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October 4 CALL CONGRESS - Monday, October 03, 2011
Your representative in Congress is considering three dangerous new free trade agreements with Columbia, Korea and Panama. With more than 25 million Americans desperately searching for full-time jobs, the last thing our leaders should focus on is trade deals that are unlikely to create jobs or help working families.
Rapid Response ACTION CALL - Thursday, September 29, 2011
Get Ready to Act!
Tuesday, October 4th - National Call-In Day to
Oppose the Pending Free Trade Agreements
Letter from Leo Gerard - Friday, September 23, 2011
Sisters and Brothers,
The proposed American Jobs Act has the potential to create 4.3 million new jobs over the next couple of years – many of them in the manufacturing and other fields that employ our members.
Alliance for American Manufacturing - Thursday, September 22, 2011
Help Stop the China Job Drain: Tell Congress to Take Action on China's Currency Manipulation
Bridgestone Investing in Warren County Plant - Thursday, September 22, 2011
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Sept. 22, 2011) - Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) announced today it will invest $36.6 million in its Warren County, Tenn., plant to increase production capacity by an additional 900 truck and bus tires per day. The expansion is expected to be complete in the first quarter of 2013 and is projected to create 50 new jobs.
Bridgestone Investing in Aiken Plant - Thursday, September 22, 2011
GRANITEVILLE, S.C. (Sept. 21, 2011) — Bridgestone Americas will invest more than $1.2 billion in the coming two and a half years to build a radial OTR tire plant in Aiken County, S.C., expand consumer tire capacity at its existing Aiken plant and expand a steel cord factory in Clarksville, Tenn.
Rapid Response INFO Alert - Friday, September 16, 2011
Americans want action on jobs! A CNN/Opinion Research poll released this week found that 65 percent of Americans would rather President Obama and Congress focus on job creation than deficit reduction. Meanwhile, the Census Bureau just released a new report covering key indicators of how our nation faired in 2010. The data is mostly grim – and in all likelihood has not improved for 2011. All indicators reinforce the fact that good jobs are desperately needed now!
Union Sportsmen's Alliance - Friday, September 16, 2011
Technique | Fishing for the Colors of Autumn
By Ken Barrett
Autumn not only turns leaves to beautiful reds, yellows and oranges, it also brightens and accentuates the colors of two of our favorite trout species: brown and brook trout.
Contagion: Not Just A Movie - Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Here is the link to “Contagion: Not Just a Movie,” a powerful look at how the common sense policy of paid sick days can prevent a real-life contagion. Five worker activists share their stories of having to go to work sick because they can’t afford to stay home or aren’t allowed to take off.
We need your help! Attacks on Workers’ Rights Continue in Washington. - Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Just call 877-426-8013 and ask for Congressman Cooper’s office. Ask him to oppose H. R. 2587 and thank him for his continued support of workers’ rights.
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