For the better part of a year now, we have witnessed the beginnings of what many political experts believe to be is an influential populist uprising in America. Whether they are organized elements (e.g. “tea-baggers”) or some other type of loosely-organized movement, the defining feature seems to be an increasing disconnect between the problems and issues that confront Americans on a daily basis in their communities, and the misplaced priorities of our elected elite. It is, I believe, a corrosive atmosphere that is undoubtedly gaining traction, attention and, most of all influence in American politics.
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President Ayers reflects on unemployment during the holiday season, and moving forward within the Building Trades, and as a country.
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Ever since I assumed the presidency of the Building and Construction Trades Department in October, 2007, I have been very aggressive in trying to get our unions focused on “stepping out of the box” to confront a plethora of challenges – most prominently the need to establish a new brand identity for union construction that is based upon pride, performance and professionalism.
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President Ayers reflects on what Labor Day is really about.
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Last week, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 2454, The American Clean Energy Security Act of 2009 (ACES). The act represents America’s first comprehensive attempt to build a new, clean energy economy. It will create millions of jobs, reduce our dangerous dependence on foreign sources of oil, and mitigate the threat of global warming.
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