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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 10:40:37 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Ride with an Angel - 1st Annual Run</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 15 May 2013 17:35:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Ledwell family, many of whom are Local 56 members, have organized a motorcycle run in memory of Caitlin Ledwell. All proceeds from the event will go to a scholarship in her honor.Saturday, June 29... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1770">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>More play, thanks to union carpenters</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 08 May 2013 13:15:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A group of union carpenters from Local 275 in Newton recently got together to help out another local playground. The members built a new perimeter consisting of four side walls at the Franklin Playgro... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1769">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Sisters in the Brotherhood Rebuilding Together</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 06 May 2013 18:01:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A job well done to five union carpenters who volunteered on a Saturday in late April to help Rebuilding Together Boston as part of their National Rebuilding Day. The members, who participated through ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1768">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>May Day gatherings held today, celebrate workers? rights</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 01 May 2013 16:04:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ May Day, also known as International Workers&amp;rsquo; Day, commemorates the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago. Four demonstrators and several police officers were killed during a general strike for... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1767">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Apprentice Graduation Ceremony</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:58:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &amp;nbsp;On April 25, the New England Carpenters Training Center hosted a graduation ceremony for the 2012 &amp;nbsp;New England Carpenters Training Fund Apprentice Graduates. 101 members, representi... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1766">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>International Workers Day Rally May 1st</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:17:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ With roots in the American struggle for the 8-hour work day, International Workers Day is celebrated in more than 80 countries around the world as a day to commemorate the ongoing fight for workers&ap... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1765">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Scholarship application deadline approaching</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:38:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &amp;nbsp;Applications are now being accepted for the 2013 New England Regional Council Scholarship Program. Last year 148 students applied and a total of $50,000 was awarded, including the top prize ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1764">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Raids flush out more crooked contractors in Connecticut</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:41:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A series of sweeps of construction sites in Connecticut this year has resulted in 27 &amp;quot;Stop Work&amp;quot; orders against contractors for misclassification of workers as &amp;quot;independent ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1763">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Meet Our Community - John Costello</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:02:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Local 624 Brother John Costello helped organize the Hardhats for Hunger food drive on a jobsite in Bridgewater, MA. Read more about his story here.&amp;nbsp;... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1762">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>NERCC thanks volunteers</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:14:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Earlier this month, the NERCC hosted an event at the Carpenters Center honoring the members and contractors who contributed their time, talents, and resources to the construction of the new National T... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1761">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Our Work - Dudley Square Ferdinand Building</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:11:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ An exciting project for one of Boston&apos;s neighborhoods and some of the carpenters who live there.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1758">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Elizabeth Warren - Senate HELP Committee - Minimum Wage</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:40:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<title>LU 118 Member Elected </title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:42:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Congratulations to New Hampshire Local 118 member Gary Vermillion, who yesterday was elected to a two-year term on the Londonderry Budget Committee.&amp;nbsp;See complete list of Londonderry town elec... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1760">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Bouchard retiring </title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:06:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Bryan Bouchard, who serves as Business Manger of Local 1996 in Vermont, Regional Manager for Northern New England and a member of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters Executive Board has ann... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1757">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters highlight thefts at Botany Bay </title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:01:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ NERCC staff recently spoke to a group of five workers employed at the Botany Bay development in Worcester who were owed more than $25,000 in wages and began making noise about it. Regular bannering wa... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1756">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>NERCC Business Maganer in television commercial</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:29:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ NERCC Business Manager Jason Garand recently recorded the following commercial spot for Health New England, the health insurance provider for Carpenters Local 108. The commercial will run on local tel... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1755">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Erlich leads discussion on &quot;The Disappearing Middle Class&quot;</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:04:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ NERCC Executive Secretary-Treasurer Mark Erlich was recently invited to speak at Brooksby Village, a senior living community in Peabody, MA. Erlich was invited to speak to the Brooksby Village Current... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1754">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Meet Our Community - C.A.P.T.S. </title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:42:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Local 26 Brother Mark Brings and his family started C.A.P.T.S. (Calling All Patriots Troop Support)in an effort to support military service members deployed overseas. Check out his story here:&amp;nbs... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1753">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Architects predict strong construction growth</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:46:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The American Institute of Architects is confidently projecting strong growth in nonresidential construction this year and next, with increase of 5% in 2013 and 7.2% in 2014. Commercial construction is... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1749">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>State, Feds raid Stamford mega-sites </title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:41:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Connecticut Department of Labor was joined by the US Department of Labor, OSHA and local and state police in raids of at least four construction sites in Stamford last week in an unprecedented eff... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1748">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Standing up, speaking out in Waltham</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:18:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &amp;nbsp;A group of union carpenters were joined by senior citizens and  others at a crowded meeting in Waltham to discuss the future of a  former Polaroid site. The parcel is one of a handful of lar... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1752">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Ice Fishing Derby</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:01:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The 5th Annual New England Carpenters Ice Fishing Derby will be held Sunday, February 17 from 7am-2pm at Singletary Lake in Millbury, Massachusetts.Organizer Joe Broderick will be set up at 5am at the... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1747">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Helping Hammers: Carpenters in Haiti</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:09:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ On January 12, 2010, a catastrophic earthquake hit Haiti, devastating an already impoverished nation. With much of the country&apos;s medical infrastructure destroyed, plans that were in place to buil... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1746">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Contractor: Being union is beneficial to all </title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:01:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ David Rampone, President of Hart Engineering, a signatory contractor based in Cumberland, Rhode Island isn&apos;t shy about being a union contractor. Last year he volunteered to be one of the latest u... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1745">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>NERCC Retiree Club Holiday Party</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:24:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Brother Richie Trahan checked in to report on the Holiday Party held at the Carpenters Center for NERCC&apos;s Boston Retirees Club last month. Members from the four Boston locals were invited to atte... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1744">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Got Training? </title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:34:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Registration is now open!Registration is now open for 2013 Spring Semester. All training is provided FREE to UBC members. Classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis, so register early!To r... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1743">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>2013 NERCC Scholarship Now Accepting Applications</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:04:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &amp;nbsp;Applications are now being accepted for the 2013 New England Regional Council Scholarship Program. Last year 148 students applied and a total of $50,000 was awarded, including the top prize ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1742">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Meet Our Community - Kevin Smith</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:30:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The following video story about Local 210 Brother Kevin Smith was recently posted in the Meet Our Community section of nercc.org. To see more stories like this, visit the Meet Our Community page.&amp;... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1741">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>The Carpenters Union gets the job done!</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:52:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ First they helped it win approval, now they&apos;re helping it become a reality. Union carpenters in Bridgeport are now building the Fairchild Wheeler Multi-Magnet School, a combination of facilities ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1740">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Misclassification crackdown, publicity</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:12:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Misclassification has been a serious problem in the construction industry for years, and something against which the Carpenters union has led the fight locally, regionally and nationally. Union effort... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1738">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Leavitt goes on air for a good cause</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:12:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ John Leavitt, the Business Agent for Local 1996 in Portland hit the airwaves this week to promote the union and help a disk jockey fill time as he stays on the air for four consecutive days. The Mark-... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1739">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Wentworth now offers Associate Degree to NERCC members at NECTC</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:58:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Through a partnership between Wentworth Institute of Technology and the New England Regional Council of Carpenters members can advance your career by earning an Associate of Applied Science in Buildin... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1737">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title> Construction shows job growth, but slow </title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:05:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ News from the US Department of Labor on construction employment was slightly positive in October with the addition of 17,000 jobs in preliminary data. Jobs in the construction industry increased for t... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1736">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Clean sweep in New England</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:39:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ To all staff and local unions:Yesterday was a good day for union carpenters across New England. Amazingly, all of the Council&amp;rsquo;s endorsed candidates won election. Obama swept the six states, ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1735">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>The Warren-Carpenter connection </title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:32:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Only two weeks ago, an ad for Elizabeth Warren featured Local 107&apos;s Jack Donahue. It was the latest sign that Elizabeth Warren and union carpenters share the same vision for the future of Massach... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1734">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>NECTC Holds Annual Apprenticeship Expo</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:36:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The 2012 Carpenters Expo and Apprenticeship Career Day was held on Friday, October 19, at the New England Carpenters Training Center in Millbury, MA.705 high school students, representing thirty-three... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1732">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>CT carpenters stand out for Murphy</title>
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			<pubDate>  Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:50:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Last night in Hartford, carpenters participated a pre-debate visibility in support of Chris Murphy, the union&apos;s endorsed candidate for United States Senate.&amp;nbsp;... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1731">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title> Discussion of Boston retirees club</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:43:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A committee of retired members from Boston-area local unions affiliated with the New England Regional Council met today to discuss establishing a retirees group. Preliminary discussions involve inviti... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1733">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters visit with voters in NH</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:33:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ More than 50 members, representing ten local union affiliates of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, gathered in Salem and Pelham, New Hampshire Saturday to knock on some doors. Members ca... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1730">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Mass Senate race comes to the Carpenters Center</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:41:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &amp;nbsp;United States Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren visited the Carpenters Center recently to speak with members about issues of specific interest to union carpenters. She took questions from me... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1729">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Local 26, standing strong</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:23:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Weather didn&apos;t deter members of Carpenters Local 26 on Massachusetts&apos; north shore. They turned out and stood up for their friend, Congressman John Tierney, who is facing a tough re-election ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1728">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters prepare for election push</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:47:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ More than 75 carpenter stewards in Connecticut from Locals 24, 43 and 210 gathered last night to talk about upcoming elections in the state that could have a significant impact both locally and nation... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1726">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:55:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The massive wage and hour violations at the Boston Copley Marriott, which were investigated only after loud and repeated protests by union carpenters joined by other trades workers and union workers h... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1727">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:26:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &amp;nbsp;Learn more about the Portsmouth Middle School project by clicking here to see it in our online portfolio.&amp;nbsp;... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1722">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:14:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Come find out about the Wentworth program!Wentworth will be presenting information about registration, fees, and other requirements to participate&amp;nbsp;in their Construction Management Associates ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1720">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:27:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Governor Deval Patrick yesterday announced a boost to funding for new buildings on state college campuses, a positive steop to boosting infrastructure, education and employment in the construciton tra... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1719">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:57:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &amp;nbsp;Learn more about The Highlands renovation project, by clicking here to view the project in our portfolio.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1721">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:23:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &amp;nbsp;Members in Rhode Island have been helping families faced with one of the harshest realities of a volatile economy, homelessness. For many years, members of Carpenters Local 94 have been rais... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1717">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:12:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Mark Erlich, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters announces the union&apos;s endorsement of former Governor Angus King for United States Senate. The text of ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1718">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:54:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ In new report card, Republican Scott Brown fails to support new jobs and Massachusetts&amp;rsquo; middle-classToday, the New England Regional Council of Carpenters issued a report card on Senator Scot... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1716">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:09:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Banker and Tradesman ran a piece this past Sunday about the lack of awareness shown by property owner Host Hotels &amp;amp; Resorts Inc. and Marriot management regarding what was happening on their $1... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1715">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:25:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Stamford Advocate ran another piece covering the areas standards demonstrations at the Harbor Point apartment complex. Contractors working for Harbor Point developer Building Land Technology (BLT)... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1714">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As a result of the the protests&amp;nbsp; by union carpenters at the Boston Marriott Copley Place renovation project, state investigators found improper activity by fifteen companies that worked on si... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1713">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:01:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Clive McFarlane reports for Worcester&amp;rsquo;s Telegram &amp;amp; GazetteLabor organizer Manny Gines looks like the professional ex-boxer he is.His clean-shaven head is anchored to a solid, stocky ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1712">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:19:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Over Labor Day weekend, the Worcester Telegram &amp;amp; Gazette ran a story about the impact of the recession on the construction industry. While the story mentions that &amp;ldquo;over the last six ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1711">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:04:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ NERCC has reached a tentative agreement with contractors on a new collective bargaining agreement for Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. Details will be given and votes will be taken at meetings for me... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1708">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:44:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Iora Health, a Cambridge startup aiming to &amp;quot;reinvent primary care,&amp;rdquo; plans to open its first Boston area primary care practice at the start of 2013. The practice will include two sit... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1710">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:44:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Remember the protests by union carpenters at the Copley Marriott in Boston? In his article &amp;quot;A story of hope, and a lopsided deal,&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;Boston Globe reporter Casey Ross reports o... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1709">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters, along with the Massachusetts Building Trades Council and the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, officially announced their support of Democratic U.S. Senate candida... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1707">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:31:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Three years after a devastating fire forced the Stone Soup community center to close its doors, the rebuilding process has begun. On July 25th, the group held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site loc... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1704">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:43:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Brother Keith Wrightson, Local 107, has authored a report about the cost of construction injuries and fatalities to the residents of Maryland. Wrightson is a Worker Safety and Health Advocate for the ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1705">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:18:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Connecticut Carpenters Apprenticeship and Training Program received grant money as part of Eastern Connecticut&amp;rsquo;s implementation of the CT Green Jobs Funnel Initiative. The money will be ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1706">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:25:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Check out more images from this unique project, which is&amp;nbsp;designed to reduce the risk of damage to an aircraft in the event of an under-shoot, overshoot, or exit from the runway by clicking he... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1703">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:26:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Learn more about the Congreve Hall renovation project, by clicking here to view the project in our portfolio.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1702">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:05:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Learn more about the Service Credit Union building project, by clicking here to view the project in our portfolio.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1701">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:27:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Run &amp;amp; Ride at CambridgeSide Galleria 100 Cambrigeside PlaceCambridge, MASunday, July 29thCome out for a fun family day!NERCC members and their families are invited to join in Free Family Fun&a... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1700">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:01:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Globe reports on economic concerns in Massachusetts, where a net reduction in jobs occurred for the first time since November. Though the unemployment rate is fairly steady, concerns are mo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1699">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:50:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Volunteer carpenters were an integral part of a United Way project in Framingham, MA, transforming the former Framingham RMV Building into the new United Way Pearl Street Cupboard and Caf&amp;eacute;.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1698">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:40:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Mark Erlich, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters released the following statement regarding today&apos;s Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act.&... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1697">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:22:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Congratulations to Carpenters Local 33 in Boston, which was chartered on July 24, 1882! That&apos;s 130 years of representing the interests of Boston Carpenters!... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1696">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:36:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Worcester City Council this week voted to move forward with a newly proposed Responsible Employer Ordinance for public construction in the city by a 9-1 vote.  The result comes after an anti-union... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1688">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:11:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Carpenters Labor-Management Program is proud to provide an interesting look at the work of union contractors and carpenters at the Old Colony Housing  Project in South Boston. The time... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1687">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:39:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ National television talk show host Cenk Uygur this week hosted NERCC Representative Tim Sullivan on his show &amp;quot;The Young Turks&amp;quot; to talk about events at Stamford&apos;s Harbor Point de... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1686">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Unveiling Simon's lies in Merrimack</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:04:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Simon Property Group opened the doors on its new Merrimack Premium Outlets yesterday, but the first ones at the door weren&apos;t eager shoppers looking for deals, they were union carpenters givin... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1685">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Our Work - Integrated Sciences Complex</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:37:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Learn more about the Natcik Hich School building project, by clicking here to view the project in our portfolio.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1695">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:27:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A large group of carpenters are demonstrating on Newbury Street in Boston today against Callahan, Inc. The Bridgewater-based contractor is renovating a building that will feature housing and retail sp... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1679">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:01:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chaffee and Providence Mayor Angel Taveras were among those on hand today for a ceremonial groundbreaking for The Highlands on the East Side in Pro. The project is a reno... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1680">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:44:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Learn more about the Natcik Hich School building project, by clicking here to view the project in our portfolio.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1694">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Simon Says...Lie!</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:33:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members from Local 118 gathered with other Building Trades members in front of the Merrimack Premium Outlets in New Hampshire to protest Simon Property Group&amp;rsquo;s broken promises and lack of su... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1677">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title> Carpenters demonstrate against Allstate</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 01 Jun 2012 12:26:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters in Norwalk, Connecticut held an area standards demonstration to raise awareness about the practices of Allstate Interiors, based out of New York. The drywall contractor is working at Maplew... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1678">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 31 May 2012 13:32:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &amp;nbsp;Learn more about the Vertex Pharmaceutical building project, by clicking here to view the project in our portfolio.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1693">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Rego uncovers potential mess at FRHA</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 30 May 2012 15:39:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Local 1305 member Dan Rego, who is a NERCC Organizer and Fall River City Councilor, is shaking things up in the Southeastern Massachusetts city. A few weeks ago, he raised concerns over issues with wo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1676">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Our Work - Saint Mary's Parish Center</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 24 May 2012 15:20:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Learn more about the Saint Mary&apos;s Parish Center building project, by clicking here to view the project in our portfolio.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1692">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 21 May 2012 14:15:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Learn more about the Putnam Voc-Tech High School building project, by clicking here to view the project in our portfolio.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1691">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 17 May 2012 18:21:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Congratulations on a job well done to eight union carpenters who pitched in a lot of time and effort to help the Rebuilding Together Boston Program on their National Rebuilding Day. The women members,... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1674">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 17 May 2012 15:30:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 16 May 2012 12:12:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 15 May 2012 15:30:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Dan Rego, a union carpenter and organizer who successfully ran for City Council in Fall River, is starting to shake things up in the Southeastern Massachusetts City. At a Monday night hearing for the ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1669">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 15 May 2012 15:07:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters Local 118 in New Hampshire recently announced that is has endorsed the candidacy of former state senator Maggie Hassan for Governor. The affiliate of the New England Regional Council of Car... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1670">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 14 May 2012 18:14:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Braintree, Massachusetts-based Northeast Interiors has been ordered by the state to pay $20,000 in fines and make restitution of almost $16,000 to twelve employees. The company cheated workers on thre... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1671">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 14 May 2012 17:02:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &amp;nbsp;Learn more about the Natcik Hich School building project, by clicking here  to view the project in our portfolio.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1689">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 14 May 2012 14:42:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ New England Cable News last week reported on the work being done to rebuild Jackson Square in Boston. The piece includes an interview with the developer and also Charles Cofield. Cofield grew up in th... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1668">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 07 May 2012 18:28:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Learn more about the Griggs/Legend Residential Complex located in Allston, MA, by clicking here&amp;nbsp; to view the project in our portfolio. &amp;nbsp;... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1675">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 04 May 2012 17:03:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Massachusetts Democratic Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren was in Washington this week where she visited UBC headquarters and met with General President Doug McCarron, Secretary-Treasurer Andy Silins,... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1667">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 01 May 2012 18:22:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Learn more about the Charlesview Residences at Brighton Mills located in Brighton, MA, by clicking here to view the project in our portfolio. &amp;nbsp;... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1673">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:49:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Local 1305 member and Business Manager Ron Rheaume was interviewed as part of Boston National Public Radio affiliate WBUR&apos;s coverage of a casino proposal in Taunton. The Mashpee Wampanoags unveil... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1666">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:25:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The following video story about Local 33 Sister Theresa Haymon was recently posted in the Meet Our Community section of nercc.org. Take a look to see more stories on the  &amp;quot;Meet Our Community&... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1665">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:57:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Workers&apos; Memorial DayMourn for the Dead and Fight for the LivingThursday, April 26, 2012Seven months after a tornado struck Western Massachusetts in 2011, the storm claimed its final victim. 19-y... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1663">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:19:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &amp;nbsp;In recognition of Earth Day 2012 the New England Carpenters Training Fund is sponsoring a FREE electronics Recycling on Monday, April 23, 2012&amp;nbsp;at the New England Carpenters Training... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1662">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:38:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters in Connecticut protested at the New London Plaza Hotel against Sandoval Construction of North Carolina. The area standards picket line highlighted the company&amp;rsquo;s practice of paying... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1664">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Boston: The Year of the Crane</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:02:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The office of Mayor Thomas Menino released the following video about construction projects in the City of Boston, terming 2012 the &amp;ldquo;Year of the Crane&amp;rdquo;. The video highlights the $3.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1660">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:55:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A Stamford Connecticut resident wrote in to the Stamford Patch to voice her concerns about the Harbor Point project being developed by Carl Kuehner&apos;s Building and Land Technology (BLT) in a lette... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1661">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:17:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters in Connecticut have been protesting at the new London Plaza Hotel (formerly the Radisson Hotel) against Sandoval Construction of North Carolina. The company does not meet area standards for... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1659">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:34:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters and other industry groups are calling on the Massachusetts legislature to make it a felony for employers to fail to purchase workers compensation insuran... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1658">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:42:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ For over a year, union carpenters and other trades workers in New England have been lending their time and valuable skills to assist in the construction of a hospital in Mirebalais, Haiti. After the d... