<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - strike</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/strike</link><description>Newsvine - strike</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 4 Jun 2013 03:38:51 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:42:33 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>       Turkish union to strike from Tuesday over unrest | Reuters  </title>
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&nbsp;Turkey's Public Workers Unions Confederation (KESK) said on Monday it would hold a "warning strike" on June 4-5 to protest at a crackdown on anti-government protests over the last four days.
"The state terror implemented against mass protests across the country ... has s&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MargaretKatheryn]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MargaretKatheryn]]></source><link>http://margaretkatheryn.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/03/18734344-turkish-union-to-strike-from-tuesday-over-unrest-reuters</link><guid>http://margaretkatheryn.newsvine.com/_news/2013/06/03/18734344-turkish-union-to-strike-from-tuesday-over-unrest-reuters</guid><category>turkey</category><category>strike</category><category>world-news</category><category>labour-unioins</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Jun 2013 03:44:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>No agreement reached between board and teachers</title>
<description><![CDATA[19 Action News has your latest update on the Strongsville teachers' strike.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17359270-no-agreement-reached-between-board-and-teachers</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17359270-no-agreement-reached-between-board-and-teachers</guid><category>strike</category><category>education</category><category>teachers-strike</category><category>the-strongsville-city-schools-board-of-education</category><category>strongsville-education-association</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:30:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato6000D7AE3A29-FFE7-D5F1-EF0B-E707C15EA60C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato6000D7AE3A29-FFE7-D5F1-EF0B-E707C15EA60C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Union Hypocrisy On Display: SEIU&amp;#8217;s Union Staff Votes To Strike </title>
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There&rsquo;s nothing more embarrassing for union bosses than their own unionized staff striking against them or, in this case, threatening to strike.
In San Francisco, SEIU staff, represented by the left-wing Communications Workers of America, has been without a contract sinc&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17347881-union-hypocrisy-on-display-seius-union-staff-votes-to-strike</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17347881-union-hypocrisy-on-display-seius-union-staff-votes-to-strike</guid><category>strike</category><category>politics</category><category>cwa</category><category>seiu</category><category>stop-harassing-organizers</category><category>unionized-staff</category><category>roxanne-sanchez</category><category>livvy-sayre</category><category>nick-peraino</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 17:47:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtomeF31F2DCD-5DB1-23FE-FC40-7B6E17E843B5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="61" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtomeF31F2DCD-5DB1-23FE-FC40-7B6E17E843B5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="24" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>As drone monopoly frays, Obama seeks global rules</title>
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President Barack Obama, who vastly expanded U.S. drone strikes against terrorism suspects overseas under the cloak of secrecy, is now openly seeking to influence global guidelines for their use as&nbsp;China&nbsp;and other countries pursue their own drone programs.
The United &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17347364-as-drone-monopoly-frays-obama-seeks-global-rules</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/17/17347364-as-drone-monopoly-frays-obama-seeks-global-rules</guid><category>us</category><category>un</category><category>washington</category><category>congress</category><category>ny</category><category>world</category><category>debate</category><category>monopoly</category><category>strike</category><category>global</category><category>international</category><category>air</category><category>politics</category><category>plane</category><category>border</category><category>missile</category><category>government</category><category>obama</category><category>rules</category><category>ends</category><category>less</category><category>globe</category><category>drone</category><category>fray</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:20:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebaterE5E08A9B-F017-375E-7B2A-191D125ED5E2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="84" width="130" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebaterE5E08A9B-F017-375E-7B2A-191D125ED5E2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>UN says US drones violate Pakistan's sovereignty </title>
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ISLAMABAD (AP) - The head of a U.N. team investigating casualties from U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan declared after a secret research trip to the country that the attacks violate Pakistan's sovereignty.
Ben Emmerson, the U.N. special rapporteur on human rights and counter-ter&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17326352-un-says-us-drones-violate-pakistans-sovereignty</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17326352-un-says-us-drones-violate-pakistans-sovereignty</guid><category>us</category><category>un</category><category>strike</category><category>missile</category><category>obama</category><category>violation</category><category>world-news</category><category>drone</category><category>sovereignty</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:43:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater5D2E8BE7-8BB3-396B-ACF7-6CB84AA1E031.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater5D2E8BE7-8BB3-396B-ACF7-6CB84AA1E031.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>U.N. approves new sanctions against North Korea</title>
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) &mdash; The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday for tough new sanctions to punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test, a move that sparked a furious Pyongyang to threaten a nuclear strike against the United States.
