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    :: Friday, October 22, 2004 ::

    AFL-CIO seeks to dispel notions about job losses By Michael Burke, Journal Times Online, WI
    RACINE COUNTY - The remarks are familiar: Losing manufacturing jobs is inevitable; it's the result of greater productivity; and America hangs onto the higher-knowledge jobs while losing the blue-collar types.

    All myths, says the AFL-CIO in a report released Tuesday titled 'Wisconsin Job Exports: An Analysis of the Role Trade Plays in Manufacturing Job Loss.'

    'It's just not true,' said Robert Baugh, executive director of the AFL-CIO's Industrial Union Council. 'It's just flat-out not true.'
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