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		<title>Calling all Union bloggers! I need your help</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/calling-all-union-bloggers-i-need-your-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 19:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John L. Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to blog, but don&#8217;t have to time to run one all by yourself? Well&#8217;s, here is your chance. Leave a comment below, and I will email you an invitation. You will be allowed to register and blog from here the latest news and opinions of the workering man. The will, at first, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unionnews.wordpress.com&blog=6074403&post=238&subd=unionnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UMWA Praises Boucher Efforts to Protect Coal Miners&#8217; Jobs and the Coal Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 19:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John L. Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UMWA released this today &#8211; Not just fighting for the rights of workers, but for the jobs of workers!
United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E. Roberts today made the following statement regarding the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 and the efforts of Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) to protect [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unionnews.wordpress.com&blog=6074403&post=236&subd=unionnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering the Pittson Strike</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/remembering-the-pittson-strike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 01:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John L. Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<title>UMWA Praises Obama’s MSHA Budget</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/umwa-praises-obama%e2%80%99s-msha-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 18:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John L. Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MAY 7, 2009
UMWA Praises Obama’s MSHA Budget
United Mine Workers of America International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today:
“We applaud President Obama’s budget for the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), especially with regard to the proposed $2.2 million increase in funding for coal mine safety and health. This proposal represents [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unionnews.wordpress.com&blog=6074403&post=230&subd=unionnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Employee Free Choice Act &#8211; Voices</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/employee-free-choice-act-voices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 18:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John L. Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<title>David Letterman: &#8220;How&#8217;d Dick Cheney Do?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/david-letterman-howd-dick-cheney-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 17:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John L. Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<title>Cecil Roberts: As nation rethinks coal policies, let&#8217;s remember how we got where we are today</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/cecil-roberts-as-nation-rethinks-coal-policies-lets-remember-how-we-got-where-we-are-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 01:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John L. Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. &#8211; Seems like everywhere you turn these days, somebody&#8217;s talking about coal: Where it&#8217;s mined, how it&#8217;s mined, even whether it should be mined at all.
It&#8217;s an important discussion, because the direction our nation takes regarding coal and the future of coal will affect tens of millions of Americans &#8211; not just coal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unionnews.wordpress.com&blog=6074403&post=224&subd=unionnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does Wal-Mart really care? Big Blue takes on Big Coal</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/does-wal-mart-really-care-big-blue-takes-on-big-coal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John L. Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[youtubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNb_JHvOK5k&#38;feature=player_embedded]
That&#8217;s right, the world&#8217;s biggest and baddest employer now wants to protect the enviroment. Sure, they deny dignity to millions of workers, destroy small town commerce, and fight for Republicans, but they really care about CO2 emissions. Do you believe that?

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		<title>Cecil Roberts (UMWA) President on the Ludlow Massacre</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/cecil-roberts-umwa-president-on-the-ludlow-massacre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John L. Lewis</dc:creator>
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President Roberts has become the finest UMWA president since John L., and like John L. and fine wine, he is only getting better with age!
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		<title>Possible Interrogation Probe Dashes Hopes for Bipartisanship Under Obama</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/possible-interrogation-probe-dashes-hopes-for-bipartisanship-under-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John L. Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The blowhards, unpatriotic fascists at FoxNews are reporting that the &#8216;Era of Bipartisanship died.&#8217; Really? When did it start?
Mark your calendar: April 21, 2009. That&#8217;s when the Era of Bipartisanship died.
That&#8217;s what some Republicans suggested after President Obama opened the possibility of a congressional investigation and prosecution of Justice Department lawyers who authorized &#8220;enhanced&#8221; interrogation techniques [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unionnews.wordpress.com&blog=6074403&post=218&subd=unionnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting for Living Wages</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/fighting-for-living-wages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John L. Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fighting for Living Wages
April 23, 2009 &#60;!&#8211;csalafia&#8211;&#62;
Nobody in America who works full time should live in poverty. However, the fact is as of April 2007 over 37 million people, more than the population of the State of California, do. According to recent US Census figures, 5 million more people are poor today that were not in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unionnews.wordpress.com&blog=6074403&post=216&subd=unionnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Ludlow Massacre</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/the-ludlow-massacre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John L. Lewis</dc:creator>
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Progressives today don&#8217;t have to reinvent the wheel. We&#8217;re fighting for the same things progressives, liberals, radicals have always fought for: democracy applied broadly, justice applied equally, a fair distribution of our nation&#8217;s resources. We can look back and see what worked and what didn&#8217;t for our forbears. We can examine what kinds of people, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unionnews.wordpress.com&blog=6074403&post=212&subd=unionnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shephard Smith drops F-bomb during Freedom Watch: We do not F%$&amp;ing torture!!!</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/shephard-smith-drops-f-bomb-during-freedom-watch-we-do-not-fing-torture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
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See here.
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		<title>Coal gets a shot in the arm.</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/coal-gets-a-shot-in-the-arm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John L. Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the WV Gazette,
Coal supporters have managed to tuck more than $4.6 billion in money for the industry into a Senate version of the economic stimulus package.
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the legislation with several coal projects pushed by Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va.
The Senate funding is nearly double the $2.6 billion included in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unionnews.wordpress.com&blog=6074403&post=204&subd=unionnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio rally hits Chamber of Commerce union-busting forum</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/ohio-rally-hits-chamber-of-commerce-union-busting-forum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHILLICOTHE, Ohio &#8212; The Chamber of Commerce here got much more turnout for the anti-union seminar at the local country club than they expected, or wanted, for that matter.
The Ross County Chamber had issued a call for a Jan. 23 seminar on “Stopping the Employee Free Choice Act/Standing Up to Big Labor.” They expected a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unionnews.wordpress.com&blog=6074403&post=202&subd=unionnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UAW, Chrysler Eliminate Jobs Bank</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/uaw-chrysler-eliminate-jobs-bank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DETROIT &#8211; The United Auto Workers union has eliminated its jobs bank for Chrysler workers.
After weeks of speculation, union officials told their members the doors to the controversial job bank will be closing on Monday, Jan. 26.