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1657">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:43:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Information sessions are being held for members who would like to learn more about degree programs available through the union at Wentworth Institute of Technology. Two sessions are scheduled in the c... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1651">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:19:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Carpenters Labor Management Program, an affiliate of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, currently has an opening for a Research Specialist in the Central/Western Massachusetts. Resear... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1649">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:56:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Learn more about the United States Federal Courthouse located in Springfield, MA, by clicking here to view the project in our portfolio.&amp;nbsp;... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1653">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:52:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Check out pictures of the ongoing $296 million project at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield in our project portfolio by clicking here.&amp;nbsp;... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1652">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:03:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ WWLP/TV-22 televised the following story on the New England Carpenters Training Center in Millbury, MA. First-year apprentice Jose Parrilla and NECTC Training Director Bert Rousseau were interviewed f... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1648">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:37:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Mark Erlich, NERCC Executive Secretary-Treasurer, was quoted in an article from this Sunday&amp;rsquo;s Boston Herald that speaks about confidence and job creation in the construction industry. Those ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1647">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:26:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &amp;quot;Stamford Plan Hits a Speedbump&amp;quot; is the headline of a piece in the national version of the New York Times today. And while the reporter seems to go out of her way to heap praise on t... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1646">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:36:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Brother Thomas Flynn, a 25-year member of Carpenters Local 67, has been appointed by UBC General President Doug McCarron to the position of Political and Legislative Director. The appointment was anno... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1642">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:55:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Connecticut Department of Labor&apos;s Wages &amp;amp; Workplace Standards Division, has issued &amp;quot;Stop Work Orders&amp;quot; against eight contractors working on the Harbor Point project i... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1641">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:15:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ While we love the convenience and immediacy of sharing news and information through the &amp;ldquo;Council Update&amp;rdquo; and on NERCC.org and social media platforms, we know not every carpenter is... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1639">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Ice Fishing Derby cancelled</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:08:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Due to continued warm weather, the Fifth Annual &amp;quot;Great 2012 New England Carpenters Ice Fishing Derby&amp;quot; scheduled for Sunday, February 19 has been cancelled. The Boston Globe&apos;s So... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1638">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Durham Carpenters to be paid</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:02:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters who were cheated of tens of thousands of dollars in wages reached a settlement with Capstone Development and Cottage Builders yesterday to receive their pay. The companies are the owners an... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1637">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:31:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters wishes the best of luck to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1636">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:02:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A press conference and rally held by union carpenters and other church, student and community groups in support of unpaid construction workers from a Durham site drew dozens of people as well as multi... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1635">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:14:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &amp;nbsp;See more images of the new Wellesley High School&amp;nbsp;here&amp;nbsp;in our project portfolio.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1654">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:52:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The following video story about Local 40 Brother Ricardo Engermann, an apprentice who&apos;s helping pave the way for future carpenters was recently posted in the Meet Our Community section of nercc.o... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1650">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:38:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Despite trying to pack the hall with its own supporters, a Stamford developer still faced a tough room last night in a Zoning Board meeting to discuss its future plans and ongoing zoning violations (a... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1634">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Our Work - Brayton Point Cooling Towers</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:30:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &amp;nbsp;See additional images of the Brayton Point Cooling Towers project in our portfolio by clicking here.&amp;nbsp;... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1655">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:24:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union carpenters will join with church, student and community groups to hold a news conference today at 3pm at the Community Church of Durham (NH) at 17 Main Street to release information about seriou... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1633">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Members Unite to Help Families in Need</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:41:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Volunteer carpenters recently helped the United Way with a major project in Framingham, MA, that will help struggling families in the surrounding community. The volunteers were an integral part of tra... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1643">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Area Standards Demonstration: Baystate/Marriott</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:18:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters in Boston will be holding an area standards demonstration on Saturday, February 4 from 11am-1pm against Baystate Services, Inc. The demonstration will take place at the Marriott Copley Plac... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1632">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Our Work - Harvard Innovation Lab</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:01:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters in Boston will be holding an area standards demonstration on Thursday, February 1 from 11a-1p against Continental Construction. The company, which has been hired for renovation work at the ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1631">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:07:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters in Boston will be holding an area standards demonstration on Tuesday, January 31 from 3-5pm against Baystate Services, Inc. The demonstration will take place at the Marriott Copley Place on... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1630">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:15:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Connecticut Carpenters will be holding an area standards demonstration against BAKER CONCRETE  on Thursday, February 2nd from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm  at Commons Park on Crosby Street across from 201 Par... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1629">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:09:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters in Connecticut will be holding and Area Standards demonstration against ALLSTATE INTERIORS on Tuesday, January 31st, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at Storrs Road Route 195 (Corner of Dog Lane) Storr... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1628">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:46:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ While Republicans Governors and legislatures in the United States mounted a withering attack on public sector workers in 2011, rates of unionization among workers in the country remained steady, with ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1627">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:17:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A little over a week ago, the Lowell Sun ran an opinion piece by Ron Cogliano, head of the Massachusetts ABC, a nonunion contractor association. The piece was spurred by NERCC bannering activity and n... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1624">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:12:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union Carpenters in southwestern Connecticut held an area standards demonstration yesterday at Commons Park on Crosby Street in Stamford to bring attention the business practices of Baker Concrete. Th... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1625">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:11:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A prominent article in the Boston Globe today revealed that state investigators are looking into the use and treatment of out-of-state shelter workers in the renovation of rooms at the Boston Copley M... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1623">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:09:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union Carpenters in southwestern Connecticut were demonstrating today at Commons Park on Crosby Street in Stamford to bring attention the business practices of Baker Concrete. The Ohio-based company d... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1622">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:43:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Multiple enforcement agencies in Massachusetts today announced that five subcontractors employed by Pulte  on sites in Eastern Massachusetts have been ordered to pay workers more than $400,000 in owed... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1621">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:39:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As he campaigns to move from the United States House of Representatives to the Senate this year, Connecticut&apos;s Chris Murphy has been renewing and strengthening his relationship with union carpent... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1620">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Fifth Annual &amp;quot;Great 2012 New England Carpenters Ice Fishing Derby&amp;quot; has been scheduled for Sunday, February 12 at the Norton, Mass reservoir on Route 140. Organizers will be set u... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1619">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:55:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 New England Regional Council Scholarship Program. Last year 143 students applied and a total of $55,000 was awarded, including top scholarships of $5,0... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1617">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:51:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Work by the members of Carpenters Local 275 and Turner Construction at the soon-to-be-open Wellesley High School was featured at the top center of Boston.com today. The online arm of the Boston Globe ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1618">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:55:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters in Portland, Maine, recently completed a substantial portion of a $75 million expansion project at the Portland International Jetport.   &amp;nbsp;Turner Construction was the General Contra... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1644">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:46:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Fifty millworkers who are members of UBC Local 8093 working for Indiana Limestone Company have been on strike through the holidays after unanimously rejecting a concessionary contract. Difficult econo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1616">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:27:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Nashua Telegraph yesterday published a piece by Mark Mackenzie, President of the New Hampshire AFL-CIO calling for a New Year&apos;s resolution to help workers in 2012. The piece was a good summar... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1615">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:01:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Fed up with billions of dollars in lost tax revenue and a business community that is increasingly upset by being put at a competitive disadvantage, California is vowing to make a major push to crackdo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1614">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:01:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Our thoughts today are with James Rice. We offer our condolences to his family and friends and his fellow firefighters in Peabody. His bravery and commitment serve as an example to us all.&amp;nbsp;&a... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1613">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:55:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hats off to Local 94 members Eric Furtado and Robert Andrioli who volunteered their time and labor to build a handicap ramp at a VFW Post in Providence, Rhode Island.The Post is being reopened by loca... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1626">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:01:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union carpenters turned out for a selectman&amp;rsquo;s meeting in Ware, MA in opposition of the town&amp;rsquo;s decision to move forward with the hiring of PDS Engineering &amp;amp; Construction, In... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1612">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:15:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Lowell Sun reported on bannering by union carpenters, who were highlighting both quality issues with CTA and their questionable selection of subcontractors, at the Tewksbury Town Hall.This is not ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1611">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:31:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Elected officials, community leaders and members of the construction community gathered to cut a ceremonial ribbon for the new Taunton Courthouse Friday. The new, 147,000 square foot LEED Certified bu... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1610">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:29:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ John Cunningham, Business Manager for Carpenters Local 210, has written an opinion piece, published in the Stamford Advocate today highlighting some very dangerous trends in the area&apos;s constructi... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1609">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title> Carpenters continue mass demonstrations at Marriott Copley </title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:07:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ December 16, 2011FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT:    Mark ErlichCarpenters continue mass demonstrations at Marriott Copley Members of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, Painters District Cou... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1608">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:28:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Our thoughts today are with Jon Davies. We offer our condolences to his family and friends and his fellow firefighters in Worcester. His bravery and commitment serve as an example to us all.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1607">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:21:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Connecticut State Police last week arrested John Dosky on multiple felony charges of nonpayment of wages for work performed at the Chelsea Piers project, according to the Stamford Advocate. Dosky is t... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1604">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:44:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union carpenters joined by union painters, electricians and members of UNITE/HERE (hotel workers) will continue to demonstrate against the undermining of area standards at the Boston Copley Marriott h... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1606">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:39:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Still trying to explain away their use of a debarred contractor on a school project in Billerica, CTA construction is now getting bad press in nearby Burlington, Massachusetts. The Burlington Patch re... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1605">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:38:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Earlier this week, President Barack Obama gave a speech in Osawatomie, Kansas. The full text of the speech is available here on the Washington Post&amp;rsquo;s site. It&amp;rsquo;s worth reading at le... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1603">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:38:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Demonstration for area standards at the Boston Copley Marriott.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1602">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:45:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ If you think a crackdown on illegal immigrants will help Americans by opening up job opportunities, you may be right. But it&apos;s not going to help most unemployed Americans. What it might do is rev... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1600">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:17:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Misclassification of workers is rampant in the construction industry. If you are a union carpenter, you and your fellow Brothers and Sisters are being denied work opportunities because of this issue. ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1599">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:17:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union Carpenters in the Stamford, Connecticut area turned out in force yesterday to call public attention to problems at Chelsea Piers, where a worker was blown off a 50-foot unfinished roof in Octobe... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1595">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters training key to industry's success</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:23:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A news story on a FOX affiliate in Wisconsin focused on the need for craft training in the state. The state&apos;s education superintendent visited a training center for the North Central States Regio... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1594">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>New Hampshire legislators fail to override Gov veto on RTW</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:46:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Legislative leaders in New Hampshire today fell short of the votes needed to override Governor John Lynch&apos;s veto on Right to Work legsilation. The result is that New Hampshire will not become a R... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1592">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Helmets to Hardhats</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:36:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters is proud to be a participating member of the Helmets to Hardhats program, offering training and career opportunities to military veterans. ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1589">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:40:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Piledrivers Local 56 held a Pinning Ceremony on November 28, 2011.The member in attendace who received a pin for the most years of service was Brother Alfred Arsenault, who initiated into the local in... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1640">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:27:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Right to work supporters are planning a major event in Concord on Wednesday to coincide with a vote on Right to Work legislation for New Hampshire. There are rumors that Republican Presidential Candid... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1588">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:39:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union carpenters in Connecticut will get a boost as New Haven just approved a $600 million project for Yale to build two residential colleges. Construction is set to begin next summer and finish in 20... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1585">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:32:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The NorthEast Flooring Contracting Association is holding its annual Expo at the Carpenters Center in Boston on November 30 from 5:30-8:30 pm. The Expo will feature more than 40 of the top suppliers i... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1584">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Court: Universal Drywall misclassified, owes $300k to insurance company</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:29:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A Massachusetts Superior Court judge has found that Universal Drywall routinely misclassified carpenters as so-called independent contractors and failed to properly purchase workers compensation cover... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1583">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:21:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ There&apos;s plenty of reasons the &amp;quot;haves&amp;quot; should care about the &amp;quot;have nots.&amp;quot; They&apos;re not all humanitarian, moral or have anything to do with preventing a viol... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1582">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:17:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters have taken to the cobblestones to demonstrate against Dave Matthews Construction twice recently. The company, which is being used to renovate several floors of a building adjacent to histor... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1581">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The following Letter to the Editor was submitted by Bryan Bouchard, a Vermonter and a Regional Manager for the New England Regional Council of Carpenters. It is in response to an article published in ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1580">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:34:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Despite the legal fist pounding and finger pointing recently, Mayor Flanagan and the City Council should be applauded for their efforts to support a Responsible Employer Ordinance in Fall River.As a l... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1578">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:55:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ After the Billerica Minuteman&apos;s piece on problems at the Parker School, the Lowell Sun has now published a piece on the controversy surrounding the use of a debarred contractors and the owner of ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1579">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:29:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A Greek artists group named Deep Green Sea produced and posted this short film titled &amp;quot;The Carpenter.&amp;quot; It was directed by Dimitris Ladopoulos and Spiros Rasidakis and features carpen... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1571">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:29:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ On Saturday, November 5, 2011, representatives from Wentworth Institute of Technology will be hosting an informational session at the New England Carpenters Training Center (NECTC) located at 13 Holma... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1573">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:21:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Billerica Minuteman has published a story today detailing some serious issues experienced during construction of the Parker Elementary School currently being built by CTA Construction.The paper to... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1572">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:38:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:35:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:40:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ NERCC and the New England Carpenters Labor Management Program will be at the Mainebiz Momentum Convention in Augusta, Maine this Thursday, October 20, to talk about how union carpenters and contractor... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1576">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:42:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &amp;nbsp;Three trade agreements opposed by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters were passed by the United States House of Representatives this week without sufficient protections for workers in the U... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1577">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:01:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Congratulations to union carpenters who recently completed construction on the expanded Portland Jetport. The building, which is receiving rave reviews, opened this weekend. It will greatly expand the... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/740">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:01:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The United States Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service yesterday signed Memorandums of Understanding with seven states to increase compliance with laws governing how workers should be ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/741">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:01:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Dan Rego, a member of Carpenters Local 1305 and a full-time Representative working for the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, has qualified for the general election for Fall River City Counci... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/744">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:01:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A New Hampshire commission established to consider and make recommendations on existing and potential new business regulations will include the voice of union carpenters. Joe Donahue, a member of Loca... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/743">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Last year Local 218 Carpenter Bill Frost became quite a visible supporter of the legalization and construction of resort casinos in Massachusetts. He spoke at hearing and rallies, eventually writing a... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/742">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 12 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Wentworth Institute of Technology is a great institution for individuals looking to take their construction careers to a whole new level.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1555">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Globe on Obama&apos;s speech tonight.&quot;Obama is likely to offer a package of ideas that would affect people in their daily lives -- tax relief, unemployment insurance, spending to suppo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/745">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Sat, 27 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Commuters passing the Carpenters Center this week will see a series of reminders about the real meaning behind the upcoming Labor Day holiday. The Carpenters Center media wall will feature images of w... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1376">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Stand Up, Fight Back!</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:01:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A very powerful piece shown at this month&apos;s national convention of the United Steelworkers.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/747">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Union carpenters earn Wentworth degrees</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Ten members of NERCC-affiliated Local Unions were among the honorees at graduation ceremonies held at the Wentworth Institute of Technology this past weekend. The members received their Associates Deg... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/749">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Fall training classes posted</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Carpenters Union Apprenticeship &amp; Training Funds have announced the Fall Semester 2011 Training Schedule. Class listings have been posted on the training website at necarpenterstra... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/748">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Congratulations new signatory contractors</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Three contractors have recently signed collective bargaining agreements with the New England Regional Council of Carpenters. KAN Contracting of Enfield, New Hampshire bids windows and translucent pane... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/746">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Welcome to the Carpenters Center, Local 2168!</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Floorcoverers/Carpenters Local 2168 has moved its office space from Adams Street in Dorchester to the Carpenters Center. The Floorcoverers? new office is located on the third floor of the Carpenters C... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1377">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A group of union carpenters are organizing a motorcycle ride to benefit lung cancer research. The &quot;New England Carpenters Ride For Research&quot; will take place October 2, rain or shine.Registra... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/751">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>OSHA Certification Updates you should know about</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ ? OSHA no longer issues replacement cards for training that occurred more than three (3) years ago. Also there is a$25.00 fee for replacing lost/misplaced OSHA cards.? Some governmental jurisdictions ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/750">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Labor Guild releases fall schedule</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Labor Guild&apos;s School of Labor Relations has released its schedule of classes for the fall semester. Classes begin September 12 and run through November 14. All classes are held in one of two ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/753">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Globe goes beyond construction employment numbers</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 17 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Globe this weekend ran a piece that scratched just a bit beyond the surface of unemployment in the construction industry. Local 56 Pile Driver Barry Beaudoin and Local 40 Carpenter Vionet M... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/752">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Award winning construction: the Carpenters Center</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Carpenters Center was recently recognized by Metal Architecture magazine as part of their 2011 Design Awards. The Carpenters Center was selected as the winner of the Renovations and Retrofit categ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/754">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>More construction jobs coming to Boston</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 05 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Construction will begin next week on &quot;The Victor&quot; an 11-story residential building near the Boston Garden that is being developed by the Simpson Housing, a Denver-based company. Suffolk Cons... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/755">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Study confirms what many suspected</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The decline in union membership in America accounts for a lot of the rise in income inequality, according to a new study by Harvard sociology professor Bruce Western.?Our study underscores the role of... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/756">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Best practices program highlighted in HBJ</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 01 Aug 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Hartford Business Journal this week showcased the union&apos;s use of the UBC&apos;s &quot;Best Practices in Health Care Construction&quot; program to train carpenters. The specialized training em... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/757">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Boston neighborhood celebrates success</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A Boston neighborhood struggling to fight off longstanding problems with crime, exacerbated in recent years by foreclosure, may be starting to make lasting change thanks to coordinated neighbor activi... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/759">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Fall River carpenters get kudos</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Congratulations to members of Local 1305, who are getting a well deserved pat on the back from the Fall River Herald News for their volunteer work to build a concession stand and restrooms for Durfee ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/758">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Governing via CTRL+C, CTRL+V</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Portland Phoenix continues to confirm what most suspect: Maine Governor Paul LePage isn&apos;t really a policy wonk who pours over issue papers and carefully crafts his own legislation and plans o... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/761">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 26 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The United Brotherhood of Carpenters has enhanced carpenters.org &quot;to include more timely news along with expanded information, images and video content for UBC members,&quot; according to a memo ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/760">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Cambridge losing Vertex, winning back Biogen</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 21 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ When Vertex finalized a deal to move 1,300 employees from Cambridge locations to a massive new development in Boston&apos;s Fan Pier, it was considered a significant hit for Cambridge. But now another... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/762">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Dems win first Wisconsin recall</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ In a fight picked by Republicans in retaliation for Democratic recall efforts, State Senator Dave Hansen of Green Bay walloped Republican David VanderLeest in what the GOP had considered a very winnab... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/763">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union carpenters yesterday demonstrated in Hyannis where Advantage Construction is undermining area standards for carpenters&apos; wages and benefits while building for Belise Ford.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/766">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Mark Erlich, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters joined Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Congresswoman Nikki Tsongas and other dignitaries at a ribbon ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/765">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Cape Cod Times posted this article about carpenters demonstrating yesterday, including quotes from NERCC Representative Brian Richardson. The target of the demonstration was Advantage Construction... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/764">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>AvalonBay construction called into question after Quincy fire</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Daily Hampshire Gazette published a story today about the rennovation of the historic James House in Northampton into space for two community groups; The Literacy Project (TLP) and the Center for ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/769">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As Congress considers &quot;free&quot; trade agreements with South Korea, Columbia and Panama, UBC General President Doug McCarron has written to members of the House and Senate, with a detailed argum... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/768">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Globe reports that construction could be experiencing a slight bounce.Developers across the Boston area are moving forward with a number of large construction projects that were stalled by ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/770">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Still unable to muster the votes to override a veto by Governor John Lynch, New Hampshire Speaker of the House William O&apos;Brien has put off until a special session after the summer any effort to p... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/771">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Carabetta companies have been raided by the FBI and the IRS. It is the latest in a series of problems for Carabetta and their projects.In April, nine Stop Work orders were issued against nine Cara... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/772">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 16 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A special image was placed on the Carpenters Center today to greet commuters and offer a tip of the cap to Boston&apos;s latest championship team.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/773">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members of Carpenters Local 94 in Rhode Island unanimously ratified a new, two-year collective bargaining agreement at a meeting last Saturday. The contract was negotiated with the Associated General ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/778">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Last week, the United States House of Representatives considered and defeated two amendments to the Homeland Security Appropriations Bill that would have weakened or eliminated prevailing wage protect... