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Order your copy of Building Wealth in a Paycheck-to-Paycheck World by Paul Petillo. It is packed with safe, proven wealth-building strategies that cover all the major components of a balanced financial plan, including:

• Straight talk on mutual funds, bonds, real estate, and annuities
• Techniques for avoiding financial disasters
• Tools to help readers track their debt and create a plan for staying out of it
• Road maps to buying a home and saving for college and retirement

One of the easiest ways to protect jobs in this country is to purchase products made in this country. As the holiday season approaches, and as a reference guide for year round shopping, use this list when considering your next purchase.

Online Outlets

• www.nosweat apparel.com 100% union-made casual clothing and athletic wear produced in UNITE! shops in the US and Canada.
• www.unions-america.comInternet service, web hosting and more, all powered by members of GCIU.
• www.sweatx.netLA's first union cut and sew shop selling primarily wholesale T-shirts.
• www.diamondcutjeans.com Last union-made jeans in America. Top quality, durable denim jeans for men, women and kids. All cotton, all union.
• www.leathercoatsetc.com At Excelled Sheepskin Leather you'll find beautiful, sturdy and stylish leather coats, jackets, vests and pants that are reasonably priced and union-made.
• www.unionthreads.com Union made decorated work wear. Their appliques are great. Soon to include Redwing shoes.
• www.redwingshoes.com Buy the boot that built America on line from their site. Rugged, comfortable and stylish...and union-made.
• www.unionmadeclothing.com Graybear/Unionline manufactures a wide range of work clothing, casual wear, jackets, coats and accessories. Wholesale buyers and those buying bulk quantities can order directly from the company website. For individual purchases, the web site will direct buyers to retail outlets carrying their products.
• www.cingular.com Unionized wireless phone service. Represented by CWA.
• www.unionplus.com From auto needs to insurance, legal services, credit cards, real estate and education services, insurance and health products--Union Plus is the union source. Check out the Union Plus web site for a complete list of the benefit programs to which your union subscribes.
• www.UnitedUnionInternet.com Provides discount internet service and more. Represented by CWA.

School Supplies

• Backpacks & Tote Bags: Ippoliti Incorporated (American Umbrella)
• Books, Puzzles, Educational Supplies: Golden Books ; Ideal Flash Cards and Puzzles ; WISCO Scissors
• Children's Clothing; Shoes: Five Brother; Brittania Toughskin; Eddie Bowers, John Henry, Silver Unicorn Rare Edition; Emily Rose; VC Sporstwear; Candlestick; Bonnie Jean, Miss Victoria; Allison Ann; Diamond Cut Jeans; Charlies; Hanging Out; Levi Strauss Company, Sherpa, Britannia, Men's 505, Men's 517; Texas Jeans, Canyon River Blues, Kids R Us, Sheple; Levis 532, Dockers; Slates; Cabelas, L.L. Bean, Dakota, Dee Cee, Might Mac, M; M McGregor; Original Arizona Jean Co., County Seat, Edwin; Carhartt, Cove Shoes, King Louie and Red Wing Shoes
• Desks: J.G. Furniture; Haskell; Workrite Ergonomics; Taylor Desk; Packard Industries.
• Pens, Pencils, Crayons, Markers; Art Supplies:BIC ball-point pens; Duro-O-Lite Pencils, Fountain; Ball Pens; Parker Pen; Dixon Art Supplies (Formerly Crayola); Jon Gnagy, Webber, Permalba, Goldrite.
• School Uniforms: Elder, Eldorado, Tom Sawyer.

Kitchen/Home

• Aluminum Foil: Reynolds
• Built-in refrigerators: Whirlpool
• Can openers: Swing-A-Way
• Commercial food equipment: Hobart
• Cooking/food oil: C Humko
• Gas and electric ranges: Premier
• Household Products: Rubbermaid
• Ovens, Broilers, griddles, fryers: Comstock Castle Stove
• Ovens, cook tops, hoods: Thermador
• Ranges, deep fryers: Vulcan
• Stainless steel kitchen products: Servco Co.
• Stoves, cook tops, pots: Wolf Range Co.

