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HOW TO READ BAR CODES
Always read the Labels on the Foods you Buy - No Matter what the Front of the Box or Package says, Turn it over and Read the Back.....CAREFULLY!
With all the food and pet products now coming from China, it is best to make sure you read labels at the grocery store and especially Walmart when buying food products. Many products no longer show where they were made, they only give where the distributor is located. It is important to read the bar code to track it's origin.
This may be useful to know when grocery shopping.
GREAT WAY TO "BUY USA & CANADA" AND NOT FROM CHINA
| The whole world is concerned about China-made "black hearted goods"
If the first 3 digits of the barcode are 690, 691 or 692, the product is "MADE IN CHINA"
471 is Made in Taiwan.
Chinese businessmen know that consumers do not prefer products "MADE IN CHINA"
so they do not show from which country it is made. However, you may now refer to the barcode - remember if the the first 3 digits are:
690 - 692 MADE IN CHINA
00 - 09 MADE IN USA & CANADA
30 - 37 FRANCE
40 - 44 GERMANY
471 TAIWAN
49 JAPAN
50 UK
Buy USA & CANADIAN MADE by watching for "0" at the beginning of the number.
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U N I T E D B R O T H E R H O O D OF C A R P E N T E R S A N D J O I N E R S OF A M E R I C A
Douglas J. McCarron
General President
New Year Provides Opportunity To Strenghen Our Brotherhood
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On behalf of the officers of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, I would like to wish all members and their families the best for the new year.
While 2012 will be another year of economic uncertainty and continued challenges, it also marks a year of opportunity to strengthen our union.
It is up to us to keep our skills sharp for the day when the economy turns around. It is also up to us to make our voices heard to ensure that day arrives as soon as possible.
While no one is happy with the pace of recovery, things would be far worse if we returned to the policies that created the mess in the first place. Unfortunately, too many politicians think it is possible to move forward in reverse gear.
We must resist this misguided thinking and mobilize the energy of our nearly half-million members on behalf of candidates and political efforts that favor working people.
In the United States, 2012 will se the most important election in decades. With so much at stake, including Davis-Bacon wage protections, members must go beyond voting and volunteer to assist the political operations at their council or local.
While Canada avoided the excesses of Wall Street and is fortunate to have escaped the worst of the fallout, its new federal government is not worker friendly. I encourage our Canadian brothers and sisters to also become politically involved at the provincial and federal level.
We are not the first generation to face adversity, and, unfortunately, we will not be the last. However, persevering in difficult times makes things better for those who follow.
As the world sand into the Depression in late 1931, Carpenter magazine sent out season's greetings to UBC members. It read, in part that organized labor deserved credit for "arousing public sentiment against ever permitting a recurrence of such conditions of want and privation in this land of plenty."
Less than a year after those words appeared, voters in the United States elected Franklin Roosevelt president and ushered in one of the greatest periods of social advancement in the nation's history. Over the next few years, Social Security, unemployment insurance, and the freedom to join a union were enshrined in law.
While it would take several more years for the Depression to end, there was no return to the naked capitalism that sank the economy. Instead, we benefit today from the efforts of those who fought to make the future brighter.
We must continue the battle and build on the legacy of those who came before us in order to improve our lives and the lives of those to come. Together, we will succeed.
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College Scholarship Opportunities for Union Members & Families
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NOTE: CISCO has extended the deadline for all applications to March 9, 2012
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Contractor Work in Alberta Canada
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
www.cnrl.com and the UBC www.carpenters.org
INVITE YOU to participate in an information session at the International Training Center in Las Vegas on February 15th - 16th, 2012 to learn about opportunities for constructions companies in an emerging and exciting region and industry, Canada's Oilands. Representatives of Canadian Natural and UBC will be in attendance to provide an overview of Canadian Natural's plan to expand its Synthetic Crude Oil production capacity at the Horizon Oil Sands site in Northeastern Alberta. Participants will learn about working in this demanding but rewarding environment and industry.
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If this is of interest to you please contact:
Leon J. Harder, Director
Contractor Development
Operations and Project Services
Horizon Oil Sands
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
leon.harder@cnrl.com
708-828-3141
Mario Waters, Executive Director of Operations
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
6801 Placid Street
Las Vegas, NV 89119
mwaters@carpenters.org
702-938-1111 ext. 1030
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