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/777">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ About a year ago, Congress passed the Emergency Homeowners&apos; Loan Program (EHLP) to provide no interest, forgivable loans to unemployed/underemployed homeowners to prevent foreclosures. Initiated ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/776">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Become a Union Carpenters? Apprentice</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Become skilled in a trade, and get paid to do it.Benefits of Apprenticeship: Paid &quot;scholarship&quot; - no or low-cost supervised trainingProgressively increasing wage with excellent benefitsNatio... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/775">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Replacement OSHA cards</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 09 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members who have lost their OSHA certification cards should contact their local training program to obtain replacements. Members who are not able to produce their OSHA card could be prevented you from... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/774">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Appleby retires</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Brother Chuck Appleby has retired from the Brotherhood and his position as Business Manager of Carpenters Local 24 in Connecticut, effective June 1. A 31-year member of the UBC, Appleby was hired as a... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/779">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Mayo Group and owner John McGrail came under public scrutiny again in downtown Worcester when a group of nonunion carpenters set up a strike line outside the Bancroft Commons property at the end o... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/780">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 24 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Somerville Journal reported on AvalonBay&apos;s troubles in Woburn, where the Attorney General forced them to settle claims of housing discrimination.The story also discusses the death of Oscar Pi... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/782">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 24 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A group of nonunion carpenters went on strike at two projects  yesterday, seeking close to $100,000 in wages owed to them. The carpenters approached the union for help after their employer--New Haven ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/781">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 20 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The MetroWest Daily News today ran a front page, above the fold piece about carpenters that have gone unpaid for work they did on multiple Pulte sites in Massachusetts. The issue was the topic of a st... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/783">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 18 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Partners in Health is looking for volunteer union carpenters and other trades workers to assist in the construction of a badly needed hospital in Haiti, which was devastated by an earthquake last year... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/785">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy this week unveiled and new and much larger development plan for the UConn Health Center. The $864 million renovation and expansion will move forward the state&apos;s... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/784">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 16 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Mike Rowe, host of the popular TV show &quot;Dirty Jobs,&quot; testified before Congress last week. He spoke about the declining respect for hard work and skilled trades in the United States and why t... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/786">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Sat, 14 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ NERCC Organizers are putting the heat on Pulte Homes, one of the nation&apos;s largest home builders, after more than 30 nonunion carpenters came forward reporting they hadn&apos;t been paid their for... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/787">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 13 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A group of community and labor activists is planning to picket a Chelsea temp agency for abusive treatment of workers it has placed. Workers report being owed thousands of dollars in overtime, refusal... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/790">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Bad behavior by AvalonBay doesn't end with construction</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 13 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ AvalonBay, which has been the target of numerous protests by the Carpenters Union in New England for dangerous working conditions and mistreatment of workers during the construction of large, multi-un... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/789">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>AG hits Hampton Building for violations on three sites</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 13 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Massachusetts Attorney General has ordered Hampton Building to pay $100,000 in fines and restitution for wage violations related to nonunion carpenters at multiple sites. Carpenters will finally b... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/788">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Worcester members build a garden for the village</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 10 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This weekend, members of Carpenters Local 107 and YouthBuild lent their skills to a garden project at the Plumley Village housing development. Raised garden frames were built by YouthBuild and then in... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/791">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 09 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members of three Carpenter Local Unions in Connecticut affiliated with the New England Regional Council of Carpenters have reached a tentative agreement with contractors to end a one week strike. The ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/792">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 03 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The B.U.I.L.D. program ? Building Union Initiative and Labor Dignity ? wasdeveloped by NERCC to educate members about the construction industry and where we fit into it.In a single evening session, me... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/794">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 03 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &quot;Hartford, Conn. (WTNH) - Labor unions and the construction industry are coming together to support Senator Dick Blumenthal&apos;s co-sponsoring of federal legislation that would crack down on em... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/793">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters Center welcomes BPD, Patriots' Kraft</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 02 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Carpenters Center today hosted a training session put on by the Boston Police Department for their Sergeants. The Sergeants Advanced Leadership Training (S.A.L.T.) is an initiative of Commissioner... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/795">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Rhode Island Carpenters Local 94 and affiliated apprenticeship and training programs are participating in Rhode Island Construction Career Days today and tomorrow. Union representatives and training i... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/796">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>More bad guys nabbed in New London</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ From the New London Day:New London - The state Department of Labor issued nine stop work orders Friday to several subcontractors at the Bates Woods housing construction site for violating labor laws.M... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/797">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>It's always the best and the worst of times...for some</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ When Wall Street drove the American economy into a ditch, the federal government stepped in to help companies that were deemed &quot;too big to fail.&quot; Regardless of the complicated, reckless sche... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/799">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Mobilize to restore the American Dream</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union members in the Greater Boston area are gathering this week to send a message that they aim to defend and promote the American Dream. A rally is being held TODAY at 4:00 PM in Boston&apos;s Finan... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/798">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters Center wins Chapter Energy Project Award</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As reported in the New England Real Estate JournalThe Association of Energy Engineers New England selected the Carpenters Center, the new headquarters for the New England Regional Council of Carpenter... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1378">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Concentration of wealth in the US</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Vanity Fair has posted an interesting article on income inequality in the United States. It is based on the alarming fact that 1% of the population in the United States control 40% of the nation&apos;... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/801">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As reported in the New England Real Estate JournalThe Association of Energy Engineers New England selected the Carpenters Center, the new headquarters for the New England Regional Council of Carpenter... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/800">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Savoie named to two state boards</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 08 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Local 94 Organizer/Business Representative Tom Savoie has been appointed to serve on advisory boards by Governor Lincoln Chafee and the Providence City Council.Governor Chafee named Savoie a member of... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/802">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>McCarron writes on misclassificiation</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Doug McCarron, General President of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America has written a piece on misclassification and tax fraud in the construction industry that was just publis... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/804">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>DOL crossing borders to root out pay scams</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The United States Department of Labor?s district office in Hartford has announced an initiative to aggressively pursue wage and hour violations on construction sites in Rhode Island and Connecticut.?D... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/803">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Maine labor mural goes back up...sort of</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ If you&apos;ve followed Maine Governor Paul LePage&apos;s mission to remove the mural from the Department of Labor&apos;s office which depicts scenes from Maine&apos;s history, you&apos;ll want to see... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/805">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>It shouldn't be comedy...</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Daily ShowTags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor &amp; Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/807">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Meriden site sets CT record</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ On Friday, March 25th members of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters protested in front of the site of the Chamberlain Heights Housing in Meriden, Connecticut, a low-income public housing f... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/806">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Local 94 Awarded Green Training Grant, holds training class in Millbury</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ RI Carpenters Local 94 has been awarded a two-year, $250,000 ?Green Jobs? training grant. Funding for the grant was made available by The Providence Plan/Building Futures for the delivery of services ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/808">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Last week, Ray Buursma wrote a column that appeared in the &quot;Holland Sentinel,&quot; a paper based in Holland, Michigan. It&apos;s striking in its blunt and straightforward premise: that American ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/810">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The mural celebrating the history and advances of Maine workers  was removed from the state&apos;s Department of Labor office over the weekend, sparking memories of the Baltimore Colts middle-of-the-n... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/809">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters has developed state-specific Resource Lists of agencies and programs that can help members who are experiencing long-term unemployment and may require em... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/811">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:01:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ In the fall of 2008, the New England Regional Council of Carpenters along with Wentworth Institute of Technology&apos;s College of Professional and Continuing Education launched a tailored program, wh... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/812">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ From yesterday&apos;s Boston Herald:New Balance has stomped out the competition for a swath of land next to its Brighton headquarters and taken the first steps toward building a proposed $235 million ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/813">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ An exciting construction project is underway! The New England Carpenters Union?s cyber home is undergoing major renovations and is looking for your input! If you haven?t visited the site in awhile, ch... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/816">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Building Trades Employers&apos; Association (BTEA) and the Thomas S. Gunning Foundation have established a scholarship program to assist students who are enrolled in the Wentworth Institute of Tec... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/815">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members of Carpenters Local 210 joined a loud and spirited rally in Danbury over the weekend to support union workers in Wisconsin, where the Governor recently rammed through severe limitations on col... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/814">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 14 Mar 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 14 Mar 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The work of union carpenters and Gilbane Construction in Westerly, Rhode Island was praised by visiting Senator Jack Reed and in the Westerly Sun today. The town recently built a new $6 million two-st... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/818">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 14 Mar 2011 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Nearly three hundred people, including representatives from Carpenters Local 24, gathered last week at a hearing in New Haven, Connecticut, to urge stat Banking Commissioner Howard Pitkin to reject Bu... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/817">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters from Local 424 volunteered their time to build a new snack bar at a local Little League field in Braintree, MA. The snack bar was built at Hollingsworth Park, which hosts over 700 players a... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/821">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ UBC General President Douglas McCarron recently sent the following letter to all Delegates in the United States, asking them to take action on a pending trade pact with Korea.Dear Brothers and Sisters... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/820">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Business Wire has the story.The CLEAN (Clean Local Energy Accessible Now) LA proposal would allow businesses and residents to install solar panels on their roofs and sell the power generated back to t... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/822">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 02 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This week the legislature is holding hearings on the Governor&apos;s proposed budget cuts, which will profoundly impact Maine&apos;s public employees.   This year, workers are under attack from many a... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/823">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I am a Union women member in the construction industry. I am thankful to the union for giving me the chance to work and do what I love to do since 1987 being a women in construction the union was the ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1350">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Contractor survey says increase in materials costs may offset financial gains from improvement in industry this year.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/826">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports a significant increase in construction lending by major institutions, which is getting stalled projects back underway.An influx of fresh capital... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/825">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Globe today published an opinion piece by Mark Erlich, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters.Please read and share.Scapegoats in WisconsinWhy is th... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/824">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Local Fox affiliate in Georgia that ran a piece about illegal immigrants being hired to work on public school projects in that state has run a follow-up. The second piece focuses on a group of mor... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/829">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Though conservative efforts to limit or eliminate the activity of unions is underway in several states this year, Republicans in Congress are running into opposition to some of their labor-related eff... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/828">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This past weekend, Local 535 sponsored the annual Great New England Carpenters Ice Fishing Derby. The Derby, held at the Norton Reservoir, was cosponsored by the New England Carpenters Labor Managemen... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/827">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Nation makes it frighteningly clear that as goes Wisconsin and some other states this year, so could go the labor movement.It&apos;s taken as gospel in conservative circles--and sometimes the publ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/830">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Rachel Maddow makes the case that unions could be the only thing between Republicans and total domination of American politics, hence their current crackdown on public employee unions. That battle is ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/831">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I-Team: Hiring Illegal Immigrants: MyFoxATLANTA.comA Fox station in Georgia--and Georgia workers--take up some of the same issues NERCC has been working on. In this case it is immigrant workers buildi... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/833">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Blazers of the National Lacrosse League sent this along today:The Boston Blazers are excited to announce this season?s ?Union Workers Night? at the TD Garden on March 6th @ 5:00pm.  We woul... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/832">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Banker and Tradesman details the January construction jobs numbers released by the Associated General Contractors and they are not good.Unemployment in the industry nationwide rose from December to Ja... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/834">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Sat, 12 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Clearly this reporter has a biased opinion, but held off enough to appear &amp;quot;fair &amp;amp; balanced&amp;quot; for her audience. Not so with other &amp;quot;public media&amp;quot; outlets like ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1351">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 09 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As cities, towns and states continue to feel the pinch from lean budgets, some are getting wise to the fact that cracking down on tax cheats could provide some relief. And businesses are jumping on bo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/837">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 09 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Connecticut Mirror published a story last week about the growing debate between municipalities and labor unions over prevailing wage.  Town leaders feel the system imposes unaffordable labor charg... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/836">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 09 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Emily Rooney&apos;s Greater Boston recently ran a piece on the public perception of unions, followed by a three-person discussion. The conversation quickly turned into a bash session of public employe... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/835">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 08 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ John Leavitt, Business Manager for Carpenters Local 1996 recently wrote an editorial piece published in Mainebiz regarding the recent Executive Order issued by newly elected Maine Governor Paul LePage... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/838">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Ryan Doran wrote for Westfair Online late last week about the appointment of NERCC&apos;s Glenn Marshall as Connecticut Labor Commissioner.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/839">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 03 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union carpenter apprentices in Boston are working with Community Labor United to make repairs to Boston homes so that they can qualify for weatherization improvements available through Renew Boston. O... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/841">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 03 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Mark Erlich, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, has appointed David Dow Regional Business Manager for Carpenters Local Unions 26, 111, 275 and 475 in Mass... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/840">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 02 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Local 535 has cancelled the monthly union meeting that was scheduled for tonight.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/842">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Information on energy assistance for Massachusetts residents</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 01 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Due to a deep and long recession, many members may be dealing with prolonged unemployment that has caused them financial hardship. Massachusetts residents interested in learning more about fuel and en... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/843">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Quincy Patriot Ledger yesterday published a story about prospects for the construction industry in 2011, featuring optimistic views by contractors.Among those quoted were Lee Kennedy, CEO of Lee K... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/847">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Reich highlights double economy, single recovery</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Robert Reich, the former U.S. Secretary of Labor is a frequent commentator on the economy, economic policy and how it affects American workers. In a piece following up on President Barack Obama&apos;s... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/846">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ While AGC contractors are cautiously optimistic about job growth in the construction industry for the coming year, the last year has been one of mixed results in New England. According to numbers pres... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/845">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 31 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ You can be forgiven if you think this article came from The Onion, rather than the Wall Street Journal, but it appears to be completely legit.Leather-goods maker Coach Inc. plans to gradually move som... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/844">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Joe Broderick, Business Manager for Carpenters Local 535 has announced that the annual Ice Fishing Derby has been scheduled for February 19, 2011 at the Norton Reservoir in Norton, Massachusetts.The D... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/849">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ After more than fifteen years of conversations in offices and run-ins on jobsites, the New England Regional Council of Carpenters and Mark Richey Woodworking have come to terms on an agreement for the... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/850">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Despite many municipalities across the state of Massachusetts cancelling school due to today&apos;s snowstorm, officials are still gathering today (1/21) and tomorrow (1/22) at the 32nd Annual Massach... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/851">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Today marks the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. His inaugural address is considered one of the greatest political speeches in the history of the United States. Its c... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/852">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The first two years of the Obama administration have been presented as a failure for the labor movement by some. The biggest legislative initiative sought in Congress--the Employee Free Choice Act--ne... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/853">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Speakers at a panel session of the Labor and Employment Relations Association annual meeting reported that there has been an increase in the likelihood and costs associated with getting caught for mis... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/856">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters recently received an inquiry from a Texas resident, referring to himself as ?Medicare D Recipient,? who had received a $100 settlement check in the mail ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/855">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Local 67 has cancelled the monthly union meeting that was scheduled for tonight.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/857">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ While some construction companies struggle to keep the doors open, Suffolk Construction continues to take advantage of opportunities to grow. Yesterday they announced the purchase of Roel Construction... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/858">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Tom White, who took over his family&apos;s construction company and turned it into a local powerhouse, died late last week at the age of 90. The Boston Globe published a wonderful obituary of Mr. Whit... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/859">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ my dad Eric headley of 108 also was in dc for richard neals campaign... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1352">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Town of Fairhaven recently passed a Responsible Employer Ordinance to govern public construction work. The Ordinance was passed by the Board of Selectmen in the Southeastern Massachusetts Town Dec... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/863">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Joe Broderick, Business Manager for Carpenters Local 535 has announced that the annual Ice Fishing Derby has been scheduled for February 19, 2011 at the Norton Reservoir in Norton, Massachusetts.The D... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/862">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Carpenters Training Center is now accepting resumes for full and part-time Instructor positions in Millbury. If you are interested, please send your resume, by March 1, 2011, to New En... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/861">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Mark Erlich, Executive Secretary-Treasurer was recently asked by the editors of Dissent magazine to write a piece summarizing his experience and thoughts about his career in the UBC and the labor move... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/860">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Carpenter Vision Center is owned and operated by the New England Carpenters Health Benefits Fund. It offers complete eye examinations and the largest selection of frames available under the Plan. ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1380">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ After a fall full of donating their time and energy to political campaigns, a few union carpenters went to Washington today to see the fruits of their hard work.NERCC Political Director Tom Flynn led ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/864">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ 2011 construction forecasts mixed As the calendar turned from 2010 to 2011 over the weekend, reporters and columnists covering the Boston area construction market began making their predictions for wh... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/865">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ i worked for the mayo group they never paid me and still owe me close to 6,000 for more than one year, he fanzys himself as a bit of a gangster.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1358">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ In California, the ABC has been pushing cities to drop prevailing wage requirements on municipally funded jobs. In response to this push, a web-based resource was created for elected officials, UBC me... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/866">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Architectural millwork is a key element of any building project. When done right, it can really open eyes. At Walter A. Furman Company, craftsmanship and commitment are key, as union carpenters and co... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/867">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Massachusetts Carpenters and Apprenticeship Fund is hiring a full time Grant Writer who will work on behalf of the Massachusetts, Boston, and New England Carpenters Apprenticeship and Training Fun... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/871">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ (l-r) Marshall Felix- Project Superintendant, Suffolk Construction; David Dow- NERCC Special Projects; Jeff Wade- Principal, ADD, Inc.; Liviu Marza, Associate Principal, ADD, Inc. The Carpenters Cente... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/870">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters (NERCC) recently received a rebate check in the amount of $103,880 from NSTAR Electric. The rebate was part of NSTAR?s Construction Solutions Program, wh... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/869">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Scholarship Sub-Committee of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters has established the guidelines for the eligibility, application, and awarding of scholarships for 2011.The official guid... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/868">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters (NERCC) recently received a rebate check in the amount of $103,880 from NSTAR Electric. The rebate was part of NSTAR?s Construction Solutions Program, wh... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1381">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 14 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Eight senior representatives managing renovation and construction of Walmart and Sam&apos;s Club stores came to the Carpenters Center last week to talk to over fifty union contractors about future bui... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/874">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Two contractors working on a CVS store in Guilford, Connecticut were issued STOP WORK orders on December 3 by the Connecticut Department of Labor because they did not have workers&apos; compensation c... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/873">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ With a Stop Work order in place against them in Connecticut since December 3, 4 Star Drywall ran into more trouble today, when the Department of Industrial Accidents issued a Stop Work order against t... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/872">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Its time to step up the 50% annuity withdrawal rules. Members are taking whatever hours they can right now whther its 16 hours a week or whatever the case is. Its nnot right to say hey you worked 16 h... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1356">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Health Fair sponsored by the New England Carpenters Health Benefits Funds scheduled for December 11 at the Carpenters Center has been canceled.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/875">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ We got a call today from Screaming Flea Productions, a company out of Seattle that&apos;s looking for a carpenter for the A&amp;E show &quot;Sell This House.&quot; If you don&apos;t look like Brad Pit... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/876">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Congratulations Brian. You are a tribute to Brotherhood of carpenters, your family and friends as well as your alma mater Northeast Metro Tech. I remember you as a hard working, dedicated student who ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1353">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I&amp;#39;m not surprised. I worked for Mayo at an out-of-state location in 2008 and they were all about quick fixes, patch jobs, and little follow-through. They&amp;#39;re the reason I don&amp;#39;t ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1359">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Carpenters Health Benefit Fund will be holding a comprehensive health and wellness fair for members at the Carpenters Center Saturday, December 11 from 10am-2pm. Presented in conjuncti... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/878">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Congratulations are due to Brother Brian Connearny, who was selected by instructors at the Boston Labor Guild as the valedictorian for the Fall 2010 class. Brian&apos;s a member of Carpenters Local 21... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/877">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Join us this week as nationally and internationally recognized industry leaders team up with the Northeast?s best to share their expertise in over 150 workshops, sessions, symposiums and tours at the ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/879">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Mike Beaudet of the FOX 25 Boston&apos;s Investigative Team reported last night on employers who hire and exploit immigrant workers with little or no regard for getting caught or punished. (story embe... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/880">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Seventy-five years ago, Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law the Unemployment Insurance Act. As all-too-many carpenters know these days, unemployment insurance has become one of the most importan... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/882">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Paul Greeley, the Director of the Carpenters Assistance Program (CAP) is being honored tonight by the South Boston Collaborative Center with the &quot;Beacon of Hope&quot; award. The South Boston Coll... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/881">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A message from Mark Erlich, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters: Yesterday&apos;s election results indicated, once again, that voters in New England are ind... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/884">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Connecticut Ballot issues in Bridgeport led extended voting hours, confusion and uncertain results in a couple of close races. By Wednesday morning, there still hadn&apos;t been a winner called in the... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/883">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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            From your old friend Alan From I...</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Congrats Eamonn.From your old friend Alan From Ireland... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1557">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 01 Nov 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Brothers and Sisters:Polls will open in about 15 hours. Have you done all that you can to make sure you?re celebrating results tomorrow night rather than worrying about what the next few years will br... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/886">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:42:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Department of Capital Asset Management in Massachusetts has proposed debarring Callahan, Inc. from bidding or performing any work as a result of their actions in bidding for the contract to build ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1681">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This Tuesday, voters throughout New England and the United States will cast ballots electing candidates on the federal, state and local level. The winners in these elections will have a significant im... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/888">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ After months of leafleting outside of Quinnipiac University?s campus, carpenters are holding a mock election on Monday November 1, 2010 from 8:00AM until 1:00PM to see how the faculty, students, and a... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/887">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ It&apos;s been another busy week of political campaigning for union carpenters. More than just getting ready to cast their own votes, members are taking to the streets and the phones to champion their... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/891">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters was exhibiting today at the 24th annual New England Business Expo. The show was being held at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA.The annual New England Busi... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/889">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ NERCC and the New England Carpenters Labor Management Program are at the Mainebiz Momentum Convention in Augusta, Maine this week to talk about how union carpenters and contractors are the best joint ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/892">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 26 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Carpenters Apprenticeship and Training Program recently held a cookout at the Carpenters Center to thank members who have participated in the Mentoring Program.The Mentoring Program, which ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/893">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 25 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Enforcement agencies in Connecticut and Massachusetts this week moved against contractors who have been violating laws in ways that undermine the ability of honest union carpenters and contractors to ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/894">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The picture&apos;s a bit blurry, but union carpenters have been clear in their support for Congressman Barney Frank. Why? Because he&apos;s never shied away from supporting working class people and is... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/896">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ When six carpenters weren&apos;t paid the wages they were owed working on a Wicked Pizza at the upscale Legacy Place shopping center in Dedham, Mass., they turned to the Carpenters union for help. Tho... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/895">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Mass 1099 task force reports increased success</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Massachusetts Joint Task Force on the Underground Economy and the Employee Misclassification (JTF) has released its annual report for 2010, showing a dramatic increase in collected taxes owed and ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/899">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Apprentices in Eastern Massachusetts and many journey level carpenters who have taken upgrade training are familiar with Tim Tudor and his interest in energy efficient building. For several years he&a... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/898">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union Carpenters in Connecticut have taken to the campaign trail to show their support for 5th District Congressman Chris Murphy. These pictures were taken before Congressman Murphy&apos;s recent deba... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/897">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union carpenters are doing their part to protect working standards in Connecticut by supporting former Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy&apos;s bid for the Governor&apos;s office. Malloy is locked in a tig... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/901">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>A look at job loss/creation</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ In the second edition of White House White Board, Austan Goolsbee, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, looks back at the President?s record on the economy through the perspective of the last... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/900">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Congrats on the new building, looks lovely!</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 18 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Congrats on the new building, looks lovely!... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1556">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Peabody Learning Academy opens its doors, thanks carpenters</title>
