Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2003/07/)
You would think John Andrew, an unemployed father of two, would be the kind of person that Bush administration officials would want to meet during their ?Jobs and Growth? tour. But the Northfield man, who has driven to each stop on the tour for the past three days, has mostly seen the tailpipe of the Bush bus.
Demonstrators challenged President Bush?s claim that his policies will create jobs, as three top administration officials toured sites in Rochester, St. Paul and Richfield Wednesday.
Union members and community activists will rally Wednesday outside the Best Buy corporate headquarters, where Bush administration officials will be taking part in a “Jobs and Growth” tour.
The U.S. Senate has passed Senator Mark Dayton?s amendment to require the newly-created Department of Homeland Security to buy American products when purchasing materials, supplies, and labor. The Minnesota Democrat said his amendment, added Wednesday to the $28.5 billion bill funding the new department, would not only secure American jobs, but also enhance national security.
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development announced Friday that the maximum weekly benefit amount for new unemployment benefit accounts will increase from $467 to $478 effective August 3, 2003.
Legislation implementing free-trade pacts with Chile and Singapore, minus workers’ rights, passed the House easily as the GOP-run Congress raced towards recess.
On July 14, dozens of people participated in a first-time script reading of “Remembering Charlie Luth,” a play by Christine Frank. Workday Minnesota has exclusive photos from the performance.
The Minnesota Newspaper Guild is collecting subscription cancellation pledges from St. Paul Pioneer Press readers willing to stop buying the paper if contract talks don?t yield a settlement soon.
Presidential politics, featuring a cavalcade of candidates, will top the agenda at the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting in Chicago, Aug. 5-6.
An information fair on a health care tax credit for Minnesota workers dislocated by international trade shifts will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday, July 30, at the St. Paul Armory, 600 Cedar Street, St. Paul.