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America@work, 1999-2005

America@work, the AFL-CIO magazine from 1996-2005, 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 state-level political and legislative action    		Photo Credit: David Kamba
      
     
    Houston: We Have a Union Hotel
    Workers win with grassroots action
    		Photo Credit: David Fahleson
      
     
    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
    		Photo Credit: Blake Pendergrass
     
     
    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
    		Photo Credit: Jay Mallin 
     
     
    Pension Promises Broken
    As employers cut back and even break pension promises, workers see their retirement security draining away
    		Photo Credit: Peter Thompson
     
     
    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
    		Photo Credit: Joanne Carole
     
      
     
    Currents
     
    		Teamsters Drive Home Message at DHL
     
    		Union Members Boost Schools, Students
     
    		Taxpayers Foot Wal-Mart Health Care Bill
    Homepage
     
    		Exhibits: Service, Not Servitude:The Pullman Porters andBelle Glade, Florida
     

    Publications: Exporting America: Why Corporate Greed Is Shipping American Jobs Overseas

    The State of Working America 2004/2005

    Fighting for a Living Wage

    High Steel: The Daring Men Who Built 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
    >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

     

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    From America@work,
    February/March 2005.
    		 
     
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