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<div dir="ltr"><div><ol><li><font size="3"><b><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18527?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&t=5" class="ecxalt_substory" target="_blank" style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">Private Prison Corporations Are Modern Day Slave Traders</a> </b></font></li><li><font size="3"><b><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18524?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&t=11" class="ecxalt_substory" target="_blank" style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">Is It Possible To Build An Economy Without Jobs?</a> </b></font></li><li><font size="3"><b><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18615?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&t=29" class="ecxalt_substory" target="_blank" style="line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">Is Your Stuff Falling Apart? Thank Wal-Mart</a> </b></font></li><li><font size="3"><b><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18533?akid=8721.16102.4jAwCS&t=24" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 20px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">Colombia Trade Deal Finalized Over Protests From Labor, Human Rights Groups</a> </b></font></li><li><h2 class="ReadMsgSubject" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font size="3">Sign the Petition: No More Back Room Trade Deals for the 1%ž(CWA) </font></h2></li><li><h2 class="ReadMsgSubject" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font size="3">Central Obrera Boliviana calls for 72 hour General Strike Next Weekž </font></h2></li><li><h2 class="ReadMsgSubject" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font size="3">115,000 Jobs Created in April </font></h2></li><li><h2 class="ReadMsgSubject" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font size="3">A Little Treat ...from Michael Moorež </font></h2></li><li><font size="3"><b><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18720?akid=8719.16102.XThjc6&t=5" target="_blank" style="line-height: 23px; color: rgb(222, 73, 0); cursor: pointer; ">Disappointing April Jobs Report: Public Sector Layoffs and Shrinking Labor Force</a>
</b></font></li><li><font size="3"><b><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18727?akid=8719.16102.XThjc6&t=13" target="_blank" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">April's Unemployment Numbers: Younger Workers Pushed into Low-Wage Service Jobs</a> </b></font> </li></ol><div><br></div></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/155199/private_prison_corporations_are_modern_day_slave_traders?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&rd=1&t=5">http://www.alternet.org/story/155199/private_prison_corporations_are_modern_day_slave_traders?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&rd=1&t=5</a>
</div><div><br></div><div><table width="560" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><tbody><tr><td width="60" valign="top"><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18527?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&t=4" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img src="http://images.alternet.org/images/managed/storyimages_jailwarehouse.jpg_640x640_150x107" width="150" border="0" alt="Private Prison Corporations Are Modern Day Slave Traders" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); "></a></td><td width="5"> </td><td width="475" valign="top"><p class="ecxheadline3" style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18527?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&t=5" class="ecxalt_substory" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">Private Prison Corporations Are Modern Day Slave Traders</a></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); ">By Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report</p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">The Corrections Corporation of America believes the economic crisis has created an opportunity to become landlord, as well as manager, of a chunk of the American prison gulag. <a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18527?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&t=6" 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: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/155186/is_it_possible_to_build_an_economy_without_jobs_?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&rd=1&t=11">http://www.alternet.org/story/155186/is_it_possible_to_build_an_economy_without_jobs_?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&rd=1&t=11</a>
</div><div><br></div><div><table width="560" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><tbody><tr><td width="60" valign="top"><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18524?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&t=10" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img src="http://images.alternet.org/images/managed/storyimages_1335564014_42896323413e3f952289.jpg_640x480_150x107" width="150" border="0" alt="Is It Possible To Build An Economy Without Jobs? " style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); "></a></td><td width="5"> </td><td width="475" valign="top"><p class="ecxheadline3" style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18524?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&t=11" class="ecxalt_substory" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">Is It Possible To Build An Economy Without Jobs?</a></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); ">By Frank Joyce, AlterNet</p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Humans will always work. But that whole employee-employer thing is optional. It's time to start looking for another model. <a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18524?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&t=12" 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: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><br></p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><br></p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><br></p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/155238/is_your_stuff_falling_apart_thank_wal-mart?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&rd=1&t=29">http://www.alternet.org/story/155238/is_your_stuff_falling_apart_thank_wal-mart?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&rd=1&t=29</a>
