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February/March 2005 America@work Table of Contents

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
    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 WalMart Health Care Bill
    Homepage
     
    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

     

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    From America@work,
    February 2005.
     
     
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