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		<title>Local 673 still on strike with ProBuild after meeting</title>
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Fox Valley Labor News file photo
Exterior view of the Probuild facility in Yorkville, IL.

By Jennifer Rice
Staff Writer
A mediation meeting last week between ProBuild and the Teamsters Local 673 did little to resolve an ongoing strike at the Yorkville lumber business, making union officials feel like the company is taking regressive bargaining action instead of offering
concessions.
Since [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foxvalleylabornews.com/news/?p=834</link>
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		<title>Yankees edge White Sox to take rubber match</title>
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Brenda Bazan photo
Yankees rookie pitcher Ivan Nova was solid, striking out seven in five and two-thirds innings of work as the New York Yankees edged the White Sox 2-1 on Sunday, Aug. 29.

By Larry Peterson
Staff writer
The Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees split the first two games of a three-game series at U.S. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foxvalleylabornews.com/news/?p=832</link>
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		<title>Labor now</title>
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By Jennifer Rice
Staff Writer
Last week, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka addressed members of the Alaska AFL-CIO Biennial Convention, stressing the need for unions to continue standing together, for themselves, for their children and grandchildren.
In his speech, “Defending the Union Way of Life,” Trumka took a line from a 1963 speech by former president, John F. Kennedy, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foxvalleylabornews.com/news/?p=829</link>
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		<title>Hofert: Filling financial needs with Union Guardian</title>
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By Christina Hazelwood
Staff Writer
Stacey Hofert took the old business adage, ‘Find a need and fill it,’ to heart when she started Union Guardian, a financial services company. Hofert began the company after recognizing that the needs of her clients were greater than the services offered by the company she worked for.
Hofert’s interest in unions was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foxvalleylabornews.com/news/?p=827</link>
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		<title>Hell: Full of hate or a final hope for justice</title>
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“These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.” 2nd Thessalonians 1:9-10
By Dan Richardson
Recently, someone accused [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foxvalleylabornews.com/news/?p=824</link>
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		<title>World War II vet takes flight</title>
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Jennifer Rice photo
Amos Nicholson (in green jump suit) and his tandem instructor, Dave Elliott prepare to touch the ground.

By Jennifer Rice
Staff Writer
As unnatural as it sounds, it’s not uncommon for a 90-something individual to go skydiving. It happens quite frequently and usually winds up making the news. There are even entire websites devoted to skydiving [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foxvalleylabornews.com/news/?p=821</link>
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		<title>Laborers’ International reunites with AFL-CIO</title>
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By Jennifer Rice
Staff Writer
Last week, Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) announced it will re-affiliate with the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest labor coalition, effective October 1 per a unanimous vote by LIUNA’s general executive board. This news followed a unanimous approval of the union’s General Executive Board, said LIUNA General President Terry O’Sullivan.
Four years [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foxvalleylabornews.com/news/?p=819</link>
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		<title>An era ends: Baseball legends last game at Wrigley</title>
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Brenda Bazan photo
Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox announced his retirement before the season began. He has his Braves leading the division as September approaches.

By Larry Peterson
Staff writer
Two highly respected, long-time baseball legends managed their last game at Wrigley Field last Sunday, Aug. 22.
The Atlanta Braves handed the hapless Cubs a 15-6 whitewash as a parting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foxvalleylabornews.com/news/?p=818</link>
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		<title>The written word is our heart treasure</title>
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By Dan Richardson
Christians with little faith (like me) don’t value God’s word as they should. In our weakness, we find it hard to study and relate. We pray hoping to hear God’s voice as clear as five bars on a cell phone. But without Scripture reading, our prayers are shallow because we don’t know what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foxvalleylabornews.com/news/?p=816</link>
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		<title>Cuckoo for Blagojevich: The path to governorship</title>
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Photo courtesy of Flickr
Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich
By Christina Hazelwood
Staff Writer
So maybe former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich isn’t so “cuckoo” after all. Just like Martha Stewart and many other powerful people, the feds got Blagojevich on a technicality: Lying to federal prosecutors. Who among you wouldn’t lie your pants off to federal agents who poked, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://foxvalleylabornews.com/news/?p=815</link>
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