			<guid>http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/902</guid>
			
			<pubDate>  Mon, 18 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Northshore Mall, along with the Simon Youth Foundation, held a ribbon cutting ceremony today at the newly opened Peabody Learning Academy. City and school officials, students, along with represent... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/902">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Video of Deval Patrick at the Carpenters Center</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<title>Governor Patrick visits the Carpenters Center</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 08 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ To see more pictures, click here.Patrick fires up Carpenters Center A friendship was renewed this week at the Carpenters Center as Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick visited with more than 450 union... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/904">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Apprentice Expo 2010</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 04 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ On Friday, October 1st, the New England Carpenters Union hosted the annual Apprenticeship Expo. Students and instructors from thirty-eight schools attended the event. NERCC staff gave each school a gu... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/905">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Training: first and foremost</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Few programs are as important to the construction industry as training, and no one trains carpenters like the Carpenters Union. The Carpenters Union focuses on helping all carpenters, whether they&apo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/906">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Reception for Wentworth graduates held at Carpenters Center</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1383">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Labor Secretary visits Carpenters Center</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Joanne Goldstein, Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development paid a visit to the Carpenters Center this week to learn more about apprenticeship and upgrade training.Last month, the Bos... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1382">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Labor Secretary Visits Carpenters Center</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Joanne Goldstein, Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development paid a visit to the Carpenters Center this week to learn more about apprenticeship and upgrade training.Last month, the Bos... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/908">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Brother Thomas Flynn of Local 67 was elected to the Executive Committee for the New England Regional Council of Carpenters at the quarterly Delegates meeting in Millbury on Saturday. Running unopposed... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/909">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Interesting post on when it is appropriate to use ...</title>
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			<pubDate>  Sun, 26 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Interesting post on when it is appropriate to use metal stud framing. I did not know that load-bearing is a consideration. That&amp;#39;s why I leave it to the experts. There are numerous options in r... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1566">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Apprenticeship Expo 2010 is next Friday</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ 2010 Apprenticeship Expo Friday, October 1, 2010New England Carpenters Training Center13 Holman Road, Millbury, MA 508-792-5443Come see professional union carpenters showcase their skills in the follo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/911">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Training: the union difference</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Training programs are in full swing with a fall schedule of classes to help members develop new skills or improve on the ones they&apos;ve got. It&apos;s the training and skill that makes union carpen... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/910">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Reason for optimism?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ An article in the Boston Business Journal last week indicated that an increased volume of filings with the Boston Redevelopment Authority is fueling some hope for increased building in the future.BRA ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/912">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Brodie, longtime Management Trustee for Funds passes away</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Theodore &quot;Ted&quot; Brodie passed away last week at the age of 81. Brodie was the owner of the New England Insulation Company based in Canton, Massachusetts for 50 years. The company was a longti... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/913">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Union favorites do well on primary night</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Primary elections were held in three New England states last night, with mostly positive results for union-endorsed candidates. Favored candidates ran unopposed or against token opposition in most pri... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/915">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters Center buzzing with activity</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Though the industry might be slow, carpenters are busy. They&apos;re keeping busy while keeping up their skills with upgrade training. The Boston Carpenters Apprenticeship Training Program began its f... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/914">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Reception for Wentworth graduates held at Carpenters Center</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters held a post-graduation celebration to recognize the twenty-nine union carpenters who graduated with an Associate?s Degree in Construction Management from... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1384">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Labor and political discontent</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ NERCC Executive Secretary-Treasurer Mark Erlich was quoted in a Boston Herald piece on Labor Day about the discontent among union members with the current economy and how that might impact upcoming el... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/919">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Labor Day Message from Doug McCarron</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Doug McCarron, the General President of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, posted this Labor Day message on the UBC website.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/918">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Why Labor Day?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Here&apos;s a great piece on Labor Day and unions, co-authored by Tom Iacobucci, Director of the Massachusetts Carpenters Training Fund. It ran in the Newburyport Daily News.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/917">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>NERCC, Carpenters Center featured in Dorchester Reporter</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Carpenters Union is a traditional organization that has been around for over a hundred years. While it has a very rich history, it is also very modern and innovative. The design of the Carpenters ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1385">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>W.Mass training joins Mass fund, Millbury</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Western Massachusetts Carpenters Training Fund this week voted to merge with the Massachusetts Carpenters Training Fund and participate in the New England Carpenters Training Center in Millbury. A... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/921">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Happy Labor Day!</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A message to union carpenters...The construction industry is facing one of its toughest period in a long time. But as union carpenters, we still have reason to be proud. Proud of our skills, our union... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/920">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Labor Day address from Hilda Solis</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As published in the Dorchester Reporterby Matthew DeLuca, Special to the ReporterIn the lobby on the third floor of the new Carpenters Center at 750 Dorchester Avenue are sleek black chairs and hardwo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/924">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ On the heels of Connecticut Building Trades Council Ben Cozzi?s resignation, Carpenters Local Unions 24, 43 and 210 in Connecticut have taken a step back from their participation in the group. A joint... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/922">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters greeted students and parents arriving yesterday for the fall semester at Quinnipiac with some questions and concerns about the school?s judgme... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/927">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members in Central Massachusetts will gather Friday morning to protest the use of substandard contractors at building being renovated for eventual lease to the Worcester County District Attorney?s off... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/926">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ You can contact Wentworth&amp;#39;s Arioch school or NERCC&amp;#39;s Frank Santa Fe. I&amp;#39;ve forwarded your message to Frank directly, so you should hear back from him.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1354">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Twenty-nine union carpenters graduated from the Arioch Center at Wentworth Institute of Technology with and Associate&apos;s Degree in Building Construction Management (read more here).Graduate Eamonn... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1386">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters (NERCC) is proud to recognize and congratulate the 29 union carpenters who graduate this Sunday with and Associate&apos;s Degree in Building Construction... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/928">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Carpenters Apprenticeship and Training Program will receive a $166,000 award from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one of eight programs to receive money for workforce training, Governor ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1388">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Massachusetts made it easier for construction subcontractors to collect payments for work completed this week when it passed into law a ?prompt payment? bill. Under the law, schedules will be set for ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/929">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Organizers from the New England Regional Council of Carpenters help non-union carpenters in Holliston MA,  collect their unpaid wages on another JJ Welch jobsite (read more here). The carpenters were ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/931">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Labor Guild&apos;s School of Labor RelationsMonday evenings September 13 thru November 15 2010FIRST PERIOD 7:00 - 8:10pmTHE STEWARD?S JOB Paul Hannon, USW , Mark Bernard, Rep Council 93, AFSCMEThe ste... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/933">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Thanks to the help of union organizers, carpenters working at the Cutler Heights affordable housing project in Holliston, MA, have finally received pay for 2-3 weeks of work. The group was employed by... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/932">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Full-time videographer/editor position available with the New England Carpenters Labor Management Program. Great opportunity to advance skills and gain experience in video production and editing while... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/934">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ UBC General President Douglas McCarron was in Boston today with General Secretary-Treasurer Andy Silins and ITC Director Bill Irwin to meet with AGC member contractors from throughout New England. McC... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1389">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ UBC General President Douglas McCarron was in Boston today with General Secretary-Treasurer Andy Silins and ITC Director Bill Irwin to meet with AGC member contractors from throughout New England. McC... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/935">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Connecticut Organizers Bill Jordan and Dean Pallotti took the INSTALL marketing campaign on the road Friday, July 30th, to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Connecticut Chapter. They delivere... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/937">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ On Tuesday morning, August 3 starting at 9:30 am members of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters will protest in front of the site of the future headquarters of United Illuminating on Orange... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/936">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ UBC Ready to Withstand Any ChallengeA message from UBC General President Douglas McCarron&quot;Be grateful the Brotherhood took President John F. Kennedy&apos;s advise that, &quot;The time to repair t... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/938">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Earl Taylor, special correspondant to the Dorchester Reporter, recognizes the Carpenters Center as an important landmark and part of the neighborhood&apos;s history.When they hear that I?m from Dorche... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1390">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Dick Nihtila has decided to retire from his position as Director of the New England Carpenters Training Program in Millbury.  Dick served in this position for six years and we appreciate his dedicatio... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/940">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Board of Trustees for the New England Carpenters Benefit Funds has made a significant change in the Guaranteed Annuity Fund rules relating to withdrawals. The change, which goes into effect August... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/939">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters Local Union 275&apos;s Volunteer Organizing Committee volunteered to build the deck and install the chairlift to help a struggling family in Natick.The family has a fourteen year old boy Do... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/941">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Dex by Terra and Daniel Terra, individually are paying workers more than $16,000 and $3500 in fines to the state for violation of state wage and payroll records laws.The company failed to pay the prop... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/942">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Globe did a story over the weekend about the aggressive building program at the University of Massachusetts, state-wide. While projects all over the state are stalled or canceled--including... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/943">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Santangelo Flooring and Mark Santangelo individually have been ordered to pay fines totaling $1500 and pay back workers money they are owed as a result of the company?s violating prevailing wage laws ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/944">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ To union carpenters and honest contractors, it?s an all too familiar story, even if it?s not reported in the press often enough. A job goes out to bid and several union and nonunion contractors put in... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/945">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ In what is becoming an disturbingly common occurrence, construction workers in Boston are walking a strike line in an attempt to get paid for work performed. The latest strike is in Brookline, Massach... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/946">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A group of construction workers, hired by Universal Contracting, a subcontractor hired by J.J. Welch of Salem, MA, were not paid for their work on the site of a Codman Square Neighborhood Development ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/947">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Common Boston Photo Project Winners:... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1391">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ An interesting perspective from Paul Krugman&apos;s Op-Ed piece published in the New York Times over the weekend.Punishing the JoblessNew York TimesPaul KrugmanJuly 4, 2010There was a time when everyo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/949">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The following Op-Ed piece by Mark Erlich was published in The Boston Globe on Saturday, July 3, 2010. You can read the article online by clicking here. LAST MONTH the University of Massachusetts Build... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/950">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Lockheed Window Corporation and its President, Michael Kosiver, both of Rhode Island will be paying workers more than $56,000 in back wages after the Massachusetts Attorney General&apos;s Office found... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/952">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Mark Erlich, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters was appointed yesterday by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick to the Massachusetts Convention Center Auth... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/953">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Some good and important questions asked in the NH-based Foster&apos;s Daily Democrat in the Letters to the Editor section todayPeas in a pod!To the editor:What&apos;s the deal with the Avis Goodwin Me... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/955">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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            Nice picture of you with the &amp;quot;boys...</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi Susan,Nice picture of you with the &amp;quot;boys&amp;quot;Marianne and Bruce Anderson... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1357">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Following is video taken during Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick&apos;s visit to the Carpenters Center where he held a monthly meeting of his cabinet.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1397">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Earlier today, Governor Deval Patrick held a cabinet meeting at the Carpenters Center. Following the meeting, the Governor, along with various cabinet members, toured the facility.The group made a sto... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1398">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Earlier today, Governor Deval Patrick held a cabinet meeting at the Carpenters Center. Following the meeting, the Governor, along with various cabinet members, toured the facility.The group made a sto... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/958">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A group of carpenters at a jobsite in Jamaica Plain saved a young boy?s life and came to the aid of his mother who was struck by a car trying to protect him.The incident happened last Friday in front ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/959">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Eleven members of the UBC who are also military veterans gathered at the Carpenters Center this morning to raise a new flag and remember those who have given their lives to serve our country. The flag... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1399">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The United States House of Representatives today will vote on a bill known as  ?Promoting American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010? (HR 4213). The bill would provide limited, targeted relie... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/960">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This building is truly amazing.  I can&amp;#39;t wait to continue working on my Wentworth degree here at the center!  Kudos to everyone who helped make this happen.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1558">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As reported in the Portland Herald Press PORTLAND ? Two dozen volunteers descended on the Children&apos;s Museum and Theater of Maine on Thursday. They went to work weeding flower beds, freshening the... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/961">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Approximately 4,500 members in our training facilities each year are experienced carpenters upgrading or expanding their skill sets.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1400">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union Carpenters took to the streets this week to spread a little truth about some unsavory contractors trying to do business in the City of Boston.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/963">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ While Massachusetts was proudly touting the largest monthly increase in jobs added in 17 years, a region-wide economic forecast predicted unemployment has yet to peak and that full recovery of jobs wo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/962">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ With 22,000 well-trained men and women across New England, we guarantee a deep pool of qualified workers for every type of project. Our apprenticeship proram continues to generate the workforce of the... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1401">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ From CTMirror.comGov. M. Jodi Rell signed into law today a bill that increases the fine for employers who illegally lower their costs by misclassifying employees as independent contractors.The bill wa... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/966">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The state&apos;s highest court ruled that the University of Massachusetts at Lowell violated public construction bidding laws when it awarded a contract for new student housing.The ruling issued in ea... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/965">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ MassCOSH (Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health)*SCALE (Somerville Center for Adult Learning Experiences) * The Welcome ProjectPresent: Exposed at WorkAn evening ofstories, theate... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/964">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Last month&apos;s decision by US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to allow the Cape Wind project to move forward is being seen by many as a green light to move forward on their own offshore wind project... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/967">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ From today&apos;s Boston Globe.Governor Deval Patrick will spend up to $200 million in state funds this year to get 50 building projects around Massachusetts off the ground, hoping the money will lead... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/969">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ If you enjoy getting updates from NERCCBlog or on Facebook, try following NERCC on Twitter, @NERCC. Some of the things we tweet become posts on NERCCBlog, but not all of them. And Twitter can be used ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/968">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 05 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston edition of BISNOW--an online publication serving the real estate and design industry--has featured the Carpenters Center in a recent edition. (free registration required)The building is des... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1402">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 04 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ OSHA has announced that it is significantly increasing penalties against employers who commit severe or repeated offenses. A directive issued in late April, outlines increased inspections and enforcem... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/972">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 04 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston edition of BISNOW--an online publication serving the real estate and design industry--has featured the Carpenters Center in a recent edition. (free registration required)The building is des... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/971">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 04 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Congratulations to union contractor Turner Construction and union carpenters in Maine. A groundbreaking was held today for the $75 million expansion of the Portland Jetport. The project will involve s... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/970">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ On April 28th, 2010, families and friends of those who have died or been injured on the job, gathered in front of the State House on Beacon Hill in Boston, MA to commemorate those who have died and to... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1404">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members of the three carpentry Local Unions in Connecticut voted to ratify the proposed collective bargaining agreement in meetings held Friday night. More than 90% of voting members voted to approve ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1403">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ On April 28th, 2010, families and friends of those who have died  or been injured on the job, gathered in front of the State House on  Beacon Hill in Boston, MA to commemorate those who have died and ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/974">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members of the three carpentry Local Unions in Connecticut voted to ratify the proposed collective bargaining agreement in meetings held Friday night. More than 90% of voting members voted to approve ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/973">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The United States Department of Labor has developed an online database that allows visitors to search for cases handled by its departments, including OSHA and the Wage and Hour Division.While the data... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/975">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ At a Town Hall meeting in Iowa Tuesday, President Barack Obama was asked a question about supporting unions and responded strongly and clearly:&quot;I&apos;ve said this before publicly and I&apos;ll s... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/976">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters Going Green: Point Breakdown Category 3- Energy and Atmosphere8 Points Attained1. Optimize Energy Performance Exceed the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engi... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1405">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As reported last week, Sylvain Michaud, Bill Poulin and their company, All-Pro Construction Management, were issued significant penalties by the Massachusetts Attorney General?s Office for wage and re... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/981">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Two positions available</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Fair Labor Division of the Attorney General in Massachusetts is seeking to hire a Managing Attorney and Division Chief.The listing for Managing Attorney for the Massachusetts Attorney General?s Of... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/980">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Governor of Maine signs act to amend laws governing misclassification of construction workers</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Governor John Baldacci has signed an act to amend the laws governing the misclassification of construction workers, specifically Stop Work Orders. The amendment authorizes the Executive Director of th... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/979">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) introduced a bill that would make worker misclassification a violation of federal labor laws, increasing penalties for companies found t... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/978">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters Going Green: Point Breakdown Category 1- Sustainable Sites8 Points Attained1. Site Selection - the site was formerly developed and consists entirely of an existing building and paving.2. De... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1406">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Sheet Metal Workers recently filed a jurisdictional dispute under the PLA at Gilmartin School project in Waterbury Connecticut. H Carr &amp;amp; Sons, Inc. was the subcontractor with the exterior ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/983">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Sylvain Michaud, Bill Poulin and their company, All-Pro Construction Management, have been issued significant penalties by the Massachusetts Attorney General?s Office for wage and reporting violations... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/986">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The wheels of justice continue to turn for John McGrail of the Mayo Group. McGrail and JM Realty are under a grand jury indictment for numerous charges relating to their removal, handling and disposal... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/988">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters Going Green - Category 5 - Indoor Enviornmental QualityPrerequisite - Environmental Tobacco Smoke Control ? the entire building has been designated as non-smoking. Any exterior smoking must... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1407">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Greater Pennsylvania Regional Council of Carpenters has developed a website to spread the word about problems connected to Kohls department stores. All members are encouraged to visit KohlsFacts.c... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/991">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Scholarship Sub-Committee of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters has established the guidelines for the eligibility, application, and awarding of scholarships for 2010.Applicants should... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/995">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Massachusetts Woodframe Carpenters Local 723 has reached a tentative agreement with signatory contractors on a new collective bargaining agreement. A ratification vote will be taken among members on A... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/993">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ John Kirk of National Carpentry will be in a Connecticut court April 5, his latest appearance related to personal or business charges. He faces a charge of violating wage payment laws and 20 counts of... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/992">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ More than 1,000 union carpenters and building trades workers from across Massachusetts flooded the State House in Boston today, imploring their elected representatives to support casino gaming legisla... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/997">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ During the lobby day events today, Union Carpenter Bill Frost of Carpenters Local 218 spoke to members, legislators and the press about his experience while working with health care coverage for he an... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/996">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Panels makes a real difference here and is also a good protection for the house I just let my house dress with panels... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1564">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This week at the Carpenters Center, members are participating in a training class to help them contain pathogens, protect patients and perform work within active health care facilities without disrupt... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1408">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This week at the Carpenters Center, members are participating in a training class to help them contain pathogens, protect patients and perform work within active health care facilities without disrupt... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1001">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Residents and workers in New Hampshire or those interested in the state or the construction industry, would do well to follow NHCarpenters on Twitter. Today, he&apos;s providing live, blow-by-blow upd... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1000">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Due to a deep and long recession, many members may be dealing with prolonged unemployment that has caused them financial hardship. For that reason the New England Regional Council of Carpenters has de... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/999">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ J&amp; J Contractors was the winning bidder today for the $61 million Plymouth (MA) North High School project.Good news for Local 624 members.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/998">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ On March 16, 2010, the new Carpenters Center hosted its ribbon cutting ceremony. Nearly 400 guests were in attendance. Mark Erlich, NERCC Executive Secretary-Treasurer, opened up the event by welcomin... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1409">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ WashingtonLocal governments would receive billions of dollars for construction projects and welfare programs in the latest in a series of election-year jobs bills Democrats are pushing in Congress.The... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1007">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As reported by Donna Boynton in today&apos;s TELEGRAM &amp; GAZETTE MILLBURY ?  Tucked away on Holman Road is the New England Carpenters Training Center, which now also features a 7,000-gallon, 12-foo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1006">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New Hampshire Senate voted yesterday by a 14-10 margin to expand gaming to six locations, which would include existing race tracks and new casinos.The bill will now head to the House, where it wil... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1005">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Notice from Carpenters Local 275...Carpenters Local Union 275 will be participating in this year?s Earth Day Celebration in Wayland hosted by Wayland Schools ?Green Team? on Sunday April 11th.This eve... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1004">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Mike Jackson, the Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights published a nice piece about the relevance and importance of unions on MLive.com, the web... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1009">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Earlier today, Governor Deval Patrick paid a visit to the New England Carpenters Training Center in Millbury, MA. He was given a tour of the facility and was invited to get a firsthand look at the tra... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1008">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Massachusetts Attorney General&apos;s Office has reached an agreement with Diaz Construction of Avon, Massachusetts to pay 129 workers at total of $142,000 in wages owed for overtime work. They wi... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1010">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ what A GREAT job !back in the day the apprentices sat in the local hall and looked at the chalk board while the teacher tried to show us,no chance for hands on,this is like going from single engine pl... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1559">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Announcement recieved from the DIY Network:THE DIY DOMINATOR, a new DIY Network series, pits three of the country?s top rough carpenters in a showdown for one grand prize.  