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	<title>Time You Enjoy Wasting Is Not Wasted Time &#187; Politics/Activism</title>
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		<title>Worker Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://christophertaverna.com/blog/index.php/2011/10/05/worker-wednesday-46/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<title>Worker Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://christophertaverna.com/blog/index.php/2011/09/28/worker-wednesday-45/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In light of recent tragic events, I am focusing some posts on bullying. The American Federation of Teachers has resources on bullying in their Tools4Teachers website. http://www.aft.org/yourwork/tools4teachers/bullying/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In light of <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44619257/ns/local_news-buffalo_ny/t/teen-suicide-sparking-anti-bullying-campaigns/" target="_blank">recent tragic events</a>, I am focusing some posts on bullying.</p>
<p>The American Federation of Teachers has resources on bullying in their Tools4Teachers website.<br />
<a href="http://www.aft.org/yourwork/tools4teachers/bullying/" target="_blank">http://www.aft.org/yourwork/tools4teachers/bullying/</a></p>
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		<title>Worker Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://christophertaverna.com/blog/index.php/2011/09/21/worker-wednesday-44/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics/Activism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Bottom 60% of Americans lost wealth between 1983 and 2009 the richest 5 percent of households obtained roughly 82 percent of all the nation’s gains in wealth between 1983 and 2009. The bottom 60 percent of households actually had less wealth in 2009 than in 1983, meaning they did not participate at all in the growth of [...]]]></description>
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<p>From <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/20/1018504/-Bottom-60-of-Americans-lost-wealth-between-1983-and-2009" target="_blank">Bottom 60% of Americans lost wealth between 1983 and 2009</a></p>
<blockquote><p>the richest 5 percent of households obtained roughly 82 percent of all the nation’s gains in wealth between 1983 and 2009. The bottom 60 percent of households actually had <em>less</em> wealth in 2009 than in 1983, meaning they did not participate at all in the growth of wealth over this period.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Worker Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://christophertaverna.com/blog/index.php/2011/06/15/worker-wednesday-43/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like the 2012 race is off to a weird start]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It looks like the 2012 race is off to a weird start</p>
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		<title>Worker Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://christophertaverna.com/blog/index.php/2011/06/08/worker-wednesday-42/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even in Hard Times, Boosting Minimum Wage Makes Sense What a revolutionary idea, letting people other than the ultra-wealthy make a little money.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/06/08/even-in-hard-times-boosting-minimum-wage-makes-sense/" target="_blank">Even in Hard Times, Boosting Minimum Wage Makes Sense</a></p>
<p>What a revolutionary idea, letting people other than the ultra-wealthy make a little money.</p>
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		<title>Worker Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://christophertaverna.com/blog/index.php/2011/04/27/worker-wednesday-41/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<title>Worker Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://christophertaverna.com/blog/index.php/2011/03/09/worker-wednesday-40/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Scott Walker Has Lost The War The Wisconsin governor’s desire to be at the forefront of his perceived GOP revolution may not only have doomed the anti-union effort, but it may forever label him as the man who gave the democrats the gift that keeps on giving – the return of the union rank [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/03/04/gov-scott-walker-has-lost-the-war/" target="_blank">Gov. Scott Walker Has Lost The War</a></p>
<blockquote><p>The Wisconsin governor’s desire to be at the forefront of his perceived  GOP revolution may not only have doomed the anti-union effort, but it  may forever label him as the man who gave the democrats the gift that  keeps on giving – the return of the union rank and file into the arms of  the Democratic Party.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Worker Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://christophertaverna.com/blog/index.php/2011/03/02/worker-wednesday-39/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<title>Worker Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://christophertaverna.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/23/worker-wednesday-38/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this article and associated video: The Last Time Scott Walker Went Union Busting, He Was Overruled And Wasted Taxpayer Dollars It&#8217;s amazing the lengths some people will go to in order to achieve their antisocial designs.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Check out this article and associated video:</p>
<p><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/22/scott-walker-union-wackenhut/" target="_blank">The Last Time Scott Walker Went Union Busting, He Was Overruled And Wasted Taxpayer Dollars</a></p>
<p>It&#8217;s amazing the lengths some people will go to in order to achieve their antisocial designs.</p>
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		<title>Worker Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://christophertaverna.com/blog/index.php/2011/02/16/worker-wednesday-37/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican Budget Proposal Attacks Middle Class, Destroys Jobs AFL-CIO Legislative Director Bill Samuel describes it as an “all-out assault against middle-class Americans.”]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/02/16/republican-budget-proposal-attacks-middle-class-destroys-jobs/" target="_blank">Republican Budget Proposal Attacks Middle Class, Destroys Jobs</a></p>
<p>AFL-CIO Legislative Director Bill Samuel describes it as an “all-out assault against middle-class Americans.”</p>
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