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		<title>Shocked, Shocked: Punching In</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Federal Reserve official goes to a job fair to get a glimpse of the real economy. Bank of America whistleblowers say the bank directed them to lie and push homeowners into foreclosure. What Congress and the media don’t understand about food stamps. “There’s a risk that the economy’s doing well, except for most of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Progress on Medicaid Means Real Coverage for Real Families—Roadblocks Remain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Arizona, 300,000 people will get the health care coverage they need, thanks to Gov. Jan Brewer’s change of heart on a key program of the Affordable Care Act. Brewer signed a bill into law accepting federal funds to cover low-income families under Medicaid—a bill that she had to fight against members of her own [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.workingamerica.org/2013/06/18/progress-on-medicaid-means-real-coverage-for-real-families%e2%80%94roadblocks-remain/</link>
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		<title>It’s a Sabotage: Punching In</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Republican members of Congress prepare to sabotage the Affordable Care Act by refusing to answer constituent questions. The reason food stamp enrollment is high is because the job market is terrible. In fact, food stamp programs keep people out of poverty&#8230; &#8230;so targeting them for big cuts is just cruel. #RickScottFail: Florida Governor bans local [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.workingamerica.org/2013/06/18/it%e2%80%99s-a-sabotage-punching-in/</link>
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		<title>Dear David: Bully Bosses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Question: The managers and directors at my office threaten to fire employees for things that are personal and non-work-related. I’ve been called stupid and had something thrown at me by my boss. The president of the company travels 99% of the time, so these higher-ups do not have to answer to anyone. I&#8217;ve looked up workplace bullying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.workingamerica.org/2013/06/17/dear-david-bully-bosses/</link>
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		<title>Artificial Disasters: Punching In</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Don’t blame the workforce: Demand, not skill level, presents the biggest problem for job-seekers. Unemployment continues to be the biggest danger&#8211;so we should address it now. Inequality, mobility, luck and rock and roll. Supply side economics has failed decisively. Time to put it away. Natural disasters and the mortgage industry. A look back at the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.workingamerica.org/2013/06/17/artificial-disasters-punching-in/</link>
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		<title>North Carolina Legislators Going After the Right to Vote—We’re Fighting Back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In North Carolina, Working America members are fighting attacks on our right to vote. Our Republican-controlled state legislature is proposing drastic changes to voting, including cutting early voting days, ending same-day registration, and implementing voter ID laws. All of these measures simply restrict access to the polls, hitting seniors and low income earners the hardest. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.workingamerica.org/2013/06/14/north-carolina-legislators-going-after-the-right-to-vote%e2%80%94we%e2%80%99re-fighting-back/</link>
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		<title>Indiana, Michigan and Ohio Working Families to Rally for Middle-Class Survival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On June 15, hundreds of working families from Indiana, Michigan and Ohio will come together for the Middle Class Survival Rally in Monroe, Mich. The goal of the rally is to educate people about the ongoing attacks on working families in the United States. Mike Smith, AFL-CIO Community Services liaison to the United Way of Monroe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.workingamerica.org/2013/06/14/indiana-michigan-and-ohio-working-families-to-rally-for-middle-class-survival/</link>
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		<title>Investigation Launched into Death of Georgia Worker at Kia Supplier</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched an investigation into working conditions at Sewon America&#8217;s LaGrange, Ga., facility after an employee, Teresa Weaver Pickard, died after allegedly being forced to work in extreme heat. Sewon, a company that provides auto parts to Kia, denies Pickard&#8217;s death was work-related, but an anonymous source at the plant has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.workingamerica.org/2013/06/14/investigation-launched-into-death-of-georgia-worker-at-kia-supplier/</link>
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		<title>What Is Alt-Labor? Why Is It Important? Netroots Panel Will Answer Those Questions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the rapid rise of worker centers and alternate ways to gain a voice on the job, a traditional union is no longer the only way to organize and bargain for paid sick leave, a raise and other workplace rights. Just look at the Walmart strikers and restaurant workers speaking out about the need for paid sick [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.workingamerica.org/2013/06/14/what-is-alt-labor-why-is-it-important-netroots-panel-will-answer-those-questions/</link>
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		<title>Esperanza: Punching In</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With bipartisan House vote, Michigan is one step closer to Medicaid expansion. Two GOP-sponsored labor bills would restrict workers’ rights, create zeroes of jobs! The immigration mover and shaker you’ve never heard of. Big shift at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Attention Sen. Blunt: Majority of Missourians support path to citizenship. Seriously, Wells Fargo? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.workingamerica.org/2013/06/14/esperanza-punching-in/</link>
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		<title>Ten Good Reasons You Should Use FixMyJob.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[10) If you’re not getting paid what you deserve. Whether you see money disappearing from your paycheck or you’ve just never gotten a raise, that’s a problem that you don’t just have to accept. 9) If you’re hitting the ceiling. One of the biggest problems we hear is that people don’t feel like there’s any [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.workingamerica.org/2013/06/13/ten-good-reasons-you-should-use-fixmyjob-com/</link>
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		<title>Dear David: Overtime, Over State Lines?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Question: My son works part-time at a shipping/receiving business. He was hired by an outside trucking company to work there. His co-workers who are actual employees of the shipping/receiving business are full-time. They are told that they cannot receive time-and-a-half for overtime because the company is from Tennessee and the contract (not a union contract) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.workingamerica.org/2013/06/13/dear-david-overtime-over-state-lines/</link>
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		<title>Half of Americans Now Considered Poor or Low-Income</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Huffington Post published 12 charts on rising inequality in America. They point out, among other things, that according to the U.S. Census Bureau, half of all Americans are now considered “poor” or “low-income.” About 97.3 million Americans fall into a low-income category, commonly defined as those earning between 100 and 199 percent of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.workingamerica.org/2013/06/13/half-of-americans-now-considered-poor-or-low-income/</link>
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		<title>Worker Dies of Extreme Heat at Non-Union Auto Plant Georgia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Teresa Weaver Pickard, a 42 year-old employee of the Sewon America auto parts plant in LaGrange, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, May 29. The autopsy could take three to four months due to a backlog of cases, according to Troup County Coroner Jeff Cook. But we do know that workers at the LaGrange Sewon plant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.workingamerica.org/2013/06/13/worker-dies-of-extreme-heat-at-non-union-auto-plant-georgia/</link>
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		<title>Patriot Coal Abandons Negotiations with Miners and Retirees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, negotiators from Patriot Coal walked out of talks with the Mine Workers (UMWA), leaving thousands of retirees in danger of losing their health care. The company also canceled talks scheduled through next week, UMWA reports via press release. UMWA President Cecil Roberts reported that the company and the union were only about $30 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.workingamerica.org/2013/06/13/patriot-coal-abandons-negotiations-with-miners-and-retirees/</link>
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