The vote by the U.N.'s mo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17225135-un-approves-new-sanctions-against-north-korea</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17225135-un-approves-new-sanctions-against-north-korea</guid><category>us</category><category>un</category><category>asia</category><category>nuclear</category><category>test</category><category>strike</category><category>politics</category><category>military</category><category>threat</category><category>missile</category><category>north-korea</category><category>vote</category><category>sanctions</category><category>pyongyang</category><category>capability</category><category>kim-jong-un</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Mar 2013 17:06:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Poll: Drone Warfare: Has the US gone too far?</title>
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There has been much debate recently over the US's seemingly unending use of its unmanned drone aircraft in the hunt for Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters. We've known for years that the US uses these vehicles to target and strike suspected terrorists with secret support from officia&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/17/16994219-poll-drone-warfare-has-the-us-gone-too-far</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/17/16994219-poll-drone-warfare-has-the-us-gone-too-far</guid><category>poll</category><category>strike</category><category>war</category><category>missile</category><category>program</category><category>terrorists</category><category>efficient</category><category>osama-bin-laden</category><category>us-news</category><category>nation</category><category>support</category><category>warfare</category><category>drone</category><category>uav</category><category>nervous</category><category>guideline</category><category>unregulated</category><category>oppose</category><category>unrestricted</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:51:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Production and Competition in Conflict</title>
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Capitalist economy is driven by the employer's quest for profit. But along the way, capitalists must compete with others with similar products. This requires selling goods competitively &ndash; at a price lower than what is required for comparable products by competing companies&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Village Idiot-2299796]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Village Idiot-2299796]]></source><link>http://villageidiot2299796.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16742054-production-and-competition-in-conflict</link><guid>http://villageidiot2299796.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/28/16742054-production-and-competition-in-conflict</guid><category>strike</category><category>politics</category><category>unions</category><category>outsourcing</category><category>profit</category><category>wages</category><category>capitalism</category><category>marxism</category><category>marx</category><category>marxist</category><category>wage-slavery</category><category>contradiction</category><category>austerity</category><category>surplus-value</category><category>austerity-capitalism</category><category>strike-vote</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:25:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=villageidiot2299796819D3D19-1A3B-0AC6-250A-B2BDDA871587.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=villageidiot2299796819D3D19-1A3B-0AC6-250A-B2BDDA871587.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Yeppers! Crapitalism is dead! I'm ready to click!&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Industrial action of security people grinds Hamburg International Airport (HAM) to halt</title>
<description><![CDATA[Yesterday morning privately employed personnel for the security screening of carry-ons and people went on strike for better pay at Hamburg's International Airport Fuhlsbuettel (HAM). With their morning shift, only one or two security channels instead of 23 that are normally activ&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16596241-industrial-action-of-security-people-grinds-hamburg-international-airport-ham-to-halt</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16596241-industrial-action-of-security-people-grinds-hamburg-international-airport-ham-to-halt</guid><category>eu</category><category>travel</category><category>germany</category><category>europe</category><category>strike</category><category>union</category><category>federal-police</category><category>hamburg</category><category>customs-service</category><category>security-personnel</category><category>ver-di</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 09:50:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Drones are fool's gold: they prolong wars we can't win</title>
<description><![CDATA[
New appointments in the White House hail an era of hands-free warfare. Yet these weapons induce not defeat, but retaliation.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></source><link>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16527208-drones-are-fools-gold-they-prolong-wars-we-cant-win</link><guid>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16527208-drones-are-fools-gold-they-prolong-wars-we-cant-win</guid><category>strikes</category><category>strike</category><category>politics</category><category>drone</category><category>drones</category><category>simon-jenkins</category><category>potus</category><category>kill-list</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:31:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=michaelsautterF30DDD29-AD85-4032-3CF0-C05CD83540BC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="132" width="220" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=michaelsautterF30DDD29-AD85-4032-3CF0-C05CD83540BC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>East, Gulf Coast port strike averted, for now - CBS News</title>
