Activists step up on May Day
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A group of union members and faith activists will stage their own marches to honor International Labor Day, before merging with Minneapolis’ traditional May Day Parade and Festival.
Government
It?s a matter of dollars, sense and principles at the Capitol
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The battle at the Capitol is really over priorities and principles, unions say, as Gov. Tim Pawlenty and the Legislature craft Minnesota’s spending plans for the next two years.
Workplace ceremony recalls ‘a life worth remembering’
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Ed Stary, Jr., and 28 other MNDOT employees who have died on the job over the past several years were remembered Thursday in a Workers Memorial Day ceremony at MNDOT metro district headquarters and in memorials set up at all 29 metro worksites.
Organizing
Trades step up pressure over school construction projects
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Building Trades locals are ramping up public pressure in an attempt to get the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Board to quit accepting bids from contractors who are undercutting area wages and benefits.
Government
Citizens monitor Legislature through ‘Minnesota’s Watching’
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How can ordinary Minnesotans make sure lawmakers are listening to their concerns? Unions and many other organizations are involved in a unique effort called “Minnesota’s Watching,” that brings workers directly to the state Capitol.
Workers Memorial Day observances call attention to workplace safety
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?Good Jobs, Safe Jobs, Protect Workers Now? is the theme of this year’s Workers Memorial Day, which remembers those killed and injured on the job and promotes workplace safety.
Job fatalities, injuries decline in Minnesota
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Workplaces in Minnesota are getting safer but, by at least one measure, workers here still get hurt on the job more often than workers elsewhere.
Organizing
UFCW seeks probe of Wal-Mart exec’s possible anti-union activity
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The United Food and Commercial Workers union is demanding full disclosure of documents regarding a news report that says ousted top Wal-Mart executive Thomas M. Coughlin used up to $500,000 for anti-union activity.
State’s rich have lower tax rates, study shows
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A new state study confirms what you probably already suspect: You pay more of your income in state and local taxes than the state’s wealthiest residents pay.
In addition, more of the state’s tax burden is being shifted onto you, and off of businesses ? and being shifted away from businesses onto property taxes.
Non-union apprentice programs fail, study indicates
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Construction apprentice training programs run by the non-union Associated Builders and Contractors fail to graduate almost three-fourths of their apprentice trainees, an analysis of federal construction apprenticeship data indicates.