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•		Update on Closing of Kimberly Paper Plant
•		Martin Luther King, Jr. & Labor
•		New York Times: "The Labor Agenda"
•		Under Bush, OSHA Mired in Inaction
•		A New Day Dawning
•		"Labor's Fresh Face" (Secretary of Labor-designate, Rep. Hilda Solis), by Harold Meyerson
•		"A Race to the Bottom", by Bob Herbert (NYT)
•		Former Labor Union Leaders Will Direct the New Legislature in January (Daily Reporter)
•		Your New Job (short video)
•		Obey: U.S. falling into 'massive hole'
•		AFL-CIO President John Sweeney on the Selection of Republican Hilda Solis as Labor Secretary
•		Even Workers Surprised by Success of Factory Sit-In
•		VICTORY AT SMITHFIELD: Union Scores Big Win in North Carolina
•		Auto Bailout's Death Seen As a Republican Blow At Unions
•		Another Creditor Offers Cash for Chicago Workers (also see slideshow)
•		Where is the Fury at Detroit's Treatment? (John McCormick Commentary)
•		Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney Denouncing McDonald’s Opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act
•		Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney in Support of Striking Chicago Factory Workers at Republic Windows and Doors
•		Obama Defends Republic Windows and Doors Workers
•		Nation Looks to Factory Sit-In As Symbol: "We're Making History!"
•		NAFTA Critic Selected for U.S. Trade Representative
•		Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney On the November Jobs Report
•		Idled Workers Occupy Factory in Chicago
•		Deficits and the Future (Paul Krugman, New York Times)
•		"Putting a Face on Big Auto" (Bob Herbert, New York Times)
•		"The Rebirth of Keynes and the Debate to Come" (Robert Reich)
•		The Latest in Denial of Health Care: "Linking Credit Scores to Hospital Care" (Business Week)
•		Talking Turkey: Ten Myths Conservatives Believe About Progressives (A "must read", even after Thanksgiving)
•		Get the Facts on Real-Life Auto Work (Letters to the Editor, Detroit News, November 24, 2008)
•		The American Worker
•		Clinging to a Defunct Ideology
•		What Next for Obama's Network?
•		New Jobless Claims Reach a 16-Year High, U.S. Says
•		Why We Have to Pass the Employee Free Choice Act, by David Newby, President
•		Obama to Usher in Major Shift in Trade Policy
•		AFL-CIO Top Leadership Moves to Continue Massive Mobilization to Ensure Economic Renewal
•		More Jobs Lost; Minorities Hit Hardest
•		National AFL-CIO Political Director Karen Ackerman's Report on Labor 2008 (audio)
•		*How did these comedians see it coming when financial reporters did not?*
•		Renewing America's Economy
•		Can Obama Pull Off a Historic Presidential Double Play?
•		Employee Free Choice Act (What It Really Means)
•		A Quiet Windfall For U.S. Banks
•		The Mini-Depression and the Maximum Strength Remedy
•		"The Obama Agenda" (Paul Krugman, New York Times)
•		AFL-CIO President Sweeney: We Need An Economic Recovery Initiative NOW!
•		The Economy in Numbers (EPI)
•		Health Care Referendums Pass Easily
•		After Four Decades, Finally, The Beginning of the End
•		Obama's Path to Greatness: Health Care as Stimulus
•		Republican Socialists of America
•		Studs Terkel, Listener to Americans, Dies at 96 (Read "Working"!--David Newby)
•		"'Free Trade Agreements' Could Ship Wisconsin Jobs Overseas" (article and video: LaCrosse)
•		Paul Ryan Comes Out for Fair Trade. Or Does He?
•		Fair-Trade Rhetoric is a Twist for Ryan
•		Tough Numbers
•		Dave Zweifel's Plain Talk: Why Talk Issues When You Can Just Tell Lies? ("All Children Matter" smear campaign against Healthy Wisconsin)
•		Conservatives in Crisis
•		Greenspan: “Shocked Disbelief”
•		Bill Moyers and Michael Zweig on "Economically Stressed Workers"
•		Wal-Mart Closes Unionized Canada Center
•		The Fannie/Freddie Flat Earth Theory (by Dean Baker)
•		Soros on the Financial Crisis
•		Who Will Deal With the Economy Until January?
•		"The Way Out" (Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic and Policy Research)
•		Judical Commission Rules in Favor of Citizen Action Complaints Against Judge Gableman
•		SEC Concedes Oversight Flaws Fueled Collapse
•		Tell Your Friends About "Your New Job" (the Employee Free Choice Act--video)
•		Congressman Kagen Tells the Story of the Van Zeeland Family Who Worked at the Kimberly Mill (Press Release & Video)
•		Health Care Reform: Little Steps or Big Steps? (CWA)
•		Why is New Page Closing Their Mill in Kimberly?
•		Denmark's Energy Policy: What a Difference from US!
•		Keith Olberman, MSNBC: Wal-Mart, The Republican Brand (short video)
•		Shipping Costs Start to Crimp Globalization
•		Wall Street Journal Makes it Official: Wal-Mart Opposes Unions!
•		Economic Harmony on the Left
•		Offshore Drilling Won't Help But "Green Stimulus" Can (by Mark Weisbrot)
•		"Health Insurance Company Rules" (short video)
•		U.S. Health Care: High Cost, Low Quality (New York Times)
•		"Disaster Capitalism: State of Extortion" (Naomi Klein)
•		Wal-Mart Guilty!
•		From Uprising to Movement: Five Ideas (David Sirota)
•		AFL-CIO Launches Union Veterans Council
•		American Negotiator on China Joining World Trade Organization: We Got it Wrong
•		The Growing Power of the Fair Trade Uprising (David Sirota)
•		Wisconsin Now About Average in State and Local Tax Spending
•		Wages Surge for Top 1%
•		Trade, Jobs, Wages: Are Public's Worries About Globalization Justified? (EPI)
•		Inflation and Stagnant Wages Hit European Workers and Middle Class, Too
•		All You Ever Wanted to Know About the Health Care Debate: the Campaign for America's Future "Health Care for All" Home Page
•		The World Food Crisis (by John Nichols)
•		The Democrats 'Free Trade' Divide
•		Wisconsin Eye -- Video of Wisconsin Labor History Society Conference: "An Historical Perspective on Immigration in Wisconsin: The Impact on Workers, Unions"
•		What 8 Years of Bush/Cheney Have Done to Our Economy (by Jim Hightower)
•		Newsflash: Populism is Popular! (David Sirota)
•		How Bush Administration Ignored Housing/Mortgage Crisis
•		Income Inequality Grows in Wisconsin
•		"The $2 Trillion Nightmare" (cost of Iraq War) by Bob Herbert (New York Times)
•		Are You a Union Member who is a Veteran, Serving Active Duty in the Military/Guard/Reserves -- or a Member of a Military Family?
•		American Labor Laws Fall Short of American Values
•		Economists Rethink Free Trade (Business Week!)
•		"The Squandering of America", by Robert Kuttner (New York Times)
•		Global Labor Leaders Stress Workers' Freedom to Join Unions to Congress
•		Myths About Social Security
•		Bill Moyers on "Free Trade"
•		"Free Trade" Flim-Flam
•		"Rights at Work: A Guide for Teens"
•		The Establishment Rethinks Globalization, by William Greider (The Nation)
•		What if Presidential Elections Were Like Union Elections?
•		Looking for Resources to get Labor History into your Schools? Check This Out!
•		Have Kids -- Low Wage Job -- No Health Insurance? You May Be Eligible for BadgerCare!