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AFSCME Calling on the MnSCU Board to Stop Paying Big Bonuses -
Working America Members Deliver Petitions Urging Rep. Eric Paulsen to Support Extending Unemployment Insurance -
MN AFL-CIO President Shar Knutson talking with State Economist Tom Stinson after December 2009 Budget Forecast -
SE Area Labor Council Make Wall Street Pay March and Rally, March 2010 -
Wall Street on Trial, Duluth, MN N E Area Labor Council March 2010 -
Working America Jobs Roundtable December 2009 -
Building Trades Rally March 11, 2010
Economy
Governor Dayton's Leadership Redeemed 2012 Session
As the Minnesota Legislature adjourned for the year, Minnesota AFL-CIO President Shar Knutson issued the following statement:
"After nearly three months of the Republican majority attacking working people, the right to vote, and standing up for corporate special interests, the Minnesota Legislature finally adjourned for 2012. read more »
Effort underway to organize Itasca County unionists into a central labor body
By Larry Sillanpa, Editor, Labor World Newspaper
According to AFL-CIO numbers there 3,038 active union members in Itasca County, and over 700 retired union members. The county hasn’t had a strong union tradition in spite of those numbers but efforts are underway to change that. read more »
With Time Running Out, AFL-CIO Calls on Legislature to Act on Construction Jobs Bills
Large infrastructure bonding bill & stadium will create thousands of jobs
With the 2012 Legislative session almost over, the Minnesota Legislature has yet to send critical construction job creation bills to Governor Dayton's desk. That's why the Minnesota AFL-CIO is calling on legislators to act now and pass a large infrastructure bonding bill and legislation authorizing construction of a new Minnesota Vikings Stadium. read more »
Minnesota CEOs Collect Big Salaries
AFL-CIO Launches 2012 Executive PayWatch, Searchable Online Data Bank of CEO Pay
Despite Bipartisan Opposition, Reckless ‘Right to Work’ Amendment Moves Forward
More than 1,600 people descended on the State Capitol Monday morning to show their opposition to an unfair, unsafe, and unnecessary “right to work” constitutional amendment.
Despite clearing committee, the vote was razor thin, with one Republican joining the committee’s five DFLers in opposing the amendment. read more »
Stop the Anti-Middle Class "Right to Work" Bill
Despite bipartisan opposition, supporters of the irresponsible "Right to Work" Constitutional Amendment are trying to move the bill forward. They know that Minnesotans oppose this unsafe, unfair and unnecessary law, and have resorted to desperate gimmicks to try to pass it.
The Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee is hearing the bill on Monday morning. read more »
In desperate procedural move, 'Right to Work' supporters admit bill isn't about jobs
Today, in a desperate move to keep the irresponsible "Right to Work" bill alive, State Senator Dave Thompson had the bill, that has bipartisan opposition, moved from the Senate Jobs and Economic Growth committee to the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety committee.
"By insisting this bill be taken out of the jobs committee, Senator Thompson admitted that his reckless 'right to work' bill has nothing to do with creating jobs," said Minnesota AFL-CIO President Shar Knutson. "Plain and simple, this unsafe, unfair, and unnecessary amendment is a bad deal for middle class Minnesotans. read more »
Minnesota Responds: Workers Support Stadium
In response to the Governor’s announcement that an agreement had been reached to build a people’s stadium on the current Metrodome site, organizations representing working Minnesotans from across the state weighed in with their support for the plan which will put thousands of Minnesotans back to work. read more »
IOUs to school children and painful cuts to the vulnerable are no surplus
Minnesota AFL-CIO President Shar Knutson issued the following statement in response to state officials’ announcement of a $323 million ‘surplus’ in the current state budget:
“This budget figure is not a real surplus.
“There is still a deficit in the billions in IOUs written to Minnesota school children, the painful cuts made to critical services to the most vulnerable Minnesotans, and the tens of thousands of Minnesotans still looking for work.
“These IOUs and cuts came all while big corporations continued to use tax loopholes to avoid paying their fair share. read more »
Follow the Journey for Justice
“From Fargo to Findlay: A Journey for Justice” is a joint project of the United Steelworkers (USW) and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM). Locked out workers from American Crystal Sugar Company and Cooper Tire and Rubber Company will embark on a road trip from Fargo, North Dakota, to Findlay, Ohio, in order to focus attention on the most recent wave of greed-motivated corporate attacks on workers and their unions. read more »
