GOTV Efforts in Full Swing in MN
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Voting advocates, including Brad Lehto, secretary-treasurer of the Minnesota AFL-CIO, have launched canvassing efforts as a friendly reminder to encourage Minnesotans to perform their civic duty.
Report: Trade Deficit with China Destroyed 88,000 MN Jobs
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With the Trump administration’s trade war with China showing no signs of letting up, new analysis by the Economic Policy Institute(link is external) says Minnesota workers have lost 88,000 jobs since China entered the World Trade Organization in 2001.
To stop cycle of cuts, St. Paul educators back levy referendum
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The levy campaign has broad support from the community. The St. Paul Regional Labor Federation has endorsed it, and so has St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, who called SPPS the “lifeblood” of his community.
Investigative
Board Packets Reveal What is Generating Financial Problems at Seward
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The underlying issues at Seward are related to the fumbled expansion and opening of the Friendship Store and the Co-op Creamery.
Calculating Economic Costs of Workplace Sexual Harassment
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The global #MeToo movement has put a spotlight on sexual harassment and assault, and a new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research calculates the economic impacts in the workplace.
On right to work and prevailing wage, it’s Walz … or Wisconsin
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“People will tell you, ‘I’m not into politics,’” Walz said. “You tell them too damn bad because politics is into you.”
The Pension Gamble
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FRONTLINE has done an exhaustive investigation into the role that state governments and Wall Street have to privatize public pensions resulting in a “multi-trillion-dollar hole.”
As MN CD 3 Race Heats Up, Seniors Sponsor Candidate Forum
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The Minneapolis Regional Retiree Council hosted a candidate forum focused on debt and its debilitating impacts.
Unions Can Protect Workers From Deportation. This Coalition of 3.5 Million Is Showing How.
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Rodriguez, part of a group(link is external) of port drivers fighting for rights to join a union, is relieved to have parts of the labor movement on his side
Investigative
At Seward Community Co-op, Workers get Squeezed as Financial Problems Mount
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The mismanagement that has led to financial losses is disproportionately affecting workers on the floor.