the state delivered over 1,000 handwritten postcards to Governor Tom Corbett’s regional offices in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. We wanted Corbett to know the drastic, widespread, and ultimately disastrous results of the budget cuts he enacted last year. We wanted him to make good on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workingamerica.org/blog/2012/02/07/five-hundred-letters-to-tom-corbett/</link>
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		<title>As Settlement Nears, Questions Remain on Mortgage Fraud</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Working America members have been watching closely to see if the bankers who caused the financial crisis will be held accountable—or whether they’ll get away with it. In recent days, tens of thousands of Working America members have asked the White House and state Attorneys General to push for a full investigation of fraud and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workingamerica.org/blog/2012/02/07/as-settlement-nears-questions-remain-on-mortgage-fraud/</link>
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		<title>Report Details ALEC&#8217;s Influence in Ohio Lawmaking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Mike Gillis, Ohio AFL-CIO &#8211; Reposted from the AFL-CIO NOW Blog A new report released today by People For the American Way Foundation, Common Cause, the Center for Media and Democracy and Progress Ohio reveals the deep ties between the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and Ohio state lawmakers. ALEC in Ohio: The Corporate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workingamerica.org/blog/2012/02/07/report-details-alecs-influence-in-ohio-lawmaking/</link>
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		<title>Clocking Out: Go Ahead, Make My Car Edition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“This encouraging employment report shouldn’t lead to any slackening in efforts to promote recovery.” How to grade a foreclosure fraud settlement. Six things to know about Arizona politicians’ attack on workers. In the race to be the most union-busting governor in the country, South Carolina’s Nikki Haley is a front-runner. David is beating Goliath in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workingamerica.org/blog/2012/02/06/clocking-out-go-ahead-make-my-car-edition/</link>
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		<title>Corbett&#8217;s Budget Will &#8220;Turn the Screws&#8221; on Pennsylvania Schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Take Action – Join Working America in telling Gov. Corbett to fully fund public education in Pennsylvania. “Dramatic and difficult.” “Pain.” “Tough times.” “Turn the screws even tighter.” That’s just a sampling of the language being used to describe Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s proposed budget, which will be unveiled tomorrow early afternoon. Last year, Corbett [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workingamerica.org/blog/2012/02/06/corbetts-budget-will-turn-the-screws-on-pennsylvania-schools/</link>
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		<title>Super Solidarity over Super Bowl Weekend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Arlene Holt Baker, AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Reposted from the AFL-CIO NOW Blog Over the weekend, all eyes were on the Super Bowl in Indianapolis, where tens of thousands traveled to see the event and hundreds of thousands more watched it on television. But while the spotlight was on the game, workers across the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workingamerica.org/blog/2012/02/06/super-solidarity-over-super-bowl-weekend/</link>
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		<title>Building Community Power through Working America</title>
		<description><![CDATA[David Fernandez reports from Texas. This past fall in San Antonio, Texas truck drivers working for Oak Farms Dairy plant took the leap in fighting to form a union at their workplace. Their goal: for all workers to be able to negotiate for better wages, better hours, safety conditions, health care, and to have a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workingamerica.org/blog/2012/02/06/building-community-power-through-working-america/</link>
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		<title>Arizona Goes Medieval on Workers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, while many of us were focusing on Indiana’s “right to work” fight and the Super Bowl, the Arizona legislature introduced four virulently anti-worker bills. They are as follows: SB 1484 would require public employees to “obtain authorization for any third party payroll deductions.” SB 1485 would prohibit any public sector collective bargaining. This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workingamerica.org/blog/2012/02/06/arizona-goes-medieval-on-workers/</link>
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		<title>Austerity Means Freezing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: This winter has been especially austere. As part of the drive to cut spending, the Obama administration and Congress have trimmed the energy-assistance program that helps the poor — 65,000 households in Maine alone — to pay their heating bills. Eligibility is harder now, and the average amount given here is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workingamerica.org/blog/2012/02/06/austerity-means-freezing/</link>
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		<title>This Week on Main Street – February 3, 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Was it a great week? Not really. Indiana became the 23rd “right to work” state, even though Hoosier working families vow to fight the measure tooth and nail. If that wasn’t enough, it became clear that Indiana is only the first salvo in a renewed anti-worker push: similar efforts are underway in Ohio, Michigan, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workingamerica.org/blog/2012/02/03/this-week-on-main-street-%e2%80%93-february-3-2012/</link>
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		<title>Clocking Out: Good Numbers and Bad Math Edition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Five numbers to know from the jobs report. Shrinking public-sector employment: still bad for the economy. The jobs situation in charts. “It’s cheaper to support a recovery then fight another downturn.” Gallup poll: A majority of Americans&#8211;and a majority of independents&#8211;support government action to fight foreclosures. Getting involved matters: Online activists get a major student [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workingamerica.org/blog/2012/02/03/clocking-out-good-numbers-and-bad-math-edition/</link>
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		<title>Support Indiana Everywhere! How to Throw a Worker-Friendly Super Bowl Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the folks at American Rights at Work for their research and efforts around American and union-made products! See their post on being pro-union and pro-football here. Super Bowl Sunday is almost upon us, and the New England Patriots and the New York Giants are preparing to battle it out for dominance. But there’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workingamerica.org/blog/2012/02/03/support-indiana-everywhere-how-to-throw-a-worker-friendly-super-bowl-party/</link>
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		<title>A Good Jobs Report: A Good Step, a Long Way to Go</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The news from today’s job report is strongly encouraging. In January, our economy added a net 243,000 new jobs, and the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%. And as economist Jared Bernstein points out, it’s not just the big numbers that matter, it’s the trend—the economy is going in the right direction. Let’s not forget, though, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workingamerica.org/blog/2012/02/03/a-good-jobs-report-a-good-step-a-long-way-to-go/</link>
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		<title>Schneiderman Heard You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week we emailed you to urge you to express your support for New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to hold banks accountable for foreclosure fraud and other abuses. Over 5,000 of you sent emails, tweeted, and wrote on AG Schneiderman’s Facebook page encouraging him to investigate the banks, stand strong against pressure from financial [...]]]></description>
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