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	<description>Issues that matter and resources for white collar workers of any profession or employment status.</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>&#8216;OC Register&#8217; Outsourcing Some Editing to India</title>
		<link>http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/06/28/oc-register-outsourcing-some-editing-to-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Orange County Register]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From Editor and Publisher:
&#8220;SANTA ANA An Indian company will take over copyediting duties for some stories published in The Orange County Register and will handle page layout for a community newspaper at the company that owns the Pulitzer Prize-winning daily, the newspaper confirmed Tuesday.Orange County Register Communications Inc. will begin a one-month trial with Mindworks [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "&#8216;OC Register&#8217; Outsourcing Some Editing to India", url: "http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/06/28/oc-register-outsourcing-some-editing-to-india/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>UP Statement of Purpose</title>
		<link>http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/06/25/up-statement-of-purpose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Background
United Professionals grew out of Barbara Ehrenreich&#8217;s 2006 book, Bait and Switch: the (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream, on white-collar unemployment.  On her book tour, Barbara met legions of people who had personally experienced what she had written about. They kept asking, &#8220;What can be done to protect the white-collar middle class from being [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "UP Statement of Purpose", url: "http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/06/25/up-statement-of-purpose/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>It really is the economy, stupid!</title>
		<link>http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/06/25/it-really-is-the-economy-stupid-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trude</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the unbridled (okay, barely bridled) glee on Wall Street at the Dow’s climb above 13000, the tide that’s raising some boats is swamping others and running a lot of dinghies aground. Let’s follow the money to a few ports of call that UP members care about.
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		<title>Transition Rights: the Evolution of Employee Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/06/25/transition-rights-the-evolution-of-employee-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Alan VerPlanck]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Council for Adult and Experiential Learning]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Karen Orren]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lifelong Learning Accounts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Northeast Indiana Central Labor Council]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Senate Bill S 26]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
What if losing your job wasn’t a big deal? What if you’re downsized, RIFed, outsourced, laid off, or just plain fired – and you don’t panic, feel like a total loser, get depressed, or go into debt? What if there was no negative stigma involved in losing your job – in fact, what if the [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Transition Rights: the Evolution of Employee Rights", url: "http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/06/25/transition-rights-the-evolution-of-employee-rights/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Enter the Entrepreneur</title>
		<link>http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/06/25/enter-the-entrepreneur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trude</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[entrepeneurs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[freelancing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As we find ourselves not-so-valued by Corporate America, with our jobs outsourced to who knows where, the vacuum left by the departure of other-created busy-ness may be filled with a rush of creativity. If your energy rush includes the thought that, hey, maybe companies will want to outsource jobs I can do to me if [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Enter the Entrepreneur", url: "http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/06/25/enter-the-entrepreneur/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>A Supreme Court Victory for Older Workers</title>
		<link>http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/06/20/a-supreme-court-victory-for-older-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/06/20/a-supreme-court-victory-for-older-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[age-discrimination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From The New York Times: 
 &#8221;WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled for older workers Thursday in a closely watched age discrimination case, placing on employers the burden of proving that a layoff or other action that hurts older workers more than others was based not on age but on some other “reasonable factor.” &#8230;
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		<title>EPI urges immediate action on unemployment benefits extension</title>
		<link>http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/06/10/epi-urges-immediate-action-on-unemployment-benefits-extension/</link>
		<comments>http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/06/10/epi-urges-immediate-action-on-unemployment-benefits-extension/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[deteriorating job market]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[extenstion of unemployment benefits]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[unemployment compensation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["This morning, EPI Vice President Ross Eisenbrey issued the following statement on pending legislation to extend unemployment benefits: 
"For months, as the nation's economy has deteriorated, members of Congress have tried and failed to push through a common-sense extension of unemployment insurance benefits. Now there is another chance. House leaders plan to vote as soon as tomorrow (Wednesday) on a stand-alone extension bill passed Monday by the House Ways and Means Committee. The extension, which adds 13 weeks of benefits to unemployed workers who have exhausted their benefits, might also remain attached to the emergency supplemental appropriations bill for war funding. Congress should use every possible vehicle to put this issue before the president. 
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		<title>For Wall Street Workers, Ax Falls Quietly</title>
		<link>http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/05/17/for-wall-street-workers-ax-falls-quietly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/05/17/for-wall-street-workers-ax-falls-quietly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 22:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[UPbeat]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stealth layoffs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is an excerpt from a New York Times story published May 16, 2008. Click on the link to read the entire article:

"People on Wall Street seem to be vanishing overnight.

JoAnne Kennedy was laid off by JPMorgan Chase while she was recovering from surgery. 

Thousands are losing their jobs as hard-pressed banks cut deep. But while layoffs are nothing new in the financial industry (they come with almost every downturn), this round seems different: it is eerily quiet. 

So quiet, in fact, that people refer to these cuts as stealth layoffs. Some bosses hardly say a word after people are fired. At Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, for example, the first clue that someone is gone can be e-mail messages that are returned to senders from a former colleague’s inactivated corporate address. 

While the financial markets have found a bit of a footing lately, banks are pushing ahead with plans for some of the deepest job reductions in years. Since last summer, banks worldwide have announced plans to cut 65,000 employees. ..."
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		<title>Got Fired, and Had to Pay Notary Fee Too</title>
		<link>http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/05/09/got-fired-and-had-to-pay-notary-fee-too/</link>
		<comments>http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/05/09/got-fired-and-had-to-pay-notary-fee-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 19:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Our stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Been a &#8217;senior electronics technician&#8217; for 35 years, the last 20 doing mostly PWB layout for several employers - 7 years, 3 years, 2 years &#38; 8 years. The last job, the cheeses kept saying &#8216;times are tough&#8217; for about 5-6 years yet no layoffs per se, while some temps have come &#38; gone, the [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Got Fired, and Had to Pay Notary Fee Too", url: "http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/05/09/got-fired-and-had-to-pay-notary-fee-too/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Need a Job, but is 63 Too Old?</title>
		<link>http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/05/08/need-a-job-but-is-63-too-old/</link>
		<comments>http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/05/08/need-a-job-but-is-63-too-old/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anonymous</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m told that I still look &#8220;good&#8221; for my age, but age is what it is. At some point they will have to know the truth - when you complete paperwork for medical insurance or sign permission for a background check it all comes out. I come from a generation that looked up to and [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Need a Job, but is 63 Too Old?", url: "http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2008/05/08/need-a-job-but-is-63-too-old/" });</script>]]></description>
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