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Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:34:44 -0400<BR>From: aflcioblognews@aflcio.org<BR> Subject: Workers Say Jobless Future Scary<BR><BR>
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<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><B>July 11, 2011</B></SPAN></SPAN><BR>
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<TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><A href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=cy9GaqORzOO7H5J%2BY0r7mM/E9XJBecwr" target=_blank><IMG title="Bad Boss" alt="Bad Boss" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/badbadboss_bt.jpg" border=0></A><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><A href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=2ZUun3cSBIEbLLQaw4%2BNOc/E9XJBecwr" target=_blank>The first round of votes in Working America’s Bad Boss contest picked two semi-finalists who fit the bill perfectly</A>.</SPAN></SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Like 14 million other jobless Americans, Shonda Sneed, who has been out of work since December 2009, just wants to work, “All I want is a decent job. I love to work. I’m scared.” Sneed and other jobless workers took part this morning in a special AFL-CIO forum, “The Jobs Crisis—Moving to Action: A Dialogue Between Workers and Policymakers.” It was moderated by journalist Bob Herbert and included AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) and economist Heather Boushey.</SPAN></SPAN> <BR>
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