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July 29, 2011 - Pay Gap Between Workers grows, Americans Angry at Gov., Apple More Cash than US Gov., PLA Saves Money in SD, Debt Deadline Impact on Construction & New Storage Location for Nuclear Waste needed
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July 28, 2011 - British Company to Make Hybrid Cars at Facility in MO, DIA No. 1 for Solar, Ill. Gov. Signs PLA Bill and F.A.A. Financing Still at an Impasse
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July 27, 2011 - Keystone XL Pipeline, BCTD Letter on NLRB Attacks, America's Job Engine Sputtering, Right Wing & High-Speed Rail and Dulles Rail Phase 2 Possible PLA.
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July 26, 2011 - Debt Debate, 1 in 5 American Men don't work, FAA shutdown, Heat Wave Causes New Look at Nuke Power, CEO's Make 350x More than Workers, Vogtle #1 Opens TWO MONTHS Ahead of Schedule
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BCTD Now Video: Week of July 25, 2011

July 25, 2011 - Two HUGE road construction jobs make national headlines, AFL-CIO H.I.T. pumps $70m into SF construction market and FTA Rogoff says "make use of PLAs whenever possibe" - ABC not happy
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July 22, 2011 - BCTD President Ayers Letter to the Editor, ABC Study on PLAs Called into Question, House Panel Bill Tries to Control NLRB & New Transmission Line Construction and Expansion
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July 22, 2011 - The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) new study misrepresents research from cited expert, is called into question immediately.
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July 21, 2011 - $1.5B PLA in LA, Under-employment, Pentagon Green Plans, CA Registered Apprenticeship Grants, Debt Deal Update, Congress Disapproval Ratings, ALEC Exposed
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July 20, 2011 - Debt Debate, New Home Construction On the Rise, NLRB Ruling, Minnesota Eyes Infrastructure for Jobs, Consumers Are Tapped Out & 1 Dem. Victory in Wisconsin Recall
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July 19, 2011 - Carmageddon Averted, $70m HIT Investment in SF, NLRB Proposal to Shorten Union Vote Timeframe & NY Contractor Success with Union Labor
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BCTD Now Video: Week of July 18-24, 2011

July 18, 2011 - The most important information over the last week relating to the Building Trades, its councils and affiliated unions.
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July 18, 2011 - LiUNA offers free construction classes in Joplin, NRC fast-tracking new regulations
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July 14, 2011 - Trumpka fed up with feds, China will pass US says World, AEP Powers down coal plans, $452m retrofit funding, DOL says beat the heat when it's hot, Cedar Rapids union job, 71% don't like Gov. Scott
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July 13, 2011 - The trade cap widened in May, Wisconsin recall update, taxes, employers want to change "employee" definition to side-step Health Care mandate & Greenspan says IMMIGRANTS should replace the AM worker
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July 12, 2011 - Debt Ceiling, OSHA fines, Mass. Budget Bill, PLAs in Michigan, Overtime and Income Growth, 14m Invisible Unemployed Citizens
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BCTD Now Video: Week of July 11-17, 2011

July 11, 2011 - BCTD/AFL-CIO Infrastructure Investment Pledge, Chinese Bay-Bridge, New Orleans Community Involvement & Wisconsin Recall Elections
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July 11, 2011 - Expiration of Jobless Benefits, Wisco Recall Elections, NLRB: Not Labor anymore, June Jobs Report
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