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Congress Can Help Close the Jobs Deficit with a Highway Bill that Fully Invests in America’s Roads, Bridges and Transit Systems
LIUNA 2/3/2012 LIUNA applauds the on-going efforts of the Obama Administration to create jobs and help our economy recover from the worst recession since the Great Depression. While we’re encouraged to see the president’s efforts are moving our country in the right direction, today’s jobs report reveals more is needed to close the gap between those looking for work in construction and the number of new jobs being created in the industry. Job growth is not happening fast enough.
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LIUNA 1/27/2012 By ramming through so-called right to work legislation against the will of the people, the corporate-controlled GOP majority in the Indiana Legislature has taken a stand for lower living standards for working men and women at a time when they have already sacrificed their jobs, homes and futures to the Wall Street created economic crisis.
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LIUNA 1/25/2012 Terry O’Sullivan, General President of LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America – made the following statement in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address
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LIUNA 1/20/2012
LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America – said today it has left the BlueGreen Alliance in response to job-killing attacks on the Keystone XL pipeline by some of the alliance’s labor and environmentalist members.
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President’s Reported Denial of Keystone XL Permit a Political Decision at a Time When Workers Are Desperate for Jobs and Need Leaders with Courage
LIUNA 1/18/12 LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America – called the reported decision by the Obama Administration today to block permitting for Keystone XL pipeline “politics at its worst.”
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Despite Uptick in National Jobs, Construction Unemployment Climbs
LIUNA 01/06/2012 While many of America’s construction workers – who were out of work for months on end last year – are reentering the job market, the unfortunate reality is that unless Congress takes meaningful action in 2012, their hopes of finding work may be disappointingly dashed.
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Unemployment Insurance Extension, Keystone XL Must Be Addressed, Not Used as Political Chess Pieces
LIUNA 12/14/11 It is time for Congress to do something real to help the millions of Americans who now face the holidays without knowing if they will be able to provide for their families next year.
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LIUNA 12/12/2011 Today Sioux City members of LIUNA – the Laborers’ International Union of North America – came together with contractors, political leaders and community allies to urge Congress to pass a new, jobs-creating Highway Bill and get answers from Republican presidential hopefuls on how they would address the crisis facing the nation’s roads and bridges.
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LIUNA 12/01/11 As caucus day looms, perhaps no one is logging more miles across Iowa’s highways and bridges than the Republican presidential candidates. Which is why it’s both ironic and troubling that not a one of them has mentioned that the highways and bridges they’re traveling on are in dangerous disrepair.
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LIUNA 12/01/11 It is a well-known fact that the Keystone XL pipeline is a project that would unlock thousands of good, family-supporting jobs for Americans and allow the United States to access oil from Canada, a trusted global ally.
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