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February/March 2005 America@work Table of Contents

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America@work, the official publication of the AFL-CIO, is designed to inspire and support front-line union leaders and activists with tips, tools and news you can use in the fight to build a strong voice for America's working families.

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In the February/March issue of America@work:

Growing from the Grassroots
To ensure a level playing field for working families,union activists are combining statelevel political andlegislative action

Houston: We Have a Union Hotel
Workers win with grassroots action

North Carolina Farm Workers Win a Voice on the Job
Following a six-year campaign and a national boycott of Mt. Olive Pickle Co., 8,000 workers won union representation with the Farm Labor Organizing Committee

Your Retirement Under Attack
Employer-based pensions and Social Security are under assault—and unions and their members must take fast action to ensure secure retirements for themselves and all of America's workers

Pension Promises Broken
As employers cut back and even break pension promises, workers see their retirement security draining away

Social Security: Don't Privatize It, Strengthen It
President Bush wants to replace Social Security's guaranteed benefits with risky private accounts-but his plan would force drastic cuts in benefits, saddle future generations with huge debts and open Social Security up to Enron-ization

Currents

Teamsters Drive Home Message at DHL

Union Members Boost Schools, Students

Taxpayers Foot WalMart Health Care Bill

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Exhibits: Service, Not Servitude:The Pullman Porters andBelleGlade, Florida

Publications: Exporting America: Why Corporate Greed Is ShippingAmerican Jobs Overseas

The State of Working America 2004/2005

Fighting for a Living Wage

High Steel: The Daring Men WhoBuilt the World's Greatest Skyline

The Battle of Blair Mountain

Film: "American Jobs"

Music: "Tell Us the Truth: The Live Concert Recording"

"Imagine"

"The Feral Crow"

Your Retirement Under Attack

>	Fact Sheet What You Should Know About Social Security Privatization
>	Fact Sheet What You Should Know About Social Security Privatization
>	Flier Privatizing Social Security Will Make Things Worse--And We Have to Stop It
>	Pledge to Strengthen Social Security
>	Flier What Is Social Security?
>	Graphics Social Security: The Backbone of Retirement
>	Sample Letters to the Editor
>	Resources

From America@work,
February 2005.