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UE 2008 Political Action Conference: Members Take Our Issues to Halls of Congress (Updated)

UPDATED: More than 100 UE members took our union’s top concerns to Capitol Hill in three intense days of UE political action April 27-30. Delegates from 28 UE locals in 14 states met with over 60 members of Congress or their aides, as part of the 2008 UE Political Action Conference. Full Story...

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FaviconSoldiers hike to quake-buried Chinese villages (AP) 13 May 2008, 10:07 pm

A soldier holds back relatives trying to enter a collapsed school building, after an earthquake in Dujiangyan City, 50km (31 miles) from Chengdu in Sichuan province May 13, 2008. (Claro Cortes IV/Reuters)AP - Soldiers hiking over landslide-blocked roads reached the epicenter of China's devastating earthquake Tuesday, pulling bodies and a few survivors from collapsed buildings. The death toll of more than 12,000 was certain to rise as the buried were found.


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CPI:
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+0.3% in Mar 2008
Unemployment Rate:
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5.0% in Apr 2008
Payroll Employment:
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-20,000(p) in Apr 2008
Average Hourly Earnings:
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+$0.01(p) in Apr 2008
PPI:
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+1.1%(p) in Mar 2008
ECI:
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+0.7% in 1st Qtr of 2008
Productivity:
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+2.2% in 1st Qtr of 2008
U.S. Import Price Index:
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+1.8% in Apr 2008

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