</div><div><br></div><div><table width="560" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><tbody><tr><td width="60" valign="top"><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18615?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&t=28" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img src="http://images.alternet.org/images/managed/storyimages_1335905896_428005133843976e1dd.jpg_640x853_150x107" width="150" border="0" alt="Is Your Stuff Falling Apart? Thank Wal-Mart" style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-width: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); "></a></td><td width="5"> </td><td width="475" valign="top"><p class="ecxheadline3" style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18615?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&t=29" class="ecxalt_substory" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">Is Your Stuff Falling Apart? Thank Wal-Mart</a></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); ">By Stacy Mitchell, Grist.org</p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Wal-Mart's cheap stuff is hugely costly - right where it matters most.<a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18615?akid=8722.16102.A6xBEI&t=30" 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: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><br></p><p style="line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.alternet.org/story/155200/colombia_trade_deal_finalized_over_protests_from_labor%2C_human_rights_groups_?akid=8721.16102.4jAwCS&rd=1&t=24">http://www.alternet.org/story/155200/colombia_trade_deal_finalized_over_protests_from_labor%2C_human_rights_groups_?akid=8721.16102.4jAwCS&rd=1&t=24</a>
</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/18533?akid=8721.16102.4jAwCS&t=23" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img src="http://images.alternet.org/images/managed/storyimages_cocacolacase.jpg_640x459_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; "></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/18533?akid=8721.16102.4jAwCS&t=24" target="_blank" style="line-height: 20px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; ">Colombia Trade Deal Finalized Over Protests From Labor, Human Rights Groups</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; ">Labor and human rights groups in both countries argue that the agreement would effectively condone violence against activists and economic oppression.<a href="http://act.alternet.org/go/18533?akid=8721.16102.4jAwCS&t=25" 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>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 Michelle Chen / In These Times</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="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#e4e4e4" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><tbody><tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#e4e4e4"><table align="center" width="760" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" class="table" style="line-height: 17px; "><tbody><tr><td width="760" class="ecxcell"><a href="http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=ouyG0iCFH44eJExLbMx%2B38xQoF5QYWoT" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(60, 167, 221); cursor: pointer; "><img width="760" height="135" border="0" id="ecxheaderimage" alt="Take Action | Communications Workers of America" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4004/c/11/images/e-activist-email-header.jpg" 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; "></a><br><table width="760" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="25" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="ecxcontenttable" style="line-height: 17px; "><tbody><tr><td width="760" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="ecxcontentcell" style="line-height: 21px; font-size: 14px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; ">Dear Friend,</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; "></p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; ">Back room trade deals benefit big corporations at the expense of working people. <a href="http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=HfUN30QpQsQ8u86vdt%2Bc9p3ToWSmz%2Bh8" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(109, 14, 15); cursor: pointer; "><b>We need your help demanding that U.S. officials move the Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement negotiations into the light of day.</b></a></p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; ">The <a href="http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=rbP0wLOEuTfw2RoNmn6pGMxQoF5QYWoT" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(109, 14, 15); cursor: pointer; ">Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement</a> is a massive new trade deal for the Pacific Rim. After eleven major rounds of negotiations, the United States has reportedly introduced proposals for most, if not all, of an estimated 26 separate chapters for this pact — proposals that will likely affect <i>jobs, wages, agriculture, migration, consumer safety, the environment, financial regulations, access to medicine, indigenous rights, public procurement and more </i>in our communities and throughout the world.</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; ">Despite the far-reaching nature of the Trans-Pacific FTA, <b>the U.S. Trade Representative has refused to release any of its negotiating proposals for public scrutiny.</b> One corporate trade attorney with decades of experience in international trade negotiations recently gloated that, <i><b>"This is the least transparent trade negotiation I have ever seen."</b></i> <a href="http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=wj6deKzq3DFn/5%2BAmvjeQsxQoF5QYWoT" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(109, 14, 15); cursor: pointer; "><b>That isn't right and has to change.</b></a></p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; ">What's even worse, however, is that while you, I and the majority of Americans are barred from knowing what's taking place in the Trans-Pacific FTA negotiations, <b>approximately 600 corporate lobbyists have been named "cleared advisors," giving them regular access to the negotiating documents and negotiators.</b></p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; ">This type of back-room deal making is unacceptable in a democracy, and it is even outside of the norm for international trade negotiations. Even the World Trade Organization (WTO) publishes its draft negotiating proposals online for public review and comment.</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><a href="http://action.cwa-union.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=diRrNFuyHGwnPUbcs%2B9FncxQoF5QYWoT" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(109, 14, 15); cursor: pointer; "><b>Please sign our online petition urging U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk to publicly release the negotiating proposals for the Trans-Pacific FTA.</b></a> All petitions will be delivered to U.S. trade negotiators prior to the start of the next negotiating round in Dallas this May.</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; ">You deserve the right to know what U.S. trade negotiators are negotiating in your name. 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Juan Carlos Trujillo (standing) in an extended COB." src="http://www.la-razon.com/sociedad/Decision-Juan-Carlos-Trujillo-COB_LRZIMA20120504_0037_3.jpg" width="474" height="266"></div><div><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><font style="line-height: normal; "> The executive of the COB, Juan Carlos Trujillo, made the announcement after a closed door meeting and that the union has called for a </font><font style="line-height: normal; "> 72-hour strike mobilization nationwide next week on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, rejecting the governments offer on wage increases and calling for the abrogation of the Decree 1126.