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7/7/10 LIUNA LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America – led a broad coalition of allies today in kicking off “Build Indiana 2010,” a comprehensive campaign to create over 450,000 jobs in Indiana by winning support in the U.S. Senate for legislation that will put people back to work building the critical infrastructure of the state and the nation.
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7/6/10 LIUNA The jobs picture for construction workers grew worse in June, according to data released today by the U.S. Labor Department. The number of construction jobs fell by 22,000, marking the second straight month of decline. Construction unemployment stayed near Depression-era levels at 20.1 percent. Nearly 1.8 million construction workers are still looking for work.
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7/1/10 Eyewitness News A group consisting of union workers and politicians are lobbying to ensure that a bridge collapse, like the recent one in Naugatuck, doesn't happen again. Watch the video
7/5/10 News and Tribune Indiana’s deteriorating bridges and roads are the focus of a new media campaign designed to create political pressure to find a fix for a federal highway program teetering on insolvency.
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06/11/2010 - Longview Daily News More than 120 labor union supporters rallied Friday afternoon at Lake Sacajawea for elected officials to hire more local construction workers, especially at the privately funded, $200 million grain terminal at the Port of Longview.
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The Infrastructurist 06/08/2010 Despite its dogged troubles, the construction industry is not going gentle into this good night. And what better organization to take up the industry’s cause than a major union. Enter the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA), which is launching a new public campaign, Build America 2010, to address the “move votes in the United States Senate to increase investment in infrastructure.” The union has a good reason for going to bat for construction — its membership includes some half a million construction trade members, many of whom have been struggling in a weak economy that has left the sector reeling.
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06/04/2010 LIUNA June 4, 2010 (Washington, D.C.) – The jobs crisis in the construction industry deteriorated further in May, according to data released today by the U.S. Labor Department. The number of construction jobs fell by 35,000, which eliminated the modest gains made the two previous months. Construction unemployment remained near Depression-era levels at 20.1 percent. Currently, nearly 1.8 million construction workers are still looking for work.
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Denver Daily 05/19/2010 A union of construction workers held a news conference in Denver yesterday calling on the U.S. Senate to back a $450 billion investment into infrastructure.
The group, the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA), pointed to dozens of structurally deficient bridges and crumbling roads in Colorado as an example of the need to invest in infrastructure and create jobs in the process.
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KWGN 05/18/2010 The union held a news conference under a bridge on busy 6th Avenue - a bridge the state calls "structurally deficient." What that means is that concrete is falling from the bridge, leaving rebar fully exposed.
"We all have pride and we all don't want to be without work. We want to work if you give us the financing. We can do the work," said Tom Muller, an out-of-work construction specialist.
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