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Sunday, November 22, 2009 12:02 AM

AFL-CIO

Type: Organization
Name: AFL-CIO
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents
The high cost of budget cuts
NYSUT: A Union of Professionals. NYSUT represents more than 600,000 teachers, school-related professionals, academic and professional faculty in higher education, professionals in education and health care and retirees. NYSUT is affiliated with the American ... [New York State United Teachers - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents
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Robert Naiman: Will the National Democratic Institute Support the Coup in Honduras?
A statement put out by Senator Lugar's office this week contained a striking revelation: apparently, the State Department intends to fund election observer missions of the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute ... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents
American Rights at Work Launches "Not My Chamber" Campaign
The US Chamber's extreme position on climate has been drawing fire for a long time, and dissatisfaction with the US Chamber is growing as more and more businesses say that the Chamber doesn't represent them on climate and other issues.  American ... [Switchboard, from NRDC - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents
Guilderland SRPs make big contract gains
by using the . If you have questions, feel free to the Webmaster at , or visit the for more information. The selected "/cps/rde/xchg/SID-0A01F00B-6B9FAA0A/nysut/hs.xsl/index.html" is not available on this server go back to go back to reload Message(s) ... [New York State United Teachers - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents
Grammar Class Making an historic mistake
"This is an historic occasion," intoned Senator Pfogbottom."I don't care to listen to this windbag," said the cynical reporter. "I think I'll go to McDonald's for an hamburger."The rule is that a is used with words that begin with consonant (a, e, i, ... [New York State United Teachers - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Market News)
Safety-Incentives Programs Questioned
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office says employers consistently underreport worker injuries and illnesses and concludes that some employer safety programs can create disincentives for reporting injuries. Union groups say the ... [Engineering News-Record - 22 hours ago]
First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 Documents
Begging and Bowing
One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. Throughout history Americans have been very good at many things; we have without a doubt established ourselves as one for the history books. In one area, though, we ... [LewRockwell.com - 13 hours ago]
First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 Documents
Holiday requests expected to rise: As budgets thin, more families in need
Rising utility bills and other expenses have forced some residents beyond their budgets as Christmas approaches.AFL-CIO Community Services recently launched its annual Adopt-A-Family Christmas program, which assists needy families and individuals in the ... [Individual.com - 12 hours ago]
Entities: AFL-CIO, Saint Joseph
First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 9 Documents
AFL-CIO wants TARP funds to target small businesses, not Wall Street
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka wants lawmakers to redirect bailout funds for the financial sector to small businesses.Trumka said money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) needs to be plugged into economic programs that will help "Main Street," ... [The Hill - 11/17/2009]
First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 5 Documents (in Politics)
Obama to Launch Cross-Country Economic Tour
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will hold a forum on job creation with U.S. business leaders on December 3 and then embark on a cross-country tour to discuss economic recovery, the White House said on Monday.Obama, who is currently ... [ABC News - 11/17/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents
Liberal Groups Wary Of Reid Bill
As centrist Senate Dems study Sen. Maj. Leader Harry Reid's health care bill, some liberal groups are unhappy at some of the bill's provisions.AFL-CIO Pres. Richard Trumka praised Reid's bill as the "strongest steps yet" toward bringing down the cost. ... [National Journal - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents
Obama's China Quandary
I haven't said much about Obama's China visit trip, in part because I'm no expert on Sino-American policy. But what Peter Beinart says here rings quite true for me:So it’s all well and good for the Obama administration to pay more attention to China. ... [The New Republic Online - 11/19/2009]

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Yesterday, CBS News.com's Political Hotsheet blog reported on "Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu, Blanche Lincoln and the Politics of the Health Care Vote."   It notes: The focus is also on some Democrats with doubts, notably Louisiana's Mary Landrieu and Nebraska's Ben Nelson, who aren't up but do represent...
CBS News.com: Democrat Nelson 'Has Cast Many a Conservative Vote' [NewsBusters.org blogs - 5 hours ago]
Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, said that was a step in the right direction, but that labor would seek to kill the provision. "We continue to believe that a tax on working families' benefits is the wrong way to finance healthcare" he said
Democrats risk taxing the wealthy for healthcare [Los Angeles Times - 11/20/2009]
...But, he said, the bill still includes an excise tax that would hit expensive health care plans, including many that cover union workers. "We continue to believe that a tax on working families' benefits is the wrong way to finance health care and we will work hard to eliminate this provision as the bill heads to the floor" Trumka said in a statement. "[T]he bill is not perfect." Some liberal bloggers, too, expressed disappointment...
Liberal Groups Wary Of Reid Bill [Hotline On Call - 11/19/2009]