Gardening/Tools

• Automatic wrenches: Edgerton Forge
• Axes, Crow Bars, Hammers: Collins Ase; Cotter Axe; Craftsman; Warwood
• Assorted Household Brushes: Osborn manufacturing marketed under name of Black & Decker, Compo Industries, United Abrasives, KD Tools, Pherd
• Batteries: Ray-o-Vac(packaged alkaline batteries, heavy duty C, D and AA batteries)
• Cutting tools: Ohio Metal
• Garden Accessories: Green Thumb, Yard'N'Garden; Trail Blazer; Flex Be
• Garden tools, pitchforks: Union Tools
• Generators: Onan portable generator
• Tools: Armstrong Bros. Tool Co.; Blue Point; Central Tool; Cold Metal Products; Clauss Cutlery; Craftsman; Channellock; Cooper Industries; Hanson-Whitney; Gam; Huck; Klein Tools; Mac Tools; Mephisto Tool Co.; Rotor Tool; Sioux City Inc.; Snap-On; Stanley Tools; Sturtevant Richmond (Div of Reyerson); Union Fork & Hoe; Utica Tool Co.; Vermont American
• Hardware(General): Lawrence Brothers
• Household Electrical: Eagle Electric
• Ladders: Cramer Co. (Div. of Olix); Keller; Reynolds; Raycan
• Lawn Mowers: Cub Cadet; Jacobsen; John Deere; Snapper; Lawn Boy; Outboard Marine Corp.; MTD; Scott Fetzer; Toro
• Nails (Finished, All Types): Independent Nail
• Painting Equipment: Dap Silicon Caulking-Down Corning; American Tape Co. (masking, electrical); Red Devil; Hyde; Stanley Tools
• Paint Brushes & Rollers: EZ Paintr; Masterset; Baker Master Painter; Maryland Brush; Gold Stripe
• Paint / Stains: Samuel Cabot; Plextone Multicolor Paint
• Plastic Storage Boxes: Huther
• Pliers, hooks: Klein Tools Inc.
• Power Saw Blades: Hunter
• Rivets, Rivet Tools: Pop
• Saws, Woodworking Products: Delta
• Screws (Metal): Robertson; Service Supply (clips, screws, nuts & bolts)
• Shovels: Ames
• Staple Guns, Nails, Staples, Fasteners, Wire: International Staple
• Striking tools, crow bars: Warwood
• Tools: Armstrong, Klein Tools, Snap-on Tools
• Wet/dry vacuums, tools: Craftsman, Ridgid

Sports/Recreation

• Baseball Bats: Louisville Slugger
• Boats: Aluma-Weld; Xpress; Riviera Cruiser pontoon boats
• Boat Motors, Outboards: Evinrude
• Boat Parts & Accessories: ITT Jabsco; North & Judd (Brands: Anchor, Wilcox Crittenden)
• Boat Trailers: E-Z Loader
• Camping Trailers: Coleman
• Fishing Equipment: Big Poly
• Fishing Tackle Boxes: Rubbermaid
• Fishing Rods & Reels: True Temper
• Golf Carts: Toro
• Golf Club Heads: Calaway; Tommy Armor; Titleist
• Golf Balls: Spaulding
• Golf Clubs: MacGregor
• Gym & Recreational Equipment: Roadmaster
• Hockey, Ski Equipment, Ice Skates, Snow Boards, In-Line Skates: Bauer; Micron; Dauoust; Mega; Lange; Cooper; Flak; Hillerich & Bradsby Louisville hockey sticks
• Horseback Riding: North & Judd
• Life Vests: Kent; Boat Mate; Body Glove; Cascade: Connelley; Full Throttle; HO; ICONN; Jet Pilot: JOBE; Kawasaki; Kidder; Mobby's Motorcycle Stuff; O'Brien; O'Neill; SeaDoo; Ski Limited; Slippery When Wet
• Photo Equipment: S/V
• Pool Accessories: ITT Jabsco
• Propeller Blades: McCauley
• Rifle Scopes, Scope Mounting Hardware and Iron Rifle Sights: Redfield
• Scuba Tanks: Luxfer
• Scuba Suits: Bare
• Shooting Sports: Colt, Remington Arms (clay pigeons)
• Swimming Pools: Clayton & Lambert
• Tennis and Racket Balls: Penn

Heating

• Fireplace inserts, wood stoves: Hutch
• Floor, wall furnaces, room heaters: Empire Comfort
• Furnaces, heaters, fireplace accessories: Cozy
• Gas & wood heaters: U.S. Stove
• Heating equipment: Heil, Arcoaire, Tempstar, Comfortmaker, MagicAire

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