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The union for longshoremen along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico has agreed to extend its contract for 30 days, averting a possible strike that could have crippled operations at ports that handle about 40 percent of all U.S. container cargo, a federal mediator announced Frida&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[tzia62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tzia62]]></source><link>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16219371-east-gulf-coast-port-strike-averted-for-now-cbs-news</link><guid>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16219371-east-gulf-coast-port-strike-averted-for-now-cbs-news</guid><category>strike</category><category>gulf</category><category>east</category><category>portr</category><category>aterted</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:45:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia629B4439C7-C460-909E-5D9F-B6A7188DB052.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="183" width="244" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia629B4439C7-C460-909E-5D9F-B6A7188DB052.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Walmart's Exploitation Is Nothing New, So What Made Workers Finally Fight Back? | Alternet</title>
<description><![CDATA[Last month, when strikers from Southern California arrived in  Bentonville, Ark., to protest Walmart&rsquo;s labor practices with reggae  beats, pots and pans, and a Latin American-inflected protest culture, it  became clear to onlookers that America&rsquo;s superstore was no lon&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15678713-walmarts-exploitation-is-nothing-new-so-what-made-workers-finally-fight-back-alternet</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/04/15678713-walmarts-exploitation-is-nothing-new-so-what-made-workers-finally-fight-back-alternet</guid><category>labor</category><category>strike</category><category>wal-mart</category><category>us-news</category><category>walmart</category><category>sam-walton</category><category>ufcw</category><category>our-walmart</category><category>united-food-commercial-workers</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Dec 2012 22:20:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=briteDF816953-17D9-DD7F-B196-CD212C3B002E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="176" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=briteDF816953-17D9-DD7F-B196-CD212C3B002E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="53" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fast Food Workers Launch Strikes Across New York City </title>
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Thursday, coming less than one week after the Black Friday WalMart walkouts, hundreds of fast food restaurant workers are striking in high-traffic commercial centers in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The strikes, which began at 6 am this morning and will continue throughout the day, w&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[I'm Ringo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[I'm Ringo]]></source><link>http://solarianus.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/30/15570802-fast-food-workers-launch-strikes-across-new-york-city</link><guid>http://solarianus.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/30/15570802-fast-food-workers-launch-strikes-across-new-york-city</guid><category>strike</category><category>fast-food</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:47:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=solarianusB758DCAB-DDD3-4405-FBA3-E8F8BDE1EDA3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=solarianusB758DCAB-DDD3-4405-FBA3-E8F8BDE1EDA3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>In rare strike, NYC fast-food workers walk out at McDonald's, Burger King, Domino's, KFC, Taco Bell, Wendy's and Papa John's</title>
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&ldquo;They&rsquo;re not paying us enough to survive,&rdquo; McDonald&rsquo;s worker Raymond Lopez told Salon in a pre-strike interview. Lopez said he decided to join today&rsquo;s strike because &ldquo;This company has enough money to pay us a reasonable amount for all that we&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[American Idle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[American Idle]]></source><link>http://american-idle.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15551430-in-rare-strike-nyc-fast-food-workers-walk-out-at-mcdonalds-burger-king-dominos-kfc-taco-bell-wendys-and-papa-johns</link><guid>http://american-idle.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15551430-in-rare-strike-nyc-fast-food-workers-walk-out-at-mcdonalds-burger-king-dominos-kfc-taco-bell-wendys-and-papa-johns</guid><category>labor</category><category>strike</category><category>workers</category><category>mcdonalds</category><category>union</category><category>minimum-wage</category><category>burger-king</category><category>fast-food</category><category>us-news</category><category>kfc</category><category>taco-bell</category><category>walmart</category><category>living-wage</category><category>walkout</category><category>papa-john</category><category>domino-s</category><category>wendy-s</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:03:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=american-idle9B4DAD2E-2A8B-F0EC-7DAD-1733038EB831.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=american-idle9B4DAD2E-2A8B-F0EC-7DAD-1733038EB831.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Protests at Walmart stores on Black Friday - CBS News</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[cards6]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cards6]]></source><link>http://cards6.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15398180-protests-at-walmart-stores-on-black-friday-cbs-news</link><guid>http://cards6.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15398180-protests-at-walmart-stores-on-black-friday-cbs-news</guid><category>business</category><category>strike</category><category>protest</category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2012 03:48:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cards66E2BA285-2958-66B7-EEAB-831D5BCE46BD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="183" width="244" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cards66E2BA285-2958-66B7-EEAB-831D5BCE46BD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fail: Lone Union Worker Walks Out of Walmart</title>
