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Protest, Washington D.C. Vlad Tchompalov @tchompalov
The same week legislators held a hearing on the Republican bill to cut the state workforce by 15 percent across the board, the Center for Science in the Public Interest singled out Minnesota as one of two states nationally that is “…widely recognized for having strong investigating and reporting systems…” when it comes to handling foodborne illnesses.
When Mark Dayton takes office as Minnesota’s new governor Monday and the new Legislature is sworn in Tuesday, a grim task awaits: how to craft a budget in the face of a projected $6.2 billion deficit.
Once again, Republican-led Senate filibuster threats killed pro-worker legislation – and this time, they took direct aim at the worker heroes who responded to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S.
Minnesota’s lame duck Gov. Tim Pawlenty is running. He’s running for president and just as importantly he’s running from his record as governor of Minnesota.
It’s no surprise that president wannabe Tim Pawlenty urged governments to take on their unionized employees in Monday’s Wall Street Journal. He wants government to lead a race to the bottom that’s bad for our economy and bad for the entire working class.
AFSCME Council 5 has responded to a Minnesota Chamber of Commerce report that attacks government employee compensation by challenging the Chamber to pay its fair share of taxes.
Labor unions who backed DFLer Mark Dayton in his bid for governor got an early Christmas present Wednesday when Republican Tom Emmer dropped his election challenge. Union leaders lauded Dayton’s victory and outlined several concerns that should top his agenda.
The revised, final report by the president’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility is an “unwarranted, outrageous attack on the health, safety, and retirement security of millions of nurses and tens of millions of other working people and should be immediately rejected by the Obama administration and Congress,” said the nation’s largest union and professional association of registered nurses.
The United Auto Workers, AFSCME and National Nurses United are among the unions urging members to take part in a National Call Congress Day Tuesday to save Social Security.
John Kline, the Republican who will take over the House Education and Labor Committee next year, hates the Employee Free Choice Act and opposes tougher penalties for job safety and health violations.