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Wages for Young College Grads Fall
 Most recent young college graduates are a carrying a heavy debt load for their education, and they face a harder time paying it off because their wages have plummeted as well—part of a decade-long decline, according to a new Economic Snapshot from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).
Between 2007 and 2011, the wages of young college graduates dropped by 4.6 percent (5.1 percent for men and 4.1 percent for women). However, the wage growth of young graduates was weak even before the recent recession began. They have fared poorly over the entire period of general wage stagnation that began during the 2000-2007 business cycle. Between 2000 and 2011, the wages of young college graduates dropped 5.4 percent (1.6 percent for men and 8.5 percent for women).
For more information on the job prospects of this year’s graduates, read EPI's recent report, "The Class of 2012: Labor Market for Young Graduates Remains Grim."
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President Dujakovich Statement on Romney Visit to Kansas City
This morning Greater Kansas City AFL-CIO President Patrick Dujakovich was interviewed by KMBC Channel 9 Reporter Micheal Mahoney regarding the visit by Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney to Kansas City, MO. Here is a copy of that interview:
KC Union Leader: ” I’m Amazed Romney Has the Balls to Show His Face in Kansas City”
Kansas City AFL-CIO President Pat ‘Duke’ Dujakovich used some blunt language to day to blast Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s Thursday night fundraiser in Kansas City.
“I’m amazed Romney has the balls to show his face in Kansas City”, Dujakovich told reporters Thursday.
Dujakovich and a former steelworker criticized Bain Capital, a company where Romney was a leading executive.
Bain took control of a troubled Kansas City Steel plant about 20 years ago. After Bain took over, the GST steel plant failed. About 700 workers lost their jobs.
Many US steel companies had trouble during that era. Many other plants had to close. Many of Bain’s take over bids worked, GST, however, was not one of them.
A former GST worker, Jeff Jones, charged after a hard labor strike at the plant, Bain deliberately managed the plant in a fashion that forced it to close. Ban’s track record overall was a strong one.
About 75% of it’s operations moved forward after Bain came in. Developing.
For more information or to follow this story on the 20 Pounds of Headlines Blog by clicking here.
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New Union Mentoring Guide Helps Build Future Leaders
 The Next Generation: A Handbook for Mentoring Future Union Leaders, just released by the Berger-Marks Foundation and the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), provides hands-on advice and concrete tools for unions and other organizations to develop and implement mentoring programs for members and staff.
IWPR Study Director Cynthia Hess, Ph.D., wrote the handbook with funding provided by the Berger-Marks Foundation. The handbook includes step-by-step guidance, as well as sample surveys and other tools, which can be used to ensure a successful mentoring program. Hess drew on the experiences of several union leaders who have participated in or led mentoring and leadership development programs.
“Mentoring can help unions diversify their leadership,” Hess writes in her introduction.
This handbook examines the positive aspects of mentoring and provides a resource for expanding mentoring to take into account the diversity of the labor movement.
Linda Foley, president of the Berger-Marks Foundation, writes in the manual’s foreword:
Systematic access to good advice and non-judgmental evaluation by other activists and leaders is essential for the development of future activist leaders. In today’s complex and difficult economic environment, we can’t leave tomorrow’s leadership to chance.
"The Next Generation: A Handbook for Mentoring Future Union Leaders" is available in print or online from the Berger-Marks Foundation. Contact the foundation at bergermarks@gmail.com for more information about obtaining single or multiple copies.
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Heartland Labor Forum
 The Institute of Labor Studies and Kansas City, MO radio station KKFI 90.1 FM host a weekly radio program called Heartland Labor Forum. This is the only radio show about the workplace and the labor movement in Kansas City.
The Heartland Labor Forum airs on Thursday evenings 6:00 PM till 7:00 PM and is rebroadcasted on Friday mornings from 5:00 AM till 6:00 AM. Older broadcast are archived at The Institute of Labor Studies website and are available for listening as streaming audio.
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The Greater Kansas City AFL-CIO is proud to endorse the United Labor Credit Union as the official lending institution for Organized Labor in the metropolitan area. United Labor Credit Union is located at 6320 Manchester Ave, Suite 41C, on the lower level of the Greater Kansas Firefighters Hall.
United Labor Credit Union offers competitive lending rates, regardless of what you need to purchase. They provide many options to it members including checking, savings etc. ULCU is owned, operated and controlled by its members. We invite you to join ULCU.
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About the Greater Kansas City AFL-CIO |
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The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a voluntary federation of 56 national and international labor unions. The AFL-CIO was created in 1955 by the merger of the AFL and the CIO.
The AFL-CIO union movement represents 12.2 million members, including 3.2 million members in Working America, its community affiliate. We are teachers and miners, firefighters and farm workers, bakers and engineers, pilots and public employees, doctors and nurses, painters and plumbers—and more.
The Greater Kansas City AFL-CIO, born in 1963, serves working families across the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area.
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