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In an inspiring example of Union Fail, the planned union walkout on Walmart during Black Friday  led off with a one-employee walkout at a Walmart in St. Cloud, Florida  on Wednesday. The walkout was led by &ndash; and entirely constituted by &ndash;  Vanessa Ferreira, 59. She t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[mymymy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[mymymy]]></source><link>http://my-my-my.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15387926-fail-lone-union-worker-walks-out-of-walmart</link><guid>http://my-my-my.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15387926-fail-lone-union-worker-walks-out-of-walmart</guid><category>strike</category><category>politics</category><category>walmart</category><category>walk-out</category><category>black-friday</category><category>ha-ha-ha</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:23:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=my-my-myA3707D11-4143-82C5-250E-9E875F4E37B3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=my-my-myA3707D11-4143-82C5-250E-9E875F4E37B3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>This Black Friday, Fight Back Against &quot;Always Low Wages&quot; at Walmart and Other Big Box Stores</title>
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I spent a large part of my childhood in Arkansas, a state that is  known primarily for two things - being the former home state of  President Bill Clinton, and being the birthplace of the big-box behemoth  Walmart.&nbsp; Walmart started as one store in the northwest corne&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Winning Progressive]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Winning Progressive]]></source><link>http://winningprogressive.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15376148-this-black-friday-fight-back-against-always-low-wages-at-walmart-and-other-big-box-stores</link><guid>http://winningprogressive.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/23/15376148-this-black-friday-fight-back-against-always-low-wages-at-walmart-and-other-big-box-stores</guid><category>target</category><category>strike</category><category>politics</category><category>costco</category><category>unions</category><category>home-depot</category><category>wages</category><category>walmart</category><category>lowes</category><category>black-friday</category><category>warehouse-workers</category><category>always-low-prices</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 05:43:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=WinningProgressive724E0BE1-A55A-09EF-5AAF-C8AE08A1201D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="225" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=WinningProgressive724E0BE1-A55A-09EF-5AAF-C8AE08A1201D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caV-m1wq6Vc" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/caV-m1wq6Vc/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fox Airs Pro-Walmart Segment Attacking Black Friday Strike 'Brought to You by Walmart'</title>
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Fox News ran a segment sponsored by Walmart that defended that company from workers who are planning a Black Friday strike.
In an interview with a Walmart spokesperson about the planned strike, Fox News' Stuart Varney did not mention the concerns of the company's workers, inst&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15314038-fox-airs-pro-walmart-segment-attacking-black-friday-strike-brought-to-you-by-walmart</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15314038-fox-airs-pro-walmart-segment-attacking-black-friday-strike-brought-to-you-by-walmart</guid><category>us</category><category>strike</category><category>usa</category><category>politics</category><category>video</category><category>trade-union</category><category>unions</category><category>united-states</category><category>fox-news</category><category>thanksgiving</category><category>videos</category><category>walmart</category><category>video-clip</category><category>anti-union</category><category>black-friday</category><category>video-link</category><category>stuart-varney</category><category>united-food-and-commercial-workers-union</category><category>david-tovar</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:18:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozCDB28CF3-D2F1-FDE8-730E-0BB9BB19EB73.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="80" width="97" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozCDB28CF3-D2F1-FDE8-730E-0BB9BB19EB73.jpg&amp;width=120" width="97" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> Inside the Hostess Bakery</title>
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In July of 2011 we received a letter from the company. It said that the $3+ per hour that we as a Union contribute to the pension was going to be 'borrowed' by the company until they could be profitable again. Then they would pay it all back. ..&nbsp; The company filed for bank&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></source><link>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/18/15264255-inside-the-hostess-bakery</link><guid>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/18/15264255-inside-the-hostess-bakery</guid><category>strike</category><category>politics</category><category>union</category><category>bakery</category><category>twinkies</category><category>hostess</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:37:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rush Limbaugh Goes Psycho and Blames Obama for Killing Twinkies</title>
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What Limbaugh is suggesting is that President Obama should have interfered with the free market in order to save a twice bankrupted company that wasn&rsquo;t profitable. Rush is saying that Obama is guilty of killing Twinkies and Ding Dongs because he would not force workers to&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></source><link>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/16/15224843-rush-limbaugh-goes-psycho-and-blames-obama-for-killing-twinkies</link><guid>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/16/15224843-rush-limbaugh-goes-psycho-and-blames-obama-for-killing-twinkies</guid><category>strike</category><category>politics</category><category>union</category><category>obama</category><category>rush-limbaugh</category><category>socialist</category><category>bankrupt</category><category>free-market</category><category>hostess</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:31:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BryndisA7938A26-F250-FC42-DC02-59240F2DF39C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=BryndisA7938A26-F250-FC42-DC02-59240F2DF39C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>No More Twinkies: Hostess Brands Shuts Down, Blames Unions</title>
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The howling has already begun from the mad partisans on the right. Cries of &lsquo;union thuggery&rsquo; are ringing out in the blogosphere, certainly to reverberate out into the mainstream conservative media.