Competitors will face off i... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1013">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The House of Representatives? vote to pass a Senate version of health care reform will lead to a dramatic change for many Americans, even some union members covered by one of the funds in New England.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1012">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Rick Kronish, who works for the New England Carpenters Labor Management Program, has been named to the Board of Directors for MassDevelopment by Governor Deval Patrick.Started in 1989, MassDevelopment... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1011">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Fair Labor Division of the Massachusetts Attorney General?s Office is hiring an Outreach Coordinator. The posting on the State?s website can be found here. Some details for the position are listed... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1016">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A joint committee consisting of labor and industry leaders as well as various state investigative agencies is suggesting much stiffer fines and criminal sanctions against employers who misclassify wor... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1015">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ With many states facing widening budget gaps and demand for job creation, decision-makers are weighing expanded gaming in the form of casinos or slot machines. Though gaming has expanded significantly... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1014">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Tradesworkers in New Hampshire recently rallied to support a legislative initiative that would expand gaming in the state, creating thousands of jobs and desperately needed revenue for the state.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1017">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ MassINC, a nonpartisan think-tank based in Boston, will be hosting Steve Greenhouse, New York Times labor reporter and author of the book ?The Big Squeeze; Tough Times for the American Worker? on Apri... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1021">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Mark Erlich, head of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, chimes in on a story about the distribution stimulus money in Massachusettsin a story by Jay Fitzgerald of the Boston Herald.?When ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1022">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The building is beautiful, kudos to the Boston carpenters for going green and leading the way in modern construction.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1562">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As reported by Jon Chesto in today&apos;s Patriot Ledger:BOSTON ? New England union opens a new headquarters in DorchesterMotorists on the Southeast Expressway are passing a new landmark on their comm... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1413">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The arguments before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court regarding Callahan, Inc the handling of prequalification and award of the Hanover (Mass) High School to Callahan, Inc are now available fo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1024">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The arguments before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court regarding Callahan, Inc the handling of prequalification and award of the Hanover (Mass) High School to Callahan, Inc are now available fo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1682">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ There are various touches throughout the facility that not only highlight carpenters work but add character to the building. One such feature is the History Wall located on the second floor.Fourteen s... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1414">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The following article appeared in the York County (ME) Journal Tribune.By KRISTEN SCHULZE MUSZYNSKICity Editor/ Journal TribuneRevisions are underway on a new law that was created to enforce tax laws ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1027">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Last week, the Obama Adminstration released the first annual report from its Middle Class Task Force. The group, chaired by Vice President Joe Biden, was established with the goals of* Expanding educa... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1026">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ At least two workers employed on a project to convert a former hospital building into affordable housing in Bridgeport, Connecticut are receiving checks totaling close to $50,000 for back wages owed t... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1025">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A suit regarding the bidding of work for construction of a Hanover, Massachusetts school was heard by the state&amp;rsquo;s Supreme Judicial Court this morning. At issue was whether the town acted imp... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1683">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Governor Deval Patrick is forwarding an email from Local 56 Business Representative Dave Borrus to thousands of Massachusetts residents. The topic? Training Local 56 is offering commercial divers in a... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1029">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Full press release here.BOSTON - Attorney General Martha Coakley?s Office has reached an agreement with a Pennsylvania based engineering and utility infrastructure contractor to settle allegations the... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1030">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Stop us if you&apos;ve heard this one before. The Christian Science Monitor has run a story saying that American workers are creating more wealth through productivity, but getting a far smaller share ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1031">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ For those members who collected unemployment benefits in 2009, the first $2400 of benefits is now tax-deductible on their federal return. Previously, unemployment benefits were taxed from the first do... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1036">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ On Sunday the Washington Post ran a piece by Alex MacGillis about the condition of the labor movement as popularly portrayed in the media. The story highlighted what he calls the five biggest myths. I... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1035">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ All UBC Councils can help the Brotherhood celebrate its nearly 130-year legacy of strength and progress during the 40th General Convention in August by contributing antique tools for an exhibit of uni... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1034">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Executive Secretary-Treasurer Mark Erlich was recently interviewed by MassINC (Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth), a nonpartisan think tank of which the Carpenters Union was a founding me... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1033">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ By Tom IacobucciChanges to how credit card fees are assessed will save American consumers billions of dollars by ending unfair and deceptive practices.Just two of these practices ? retroactive rate in... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1032">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Miami-Dade County recently passed a law that will enable workers--even immigrant workers--to bring action against employers who don&apos;t pay them properly. The Miami Herald supports the move in an e... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1037">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The new building is a great Long Term Investment, looks nice too, and it provided many needed jobs for Union Carpenters which were sorely needed during this downturn in the Economy.Could you provide s... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1560">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The NYTimes&apos; Steve Greenhouse sums up the problem, what&apos;s being done by some states and what the Obama administration is preparing to do about it. Nice piece to share.Companies that pass off... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1038">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ There are hundreds of soccer referees, many under the age of 18 who are forced to pay self-employment taxes due to this mis-classification.  They end up paying a higher % of taxes than their peers who... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1361">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Why are carpenters being punished for working? This makes me sick. My husband had the same situation. Please Sen. Kerry help us before we lose our home!... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1360">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Then and now</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ January 2009February 2010January 2009February 2010January 2009February 2010... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1415">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The unemployment system was designed to provide a safety net to Americans who were out of work. But with both the Federal and State government involved, basic goals of the program are undermined. Work... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1041">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<title>Two positions available</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Fair Labor Division of the Office of the Attorney General in Massachusetts is seeking to fill two Wage and Hour Investigator positions.Duties:The Wage and Hour Investigator I (functional) reviews ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1039">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Local 40&apos;s Ken Greenwood served as an illustration of today&apos;s weather woes on Boston.com.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1042">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters Local 94 will accept 14 apprentice applicants from a grant-funded pre-apprenticeship program and run training for apprentices and journey-level carpenters with their share of a $1.8 million... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1043">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ All workers at a natural gas power plant that was rocked by an explosion Sunday have been accounted for, the Middletown Office of the Mayor said Monday. Twenty Union Carpenters in Connecticut were amo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1044">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ First Trade Union Bank will open a Business Solutions Center on the second floor of the Carpenters Center.  The new banking center will officially open its doors for business on Tuesday, February 16th... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1416">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union Carpenters in Connecticut were among those working at the site of a gas power plant under construction in Middletown where an explosion killed five workers and injured at least 12 on Sunday.Iden... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1045">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Enforcement efforts to clamp down on misclassification and tax cheating assisted by the New England Regional Council of Carpenters have hit hard this week. One company operator has been sentenced to j... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1046">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ New England Regional Council of Carpenters750 Dorchester Ave., Unit 1Boston, MA 02125-1132New England Carpenters Labor Management Program750 Dorchester Ave., Suite 3100Boston, MA 02125-1132Pile Driver... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1417">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Vice President Joe Biden will administer the oath of office to Senator-elect Scott Brown today in Washington, D.C. where the former state senator will serve out the remaining 24 months of the term.Aft... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1049">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A look at what&apos;s going to cause future budget deficits holds a few surprises about what exactly is causing the books to go out of balance. Graph provided by the Congressional Budget Office and ta... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1048">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ New England Regional Council of Carpenters750 Dorchester Ave., Unit 1Boston, MA 02125-1132New England Carpenters Labor Management Program750 Dorchester Ave., Suite 3100Boston, MA 02125-1132Pile Driver... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1047">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[     Last week furniture was delivered and assembled on the third floor of the building. NERCC staff moved from the previously leased space in South Boston in to the third floor over this past weekend.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1418">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>More hot air or finally coming to a decision?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar yesterday toured Cape Cod beaches and took a Coast Guard tour of Nantucket Sound as part of his decision making process on the Cape Wind project. After nine years of ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1050">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters Center Heralded</title>
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			<pubDate>  Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Sunday Herald today published a story in the business section about the completed construction of the Carpenters Center.Last week furniture was delivered and largely assembled. NERCC staff ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1051">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Leading up to the State of the Union address last night, there was some good economic news on the economy told by MSNBC&apos;s Rachel Maddow. No, money for construction projects are not falling from t... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1052">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters with Interstate Office Partitions are finalizing work on the third floor assembling office furniture. At the same time, staff from the New England Regional Council of Carpenters has started... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1419">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ go union carpenterscenter, Ive been carring a book for 30 yrs now and never dreamed the future young people comming up csn snd will be schooled at shuch a high level ,count your blessings kids ,amasin... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1561">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ While the special election and health care suck up all of the headlines locally and nationally, the Obama administration is governing under the radar in a way that will have direct benefit for working... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1054">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ David Letterman&apos;s &quot;Top Ten Surprising Facts about Scott Brown&quot;:10. He&apos;s the nephew of godfather of soul James Brown.9. Climate change is partly the result of his smoldering hunkine... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1053">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Brown campaign cheating on taxes?Differences between Massachusetts Senate candidates Martha Coakley and Scott Brown have been pretty stark during the campaign. From demanding Wall Street bailout money... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1055">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Volunteer members from Local 2168 have been installing wood flooring on the second floor. Before floor installation began, crews working for Allegheny Contract Flooring completed preparatory work on t... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1420">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As of Thursday, January 14, 2010 the City of Boston?s Inspectional Services issued a Certificate of Occupancy (temporary).  The certificate is temporary because there is additional work, which does no... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1421">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Looking for positive news on the economy?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Jon Chesto, Business Editor for the Quincy Patriot-Ledger, offers a bit in a blog post yesterday. His post is in reference to the &quot;Beige Book,&quot; a publication regularly put out by the Federal... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1057">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Scholarship Sub-Committee of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters has established the guidelines for the eligibility, application, and awarding of scholarships for 2010.Please read the f... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1056">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Inside the Coakely campaign</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As the campaign for a special election to fill the Massachusetts Senate seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy nears it&apos;s end, there are a dizzying array of polling results showing the race to be dead... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1060">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Boston Police are warning of an increase in theft on construction sites. Reports of stolen tools, materials and copper pipes have been on the rise in District B-2, the Roxbury area.For more informatio... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1059">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Bill Moyers</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Worth the next three minutes of your life...... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1058">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters Going Green: Point Breakdown Category 5- Indoor Environmental Quality</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ 9 points AttainedPrerequisite - Environmental Tobacco Smoke Control ? the entire building has been designated as non-smoking. Any exterior smoking must be 25 feet away from entries, outdoor air intake... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1422">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union Carpenters turned out to show their support for Senate Candidate Martha Coakely last night. The visibility was in front of the University of Massachusetts, Boston campus leading up to Coakley pa... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1061">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Project Update: first and second floor work continues</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A few projects have been completed in the pavilion entrance of the building including the installation of the reception desk, painting, and flooring. The flooring in this area includes stone tile on t... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1423">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Then and now</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ December 2008January 2010... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1424">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Unique training opportunites featured in The Daily Millbury</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Daily Millbury featured a story about the unique training opportunities that apprentices from the New England Carpenter Training Center have taken part in at the Carpenters Center.The New England ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1062">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Labor to lose another Senate champion</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Connecticut?s Christopher Dodd is expected to announce his retirement today from the United States Senate, ending 34 years of representation of the state in Washington. Dodd, who has been trailing in ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1064">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Vermont Public Radio broadcast a story Tuesday about the problems the Stowe Mountain Lodge is facing as the state Department of Labor investigates the misclassification of workers building a new luxur... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1063">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>A little over a year ago....</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<title>Third Floor nearly complete</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Work is nearly complete on the third floor of the Carpenters Center. The flooring has been installed, which includes carpet in the offices and hallways, hardwood in the lobby, linoleum in the storage ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1425">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>98%!</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As of January 4th, construction of the Carpenters Center is 98% complete!&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;  &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1428">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters Going Green: Point Breakdown Category 4- Materials and Resources</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Prerequisite 1, Storage and Collection of Recyclables: The Carpenters Center will have recycling areas that serve the entire building for paper, corrugated cardboard, glass, plastics, and metals. Stor... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1427">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Globe and Boston.com today featured a story about the Carpenters Center being built by the New England Regional Council of Carpenters.Motorists stuck on the Southeast Expressway soon will h... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1429">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Globe and Boston.com today featured a story about the Carpenters Center being built by the New England Regional Council of Carpenters.Motorists stuck on the Southeast Expressway soon will h... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1065">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters Going Green: Point Breakdown Category 3- Energy and Atmosphere</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ 8 Points1. Optimize Energy Performance Exceed the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers ASHRAE 90.1 Energy Standard by 10.5%2. Optimize Energy Performance Exceed AS... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1430">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Then and now</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ February 2009December 2009... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1431">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters Going Green: Point Breakdown Category 2- Water Efficiency</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ 3 Points Attained1.Water Efficient Landscaping ? The project is required to reduce water consumption by 50%. The planting plan at the Carpenters Center involves using native trees, shrubs, and groundc... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1432">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters to rally for jobs</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters will rally on Thursday, December 17th at 4:00 pm at Bronstein Park in Manchester, NH, located on the corner of Hanover and Beech Street, in the hopes of jump-starting a large project at Man... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1067">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Kerry Sponsors Bill Aimed at Misclassification of Workers</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Full story here?Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., introduced legislation this week that would toughen standards for employers in transportation and other industries that use independent contractors.The bil... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1066">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters Going Green: Point Breakdown Category 1- Sustainable Sites</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ 8 Points Attained1. Site Selection - the site was formerly developed and consists entirely of an existing building and paving.2. Development Density and Community Connectivity - a dense urban site. Wi... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1433">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Gangi featured speaking on stimulus</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters Local 111 Business Manager Joe Gangi attended an event with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Congresswoman Niki Tsongas yesterday to discuss the impact stimulus money is having on j... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1069">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>CT papers cover Stop Work orders</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The State of Connecticut continues its fight against misclassification of employees and has issued five more Stop Work orders on a job in Fairfield. The orders were posted at the Patterson Club, a new... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1068">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Company must pay for insurance, unemployment fraud</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A Massachusetts roofing company pled guilty Friday to 20 counts of unemployment fraud, four counts of larceny over $250, 60 counts of aiding or assiting in fraudlent tax returns and three counts of wo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1072">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Jay Cashman, Inc. has been a union contractor for many, many years. The business--based in Quincy, Massachusetts and with offices in Boston, New York and Florida--does heavy civil and marine construct... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1071">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Unions are fighting hard on Capitol Hill to prevent a tax on many union health plans from becoming a final part of a national overhaul of the health care system. The Associated Press covered the issue... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1070">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters Center Going Green</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The green building movement arose out of the desire for more energy efficient and environmentally friendly building practices. It is a way to minimize both resource consumption and the impact building... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1434">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Exterior Systems 90% complete</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The process of installing exterior panels is 90% complete. The final sections, which will be completed in the coming weeks, include the Alucobond paneling located at the loading dock and a section of ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1435">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>A new fan of Cape Wind</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ National Grid has reached an agreement to buy power from Cape Wind when the project is built.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1074">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Obama focuses on job creation</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Though early talk about a federal stimulus bill centered on economic growth and recovery, some felt too much was invested in tax cuts. And while Wall Street seems to be doing better, the talk of jobs ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1073">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Crews are busy completing work on third floor</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Painting, with the exception of the final coat and touch ups, which will both happen after the flooring is installed, is complete on the third floor. Ceiling installation is also complete on the third... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1436">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Carpenters Union worked in conjunction with neighbors in the area to spruce up the pedestrian cut-though located on the corner of Dorchester Ave. and Howell Street.The park has been renamed Paul?s... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1437">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Efforts by Union Carpenters or other advocates to uncover bad deeds often run into a wall of ignorance or denial. But two prominently featured stories on Boston.com today shine a bright light on some ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1075">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As of November 30th, construction of the Carpenters Center is 88% complete!&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;  &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &am... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1438">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union Carpenters were given a public pat on the back last week for work they&apos;re doing with area residents to winterize their homes. A woman who was the recipient of the good will effort wrote to ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1077">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Full story here....A majority of Americans now say unions are bad for the nation, according to Gallup polls. And the loss of two big trade shows at McCormick Place, for which the expense of union help... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1076">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<title>Neighborhood improvement project</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Carpenters Union has joined efforts with neighbors in the community to spruce up the pedestrian cut-through located on the corner of Dorchester Ave. and Howell Street.A set of stairs were installe... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1440">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:01:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ After a Superior Court Judge ruled that Callahan would not be able to proceed with construction of a Hanover high school because they purposely misled the town as to their qualifications, Callahan is ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1079">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Globe and Metrowest Daily News both provide coverage of NERCC-led protests at the Shillman House groundbreaking.Neither delves into the problems associated with Dellbrook or other contracto... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1080">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:01:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ You might think with that much money at stake,when a contractor misled them, Hanover elected officials would be a little more upset with Callahan, rather than ignoring all the warnings and continuing ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1082">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported on misclassification in the state last week, with both audio and text stories available on their website.It&apos;s interesting how the business community... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1081">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Judge tells Hanover: stop Callahan project</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:01:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A judge has issued an injunction in two cases against the Town of Hanover preventing Callahan Construction from continuing work on a $37 million high school. The ruling finds the suits clearly establi... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1084">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Interior Paint Colors</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Painters with H.W. Ellis Painting Company, Inc. have been working in the interior of the building. The following is a selection of Benjamin Moore paint colors being used at the Carpenters Center.Sugar... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1441">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ It took years of lobbying and campaigning to get the State of New Hampshire to recognize and address the problem with employee misclassification, specifically within the construction industry. But thr... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1085">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Rally against Dellbrook, Shawnlee and Turner Brothers</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters will be holding a rally on Monday November 23 at 9:30 am at 49 Edmands Road in Framingham to protest the use of three of the more notorious contractors in the region. The 150-unit Shillman ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1083">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Quincy Patriot Ledger Business Editor Jon Chesto tweets a link to a state release on jobs.The bad news has reversed, but not in any meaningful way. From the release...Construction gained 100 jobs in O... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1087">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Cambridge-based Local Union was born 90 years ago today!!... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1086">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<guid>http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1362</guid>
			
			<pubDate>  Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As a NH subcontractor working on the Stowe project, it seems that I wouldn&amp;#39;t have a job today without AIG.  At least AIG is out there stimulating the economy!  I am certainly glad my tax dolla... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1362">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Barr, Inc. embarasses Conn.</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Two states down, four to go?The bad news about Barr, Inc. is spreading like wildfire. Earlier this year they were the subject of a Fox 25 Boston piece about contractors who do a poor job, but negotiat... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1088">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Compare and contrast</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A popular line thrown out by those looking to denigrate unions is that &quot;they may have had a purpose years ago, but not anymore.&quot; They also like to say that there is no difference between uni... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1089">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Project Update from the Owner's Rep.</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ First Trade Union Bank , a full-service bank with offices in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York, recently reported earnings for the three months ended September 30, 2009.  First Trade reported ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1091">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<guid>http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1090</guid>
			
			<pubDate>  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &quot;Anybody driving along Route 1  in Portsmouth NH  this morning couldn&apos;t help notice a large banner being held in front of the new fire station that is under construction. The message on the ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1090">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Video Update</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<title>Video Update - Second Floor Flooring</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ See the post below for more information.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1444">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Wow, that is amazing.  Good to know the homework w...</title>
			<guid>http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1563</guid>
			
			<pubDate>  Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Wow, that is amazing.  Good to know the homework was done beforehand to make sure it complies with the standards.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1563">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Floorcoverers work on second floor</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ On the second floor of the building a unique project is ongoing with a crew of floorlayers from Local 2168 working for Allegheny Contract Flooring. The second floor of the building, while flat, was no... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1445">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters show support for Coakley</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<title>Carpenters help community remember fallen heroes</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ In September, volunteers from the Carpenters union helped construct the &quot;Moving Wall,&quot; a replica of the monument in Washington, D.C. honoring service men and women lost in Vietnam. The effor... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1092">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Menino looms large along the Expressway</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Check out the Boston Globe&apos;s coverage on Boston.com.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1446">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Union Carpenters rally for jobs</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<title>75%!</title>
			<guid>http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1447</guid>
			
			<pubDate>  Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As of October 31st, construction of the Carpenters Center is 75% complete! ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1447">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Apprenticeship Contest/Expo 2009</title>
			<guid>http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1095</guid>
			
