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			<title><![CDATA[Race to the bottom? No, a forced march, double-time to the bottom]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[If you think the closure Friday of the decades old Electro-Motive locomotive plant in London, Ontario is not your concern, you are either wrong or rich.]]></description> 
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:55:59 -0500]]></pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[Progress Rail closing London locomotive plant]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[“It is regrettable that it has become necessary to close production operations at the London facility,” Electro-Motive Canada said in a prepared statement Friday.]]></description> 
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:18:05 -0500]]></pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[Mayor of London: 'Get your ass down here, Prime Minister Harper!']]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[&quot;Get your ass down here, Prime Minister Harper!&quot; bellowed Joe Fontana, mayor of London. In 2008 Harper visited the city's EMD plant, announcing corporate tax cuts to increase job security for Canadians. Now, EMD workers are locked out by their U.S. owner.]]></description> 
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:15:31 -0500]]></pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[Two studies on effect of wind turbines on health released in Jan.]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[An independent panel of experts in Massachusetts has released a report on the health hazards posed by wind turbines. Although the panel found no conclusive evidence of serious health problems, their findings left the door open for further research.]]></description> 
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:17:20 -0500]]></pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[Canadian health care makes me feel lucky]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Americans are very down on government involvement in health care. Many, especially Republicans, worry the government will tell them what health care they can or cannot have. Instead, they willingly give that control to insurance companies.]]></description> 
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:33:48 -0500]]></pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[OFL calls for a massive rally supporting locked-out workers]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is asking workers throughout the province to gather in London, Ontario, Saturday, January 21 for a massive rally supporting the unionized workers locked out by Electro-Motive Canada.]]></description> 
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:24:53 -0500]]></pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[Electro-Motive lockout in Ontario continues]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ross Seeley has worked at Electro-Motive Diesel in London, Ontario for almost three decades under three separate owners: General Motors, Greenbriar Equity Group, et al., and Progress Rail, a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc. He was to retire in a few months.]]></description> 
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:42:31 -0500]]></pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[Electro-Motive lockout: Morning quiet as battle lines drawn]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Daybreak brought the sun, a little warmth and a van carrying outside contractors to the men and women picketing in front of the Electro-Motive Diesel plant in London, Ontario.]]></description> 
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:59:28 -0500]]></pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[No happy new year for locked-out workers at Ontario company]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The lockout at the Electro-Motive Diesel plant in London, Ontario comes as no surprise. Contract talks seemed to be off the rails way back in May when both the union and company agreed to a six month extension of the contract.]]></description> 
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:08:57 -0500]]></pubDate> 
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			<title><![CDATA[Electro-Motive Workers Locked Out]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The workers at the Electro-Motive Diesel plant in London, Ontario have been locked out. Earlier in the day the company claimed that the CAW represented employees were refusing to report for their first scheduled work shift and were therefore on strike.]]></description> 
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:04:57 -0500]]></pubDate> 
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