The jobs bank allows UAW workers to receive 95 to 100 percent of their pay while awaiting a call [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unionnews.wordpress.com&blog=6074403&post=200&subd=unionnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Consol&#8217;s top coal-to-gasoline executive retires</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/consols-top-coal-to-gasoline-executive-retires/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John L. Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va.&#8211;The Consol Energy executive who headed the company&#8217;s effort to build a coal-to-gasoline plant in Marshall County has retired but Consol&#8217;s interest in the project &#8220;remains undiminished,&#8221; said company spokesman Thomas Hoffman.
Paul Spurgeon retired effective last week. &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t mean anything for the project,&#8221; Hoffman said. &#8220;We are still interested in pursuing some sort [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unionnews.wordpress.com&blog=6074403&post=197&subd=unionnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ExxonMobil sells Monterey coal mine &#8211; Will new owners keep the Union?</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/exxonmobil-sells-monterey-coal-mine-will-new-owners-keep-the-union/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John L. Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CARLINVILLE — The Monterey coal mine near Carlinville has been sold.
ExxonMobil spokeswoman Margaret Ross said in an e-mail Monday the company sold the mine to Macoupin Energy LLC. Macoupin Energy is part of the Cline Group, which also owns Hillsboro Energy and has mines elsewhere in Illinois and West Virginia.
Spokesmen for the Cline Group did [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unionnews.wordpress.com&blog=6074403&post=195&subd=unionnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UMWA marks 119th birthday</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/umwa-marks-119th-birthday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John L. Lewis</dc:creator>
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United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) International President Cecil E.
Roberts issued the following statement today:

“On January 25, 1890, 119 years ago yesterday, hundreds of incredibly brave coal miners from around the country gathered in Columbus, Oh., and voted to establish the United Mine Workers of America. They were of different racial and ethnic backgrounds and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unionnews.wordpress.com&blog=6074403&post=193&subd=unionnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alabama attorney general’s intervention in Benjamin, Massey recusal outrageous, UMWA says</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/01/23/alabama-attorney-general%e2%80%99s-intervention-in-benjamin-massey-recusal-outrageous-umwa-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator>
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

JANUARY 23, 2009

CONTACT: Phil Smith
703-208-7241

Alabama attorney general’s intervention in Benjamin, Massey recusal outrageous, UMWA says

United Mine Workers of America International President Cecil E. Roberts issued the following statement today:

“The intervention of Alabama Attorney General Troy King (R) into the appeal of the Harman Mining v. Massey Energy case before the U.S.
Supreme Court is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unionnews.wordpress.com&blog=6074403&post=191&subd=unionnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A poignant point for an outgoing administration « Vox Nova</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/a-poignant-point-for-an-outgoing-administration-%c2%ab-vox-nova/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator>
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Courtesy of James David Baker:
“When an American president leaves office with the Constitution more or less intact, and without a lot of dead American boys scattered around the planet, we out to give him a medal.”
-Charlotte Observer, July 11, 1985
A poignant point for an outgoing administration « Vox Nova.
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		<title>Teacher unions to ask Legislature for another pay raise </title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/teacher-unions-to-ask-legislature-for-another-pay-raise%c2%a0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John L. Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va.&#8211;The state&#8217;s teacher unions plan an aggressive push on lawmakers this session for better pay and more reasonable health care costs.
But officials with the West Virginia Education Association and West Virginia&#8217;s chapter of the American Federation of Teachers admit they&#8217;ll be facing a tough audience, especially when some lawmakers have already said they&#8217;ll be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unionnews.wordpress.com&blog=6074403&post=175&subd=unionnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers at 2 Charter Schools Plan to Join Union, Despite Notion of Incompatibility</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/teachers-at-2-charter-schools-plan-to-join-union-despite-notion-of-incompatibility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United Federation of Teachers announced on Tuesday that it had organized teachers at two respected New York City charter schools, making inroads in a movement that has long sold itself as an alternative that is not hamstrung by union contracts and work rules.
Union officials said the teachers’ decision was an important step because the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unionnews.wordpress.com&blog=6074403&post=173&subd=unionnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coercion has no place in votes to form unions</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/coercion-has-no-place-in-votes-to-form-unions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John L. Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent article characterized the debate surrounding legislation that would make it easier to form unions in the workplace as a question of survival — a business’s need to control operating costs vs. a union’s fight to stave off dwindling membership. While the reporting and facts were straightforward and accurate, the piece missed what is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unionnews.wordpress.com&blog=6074403&post=171&subd=unionnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I have been to the Mountaintop &#8211; MLK, Jr, Union man</title>
		<link>http://unionnews.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/i-have-been-to-the-mountaintop-mlk-jr-union-man/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel</dc:creator>
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered this speech in support of the striking sanitation workers at Mason Temple in Memphis, TN on April 3, 1968 — the day before he was assassinated. License to reproduce this speech granted by Intellectual Properties Management, 1579-F Monroe Drive, Suite 235, Atlanta, Georgia 30324, as manager for the King [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=unionnews.wordpress.com&blog=6074403&post=177&subd=unionnews&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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