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	<pubDate>Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:55:37 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>2012 MLK Celebration Events</title>
			<link>http://www.usw1155.org/news_detail.asp?news_id=168</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Come join the USW Human Rights Committee and members of our community at the Martin Luther King Day March January 16, 2012 in Tullahoma TN. March begins at 8:30am at the C.D. Stamps Community Center, 810 South Jackson Street, Tullahoma, TN 37388-4362
(931) 461-8902 ? ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Funeral arrangements for Everett Pritchett father of Duane</title>
			<link>http://www.usw1155.org/news_detail.asp?news_id=167</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Funeral arrangements for Duane Pritchett's father Everett, will be at Highs Funeral Home with Visitation 2-8p Sunday and funeral service 2pm Monday. Our sympathy and best wishes go to Brother Duane and family during this time of grief.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>''RALLY FOR GOOD JOBS,  LIVING WAGES, AND PUBLIC SERVICES''</title>
			<link>http://www.usw1155.org/news_detail.asp?news_id=166</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Working Tennesseans didn't cause the economic crisis, and we shouldn't have to pay for it.  Get on the bus with us to stop the attack on public service workers.  WE need an economy that works for working people!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Tennessee's Teachers Will Not Be Silenced! </title>
			<link>http://www.usw1155.org/news_detail.asp?news_id=165</link>
			<description><![CDATA[TN Teachers Need our help!  The battle in Wisconsin has made it to Tennessee. The State Legislature has bills attacking six areas of our Union Rights!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 4 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Wis. Assembly Passes Walker’s Assault on Collective Bargaining, Good Jobs</title>
			<link>http://www.usw1155.org/news_detail.asp?news_id=164</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Early Friday, the Wisconsin Assembly passed Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) bill taking from most public employees the right to bargain collectively for good jobs, according to numerous news sources.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title> Join us on Saturday, March 5, 2011 for a TEA Teacher Rally!</title>
			<link>http://www.usw1155.org/news_detail.asp?news_id=163</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There will be a Rally on March 5, 2011 at  high Noon in the Bicentennial Mall and War Memorial Plaza, at 600 James Robinson Parkway Nashville, Tennessee 37243-3081.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Goodyear: Union City, TN. Plant closure Announcement</title>
			<link>http://www.usw1155.org/news_detail.asp?news_id=162</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Goodyear today announced plans to close its Union City, Tenn., tire manufacturing facility by the end of 2011 as part of its strategy to reduce high-cost manufacturing capacity globally and provide cost effective high-value-added products that the market is demanding while continuing to make high quality products for its customers.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>China Clean Energy Trade Policy Examined</title>
			<link>http://www.usw1155.org/news_detail.asp?news_id=161</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Is China engaging in unfair practices in regards to trade and investment in green technologies? That is what the United Steelworkers (USW) union accuses the Asian nation of, ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Congress says China acts unfairly</title>
			<link>http://www.usw1155.org/news_detail.asp?news_id=160</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Members charge that trade policies create unlevel playing field

From The Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20100923/AUTO01/9230403/1148/auto01/Congress-says-China-acts-unfairly#ixzz10Q754wZ3]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Harley-Davidson employees to meet Tuesday about contract concessions</title>
			<link>http://www.usw1155.org/news_detail.asp?news_id=159</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Harley-Davidson Inc. union employees will get details Tuesday on a proposed labor contract, the company and union sources said Friday. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 3 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Landmark Agreements with Chinese Clean Energy Companies</title>
			<link>http://www.usw1155.org/news_detail.asp?news_id=158</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we signed what may be a historic agreement with two Chinese companies to create manufacturing jobs in America. This is consistent with the tradition of the USW’s resolve to foster relationships that result in good paying, union jobs for our members.

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			<pubDate>Fri, 6 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Bridgestone extends deal with NFL</title>
			<link>http://www.usw1155.org/news_detail.asp?news_id=157</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations will remain the “Official Tire of the National Football League” for another five years, the company announced today.



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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>More on the new Yokohama labor contract</title>
			<link>http://www.usw1155.org/news_detail.asp?news_id=156</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Yokohama Tire Corp. has released additional details of its new, four-year labor contract with the United Steelworkers at the company's Salem, Va., consumer tire plant.

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			<pubDate>Mon, 7 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>USW members making green light bulbs</title>
			<link>http://www.usw1155.org/news_detail.asp?news_id=155</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The next time you're shopping for environmentally friendly light bulbs the United Steelworkers would like you to take a look at Sylvania Super Saver halogen bulbs]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 3 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>USW Statement on U.S. Senate Vote for Financial Reform</title>
			<link>http://www.usw1155.org/news_detail.asp?news_id=154</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Leo W. Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers (USW), issued the following statement on the far reaching financial reform bill passed late yesterday by a vote of 59 to 39 – 'The Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010' (S.3217).

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			<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Yokohama, steelworkers union reach agreement</title>
			<link>http://www.usw1155.org/news_detail.asp?news_id=151</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Workers at the plant, one of Salem's major employers, will vote on the four-year contract soon.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>USW Taxi Drivers Union Offers Free Rides to Flood Victims in Nashville</title>
			<link>http://www.usw1155.org/news_detail.asp?news_id=153</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The United Steelworkers (USW) Nashville Taxi Drivers union is offering free rides to flood victims in Nashville next week (May 24 through May 30).  ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Steelworkers lobby for jobs,good, green and safe</title>
			<link>http://www.usw1155.org/news_detail.asp?news_id=152</link>
			<description><![CDATA["Our people want to work!" Rep. Betty Sutton of Ohio declared at the 1,000-strong Steelworker Rapid Response Conference here  on May 6. "]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>USW Supports 'SEAM Act' to Create Green Manufacturing Jobs in U.S.</title>
			<link>http://www.usw1155.org/news_detail.asp?news_id=150</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The United Steelworkers (USW) today praised Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) for introducing the "Security in Energy and Manufacturing Act of 2010"]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 6 May 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>U.S. rules vs. China on steel pipe </title>
			<link>http://www.usw1155.org/news_detail.asp?news_id=149</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Int'l Trade Commission said Chinese companies hurt American firms by selling $2.8 bil of steel pipes used to drill oil wells at unfairly low prices in the U.S. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 3 May 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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