V42 N3 — Bush, Congress Must Like Red Ink — Tax cut, budget will raise deficits, slow down the economy, and benefit wealthy at expense of poor
V42 N2 — U.S.-Made Ships Are Key To Security —
V42 N1 — Enron & Deregulation Still Haunt Us — FERC didn't learn from California's crisis
V41 N6 — Without Unions, Workers Can Never Enjoy Domestic Security — Bush's success in denying worker rights to federal employees should not be ignored
V41 N5 — Use Your Vote To Tell Congress That Working Families Matter — We'll never outspend corporations and the rich -- but we can outvote them
V41 N4 — Bush Can't Revive The Economy By Giving More Tax Breaks To Business — His tax cut and corporate greed weakened the economy and destroyed faith in corporations
V41 N3 — We Must Build More Navy Ships — Our fleet is shrinking to dangerously low levels, weakening our defense & shipbuilding industry
V41 N2 — Use Your Contract To Protect Your Pension — Pension reform bills in Congress are weak
V41 N1 — We Should Fully Fund Amtrak, Not Sell Off Pieces of It Like Scrap — The U.S. needs reliable passenger trains to complement our highways and airlines -- not more corporate handouts
V40 N6 — Want To Stimulate The Economy? Put Money Into The Hands of Consumers — Corporate tax giveaways won't rev up economy
V40 N5 — Anti-Terrorism Starts With a Strong Industrial Policy That Protects Jobs — We need an industrial policy that will rebuild our shipbuilding, rail, and manufacturing industries
V40 N4 — Save Your Tax Rebate -- You'll Need It — Bush has wiped out the budget surplus -- now he's looking at Medicare and Social Security
V40 N3 — Trade Pacts Threaten Sovereignty — NAFTA, FTAA, and the WTO may force Canada and the U.S. to lower our standards to match third-world countries
V40 N2 — We Must Stop Bush's Rampage — His radical agenda and tax-cut budget weaken worker protections, rob Medicare to give the rich a big tax cut
V40 N1 — Congress Should Stop Company Raids On Retiree Medical And Pension Funds — Companies lower benefits and use surpluses to make profits
V39 N6 — Regardless Who Is President, Our Union's Mission Remains The Same — We must fight for labor law reform so working families get a fair break
V39 N5 — U.S. Workers Demand The Right To Organize — U.S. labor laws deny workers the most fundamental workers' rights -- to organize, to bargain collectively, and to strike
V39 N4 — Trade With China Is Not The Real Problem — American workers have more -- and bigger -- problems than China
V39 N3 — Don't Let Reformers Destroy Social Security — Social Security provides old age, survivors, and disability insurance -- it is not an investment vehicle
V39 N2 — Voters Are Getting Smarter About Tax Cuts And The So-Called Surplus — Tax cuts being proposed by presidential hopefuls would rob Social Security to reward the rich
V39 N1 — We Need To Make Our Government Spend Our Tax Money More Wisely — How much should we spend to see if there is water on Mars when our transportation infrastructure is falling apart?
V38 N6 — Where is That Federal Budget Surplus? — We don't actually have one yet, and claiming that we do is a deceptive and dangerous practice
V38 N5 — Obscure Tax Law Unfairly Limits Retiree Benefits — Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code unfairly reduces pension benefits for many Boilermaker retirees
V38 N4 — Will Big Bucks Buy the White House? — Candidates are raising more money than ever before. Who is donating that money, and what will they get for their donations?
V38 N3 — We need solidarity in the voting booth as much as we do on the job — Gains we make at the bargaining table can be nullified by actions of Congress or Parliament.
V38 N2 — Don't Give Up On Political Action — We must participate in the process if we want to see our government work for us, not against us
V38 N1 — EPA Clean Air Plan Will Create More Work for Boilermakers — Mandate to reduce NOx emissions spells golden opportunity for construction Boilermakers.
V37 N6 — 1998 Elections Show The Union Vote Is Strong — Union voters help turn a projected 25-seat loss in Congress into a five-seat gain for working family-backed candidates
V37 N5 — The Republican Tax Plan Threatens Social Security — Future Budget Surpluses Are Based on Taking Money from Social Security
V37 N4 — The Kyoto Pact Is a Lot of Smoke — It Will Weaken Our Economy But Not Reduce Pollution
V37 N3 — We Must Stop The Move to Silence Workers — A nationwide campaign to take away our political voice threatens everything we have worked so hard to achieve
V37 N2 — Does All This Political Activity Really Make A Difference? — Yes, It Does - That's Why the GOP Is Trying to Silence Our Union's Political Voice. Do you sometimes get discouraged and wonder if all this political activity is worth the trouble? I hear members voice that opinion occasionally. Congress will do what it wants to do, they say. We have no power.
V37 N1 — The New Year Offers Opportunities — We Must Take Advantage of Them. On the political front, in our collective bargaining, and in organizing - we have a chance to make some gains. But we've got to act now!
V36 N6 — Holidays Remind Us of What We've Gained Through Organized Effort — Without unions, we wouldn't even have the ability to celebrate holidays with our families - unions earned workers paid holidays
V36 N5 — EPA's New Air Quality Standards Lack Scientific Basis — Particle and ozone standards will damage the economy without significantly helping the environment
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