			<pubDate>  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ For more information about this year&apos;s Contest &amp; Expo click here... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1095">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters Center goes live with LED Display</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Carpenters Union went live today with a major component of the Carpenters Center: a 32? H x 21? W transparent LED display. The display is located at the South side of the building and is visible t... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1448">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Drug testing does nothing to test impairment. Drug...</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Drug testing does nothing to test impairment. Drug testing should be required only when performance is lacking or after an accident. Like alcohol, moderate use of drugs by employees during non-work ho... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1364">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Violation of 40B will cost developers $2m+</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Two of the larger locally-based residential developers in Massachusetts will pay more than $2 million to settle charges they improperly profited on an affordable housing project. Massachusetts Attorne... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1096">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Unions in the middle of health care debate</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ From the Hill...Organized labor is flexing its muscle in Senate negotiations over healthcare reform and winning important concessions from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).Reid has not given... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1098">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters to rally for jobs</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union Carpenters will participate in a rally to support destination casinos prior to a hearing at the State House this Thursday, October 29.The rally will being at 8:00 am on the steps of the State Ho... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1097">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I&amp;#39;m always interested in how windows are installed because I&amp;#39;m thinking of having my house remodeled. Thanks for this.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1565">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Then and Now</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ March 5, 2009October 23, 2009... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1449">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Sidewalk poured, landscaping to begin</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ At the end of last week, S&amp;F Concrete poured a section of sidewalk connecting the Pavilion to the city sidewalk as well as the patio adjacent to the Pavilion. Additionally, they poured the sidewal... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1450">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Unemployment running out on Americans</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ While 7,000 people a day run out of unemployment benefits, the Congress continues to bicker over how they&apos;ll extend them. From cnn.com...One month after the House passed a bill extending unemploy... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1100">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Erlich speaks at Progressives for Menino event</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<title>Asphalt to be placed at parking deck</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Last week, a crew working with S&amp;F Concrete completed the final pour at the parking deck. Asphalt is scheduled to be placed this week in the lower level of the deck up to the ramp. As explained in... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1451">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As previously posted, Sunrise Erectors also began installing cedar siding between windows on the West side of the building. Cedar accents were selected to help this side of the building conform to the... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1452">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Some segments of the construction industry could rebound and show some growth in 2010 according to a report on the Wall Street Journal on McGraw Hill forecast. The report is the one of the few positiv... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1101">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ David Macary makes the case that they do.Here&apos;s part of what he has to say...The truth is, the government fears and distrusts organized labor.  Why?  Because a powerful workers? collective threat... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1102">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ At the end of last week the LED display was installed at the Carpenters Center.Crews unload a section of the LED display.The sign is 32?H x 21?W and arrived on site in 5 separate sections. The display... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1453">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Which candidate has more union endorsements? How many members are represented by those endorsements? What&apos;s the union endorsement breakdown by industry? And what does it all mean?Boston Globe pol... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1104">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Advocating for unions to young Americans</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A piece in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette titled &quot;Young people need unions&quot; by Michael Fedor and Jennifer Jannon makes some interesting points many may take for granted.In school, most of us we... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1103">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Facts about the Exterior</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ There is over 27,000 square feet of insulation and membrane on the building.There are 866 metal panels total, and their typical dimensions are roughly 2? x 15?.The largest panel sits at the top corner... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1454">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>2009 Apprenticeship Contest/Expo Winners</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ On October 1-3, 2009 the New England Carpenters Training Center in Millbury, MA hosted the annual Apprenticeship Contest and Exposition.Fourth year apprentices from local unions throughout New England... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1106">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Kal-Vin Construction Management has run into more bad publicity, this time in Vermont, where they have been hired to perform work at Stowe Mountain Resort?s Spruce Peak project. The Stowe Reporter ran... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1105">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>The Exterior of the Carpenters Center</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ From Suzanne O?Leary, Assistant Project Manager, Sunrise Erectors: The Carpenters Center exterior is comprised of metal panel rainscreen, cedar tongue and groove rainscreen, curtain wall and storefron... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1455">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>68%!</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As of September 30th, construction of the Carpenters Center is 68% complete! ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1457">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Photo Recap - September</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<title>NNE carpenters ratify new agreement</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine last night voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement negotiated with contractors working in the three Northern New England states. More than 88%... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1107">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Alucobond Panel Installation</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The installation of Alucobond panels is moving right along. The process includes varies steps. First, crews working for Sunrise Erectors screw galvanized light-gauge steel Z-clips through the ice and ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1458">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Former Wood Structures Carpenters sue</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ press releaseEmployees Seek Severance And WARN Act PayFive former Wood Structures employees and the union which represented most of the hourly employees at the company?s Saco and Biddeford locations h... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1108">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Rooftop Units Installed</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Three rooftop units (RTU) were installed today at the Carpenters Center. These air handling units will provide heat and air conditioning for the entire building. Each RTU is approximately 10 feet wide... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1459">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>NERCC Election inforamtion</title>
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			<pubDate>  Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The standing NERCC Election Committee consists of Dick Nihtila (Chariman), Chris Shannon, Martin Alvarenga, John Leavitt, John Cunningham, Nick DiGiovanni, Jason Garand, Charlie Johnson, Bruce Lydem a... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1111">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Nominations for NERCC elections</title>
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			<pubDate>  Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Nominations for Executive Board positions for the New England Regional Council of Carpenters have been completed. The following members were nominated and seconded for office and will be placed on the... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1110">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>NERCC Election results</title>
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			<pubDate>  Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Following are the vote totals for the election of officers to the New England Regional Council of Carpenters. All elected officers were sworn in and take office immediately. The term of elected office... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1109">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Drywall Work Continues</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This week, drywall work was completed on the third floor of the building, with the exception of the elevator door fronts. Elevator work is expected to begin later next week. When the elevator work beg... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1460">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Coakley speaks on union issues</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Following last week&apos;s meeting with staff of NERCC and affiliated Local Unions seeking their endorsement of her candidacy for US Senate, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley sat down to r... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1112">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Congratulations to all NERCC-endorsed candidates</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union Carpenters had a good night in Boston last night.Boston Mayor Thomas Menino topped the ticket in a four-way primary, earning more than 50% of the vote. Union Carpenters have long been a fan of t... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1114">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Bring good jobs to the Bay State</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ An open letter to Union Carpenters in Massachusetts:These are very difficult times in our Commonwealth. Many carpenters are facing unemployment conditions they have never seen in their careers. On top... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1113">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>NERCC endorses Coakley for US Senate</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Boston, MA ?The New England Regional Council of Carpenters and affiliated Local Unions in Massachusetts are proud to announce the endorsement of Attorney General Martha Coakley in the Democratic prima... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1115">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Alucobond Panel Installation Begins</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Crews working for Sunrise Erectors began installing the Alucobond Panels on the exterior of the Carpenters Center. The following series of pictures was taken at the same time of day, driving Northboun... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1461">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Immigration center (where immigrants were exploited) opens</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ When your public defense against charges that illegal activity occurred during construction of your newly finished building project features the phrase ?technically and in fact,? you might not have th... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1117">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>When push comes to shove, Kal-Vin ?can?t speak on that?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Bannering activity in Hanover, New Hampshire has caused quite a stir, with threats of a slander lawsuit against the union and forceful denials of wrongdoing. But in the last line of a news article on ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1116">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>KBE wins project, loses control</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Board of Selectmen in Madison, Connecticut has unanimously approved KBE Building Corporation as the construction manager for a $5.5 million senior and ambulance garage, but not without taking meas... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1119">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Coakley, Capuano seek NERCC endorsement</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakely and Congressman Micheal Capuano visited NERCC headquarters today seeking the union&apos;s endorsement in meetings with a group of more than 30 staff of NE... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1118">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Mary Travers has died</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Why is the death of singer Mary Travers of interest to our organization?Other tunes you&apos;ve probably sung or heard by Peter, Paul and Mary include &quot;Leaving on a Jet Plane&quot; and &quot;Puff... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1121">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Borrus to lead panel on ocean energy workforce readiness</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Marine Renewable Energy Consortium is holding its Second Annual Ocean Energy for New England conference tomorrow in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Among the sessions is a panel discussion being led by Pi... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1120">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Then and now</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ February 13, 2009September 2, 2009... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1462">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Comp now can be check online in Mass</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD) has launched an online tool that will enable anyone to check whether an employer has workers compensation coverage for its... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1122">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Video Update</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Carpenters Center is coming along. Siding is currently going up. Check out these interviews with a couple of carpenters on the site who are getting the job done. ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1463">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>If you look at Matrix Construction website Josh Mo...</title>
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			<pubDate>  Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ If you look at Matrix Construction website Josh Moore says that he has been doing businnes with Scott for many years hen he has S.D.L Construction. Werent those the same years that Scott Ledoux claime... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1363">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Communicating stairs erected</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Ironworkers with American Architectural Iron, began erecting the communicating stairs between the second and first floor of the Carpenters Center. The communicating stairs through the open well will a... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1464">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Trouble for Northrock sub</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Northrock Construction--sister company to GNPB and Kal-Vin--is mired in controversy once again. A stop work order was issued on a Montville, Connecticut project where they were hired to do drywall. A ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1123">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Window Installation Begins</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Last week, window installation began at the Carpenters Center. A composite crew of carpenters and glazers working for Sunrise Erectors began installing punched opening windows on the second floor. Alu... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1465">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Labor day coverage</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A couple of local news outlets included NERCC staff in their coverage of Labor Day. The Quincy Patriot Ledger talked with and quoted Executive Secretary-Treasurer Mark Erlich for a story posted here.T... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1125">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Obama on Labor Day</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ President Barack Obama spoke on the importance of unions on Labor Day. The entire text of the speech can be found here.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1124">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Happy Labor Day</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters would like to wish all of our Brother and Sister members a Happy Labor Day. Though it often is used to mark the end of summer, remember that Labor Day is... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1126">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Workers with lowest wages also cheated most, study shows</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A comprehensive new study of low wage workers shows that most of them are not even being paid the meager wages they?ve agreed to work for, thanks to cheating employers. In addition most are not covere... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1129">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Congratulations to Brother Mike Robinson and members of Local 210 in Connecticut. They recently helped a Bridgeport woman by building a wheelchair ramp on her home after another contractor had delayed... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1128">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Following column was written by Leo Canty, the Executive Secretary of the AFL-CIO in Connecticut. It appeared in the Manchester (CT) Journal-Enquirer. It is reposted here with his permission.Labor... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1127">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters working for H. Carr &amp; Sons began hanging drywall on the third floor of the building this week. Before starting the drywall, the area needed to pass electrical and plumbing inspections. ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1466">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members of Massachusetts Floorcoverers Local 2168 last night voted to ratify a new three-year collective bargaining agreement. The agreement provides total wage and benefit increases of $1.25 in the f... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1130">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As of August 31st, construction of the Carpenters Center is 60% complete! ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1467">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union Carpenters in Boston and Eastern area local unions affiliated with the New England Regional Council of Carpenters last night ratified a new three-year collective bargaining agreement that will p... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1131">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Crews are preparing the third floor for interior drywall installation. The window openings have been covered with plastic to protect the interior of the building from rain. The office spaces located o... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1469">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The last week has been filled with tributes and memorials to the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Even now, talk has begun to heat up about who will take his seat in the Senate, though... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1132">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ There will be special meetings held for each of the Boston and Eastern Area locals on Monday, August 31 to discuss contract proposals.  A vote will be taken to accept or reject.  Members should make e... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1133">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ John Estano, the Owner&apos;s Representative for the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, reports in early August at the halfway point of the project. ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1471">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union carpenters will gather at the headquarters of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters today to pay tribute to Senator Edward Kennedy&apos;s passing procession. It is expected to pass the ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1470">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Statement on the passing of Senator Kennedy</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Mark Erlich, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters released the following statement this morning after learning of the passing of Massachusetts Senator Edward... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1135">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Tonight&apos;s debate between Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and candidates Micheal Flaherty and Sam Yoon has been canceled as a result of the death of Senator Ted Kennedy.There is no word on when it migh... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1134">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ With the fire proofing of the steel beams complete, the trailer that held the mixing and spraying apparatus has been removed from the site. This allowed for crews to begin framing out the exterior wal... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1472">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A New York Times piece from last week takes a look at the difficulty the recession has caused...rich people. The rich are not quite so rich, it seems. They are, however, still much wealthier than the ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1137">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ An interesting twist in prosecuting immigrant-exploiting labor brokers. The US Attorney&apos;s office has charged a Kansas City based firm--Giant Labor Solutions--under RICO for their treatment of hun... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1136">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Wood blocking installation</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Wood blocking was installed in door openings throughout the building. 2x4s are placed in the door jam openings at locations where there will be wood doors. The door frames and casings cannot be nailed... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1473">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Ayanna Pressley, an At Large candidate for the Boston City Council stopped by NERCC headquarters to drop in on a meeting of the Carpenters Women&apos;s Committee meeting last night.Pressley has been e... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1138">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Congrats to Beth Sturtevant of CCB for being named one of the 2009 Women to Watch by Maine Biz, the state&apos;s leading business publication.CCB is a longtime union signatory contractor in the state ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1139">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Interested in Woodworking?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Are you seriously interested in woodworking? So is Kari Hultman, a Pennsylvania-based graphic designer who pursues her passion and blogs about it along the way.Check out Kari&apos;s blog, the Village ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1140">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Government agencies? efforts to enforce laws against misclassification of workers as so-called independent contractors has once again received prominent coverage in the business press. The Hartford Bu... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1141">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Then and now</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ February 2009:August 2009:... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1474">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Dens Glass Complete</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ With the exception of a few pieces the Dens Glass work is completed on the entire building. Waterproofing membrane ? seen below in blue ? is virtually complete on the Eastside of the building as well ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1475">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Photo Recap - July</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<title>The defective Chinese drywall debacle has been mak...</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The defective Chinese drywall debacle has been making news for months now, with homeowners plagued by sulfur fumes that smell like ?rotten eggs? and cause air conditioning coils to corrode.&#xa0;Resid... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1370">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Sad irony in Rhode Island</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ An undocumented immigrant has filed a lien for wages he&apos;s owed for work he performed for a drywall subcontractor...on an immigration center.The worker--calling himself &quot;Jose&quot; in the Tar... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1142">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As of July 31st, construction of the Carpenters Center is 48.5% complete! ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1477">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ View of the parking deck from the entranceThe concrete mixture used in the parking garage is a made up of cement, sand, aggregate (small stones) and water. The concrete comes from the pump truck at th... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1478">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters participation in career day</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members will be rallying at an assisted living facility in Hanover, New Hampshire on Friday to kickoff a public education campaign in the area about Kal-Vin/GNPB/Northrock Construction. Kal-Vin, one o... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1143">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Lincoln School project leaves something to be desired regarding apprentice training</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ New Bedford Standard TimesJack SpillaneJuly 26, 2009When the national economy goes into the kind of coma it&apos;s in now, New Bedford, of course, goes on life support.And the kind of good-paying jobs... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1146">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>More workers' comp fraud, cheating workers on OT...</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ From the Massachusetts Attorney General&apos;s Office. Full release here.BOSTON - A Winchester construction and demolition company was arraigned and pled guilty in Charlestown District Court on July 2... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1145">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ HVAC work continues throughout the building and has begun on the 3rd floor. HVAC, which stands for &quot;heating, ventilating, and air conditioning,&quot; is sometimes referred to as climate control a... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1479">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Exterior dens glass installed</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This week, carpenters working for H Carr &amp;amp; Sons  installed the dens glass on the exterior of the building along the Expressway. After the dens glass is in place, carpenters with Sunrise Erecto... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1480">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<title>PERI Skydeck System</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Crews began work on the second part of the parking garage this week. Much like in the first section of the garage, the area was first excavated and footings were poured for the concrete columns. Reinf... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1483">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Company underpays workers? comp, charged with fraud</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Paul McKunes, from Holliston, MA, and his business M&amp;M Equipment Services, Inc. were arraigned in Middlesex Superior Court on charges they allegedly provided inaccurate payroll information to thei... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1148">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Massachusetts Attorney General?s office ruled that the city of New Bedford must enforce its Responsible Employer Ordinance in response to a bid protest filed by the New England Regional Council of... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1147">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Last week, the interior frame work was completed on the roof and the dens glass was installed. Crews working for Oak Roofing and Sheet Metal installed the dens glass and covered it with a polyvinyl re... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1484">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Parking Deck Retaining Wall Completed</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters working for S&amp;F Concrete poured the concrete for the retaining wall at the northwest section of the parking garage. The area in front of the wall continues to be cleared out, with the d... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1485">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Before the concrete pour, polyvinyl chloride piping was installed in the slab of the pavilion. This piping is able to be bent and looped as seen here. Much like the stairs in the garage,  heated anti-... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1486">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Secretary of Labor has continued a commitment to working people and unions. The New York Times ran a piece on her yesterday with some illuminating comments on her past, present and future plans.Sh... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1149">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Laborers and cement finishers working for S&amp;F Concrete poured concrete today for the first section of the parking deck.Concrete mixers, like the truck seen below, typically carry between 10-14 yar... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1488">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A not so scientific study of the economy in Oregon.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1151">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As mentioned in previous posts, the parking garage at the Carpenters Center is a poured in place concrete deck. Given the design of the building and the topography of the land up to Dorchester Ave, th... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1489">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As of June 30th, construction of the Carpenters Center is 35% complete! ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1490">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters working for H. Carr &amp;amp; Sons, Inc. are currently working on the metal framing throughout 1st and 2nd floors.The interior of Commercial buildings are framed out using metal stud, inste... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1492">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ On Saturday, members of Rhode Island Carpenters Local Union 94 unanimously approved a new agreement with the Construction Industries of Rhode Island for heavy and highway work. The four year agreement... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1153">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I saw the mock-up of the outside facade. This building will stand as a true testimonial to the Carpenter Union&amp;#39;s traditions of quality craftsmanship.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1568">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters and Rhode Island Local 94 released the following statement regarding a new collective bargaining agreement with Rhode Island building contractors.This mo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1154">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters and Rhode Island Local 94 released the following statement regarding the current strike.On June 20, nearly four hundred members of Carpenters Local 94 un... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1157">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ More than 80 years ago, construction was ongoing at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston and Thomas Crowley was employed on the project.Now, more work is being done at the MFA and Thomas Crowley ha... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1156">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Two days into Rhode Island Carpenters? statewide strike against commercial and heavy/highway builders, the Providence Journal Bulletin has published a story about the impasse.The story includes quotes... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1155">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Attorney General Martha Coakley?s Office has cited a Lynn flooring company, Phat?s Hardwood Floor, and its owner, Phat Q. Du, age 65, of Newton, for intentionally violating the Commonwealth?s record k... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1158">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As a result of a unanimous vote by the members attending this morning?s well attended membership meeting, Carpenters Local 94 has rejected the final offer from the AGC Labor Division and the Construct... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1159">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Later this morning, the Joint Task Force on the Underground Economy is scheduled to be release it&apos;s first annual report at a field hearing in Charlestown. Some details about the effort were repor... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1163">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Mark Erlich, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters testified this morning at a hearing of the state&apos;s Joint Task Force on the Underground Economy. The he... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1162">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members of Carpenters Local 94 in Rhode Island will hold a meeting to vote on current contract proposals on Saturday, June 20 at 9:00 am. The meeting will be held at Local 94&apos;s union hall at 14 J... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1161">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Joint Task Force on the Underground Economy in Massachusetts, formed by Executive Order of Governor Deval Patrick last year has issued its annual report.Highlights include more than $1.4m recovere... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1160">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenters working for Sunrise Erectors completed the mock-up on site, which offers a visual display of look and color of the Carpenters Center upon completion.The mock-up is a requirement of the Bost... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1493">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Cross posted on www.carpenterscenter.comOn June 15, 2009, Mark Erlich, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, gave a tour of the Carpenters Center to Frank Sp... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1165">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Globe&apos;s Casey Ross is reporting on Massachusetts&apos; plan to use federal stimulus money and state funds to kickstart construction. Five projects have apparently been targeted so far.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1164">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Cement Finishers and Laborers working for S&amp;amp;F Concrete completed the concrete pour on the third floor of the building earlier this week.A view of the 3rd floor q-deck before concrete pour. Aft... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1495">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Cross posted on www.nerccblog.comOn June 15, 2009, Mark Erlich, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, gave a tour of the Carpenters Center to Frank Spencer, ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1494">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Garcia Drywall agrees to pay workers, fines and take one year debarment</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Garcia Drywall has reached a settlement agreement with the Massachusetts Attorney General in regards to complaints the company failed to properly pay prevailing wages and overtime to carpenter employe... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1167">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ October 1-3, 2009The New England Regional Council of Carpenters will hold the 2009 Apprenticeship Contest and Expo on October 1-3, 2009, at the New England Carpenters Training Center located at 13 Hol... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1166">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Photo credit: Quincy Patriot Ledger*Post updated 6/15/09Carpenters in Massachusetts are in mourning following the tragic death of Brother Paul Pinto in a fishing accident.Pinto joined Pile Drivers Loc... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1168">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Concrete work continues this week at the parking garage. Here carpenters can be seen working on the forms. Last week, the concrete was poured for the columns supporting the parking deck. To see the co... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1496">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New York Times Magazine ran an interesting piece a few weeks back by Matthew B. Crawford. An adaptation of his recently released book &quot;Shop Class as Soulcraft,&quot; the essay considers wheth... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1169">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Following a May 21 rally at the Worcester Crowne Plaza, members of Carpenters Local 107 have seen a good deal of solidarity and local support in the community. Upset that the hotel had hired a general... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1170">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Way to go guys, getting anything in this economic climate is a plus. Who ever in doing the negotiations is on top of their game, again, congratulations... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1365">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I wonder if Vt has a law permitting &amp;quot;Stop Work&amp;quot; orders to contractors? that would be a great way to get their attention. By the way, anybody know where there is any work? lol... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1369">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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            Thank you for your concern. One of our fol...</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ SteveD:Thank you for your concern. One of our folks that works in the statehouses of VT, ME and NH had this reply to your comment:&amp;quot;If someone has employees and they do not have comp they will... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1368">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Massachusetts Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Suzanne M. Bump and Director of Labor George E. Noel will hold a public hearing with members of the Joint Taskforce on the Underground Econom... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1173">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Jon Chesto, Business Editor/Columnist/Reporter for the Quincy (MA) Patriot Ledger started a blog and recently sent out an email to draw readers.I&apos;ve had a blog going at The Patriot Ledger for sev... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1172">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Contract negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement in Rhode Island between the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, Local 94 and the AGC Labor Division and the Construction Industr... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1171">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[  As reported in the Boston Business Journal:The New England Regional Council of Carpenters held a ceremony with Suffolk Construction Co. Inc. to place the last beam of steel on its new headquarters.  ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1174">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The State of Connecticut has begun publishing a list of companies who have been issued &quot;Stop Work&quot; orders for failure to provide proper workers? compensation coverage on construction project... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1175">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters Union 'tops off' new HQ</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As reported in the Boston Business Journal:The New England Regional Council of Carpenters held a ceremony with Suffolk Construction Co. Inc. to place the last beam of steel on its new headquarters.The... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1499">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members of Carpenters Local 108 in Western Massachusetts have completed negotiations on a new three-year collective bargaining agreement, which was ratified by members at a meeting on Saturday.The agr... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1176">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 29 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Crews working with A.A. Will Corp and S&amp;amp;F Concrete began work on the parking garage this week.An engineer for A.A. Will Corp. prepares this area for work, marking the ground with yellow spray ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1500">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 28 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Structural steelwork continued this week at the Northwest side of the building. A look at this section upon completion:The stairwall adjacent to the main entrance of the building was erected this week... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1501">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 26 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Manchester Union-Leader, a New Hampshire newspaper that has generally stuck to its very conservative roots even as the politics of the state become gradually more moderate to liberal, printed a tw... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1179">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 26 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members of Local 107 and several other NERCC affiliates demonstrated at the Crowne Plaza in downtown Worcester last Thursday to alert the public that two out of state contractors have been hired to do... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1178">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 26 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Below is the text of a speech by Mark Erlich, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters to the annual meeting of the Eastern Seaboard Apprenticeship Conference in... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1177">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 25 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 22 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters (NERCC), along with Suffolk Construction, held a Topping Off ceremony today to celebrate the progress made towards completing the Carpenters Center.Repre... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1503">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 22 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Cross posted on www.CarpentersCenter.comThe New England Regional Council of Carpenters (NERCC), along with Suffolk Construction, will hold a Topping Off ceremony on Friday, May 22, 2009, at 11:30 am t... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1182">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 22 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members of Local 107 in Worcester have been holding a banner and passing out leaflets in front of the Bancroft building, warning residents, neighbors and passersby that they may have been exposed to a... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1181">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 22 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Cross posted on www.CarpentersCenter.comThe New England Regional Council of Carpenters (NERCC), along with Suffolk Construction, held a Topping Off ceremony today to celebrate the progress made toward... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1180">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 21 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Q-decking is being shot down to the steel beams of the third floor. The decking provides a stay-in-place form for the concrete slab of the third floor. This is a view looking up at the Q-deck attached... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1505">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 21 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters (NERCC), along with Suffolk Construction, will hold a Topping Off ceremony on Friday, May 22, 2009, at 11:30 am to celebrate the progress made towards co... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1504">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 21 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Dimeo Construction is still trying to collect more than $12 million owed by General Growth for construction of the Nouvelle at Natick condos connected to the &quot;Natick Collection&quot; mall.Apparen... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1184">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 21 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Cross posted on NERCCBuildingNewEngland.comUnion contractor Columbia Construction Company and the Carpenters Union proudly attended a beam signing ceremony on site of construction of training facility... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1183">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 20 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Congratulations to Component Assembly Systems, a union drywall contractor with offices in Medford, Massachusetts and five other states, which was recently written up for ENRs website by blogger Tricia... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1185">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 19 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The following ad was developed by the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Sponsors for the ad include the Washington State Building and Construction Trades, Washington State Labor Cou... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1186">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 15 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ MEP-- Mechanical, electrical and plumbing (including HVAC and sprinkler system), work is ongoing at the Carpenters Center.EM Duggan is running the rough plumbing under the first floor slab. As you can... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1506">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 14 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The cantilever on the Southeast end of the building was erected this week.A cantilever is a projecting structure, such as a beam, that is supported at one end and carries a load at the other end or al... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1507">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 12 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Mayor and media came out to Hendry Street in Dorchester again yesterday for a ribbon cutting on two formerly foreclosed properties that have been rehabilitated by union carpenter apprentices and u... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1187">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 11 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The UBC has launched a newly designed website at http://www.carpenters.org. Some of the highlights include:What?s New:Stories in this section will be updated on a regular basis and highlight exciting ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1188">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 08 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 08 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Dot Perta, a retired member of Carpenters Local 210, was featured in an interview segment of the NPR program &quot;All Things Considered&quot; with Connecticut affiliate WSHU. Perta is the first femal... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1190">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 08 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ First Trade Union Bank is sponsoring a financial review seminar designed for union officials. The seminar is for all union officers, employees, trustees and board members. We hope to see you there!Whe... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1189">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 06 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The erection of the second floor frame and third floor/roof began this week. The first column (below) was erected on Monday. The columns being erected this week will frame the second and third floors ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1509">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 06 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ To help carpenters who are unemployed, donations of non-perishable foods are being collected by the Boston Carpenters Apprenticeship and Training Fund.Members are asked to bring a can of food when the... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1192">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 06 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters is one of many organizations and companies participating in &quot;Construction Career Days.&quot; The program, which has been taking place in states arou... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1191">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 05 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A video with sights and sounds from last week&apos;s Workers Memorial Day observance at the State House in Massachusetts has been posted to YouTube by NECarpenters.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1193">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 04 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Responsible Employer Ordinances in every city &amp;amp; town would quickly put an end to this incredible waste of money to city &amp;amp; towns and would put teeth into local construction projects for... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1366">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 04 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ NERCC Organizers have been fighting the fight for years. A general contractor wins a public job and makes a mess of it. The project may come in way over budget or months--even years--behind schedule. ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1196">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 04 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Atlantic Monthly has an interesting and blunt piece in the May issue about the current economic situation in the United States. Titled &quot;The Quiet Coup,&quot; it was written by Simon Johnson, ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1195">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 04 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Herald runs another piece confirming what most already know: the current recession is hurting blue collar workers more than white collar workers and the construction industry is bearing a l... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1194">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 01 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Piledrivers, working for A.A. Will Corporation were on site this week drilling and installing the soldier beams, which will be used for soil retention along the property line. The piledriving rig can ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1510">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 01 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ How cool!! Can&apos;t wait to see the documentary!!Karin... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1367">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Workers Memorial Day</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 01 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members of organized labor, elected officials and community activists gathered at the Massachusetts State House on Tuesday to recognize Workers Memorial Day. It was one of many events held around the ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1198">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Today is May Day</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 01 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Yes, there are 31 days in the month of May, but May 1 has special significance to unions. Do you know why?The celebration of May 1 actually goes back a long way and has different meanings and celebrat... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1197">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members of the Carpenters Union passed out information to Hingham residents attending last night&apos;s Town Meeting. The meeting considered and passed a motion a Proposition 2 1/2 override question o... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1199">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Stone back fill was poured around the five storm water septor tanks. The stone allows the water to disperse slowly back into the ground. This is a view from above looking down at the tanks. In the for... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1511">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ On Saturday, Carpenters Local 67 joined Boston City Council President Mike Ross and hundreds of other volunteers to help spruce up the Boston Common for &quot;Boston Shines&quot; a city wide cleanup p... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1200">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Water Tanks Installed, Mockups Fabricated</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This week, five storm water septor tanks were installed on site. The tanks will collect drainage from the roof and parking deck so the run off doesn&apos;t super charge the water system in the street ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1512">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Feds send grant money for Wood Structures workers</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A rare bit of good news has come in for former employees of Wood Structures in Saco, Maine. US Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis announced today that the Department of Labor is providing a grant of more ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1201">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Coming attractions</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Please watch this trailer for the short documentary, &quot;Women in the Trades&quot;, coming May 16th, 2009! In the film, eighteen Connecticut women share their stories about entering the trades durin... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1202">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Several hundred people, including union carpenters, members of the Building Trades and other union members braved the wind and rain last night to rally at Brockton City Hall in support of a proposal t... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1203">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members from all NERCC Local Unions that live south of Boston are asked to attend a massive rally to support Brockton Clean Energy, a proposed natural gas plant in Brockton. Members will gather at 6:0... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1204">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Crews completed the water proofing and ground insulation (seen here in blue) on the pavilion foundation and foundation wall of the first floor.   The concrete seen in the foreground of this picture (b... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1513">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<title>Connecting blue and green</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Some have traditionally tried to portray environmental causes as anti-business or too costly. But an interesting campaign in a former steel town in Pennsylvania is making a strong case for a connectio... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1205">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Placement of concrete continued this week and will continue next week.Crews continued concrete work in the pavilion section of the Carpenters Center.The laborer on the left in this picture is pouring ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1515">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New York Times ran an interesting piece over the weekend comparing unions and workers in America with their counterparts in Europe. The article questions why European workers seem quicker to take ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1206">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I&apos;d like to thank you, ahead of time, for any extra work you can do above and beyond to beautify the Dorchester Ave sidewalk, our neighborhood needs it.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1569">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Video Update</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ OSHA has proposed in excess of $118,000 in fines for a Tennessee-based contractor working in Torrington, Connecticut. The fines are the result of  &quot;15 alleged repeat and serious violations of saf... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1207">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ With the crushed stone poured and the ground graded, crews working for S. &amp; F. Concrete began form work this week. Footings and steel reinforcing bar, also known as rebar, were put in to place (pi... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1517">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Audit: Bush safety program a failure</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Confirming what many in the field already knew, an audit by the Labor Department found that under the Bush administration, a highly touted OSHA program didn&apos;t do what it was supposed to, even bef... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1208">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Looking into concrete, literally</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The NYTimes has taken a look at efforts to make concrete more environmentally friendly. The efforts largely center on eliminating the use of Portland cement in the process.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1210">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Imagine getting hurt at work, then finding out your employer hadn&apos;t properly covered his people with workers compensation insurance? It&apos;s unfortunately an all-too-familiar scam pulled in the... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1209">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Protecting this, violating that</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The word hypocrisy comes to mind when reading that an agency created to protect workers rights, violates laws that protect its own employees.The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, responsible fo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1211">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Construction in occupied health care facilities is a large and expanding segment of the construction industry. Billions of dollars are spent annually on additions and renovations to existing, occupied... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1212">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As I stood on a street corner on Rt. 28 in Randolph, Ma. this morning with my Brother Goeorge Berdos holding one of his signs to elect him for the Randolph Planning Board, I had to wonder were the 60 ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1371">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Digging for Footings and Foundation</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This week crews working for A.A. Will Corp  were digging the ground in preparation for footing and foundation work. This work is being done at the future location of the building pavilion and stair to... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1518">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Surprise, surprise!</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Government Accountability Office (GAO) this morning released a report detailing how bad the Federal Government has been at helping workers who get cheated out of pay. The New York Times published ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1213">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>More workers have to get paid the hard way</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Attorney General of Massachusetts released a statement yesterday in regards to citing JPI, Inc for unpaid wages. The company was ordered to pay 26 former employees a total of $52,000 and pay a fin... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1214">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Meet the Carpenter Steward and Carpenter Foreman</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Carpenter Steward Desmond Roach and Andy Guay, Foreman for H. Carr &amp; Sons.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1519">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Boston Globe runs Erlich piece on stimulus, PLAs</title>
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			<pubDate>  Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As part of their &quot;@ Odds&quot; feature, the Boston Sunday Globe today featured an Opinion piece by NERCC Executive Secretary-Treasurer Mark Erlich. The opposing piece, which followed was written ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1215">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Rx prices to be cut 5% thanks to NERCC Fund suit</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A judge has approved a final settlement in a class action lawsuit brought by the New England Carpenters Health Benefits Fund and an AFSCME health fun in New York that will lead to a reduction in presc... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1219">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Good news and bad news on 1099s in VT</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ They&apos;re aware of the misclassification problem within state government, but they seem resigned to being able to do little about it. Vermont News Guy writes a considered piece on his blog about th... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1218">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Obama speaks in favor of prevailing wages, unions</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The following question and answer is taken from a transcript of a Town Hall meeting President Barack Obama had at the Orange County Fair and Event Center in Costa Mesa, California on March 18, 2009.Q ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1217">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Boston pickets pay safety dividends for starters</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Picketing at a B Street site in South Boston has targeted Comprehensive Construction II, Inc, a Newton company run by Nick Zagarianakos. Comprehensive is self-performing carpentry work at the site for... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1216">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters Arrive on Site</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The first crew of Union Carpenters arrived on site this week, working for H. Carr &amp;amp; Sons. Carpenter Steward Desmond Roach, Local 33 and Foreman Andy Guay, Local 67, installed safety railings a... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1520">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Glimmer? Maybe a very slight, distant one</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Interesting run of news in the industry lately.Yesterday, news broke that new home construction was up.WASHINGTON (AP) ? The number of new housing projects that builders broke ground on in February ro... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1223">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>You'd hardly know from the news</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Another independent poll shows Americans would like it to be easier for unions to organize workers.A new Gallup Poll finds just over half of Americans, 53%, favoring a new law that would make it easie... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1222">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Wood Structures is no more</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Wood Structures, Inc. the Saco, Maine based yard that sold raw lumber and manufactured trusses and other materials for lumber yards throughout New England, has closed and will be liquidated through Ch... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1221">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Bad drywall from China?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Health and building officials in Florida are looking into the possibility that drywall made in China and installed in US homes could be dangerous to residents&apos; health. It is also alleged that it ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1220">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Globe focuses on construction unemployment</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Globe led today&apos;s front page with a story by Casey Ross about unemployment in the construction industry. The story and accompanying video features Local 67 Brother Mike Kerrin and Anth... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1224">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Demo nearly complete, building to begin</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Crews are finishing up demo and debris removal at the site this week.Steel beams are loaded onto truck.This week crews worked in the area that will be the future location of the welding training area.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1521">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>It's already working</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Employee Free Choice Act was introduced in Congress yesterday and is already having a positive effect:&quot;Citigroup cut its target price on Wal-Mart - the largest US private sector employer and ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1225">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>I live down Dorchester Avenue from this project an...</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I live down Dorchester Avenue from this project and my kids and I drive past this location every school day. We are amazed at the progress you have made and look forward to seeing something new everyd... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1570">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Employee Free Choice Act discussed on Maddow</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Rachel Maddow of MSNBC led her show last night with a discussion on the Employee Free Choice Act. SEIU General President Andy Stern joins live via satellite after Maddow provides a nice context for th... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1226">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Comp? Who needs comp?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ WorkersCompCenteral.com posts a story that is a bit scary. While being the state was checking to see if workers were properly classified and covered by workers&apos;s comp, a power box exploded, hurti... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1227">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Concrete Block and Brick Removed</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ In addition to completing the dismantling of the steel structure of the second floor, NASDI has completed the demolition of the building&apos;s walls. After the second floor beams and columns came dow... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1522">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Another bad actor makes news</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ On the heels of AvalonBay?s subs being hit for misclassification on three of their Massachusetts jobsites and National Carpentry being arrested for non-payment of wages in Connecticut, comes this news... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1228">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Local 424 Business Agent Rick Braccia checked in with some goings-on in his area...--StreetWorks, the Master Developer of Downtown Quincy is presenting their proposal to the City Council on Monday nig... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1230">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Stamford Advocate takes owner to task for National Carpentry sins</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Stamford Advocate, which covered the arrest and criminal charges brought against National Carpentry, followed up Friday with an editorial placing some of the responsibility on the project&apos;s o... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1229">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Nice job Molly!!!</title>
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			<pubDate>  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Nice job Molly!!!... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1567">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Roof is gone, steel skeleton dismantle begins</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The roof of the existing building has been completely removed. Here?s a shot from just a week ago when the roof removal had just begun:With the roof removed, crews started dismantling the steel skelet... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1523">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A day after the Herald exposed the rampant violations by subcontractors on multiple AvalonBay sites in Massachusetts, they&apos;ve picked up on the arrest and arraignment of one of those same subs in ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1233">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Glenn Marshall, President of Carpenters Local 210 in Fairfield County, Connecticut, recently wrote a letter to the editor of the Stamford Advocate. It was published only weeks the news broke that Nati... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1232">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ It&apos;s not surprising that Carpenters union organizers in Tacoma, Washington have been visiting the jobsite of a $1 billion mixed-use waterfront development. And given that the project isn&apos;t 1... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1231">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I am womdering if there will be room for the other two locals in Randolph to attend the program on the 12th of March ?... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1373">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Brian: I think they&apos;re doing them for the specified locals, but if you wanted to call Rick Braccia, he might be able to give you a better idea. Or get you a better answer than this.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1372">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Herald today ran a story on the Massachusetts Attorney General&apos;s investigation of subcontractors working on three AvalonBay projects in Massachusetts.&quot;The company has long dispute... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1237">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters and several Local Union affiliates have scheduled sessions to present the B.U.I.L.D. program for members. B.U.I.L.D. is a new program developed by NERCC ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1236">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ In one of the few bright spots in the regional construction industry, confidence seems to be growing that the massive Plymouth Rock Studios project will go forward.Yesterday the Boston Globe ran a sto... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1235">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Several of the contractors named in the Attorney General&apos;s investigation of problems on AvalonBay sites in Massachusetts involved problems on a site in Lexington.Tonight, the Lexington Minuteman ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1234">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The rash of investigations and prosecutions of employers who don&apos;t pay workers seems to indicate their may be a need for union representation for workers. (That&apos;s not a typo, we&apos;re not ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1240">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Massachusetts Attorney General?s Office today ordered five contractors to pay a total of more than $36,000 in fines and restitution for violation wage and hour laws and misclassifying workers as i... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1239">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>It gets worse for one AvalonBay sub</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ In addition to the bad news National Carpentery received from the Massachusetts Attorney General?s office, National Carpentry is facing charges of wage fraud in Connecticut, according to an article in... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1238">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ On Monday, representatives from the Carpenters Union, ADD Inc., and Sensory Interactive were on hand for a product demonstration of the transparent LED display that will be a part of the new Carpenter... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1524">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Good news from Washington</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Congresswoman Hilda Solis is now Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. After a protracted discussion over her nomination--focusing on her support of the Employee Free Choice Act--Solis was confirmed by a resou... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1241">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Photo Slideshow - Demo February 2009</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<title>Roof Removed</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Crews began removing the roof from the existing building. Excavators were brought in to the second floor to remove the roof off the concrete slab. The following shots show the center section of roof b... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1526">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ President Barack Obama&apos;s nominee for Secretary of Labor will finally get a vote on Tuesday. Congresswoman Hilda Solis&apos; nomination has been pending while Democrats try to figure out if Republ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1242">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>More workers have to chase pay</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A press release from the Massachusetts Attorney General&apos;s Office begins...BOSTON ? Attorney General Martha Coakley?s Office has cited Yi Wen Yu, age 46, of Malden, owner of both Sing Kee One Seaf... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1243">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The demolition of the interior partitions on the first and second floor is complete, including masonry, metal stud and drywall. The debris was separated for recycling, as part of the LEED certificatio... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1527">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ NERCC Organizer Mike Mizzone is getting the hero treatment after saving his 81-year old neighbor from his burning home yesterday. The house was ablaze and the neighbor was passed out on the kitchen fl... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1244">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Asbestos Abatement Complete</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The abatment process was completed today, two days ahead of schedule. Demolition of interior partitions is scheduled to begin tomorrow, February 12th.January 27, 2008: Asbestos worker prepares windows... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1528">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ President Barack Obama yesterday reversed another Bush administration policy by issuing an Executive Order lifting a prohibition on the use of Project Labor Agreements on Federal construction projects... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1247">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ First Trade Union Bank announced Friday afternoon that it had received preliminary approval for an $11 million investment from the US Department of the Treasury. The investment is part of the Capital ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1246">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Massachusetts Senator John Kerry publicly reinforced his support for the Employee Free Choice Act today in a Guest Opinion piece in the Fall River (MA) Herald News. The bill, which would make it easie... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1245">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Abatement began on approximately 6,000 square feet of windows at the existing building. The single-glazed windows are being removed and prepared for proper disposal.The asbestos may be located in the ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1529">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Defending unions</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ There are times when facts are set aside in arguments about issues. Particularly when it comes to discussing unions, opponents often lean on anecdotes and overstate a union&apos;s influence in somethi... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1248">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Abatement Update</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Yankee Environmental Services  began asbestos abatement at the building on January 28th. They have completed the floor tile abatement as well as the abatement of the entire crawl space area. They are ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1530">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Federal Reserve Bank is holding another foreclosure-prevention workshop on Feb. 14 in Hartford (open to all but targeting Connecticut and Central Mass.) and has respectfully invited and wel... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1252">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Unions continue to be topic of conversation</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Robert Kuttner, Co-Founder and Co-Editor of The American Prospect wrote a column for the Huffington Post on the common agendas of President Barack Obama and America&apos;s labor unions.What a differen... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1251">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>&quot;Our&quot; new president</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Upon creating a White House Task Force on Middle Class Working Families last Friday, President Barack Obama added these comments:&quot;I also believe that we have to reverse some of the policies&apos;... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1250">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Who: George Noel, Director of Labor, and other Representatives of the Governor?s Joint Task Force on the Underground Economy and Employee Misclassification join employees, employers, and advocates.Wha... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1249">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Another ad on the Employee Free Choice Act</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1254">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Sam Ellis, of the Boston Globe, wrote a piece yesterday on what could be the year of labor. He give significant play to the growing alliances between unions and churches.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1253">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ good job with the video production. the message in the video truly conveys what we are all about. serving our communities is an excellent way to give back.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1374">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Union carpenter apprentices in the community</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union apprentices have been helping the South Boston Neighborhood House build out new space.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1257">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Winter reading recommendation?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ If you&apos;re looking for a little reading in your down time, consider this offering, featured on Dollars and Sense. The book is titled &quot;Wage Theft in America,&quot; by Kim Bobo.A New Vision for... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1256">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The White House today announced the establishment of a White House Task Force on Middle Class Working Families, not to be confused with the previous administrations War on the Middle Class. Vice Presi... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1255">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Images from Groundbreaking</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ NERCC Executive Secretary-Trearurer Mark Erlich speaks at the ceremony.Pictured l-r: Maureen Feeney, Boston City Councilor; Suzanne Bump, Secretary of Labor &amp;amp; Workforce Development; Mark Erlic... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1531">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>The desperate fight to prevent unionization</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The AFL-CIO Now Blog had a post yesterday about the possibly troubled nomination of Hilda Solis for Secretary of Labor.This is another example of just how desperate the business lobby is to stop the E... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1260">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Unions already turning the corner?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Bureau of Labor Statistics, a federal government body, reported Tuesday that union membership in the United States has gone up. Both total union membership and union membership as a percentage of ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1259">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>So you wanna be a TV star?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Do like to linger in the aisles of Home Depot? Do you collect tools? Do you like to take things apart? Then someone may be looking for you. Powderhouse Productions is searching for two male hosts for ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1258">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Economic fix: more unionization</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Another voice cites participation in unions (or lack thereof) as a reason for some current economic problems in America. This time it&apos;s former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, in the Los Angeles ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1261">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ New York Times columnist--and Nobel Prize winning economist--Paul Krugman published an open letter to President Barack Obama in Rolling Stone magazine. The letter provides some guidance to President O... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1263">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Mayo Group, a Boston-based developer, has been indicted by a Worcester Grand Jury on six counts, in relation to improper removal and handling of asbestos. The Massachusetts Attorney General brough... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1262">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Globe Columnist Scot Lehigh wrote a column today on the dilemma facing the Obama administration over the Employee Free Choice Act. It&apos;s at the top of labor&apos;s legislative wish list and Obama ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1264">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Mass AG press release: A Lynn painting contractor has pled guilty to violating the Commonwealth&apos;s Wage and Hour Laws. Derek Sullivan, age 38, owner of Sullivan Commercial Painting Company (Sulliv... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1265">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Asbestos is a naturally occurring silicate mineral with long, thin fibrous crystals. The word asbestos (?s&#xdf;est??) is derived from a Greek adjective meaning inextinguishable. The Greeks termed asb... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1534">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Preliminary Work Begins</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Preliminary work has started at the Carpenters Center as the demolition contractor NASDI began checking the structural layout in preparation for tearing down walls. At the end of January, the asbestos... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1533">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As a follow-up to the post yesterday on the article in the Nation, here are two very effective ads that American Rights At Work will be running in key districts where elected officials may be on the f... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1266">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters continues to take advantage of modern methods of communication by recently starting a group on Facebook. Any members or family who are active on Facebook... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1269">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ An article in the Nation last week examined the high-stakes battle in Washington over the Employee Free Choice Act, organized labor&apos;s highest priority.It was an issue in last year&apos;s Congress... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1268">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Maine Governor John Baldacci yesterday signed an Executive Order establishing a Joint Enforcement Task Force on Employee Misclassification, making Maine the latest state in New England to take formal ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1267">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ More than fifty apprentices at the New England Carpenters Training Center became the latest members to participate in the B.U.I.L.D. program on Friday. The session was led by NERCC ES-T Mark Erlich, O... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1270">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Worcester Business Journal this week is running an article on the problems in the underground economy, specifically in the drywall segment of our industry. The title of the article is The Dirty Jo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1274">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Video highlights of the groundbreaking at Carpenters Place, NERCCs new regional headquarters, is available online. It has been uploaded to a growing library of videos on youtube produced by NERCC. The... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1273">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The next contract allocation will be the subject of discussion at January monthly meetings for those locals covered by the Boston and Eastern Massachusetts agreement, the Northern New England agreemen... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1272">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Connecticut Employee Rights Blog.Stumbled across this while perusing information about enforcement of labor laws in Connecticut. It describes itself as &quot;The Blog for Connecticut employees and... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1271">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Brother Simon James, who serves as the Warden of the New England Regional Council of Carpenters as well as the Business Manager of Carpenters Local 108 and Regional Manager for Central and Western Mas... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1277">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ An Associated Press story notes that nonresidential construction unexpectedly declined less than residential construction in November.Good news, but temporary. Unless future months continue to defy ex... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1276">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ No, this isn&apos;t the same old story about trouble at Ford, GM and Chrysler. It&apos;s about Toyota having to shut down plants in Japan for eleven days this month because of steep declines in sales.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1275">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As reported in the Boston Globe.The New England Regional Council of Carpenters broke ground yesterday on a new office building that will house its headquarters and a training center in Dorchester.The ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1536">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As reported in the Boston Globe.The New England Regional Council of Carpenters broke ground yesterday on a new office building that will house its headquarters and a training center in Dorchester.The ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1278">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>What's next?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The NERCC presence in cyberspace is growing. It&apos;s been many years since we created a website. About two years ago we started sending Council Updates to staff, delegates and local union officers b... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1280">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Conn AG supports workers in suit against National CarpentryConnecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal yesterday joined immigrant workers who are suing National Carpentry to recover thousands of d... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1279">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Union carpenters, contractor spread some holiday spirit</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members of Carpenters Local 67 recently partnered with union contractor Commodore Builders to help a WWII veteran in need. John MacPherson, a Normandy combat vet from Boston, was having a difficult ti... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1283">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley?s office has announced the settlement of two cases that will result in two companies paying carpenters more than $130,000 in owed wages and fines in exces... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1282">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>In defense of American workers</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Bob Herbert, an Opinion writer for the New York Times, makes a stirring defense of American workers and the lack of respect they receive. He uses teachers and UAW members as examples of workers who ha... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1281">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>What do we have to offer?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Why should an owner or developer hire union carpenters, employed by union contractors? Take a look.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1284">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Michel Pare, former President of Ben &amp; Sons Drywall Contractors in Connecticut has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison, along with two years of supervised release in connection with a pen... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1288">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Obama picks LA Congresswoman for Sec of Labor</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ President-elect Barack Obama is expected to nominate Congresswoman Hilda Solis to be the next Secretary of Labor. The announcement is expected to be made today. Solis is serving her fourth term in Con... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1287">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Local 107 member, Gines, named to MassCOSH Board</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Manny Gines, a member of Carpenters Local 107 and a full time Organizer with the New England Regional Council of Carpenters has been named to the Board of Directors for MassCOSH.According to its websi... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1286">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Scholarship Sub-Committee of the Council has established the guidelines for the eligibility, application, and awarding of scholarships for 2009.  They are  encouraging each Local to make the guide... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1285">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>&quot;We could be talking about hundreds of thousands of jobs&quot;</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick today began public discussion about the influx of federal money into Massachusetts that could lead to massive job creation, in the construction industry, in partic... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1289">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ In a November 2 Opinion piece in the Springfield Republican, Mark E Dupont, the group&apos;s Director of Public Affairs made a strong defense of the Church&apos;s support for union workers and contrac... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1290">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>No trickle down for bailout?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Bank of America gets $25 billiion in taxpayer bailout money.Republic Windows and Doors in Chicago, Illinois--a Bank of America client--shut its doors last week. The company was considering closing its... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1293">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Are unions the problem or solution for auto industry?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Johnathan Cutler writes an interesting piece in the LA Times considering whether the problems with the auto industry have more to do with the union plants operated by the Big Three or the nonunion pla... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1292">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &quot;The We Campaign is a project of The Alliance for Climate Protection -- a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. The goal of the Alliance is to... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1291">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Conn Stops Work where it finds fraud</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ As reported at the quarterly NERCC Delegats&apos; meeting on Saturday: As of December 5, the Connecticut Department of Labor had issued 127 &quot;Stop Work&quot; orders on construction sites where mis... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1295">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ At the quarterly Delegate&apos;s meeting on Saturday, NERCC Executive Secretary-Treasurer Mark Erlich announced labor trustees for the new Eastern Massachusetts Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1294">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Affordable housing HQ opens, with help from NERCC</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union Carpenters joined Dorchester residents and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino at the grand opening of the new headquarters for the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance. In addition to using 100% un... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1296">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Obama administration could aggressively tackle 1099s</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Former Clinton Chief of Staff John Podesta?who is running President-elect Barack Obama?s transition team?was previously heading a think tank which will recommend to Obama that the top priority of the ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1298">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Feds hit NH companies on 1099s for $500k</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The U.S. Department of Labor delivered an early stocking full of coal to the Poulins and their trio of cheating companies yesterday, ordering them to pay 99 workers close to $500,000 in back wages and... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1297">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>LEED Certifiable</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Upon completion, the Carpenters Center will qualify for LEED Certifiable status. As part of the preparation for this, a Commissioning Study of the project is being done to review various energy-relate... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1537">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The crackdown continues. This from the MASS AG&apos;s office: BOSTON ? Attorney General Martha Coakley?s Office has reached an agreement with the owner of a Bourne construction company to settle alleg... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1299">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Drug distributor McKesson Corp. has agreed to pay consumers and health plans $350 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the New England Carpenters Health Fund alleging it conspired to inflate the cos... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1300">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Errol Louis, Columnist for the New York Daily News runs down a list of items President-elect Barack Obama might want to tackle on behalf on workers when he takes office.No surprise the list includes m... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1301">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters will be the sponsor of an exclusive event featuring Therese Murray, the President of the Massachusetts Senate. The event is being held by MassINC, a nonp... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1303">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Massachusetts Attorney General?s Office yesterday issued the following press release, announcing citations against a Virginia drywall contractor working in Springfield for misclassification of emp... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1302">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Union Carpenter Mary Ann Cloherty wasn?t elected on Tuesday, but last week she was appointed to serve on the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Advisory Council on Vocational Te... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1305">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members did more than help candidates get elected to office on Tuesday. Brother Tom Wright is a carpenter who got himself elected. Wright ran for the seat for Maine Houser Representative in district 1... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1304">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>President-elect Barack Obama</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<title>Results of Targeted Races in New England</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Below is a list of results from targeted races in New England. Endorsed candidate is noted with an *.President of the United StatesBarack Obama*--338 Electoral College VotesJohn McCain--163United Stat... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1306">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Joe Bergin, a member of a Boston-based group called the Carpenter Poets of JP is looking for members who want to show off their own poetry skills. The group will be participating in an event at Boston... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1308">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ In Spring 2008, carpenters working for Auburn Construction broke ground at a special project on two acres of donated land located on the campus of Stonehill College in Easton, MA. The House of Possibi... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1310">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Posted Oct 23, 2008 @ 02:26 PMFRAMINGHAM ? Allen the licensed contractor briefly supplanted Joe the unlicensed plumber as the tradesman of the moment inside the Blumer Room Wednesday morning.Framingha... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1309">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has taken an increasingly aggressive stance in regards to the misclassification of workers as independent contractors. And well they should. It costs the state millio... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1312">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ FALL RIVER ? Unscrupulous employers cost the state millions in unpaid workers&apos; compensation and gain an advantage over businesses that follow the rules, a state task force says.This type of cheat... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1311">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>What We Do - Mill Cabinet Production and Installation</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The details and fine craftsmanship that go into creating the woodwork, cabinetry and d&#xe9;cor in shopping malls, bank buildings, hotels and office buildings are created by shop and mill cabinet carp... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1538">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Two members of New Hampshire Local 118 were killed as the result of an accident on a job in Waltham, Massachusetts on Friday. Union Brothers Peter Marchese and Chris Beste were hurt when a lift they w... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1314">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Congratulations to the Brothers and Sisters in Indiana, who recently earned recognition from ZISA (Zero Injury Safety Awards) for their cooperative focus on safety with contractors.This year&apos;s to... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1315">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Who We Are - 6 States, 30 Locals, 1 Council</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This past weekend, the NERCC held a convention at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods. Here&apos;s the video that opened the convention Saturday morning. It&apos;s a look at projects built by union Carpenters t... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1540">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This video, first intruduced at the 2008 NERCC Convention, is titled &quot;Union Town,&quot; features members who are active community members.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1539">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>NERCC Convention, Part II</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The B.U.I.L.D. program was prominently featured at the Convention. B.U.I.L.D. is a brand new program developed by NERCC to give members information about the construction industry, the Carpenters Unio... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1319">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>UBC commitment to training continues</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ If you&apos;re heard UBC General President Doug McCarron talk to a group of carpenters, you know how much he emphasizes the need for training in our industry and our union. The commitment to constantl... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1318">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>States chasing tax cheats, including 1099s</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Globe today contained an article about one of the few expanding segments of the economy: tax compliance. In the rough times, many states are ramping up efforts to bridge the income gap by c... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1317">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>States chasing tax cheats, including 1099s</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Globe today contained an article about one of the few expanding segments of the economy: tax compliance. In the rough times, many states are ramping up efforts to bridge the income gap by c... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1316">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Convention videos online</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Two of the videos featured at the recent NERCC convention have been posted online. Please visit the ?News and Events? section of necarpenters.org to view them and share them with your fellow union mem... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1320">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>2008 NERCC Convention, Part I</title>
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			<pubDate>  Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This weekend&apos;s convention at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods was very well received. We&apos;ll be posting some highlights, including video highlights from speakers and programs from throughout the day... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1321">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>New CT law, enforcement working well</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Full text of story posted at NERCC&apos;s website.A new, quick and powerful enforcement tool has been used by the state Department of Labor to close down more than 85 work sites in Connecticut since l... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1322">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>What We Do- Training</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ When our highly skilled union carpenters complete a project, it ranks in quality on par with the top craftsmanship in the world. From soundness of construction to aesthetics of the finish, quality is ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1541">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>The good: Company touts training, benefits in going union</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ By Denis PaisteNew Hampshire Union Leader Staff Sunday, Sep. 14, 2008MANCHESTER - In an industry that relies largely on subcontractors, Spectrum Floors is trumpeting a new relationship with its worker... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1543">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters Center wins final approval</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Zoning Board of Appeals today approved NERCC plans for construction of the Carpenters Center, which will serve as the union?s headquarters at 750 Dorchester Avenue. The ruling follows the r... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1542">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>I like the NERCC. Mostly all good guys Neil O'Brie...</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I like the NERCC. Mostly all good guys Neil O&apos;Brien, Dicky Dean and bro&apos;s like that. Good Stuff keep on swinging. Keep the faith. Organize or Die... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1375">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Showing what's possible</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ (Cross posted at Building New England)Commodore Builders and Union Carpenters are setting a new standard for quality building on an accelerated schedule in the buildout of office space for real estate... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1324">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters Center wins final approval</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ (Cross posted at the Carpenters Center blog.)The Boston Zoning Board of Appeals today approved NERCC plans for construction of the Carpenters Center, which will serve as the union?s headquarters at 75... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1323">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>The good: Company touts training, benefits in going union</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ By DENIS PAISTENew Hampshire Union Leader Staff MANCHESTER ? In an industry that relies largely on subcontractors, Spectrum Floors is trumpeting a new relationship with its workers, about 17 of whom a... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1326">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters Center clears another hurdle</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) yesterday gave approval to the New England Regional Council of Carpenters for construction plans submitted for the union?s ?Carpenters Center? at 750 Dorcheste... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1325">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Did You Know?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Heron of Alexandria created the earliest known automatic door in the 1st century AD during the era of Roman Egypt. The first foot-sensor-activated automatic door was made in China during the reign of ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1544">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters Center clears another hurdle</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) yesterday gave approval to the New England Regional Council of Carpenters for construction plans submitted for the union?s ?Carpenters Center? at 750 Dorcheste... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1545">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Fierro elected RI State Rep</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Chris Fierro, a researcher for the New England Carpenters Labor Management Program, won a six-way Democratic primary for state representative in Woonsocket, Rhode Island yesterday. Because there is no... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1328">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Carpenters to kick off member-to-member canvassing in NH</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters is kicking off general election efforts in New Hampshire this weekend, with members going door-to-door to talk to fellow members. There are more than 2,0... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1327">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Did You Know?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &quot;As a construction material, wood is 4 times more efficient as an insulator than an equivalent thickness of cinder block, 6 times more efficient than brick, 15 times more efficient than concrete,... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1546">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Happy Labor Day</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ To all of our Brothers and Sisters in the New England Regional Council we would like to wish you a Happy Labor Day. It is significant that the history and achievements of American workers are honored ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1329">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Avalon Bay embarrassed again</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A story appeared today in the New Haven Register about NERCC Carpenters demonstrating in front of an Avalon Bay project in Connecticut. This major developer has chosen to turn a blind eye to the explo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1330">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ United Brotherhood Of Carpenters Endorses ObamaWednesday August 20, 6:37 pm ET WASHINGTON, Aug. 20--Leaders from throughout the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners today unanimously endorsed ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1332">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ ?For more than 120 years, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners has worked to ensure that hard work is rewarded with the opportunity to thrive and build a better life. But after eight years... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1331">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Connecticut Department of Labor has made aggressive and effective use of a new law in that state to curtail tax and insurance problems in the construction industry by those who intentionally miscl... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1336">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Mass AG issues advisory on OSHA 10 requirement</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ In August 2008, the AGO issued ?An Advisory from the Massachusetts Attorney General?s Fair Labor Division on Chapter 306 of the Acts of 2004, An Act Relative to the Health and Safety on Public Constru... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1335">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ New Hampshire Congressman Paul Hodes recently held a meeting in his district to hear about the issue of misclassification in the construction industry. Ashley Smith of the Nashua Telegraph covered the... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1334">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Why not reward good employers?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Senator Durbin, from Illinois, introduced legislation that would ofter a tax credit for employers that do GOOD things for their employees. Unfortunately, no action was taken on the bill.8/2/2007?Intro... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1333">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Did You Know?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ ?There are a number of claims to the inventor of the pile driver. A mechanically sound drawing of a pile driver appeared as early as 1475 in Francesco di Giorgio Martini&apos;s treatise Trattato di Ar... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1547">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>What We Do - Pile Driving / Diving</title>
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			<pubDate>  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Often the first workers on site, pile drivers drive metal sheet piling to hold back the dirt during excavations; drive concrete and metal piling as part of the foundation system for large buildings; d... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1548">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>What We Do - Floorcovering</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Installing carpeting, hardwood flooring and soft tiles and &quot;linoleum-type&quot; products made of vinyl and rubbers is the work of floorlayers. They install a wide range of decorative floor coveri... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1549">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Mass AG settles wage case</title>
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			<pubDate>  Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Olympic Painting and Roofing, a company NERCC has long been chasing for misclassifying and cheating workers, pled guilty yesterday to failing to get proper workers&apos; compensation insurance as part... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1337">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Did You Know?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ &quot;More concrete is used than any other man-made material in the world. As of 2006, about 7 cubic kilometers of concrete are made each year?more than one cubic meter for every person on Earth...Mor... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1550">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>A different shade of Green in Southie</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ If you haven&apos;t heard about or seen &quot;The Greening of Southie&quot; you might want to check it out.The documentary follows the construction of the Macallen building in South Boston and the eff... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1338">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Scott Van Voorhis of the Boston Herald reported on the New England Regional Council of Carpenters new headquarters. His story, quoted below, can be read here.Sporting wind turbines and an LED sign, IB... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1551">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Unemployment Benefits extended</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Members should be aware that an extension in unemployment benefits has recently taken effect after Congress passed and the President signed emergency legislation.The length of the extension and eligib... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1340">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Taking training to the next level</title>
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			<pubDate>  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Monday, the Carpenters union and Wentworth Institute of Technology formally signed an agreement on a program that will provide tremendous opportunity to union members.The school is offering an Associa... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1339">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>UBC Pol Dir to run NJ Obama ops</title>
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			<pubDate>  Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Politicker, one of the most trusted insider political sites, is reporting that Tricia Mueller, the national Political Director for the United Brotherhood of Caprenters has been selected to run the New... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1341">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Welcome to NERCC</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This blog has just begun.For information about the New England Regional Council of Carpenters, please visit our website.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1347">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Working Class Heroes</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Interested in what folks are doing to improve their working conditions, their wages, their lives? Visit Working Class Heroes to see them live and close up.... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1346">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Study shows unions benefit low wage workers</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The Center for Economic and Policy Research has released a study that concludes union membership is a significant benefit for low-wage workers. The study examined wage data and union status population... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1345">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>NERCC action against Avalon Bay gets noticed</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A few saturdays ago, the Boston Herald ran a prominent story about recent activity by the union to highlight problems associated with Avalon Bay projects. The union has been demonstrating in front of ... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1344">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Bad ballot question</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters is one of many groups in Massachusetts working to defeat a ballot question that would eliminate the income tax. That&apos;s 40% of the state budget. Brid... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1343">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Misclassification hurts ALL honest businesses</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The problem of workers in the construction industry being misclassified a independent contractors rather than employees is not only bad for workers, it&apos;s bad for honest companies trying to compet... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1342">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>About the Carpenters Center</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ In February, 2007, the New England Regional Council of Carpenters (NERCC) purchased the building located at 750 Dorchester Avenue in Boston. The facility was once the home of the Dirigo Spice Corporat... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1553">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Who's Involved?</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The first floor of the building will hold shop and training space for the Boston Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Fund. The building already has high ceilings, which makes it a good fit fo... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1552">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>NERCC Ready to BUILD for the Future</title>
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			<pubDate>  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Change is constant. Even in the construction industry, where individual crafts workers as well as business owners will point to ?the way we?ve always done things,? there is no doubt tremendous changes... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1348">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>NERCC Ready to BUILD for the Future</title>
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			<pubDate>  Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Change is constant. Even in the construction industry, where individual crafts workers as well as business owners will point to the way we?ve always done things, there is no doubt tremendous changes h... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1349">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>NERCC buys property</title>
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			<pubDate>  Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:00:00 GMT </pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The New England Regional Council of Carpenters closed on a building and property at 750 Dorchester Avenue in Boston that will serve as the future home of the Council, the Boston Carpenters Apprentices... <a href="http://www.nercc.org/blog/P/1554">Read more.</a>]]></description>
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