Unions get out message during Labor Day party

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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2780262

MAKING LABOR'S PITCH
Unions get out message during Labor Day party
AFL-CIO working to broaden unions' appeal in a time of shrinking rolls
By RACHEL GRAVES
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle

The power of unions has diminished considerably in the past 30 years both locally and nationally. Local members of the AFL-CIO — the federation of America's unions — celebrated the Labor Day weekend by sharing their message about why unions are important.



I don't know how a person can justify to their families that they've been working for 30 years and have nothing to show for it," said John Ace Coody, president of the Pipefitters Local No. 211, referring to the lack of pensions for many nonunion laborers.
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The American Worker is under attack....and Bush is leading it