Angry AFSCME call tied to firm with long-running state contract

The Minnesota Independent investigated the voicemail threats, issued after AFSCME — the largest union of state employees — launched a campaign for fair taxes.

“Hey you [expletive] piece of [expletive],” the angry caller said in a message left with the labor union. “Your days are [expletive] numbered sucking at the public tit.”

But the phone number on the AFSCME voicemails points to someone who’s benefited from public dollars: Ed Motch, president of Minneapolis-based Bachman Printing Company, which has a contract with the state to bind legal documents, the Independent reported.

Read the full story on the Minnesota Independent\’s website.