For those who like a few facts before passing judgment,&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Andre]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[James Andre]]></source><link>http://mentalshift.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/16/15218624-no-more-twinkies-hostess-brands-shuts-down-blames-unions</link><guid>http://mentalshift.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/16/15218624-no-more-twinkies-hostess-brands-shuts-down-blames-unions</guid><category>bankruptcy</category><category>strike</category><category>politics</category><category>liquidation</category><category>hostess</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:50:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mentalshift95CB00AE-CEB8-4B87-B701-50A8024025C7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mentalshift95CB00AE-CEB8-4B87-B701-50A8024025C7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Walmart Strikers Promise Huge Black Friday Showdown With 1,000 Protests Nationwide</title>
<description><![CDATA[An organization of Walmart workers is planning a series of strikes next week that they hope will paralyze the world's largest retailer on the biggest shopping day of the year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[trekie70]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[trekie70]]></source><link>http://trekie70.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15200885-walmart-strikers-promise-huge-black-friday-showdown-with-1000-protests-nationwide</link><guid>http://trekie70.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15200885-walmart-strikers-promise-huge-black-friday-showdown-with-1000-protests-nationwide</guid><category>business</category><category>strike</category><category>walmart</category><category>holiday-pay</category><category>walkout</category><category>working-conditions</category><category>black-friday</category><category>ufcw</category><category>united-food-and-commercial-workers</category><category>biggest-shopping-day-of-year</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:43:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=trekie70954BEC6D-8FBF-2D1B-44FD-2F017C537D74.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=trekie70954BEC6D-8FBF-2D1B-44FD-2F017C537D74.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hostess to liquidate if bakers' strike continues through Thursday - Nov. 14, 2012</title>
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"Our members are on strike because they have had enough," bakers' union president Frank Hurt said in a statement Tuesday. "They are not willing to take draconian wage and benefit cuts on top of the significant concessions they made in 2004 and give up their pension so that the &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gumwars]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gumwars]]></source><link>http://gumwars.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15196654-hostess-to-liquidate-if-bakers-strike-continues-through-thursday-nov-14-2012</link><guid>http://gumwars.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15196654-hostess-to-liquidate-if-bakers-strike-continues-through-thursday-nov-14-2012</guid><category>business</category><category>strike</category><category>unions</category><category>wages</category><category>foolishness</category><category>hostess-brands</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:03:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gumwars30524810-1484-C3FA-1225-D3B159B53958.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="164" width="216" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gumwars30524810-1484-C3FA-1225-D3B159B53958.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Walmart-Contracted Warehouse Workers Strike Ahead Of Black Friday</title>
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Workers at a Walmart-contracted warehouse in Southern California went on strike Wednesday to demand better conditions at their facility, according to Warehouse Workers United, a union-backed group representing the employees.
The walkout is apparently part of a broader strike e&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></source><link>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15188879-walmart-contracted-warehouse-workers-strike-ahead-of-black-friday</link><guid>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15188879-walmart-contracted-warehouse-workers-strike-ahead-of-black-friday</guid><category>labor</category><category>strike</category><category>retail</category><category>wal-mart</category><category>work</category><category>video</category><category>us-news</category><category>labor-unions</category><category>retail-sales</category><category>business-news</category><category>black-friday</category><category>temp-work</category><category>manual-labor</category><category>temporary-workers</category><category>warehouses</category><category>mira-loma</category><category>warehouse-workers</category><category>black-friday-2012</category><category>work-stoppages</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:02:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499415EB9FD-681C-A281-317C-48FE4C0F7FF6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499415EB9FD-681C-A281-317C-48FE4C0F7FF6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Twinkies maker Hostess closing 3 bakeries after strike </title>
<description><![CDATA[Stinking Twinkie-killing unions.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[mymymy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[mymymy]]></source><link>http://my-my-my.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/13/15139432-twinkies-maker-hostess-closing-3-bakeries-after-strike</link><guid>http://my-my-my.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/13/15139432-twinkies-maker-hostess-closing-3-bakeries-after-strike</guid><category>business</category><category>strike</category><category>union</category><category>chapter-11</category><category>hostess-brands</category><category>employee-pensions</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:26:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=my-my-my010E534A-2D9E-C67B-6CCB-21A92A99CC6A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="179" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=my-my-my010E534A-2D9E-C67B-6CCB-21A92A99CC6A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>