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Local Union Leaders Call On Lieberman To Support Obama Jobs Plan 
In addition to President Barack Obama, a Connecticut union is putting pressure on U.S. Senators to take up his jobs plan.
Local union members, advocates, and local elected officials gathered Thursday outside New Britain High School to call on U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman to vote for the American Jobs Act.
“We need to get our economy moving again and the best way we can do that is by creating jobs,” Susan Truglio, president of the New Britain Federation of Teachers, said. “The American Jobs Act will do just that by putting educators back into our classrooms and millions of others back to work, put more money in the pockets of working Americans, help small businesses expand and grow, and rebuild our nation’s infrastructure, including our public schools.”
Truglio estimated that Obama’s jobs plan would put 280,000 teachers laid off by state budget cuts, first responders, veterans, and construction workers back to work.
Lieberman was unavailable for comment, but one of his staffers said he would vote to proceed with the bill, but was skeptical of some of the proposals, including the tax increases.
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“We call on Senator Lieberman to do the right thing and join the rest of the Connecticut delegation in calling for the passage of the president’s jobs plan as a down payment to putting America back to work,” Tom Swan, executive director of Connecticut Citizen Action Group, said.
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