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Holiday requests expected to rise: As budgets t... [Individual.com - 12 hours ago]
Begging and Bowing [LewRockwell.com - 13 hours ago]
MARKEY INTRODUCES ENERGY TAX CREDIT [Poten & Partners - 22 hours ago]
Safety-Incentives Programs Questioned [Engineering News-Record - 22 hours ago]
Grammar Class Making an historic mistake [New York State United Teachers - 11/20/2009]
The high cost of budget cuts [New York State United Teachers - 11/20/2009]
Guilderland SRPs make big contract gains [New York State United Teachers - 11/20/2009]
TRS delegates re-elect Corn [New York State United Teachers - 11/20/2009]
House health reform plan works for Houston and ... [Houston Chronicle - 11/20/2009]
Don't put off transferring your TRS membership [New York State United Teachers - 11/20/2009]
Transatlantic labor union highlights globalizat... [Deutsche Welle - 11/20/2009]
Democrats risk taxing the wealthy for healthcare [Los Angeles Times - 11/20/2009]
December ANSI Caucus to Feature Jordan Barab of... [American National Standards Institute - 11/19/2009]
Liberal Groups Wary Of Reid Bill [National Journal - 11/19/2009]
AFL-CIO chief: Direct TARP funds to small business [SmartBrief - 11/19/2009]
New Jersey freezes alternative investments [Infrastructure Investor - 11/19/2009]
Impacts From Communications Outage Should Have ... [Auto & Transportation - 11/19/2009]
AFT Forum Spotlights International Teacher Recr... [American Federation of Teachers - 11/19/2009]
Top 20 Stories of 2009 the In-House Bar Couldn'... [Inside Counsel - 11/19/2009]
ECONOMY: Tough decision on TARP [The Hill - 11/19/2009]
Obama's China Quandary [The New Republic Online - 11/19/2009]
Insulate Your Home With Taxpayer Cash! -- By: S... [National Review - 11/18/2009]
Airlines slip as oil tops $80; labor heats up [MarketWatch - 11/18/2009]
Voters back union positions in many local elect... [Detroit News - 11/18/2009]
Unions Get Snarky With Big Banks [ABC News - 11/18/2009]
Not Enough Jobs [Reuters India - 11/18/2009]
Dodd challenger says Geithner should be fired [The Hill - 11/18/2009]
Dems eye stock trade tax [The Hill - 11/18/2009]
Ex-Santa Clara County prosecutor Ben Field face... [SiliconValley.com - 11/18/2009]
Pelosi: Job help must be 'right' (Politico) [Yahoo! News - 11/18/2009]
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CBS News.com: Democrat Nelson 'Has Cast Many a ... [NewsBusters.org blogs - 5 hours ago]
Yesterday, CBS News.com's Political Hotsheet blog reported on "Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu, Blanche Lincoln and the Politics of the Health Care Vote."  It notes: The ...
American Rights at Work Launches "Not My C... [Switchboard, from NRDC - 11/20/2009]
The US Chamber's extreme position on climate has been drawing fire for a long time, and dissatisfaction with the US Chamber is growing as more and more businesses ...
Robert Naiman: Will the National Democratic Ins... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/20/2009]
A statement put out by Senator Lugar's office this week contained a striking revelation: apparently, the State Department intends to fund election observer ...
Amy B. Dean: Women to be Majority in Labor Unio... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/19/2009]
A study released last week put the spotlight on a workplace demographic shift that is occurring: women are expected to become a majority of labor union ...
Without Jobs, the Nation’s Future Circles the D... [Firedoglake - 11/19/2009]
      ... he was elected AFL-CIO president in September, Richard Trumka traveled around the country on a listening tour. Here’s one story ...
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Audio/Video

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Herrmann Expects `Bigger Jump' in U.S. Unemploy... [Bloomberg - YouTube - 11/05/2009]
Trucker Tom Podcast #1149 — Latent Programming [Mefeedia Video Tag : evoluti - 09/01/2009]
Trucker Tom Podcast #1149 — Latent Programming [Mefeedia Video Tag : medici - 09/01/2009]
Violence flares at health town hall [MSN Video: What's Hot - 08/07/2009]
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