</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><font style="line-height: normal; ">The decree states that health care professionals and workers increase their work to eight hours from 6 hours a day.</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><font style="line-height: normal; ">This is the 3rd round of strikes within the last 6 weeks by the union.</font><font style="line-height: normal; ">They also called for a a national summit of workers on May 15th in the city of Oruro, to define what future measures and actions are needed to pressure the Government .</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><font style="line-height: normal; ">On 1 May, the Executive, President Evo Morales, ordered a wage increase of 8% for health and education by decree.</font></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><font style="line-height: normal; "><br></font></p></div></div></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><table width="700" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><tbody><tr><td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center" style="line-height: 17px; "><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BM0LZP7U5hcWTjSDVfZ4YhPXMURwBSc4" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img border="0" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/aflcionowblog_700x100.jpg" alt="" 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; "></a></td></tr><tr><td><table width="700" cellpadding="13" border="0" align="left" style="line-height: 17px; "><tbody><tr><td><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><b>May 4, 2012</b></span></span></p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="7" border="0" align="right" style="line-height: 17px; width: 22px; height: 38px; "><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=kzhpLBIuFyHYfdImtdq80xPXMURwBSc4" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><img border="0" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/mahlon_mitchell_vid.jpg" title="" alt="" 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; "></a><br><span style="line-height: 13px; font-size: 10px; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=wmw/%2BiZNYslAC8PzUeWLZhPXMURwBSc4" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><font color="navy" style="line-height: normal; ">Firefighter Mahlon Mitchell, the dynamic activist who helped lead the 2011 Wisconsin spring, is running for lieutenant governor in the state’s recall elections</font></a>.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; ">Job growth in April rose by 115,000, above the 100,000 needed to keep up with new job entrants. The unemployment rate improved a tad, from 8.2 percent in March to 8.1 percent in April, as did the number of jobless, which declined from 12.7 million in March to 12.5 million in April, according to U.S. Department of Labor <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=hy81ku%2Ba2GRWeMnUTdV20xPXMURwBSc4" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><b><font color="navy" style="line-height: normal; ">data</font></b></a> released this morning. 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Become a mobile activist</nobr><br><nobr>by joining the AFL-CIO Rapid Action Text Team.</nobr><br><nobr>Text <strong>NEWS</strong> to <strong>AFLCIO (235246)</strong> to receive action alerts and more.</nobr><br>(Message and data rates may apply.)<br></em></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="font-size: 13px; ">To find out more about the AFL-CIO, please visit our website at <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=tRfnZgRupu/BRim264xgMhPXMURwBSc4" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><b><font color="navy" style="line-height: normal; ">www.aflcio.org</font></b></a>.</span></span></p><p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">A Little Treat ...from Michael Moore</span><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Friday, May 4th, 2012</span><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Friends, </span><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Here's a </span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/occupy-this-album/01-michael-moore-the-times" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">free song for you</a><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">.</span><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">It's my contribution to </span><a href="http://musicforoccupy.org/" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">"Occupy This Album"</a><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">, a compilation CD (99 songs!) featuring David Crosby & Graham Nash, Steve Earle, Tom Morello, Willie Nelson, Ani DiFranco, Third Eye Blind, Immortal Technique and Jackson Browne to be released Tuesday, May 15th. All proceeds from this album will go to fund the Occupy Wall Street movement (all the musicians and songwriters have donated their time and music). </span><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">They asked me if I'd like to record a poem or maybe make a music video of some of the songs. I said, "I could just sing a song." </span><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">When the laughter died down, </span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/occupy-this-album/01-michael-moore-the-times" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">I recorded this</a><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">.</span><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">I hope you enjoy my first try at this new profession (though I have no intention of giving up my day job). </span><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">And thank you, Bob Dylan, for your contribution, and for approving this, my debut. </span><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Enjoy! </span><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Michael Moore</span><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="mailto:mmflint@michaelmoore.com" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">MMFlint@MichaelMoore.com</a><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://twitter.com/mmflint" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">@MMFlint</a><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">MichaelMoore.com</a><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </span><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/mikesmailinglist/index.php" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Join Mike's Mailing List</a><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> | </span><a href="http://twitter.com/mmflint" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Follow Mike on Twitter</a><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> | </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/mmflint" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Join Mike's Facebook Group</a><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> | </span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/mmflint" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Become Mike's MySpace Friend</a>
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