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	<title>IMAGINE 2050 &#187; Wages</title>
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		<title>Immigrants are Vital to Our Communities</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/05/20/immigrants-are-vital-to-our-communities/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/05/20/immigrants-are-vital-to-our-communities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 13:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Collar Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disrespect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Practices]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Immigration Status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proper Documentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Harassment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wages]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few months back workers were let go from their jobs at a local processing plant in Iowa due to discrepancies with their immigration status. I started to get calls on a cold Monday in January. Workers were in a &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/05/20/immigrants-are-vital-to-our-communities/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Food workers struggle for justice with tomato pickers in Immokalee</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/03/16/food-workers-struggle-for-justice-with-tomato-pickers-in-immokalee/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/03/16/food-workers-struggle-for-justice-with-tomato-pickers-in-immokalee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Do The Right Thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmworkers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Food Chain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grocery Retailers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immokalee Workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Midwest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minimum Wage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protesters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Publix Grocery Store]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tampa Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tomato Harvesters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tomatoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trader Joe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington Dc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workday]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, I along with a few workers from the Midwest joined hundreds of protesters and Immokalee workers in Tampa, Florida.  This effort to bring more attention to the plight of food workers started in the northeast and made &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/03/16/food-workers-struggle-for-justice-with-tomato-pickers-in-immokalee/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>I-9 Verification, riddled with errors, continues to hurt American workers</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/02/02/i-9-verification-riddled-with-errors-continues-to-hurt-american-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/02/02/i-9-verification-riddled-with-errors-continues-to-hurt-american-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACLU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department Of Homeland Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dhs Office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Error Rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigrant Workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independent Employers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living Wage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mandatory System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meat Processing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security Number]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Verification Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Verification System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wages]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 2005, the US initiated the I-9 verification program for employers. The I-9 Form is used by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to verify an employee’s identity and eligibility to work in the U.S. Mandatory verification is not good &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2011/02/02/i-9-verification-riddled-with-errors-continues-to-hurt-american-workers/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Temp agencies make job security tough for meatpacking workers</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/12/09/temp-agencies-make-job-security-tough-for-meatpacking-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/12/09/temp-agencies-make-job-security-tough-for-meatpacking-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 22:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heating Bills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hiring Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Job Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meat Processing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meatpacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minor Infraction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seniority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temp Agencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temp Agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Temporary Work Agencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Time Position]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wage Rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wages]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Temporary work agencies have been popping up all over the country. I did a Google search for agencies in Iowa alone and came back with 53,000 results.  As I talk to workers, many of them say they are finding work, &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/12/09/temp-agencies-make-job-security-tough-for-meatpacking-workers/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Labor and American Immigration</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/07/20/chinese-labor-and-american-immigration/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/07/20/chinese-labor-and-american-immigration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African American History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African Americans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese Labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese Workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Wages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internal Migration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rural Areas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slavery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wealth Disparity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newcomm.webfactional.com/?p=5253</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rumor has it the end of cheap labor is coming to China. I really doubt that is true, but at least it is looking better for some Chinese workers in terms of receiving something similar to fair wages. We know &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/07/20/chinese-labor-and-american-immigration/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The March for America</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/04/13/the-march-for-america/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/04/13/the-march-for-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Axel Fuentes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comprehensive Immigration Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigrant Workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[March 21]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[March for America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Working Conditions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newcomm.webfactional.com/?p=4201</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The big March for America happened on March 21 in Washington D.C. where thousands of people from all around the nation gathered and marched to ask the U.S. government for immigration reform. Working as a volunteer in the days before &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/04/13/the-march-for-america/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Eating with a Conscience</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/01/26/eating-with-a-conscience/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/01/26/eating-with-a-conscience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Chain Workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meat Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meat Packing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organizers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Opportunity Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wages]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since I moved to the US I have really enjoyed going out to eat with my family and friends. I’ve been to many unique, fine and also hole-in-the-wall restaurants. In the past year however I cut down on how &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2010/01/26/eating-with-a-conscience/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>It’s Morning in America Again</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2008/11/03/it%e2%80%99s-morning-in-america-again/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2008/11/03/it%e2%80%99s-morning-in-america-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 06:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Ward</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bad Cloud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basic Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breath Of Fresh Air]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fifty States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good Job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governmental Responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guilty Pleasure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morning Tv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Transportation System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reaganomics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ronald Reagan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tension]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twenty Five Years]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unsafe Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wages]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newcomm.webfactional.com/?p=974</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love those mornings! You know the type of morning I’m talking about. The kind of morning when you wake up early and you have the whole day ahead of you. The sun is slowly rising in the east and &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2008/11/03/it%e2%80%99s-morning-in-america-again/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Isolation Bad, Globalization Good</title>
		<link>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2008/07/07/isolation-bad-globalization-good/</link>
		<comments>http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2008/07/07/isolation-bad-globalization-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Viets</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2 Ways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amount Of Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basic Human Needs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cost Of Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Developing Countries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Different Ways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecuadorians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Globalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hardships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isolationism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Koreans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mother And Father]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wages]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t think isolationism should influence American foreign policy and here&#8217;s why: The rise of isolationist foreign policies is in response to globalization. And Why? When our American economy competes globally, so does our individual income. In result, how much &#8230; <a href="http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2008/07/07/isolation-bad-globalization-good/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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