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<div><ol><li><font size="3"><b><a href="http://cl.exct.net/?ju=fe5f12747662057b7710&ls=fe161d777d63077b721678&m=fefc1172766306&l=fed1157376640678&s=fe3215727764017c7d1d71&jb=ffcf14&t=" target="_blank" style="line-height: 18px; color: rgb(2, 74, 130); cursor: pointer; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">State employee unions aren't counting on generous contracts from Democrat Jerry Brown</a> </b></font></li><li><font size="3"><b><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/15811?akid=8247.16102.knPnpc&t=2" target="_blank" style="line-height: 26px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">6 Companies That Valiantly Stand Up for Gay Rights (Now If They Only Had Good Labor Practices Too)</a> </b></font></li><li><font size="3"><b><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/15813?akid=8247.16102.knPnpc&t=12" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 20px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">"It's No Longer a Secure Place to Work": Working People Speak Out on Attacks on Public Employees</a> </b></font></li><li><font size="3"><b><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/15816?akid=8247.16102.knPnpc&t=18" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 20px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">Thousands Protest in the Streets in Athens as Greece Rams Through Austerity Package</a> </b></font></li><li><font size="3"><b><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/15820?akid=8247.16102.knPnpc&t=30" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 20px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">Caterpillar Closes Canadian Plant to Take Advantage of Cheaper Workers--in the U.S.</a> </b></font></li></ol></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://cl.exct.net/?ju=fe5f12747662057b7710&ls=fe161d777d63077b721678&m=fefc1172766306&l=fed1157376640678&s=fe3215727764017c7d1d71&jb=ffcf14&t=" target="_blank" style="line-height: 18px; color: rgb(2, 74, 130); cursor: pointer; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; ">State employee unions aren't counting on generous contracts from Democrat Jerry Brown</a>
</div><div><br></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/15811?akid=8247.16102.knPnpc&t=1" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><img src="http://images.alternet.org/images/managed/blogteaser_pride2007castrorainbowflag.jpg_310x220" alt="" width="313px" height="196px" border="0" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; "></a><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></span><p class="ecxheadline1" style="line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 20px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/15811?akid=8247.16102.knPnpc&t=2" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">6 Companies That Valiantly Stand Up for Gay Rights (Now If They Only Had Good Labor Practices Too)</a></p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">These companies figured out that support for marriage equality is good for business. When will labor rights be good for business?<a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/15811?akid=8247.16102.knPnpc&t=3" class="ecxreadmore" target="_blank" style="line-height: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(202, 133, 0); cursor: pointer; font-size: 9px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; ">READ MORE</a></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font face="Georgia, Times, serif" size="2" color="#4D4D4D" style="line-height: normal; "><i style="line-height: 17px; ">Lauren Kelley / AlterNet</i></font></p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font face="Georgia, Times, serif" size="2" color="#4D4D4D" style="line-height: normal; "><i style="line-height: 17px; "><br></i></font></p></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><table width="415px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/15813?akid=8247.16102.knPnpc&t=11" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img src="http://images.alternet.org/images/managed/storyimages_04rmbankerpaylarge.jpg_640x389_95x68" alt="" width="112" height="81" border="0" align="left" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; "></a></td><td><font color="white" style="line-height: normal; ">-</font></td><td valign="top"><p class="ecxheadline3" style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><font style="line-height: normal; "><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/15813?akid=8247.16102.knPnpc&t=12" target="_blank" style="line-height: 20px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">"It's No Longer a Secure Place to Work": Working People Speak Out on Attacks on Public Employees</a></font></p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><font style="line-height: normal; ">California's state deficit led to furloughs for already-crunched workers--two of them share their stories of how anti-worker propaganda causes real problems.<a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/15813?akid=8247.16102.knPnpc&t=13" class="ecxreadmore" target="_blank" style="line-height: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(202, 133, 0); cursor: pointer; font-size: 9px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; "><b style="font-weight: bold; ">READ MORE</b></a></font></p><font style="line-height: normal; "><p style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; color: rgb(77, 77, 77); "><font style="line-height: normal; ">By Melissa Chadburn / AlterNet</font></p><p style="line-height: 14px; 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border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; "></a></td><td><font color="white" style="line-height: normal; ">-</font></td><td valign="top"><p class="ecxheadline3" style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><font style="line-height: normal; "><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/15816?akid=8247.16102.knPnpc&t=18" target="_blank" style="line-height: 20px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">Thousands Protest in the Streets in Athens as Greece Rams Through Austerity Package</a></font></p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><font style="line-height: normal; ">Under a sea of banners denouncing further wage, pension and job cuts, tens of thousands of protesters chanted against "the occupation" of the country by foreign lenders. <a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/15816?akid=8247.16102.knPnpc&t=19" class="ecxreadmore" target="_blank" style="line-height: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(202, 133, 0); cursor: pointer; font-size: 9px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; "><b style="font-weight: bold; ">READ MORE</b></a></font></p><font style="line-height: normal; "><p style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; color: rgb(77, 77, 77); "><font style="line-height: normal; ">By Ian Traynor, Helena Smith / The Guardian</font></p><p style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; color: rgb(77, 77, 77); "><font style="line-height: normal; "><br></font></p></font></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><table width="415px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/15820?akid=8247.16102.knPnpc&t=29" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img src="http://images.alternet.org/images/managed/storyimages_1329072740_screenshot20120212at1.51.54pm.png_640x426_95x68" alt="" width="112" height="81" border="0" align="left" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; "></a></td><td><font color="white" style="line-height: normal; ">-</font></td><td valign="top"><p class="ecxheadline3" style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><font style="line-height: normal; "><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/15820?akid=8247.16102.knPnpc&t=30" target="_blank" style="line-height: 20px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">Caterpillar Closes Canadian Plant to Take Advantage of Cheaper Workers--in the U.S.</a></font></p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><font style="line-height: normal; ">Caterpillar is moving to newly "Right-To-Work" Indiana, offering rock-bottom wages and searching for anti-union managers. 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