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Teamsters send 'Jobs Not Cuts' message on ground, in cyberspace (Source: Teamster Nation, January 30, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters on January 30 sent a message to Congress that Americans want jobs, not cuts to Social Security, Medicare and education. Our brothers and sisters joined rallies around the country and participated in the biggest political Thunderclap in history. (Thunderclap is a new website that lets people to pledge to Tweet or Facebook a message all at the same time on the same day in order to achieve the maximum effect.) A total of 5,977 people sent the "Jobs Not Cuts" message to more than 1,869,096 Facebook and Twitter connections. Full story: Teamster Nation Thursday, January 31, 2013 © 1997-2013 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen

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