AFL-CIO: Text 1 word and help 3 million people

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Saturday November 13, 2010 · 9:41 AM PST

2010/11/13 · 09:41

Let's show another example of Kossacks coming together and helping when there is an urgent need. Send a test message to the AFL-CIO to sign the unemployment benefits extensions petition, or sign online. The details are provided below.

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Have you signed or will you sign today?

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Have you signed or will you sign today?

Yes

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Don't sweep unemployment benefits extensions under the rug

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Friday November 12, 2010 · 6:23 PM PST

2010/11/12 · 18:23

Don't allow the premature release of the deficit commission report create a diversion away from the urgent problem of unemployment benefits extensions. The diary below contains a link to the AFL-CIO petition and a description of the current status of the extensions.

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Are you currently receiving extended benefits?

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Are you currently receiving extended benefits?

Yes

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A Referendum on Globalization?

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Thursday November 04, 2010 · 7:32 AM PDT

2010/11/04 · 07:32

Today in the New York Times, Bill Clinton wrote an article about Middle East peace. Embedded in the article was a sentence stating that we are in an age of globalization. He wrote this as if this is a widely accepted statement.

But could the Tea Party vote primarily be a diffuse rejection of globalization and an attribution of that policy as the cause of unemployment? Globalization has a moral and ethical component, but when its implementation displaces the American worker's security, it becomes the target of opposition. This is another reason why the Democratic Party would benefit from heeding the advice of labor unions.

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Wednesday November 03, 2010 · 9:34 AM PDT

2010/11/03 · 09:34

The victories in California, Oregon, Connecticut and Delaware, and the pending voctory in Washington State, could not have happened without the dedicated support of our labor unions, and specifically the support of the AFL-CIO and Richard Trumka.

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Sunday October 31, 2010 · 9:09 AM PDT

2010/10/31 · 09:09

In his New York Times column, Nicholas Kristof asked readers to "Give Obama a Break."

What about giving the American people a break?

When the 99ers’ unemployment benefits are expiring, they can’t pay their rent, and they are falling into homelessness, who is giving them a break?

When job applicants are turned down because they don’t exactly match a long laundry list of skills, who is giving them a break?

When a factory worker is punished for returning from lunch fifteen minutes late, who is giving working Americans a break?

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Do you need a break?

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Do you need a break?

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Patty Murray issues pledge to defend Social Security

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Tuesday October 12, 2010 · 2:04 PM PDT

2010/10/12 · 14:04

The Washington State Labor Council has issued letters from Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell containing their pledges to protect Social Security. With the ballots going out to voters in the next three days, here is another reason to get out the vote. There is also a letter from Congressional candidate Suzan DelBene.

http://www.wslc.org/...
Letter from Sen. Murray

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Monday October 11, 2010 · 8:59 AM PDT

2010/10/11 · 08:59

Dear Friends in Washington State, This evening is the most crucial day when you can get out and canvas for Senator Murray.

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Wednesday October 06, 2010 · 12:13 PM PDT

2010/10/06 · 12:13

Last week 11 senators posted the text of the Social Security Protection Resolution. Let's call the remaining Senators and ask them to join this. Sen. Sanders is the sponsor and Sen. Stabenow, who also sponsored the unemployment benefits extension bill for the 99ers, was also involved in the sponsorship of this bill. Sen. Lautenberg is continuing his record of standing up for senior citizens.

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Thursday September 30, 2010 · 10:51 AM PDT

2010/09/30 · 10:51

The tormenting of Tyler Celmenti that led to his suicide was a hate crime against gays and, technically, the production and dissemination of pornography. But the hatred perpetrated against a gay student on a college campus was rooted in a deeper cultural conflict over the purpose of a college education.

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Saturday August 07, 2010 · 11:23 AM PDT

2010/08/07 · 11:23

From the New York Times

By ROD NORDLAND and SHARIFULLAH SAHAK
Published: August 7, 2010

Ten members of a foreign medical team — including six Americans and three women, all doctors and technicians — were shot to death on Thursday in a remote corner of the Hindu Kush in northern Afghanistan, officials confirmed Saturday

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Tuesday July 13, 2010 · 2:43 PM PDT

2010/07/13 · 14:43

During the past few days there have been several diaries on the subject of unemployment benefits. Some individuals have contributed comments stating that they were never able to obtain any benefits because of their 1099 work status. I am an not an attorney and this diary is not to be construed as legal advice. I would like to present information, however, that might help some 1099s get their benefits.

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Wednesday June 30, 2010 · 8:39 PM PDT

2010/06/30 · 20:39

I followed all of the rules. I qualify for benefits. I received a notice that I qualified for an extension. California has suddenly thrown me off the rolls and isn't explaining anything. Suddenly I do not have the rent money.

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