Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/policy/page/12/)
With the 2012 session nearing an end with no action on job creation, the Minnesota AFL-CIO is calling on the Legislature to send critical construction bills to Governor Dayton’s desk.
A “Hail Mary” pass may be about the only chance the Minnesota Vikings have left to get a stadium bill passed this session.
On Tuesday, the deadline for tax returns to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service, unions and other groups will rally across Minnesota and the nation to demand fair taxes on the 1% and an overhaul of the tax code to reflect the needs and values of the majority of Americans.
As Fire Fighters President Harold Schaitberger puts it, Mahlon Mitchell is “trying to make the leap from the firehouse to the Statehouse.”
Jim has been looking for full-time work for one and a half years. With a JD degree from a prestigious college, a license to practice law in Minnesota and a solid 13 years at his last job until the company downsized, he never imagined finding work could be so hard.
Job openings in the Twin Cities Metro Region are up 97 percent compared with two years ago, according to the latest Job Vacancy Survey from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. But with 86,000 job seekers competing for 30,000 unfilled jobs, job seekers still outnumber job openings 3-to-1.
The AFL-CIO’s General Board voted unanimously Tuesday to formally endorse Democratic incumbents Barack Obama and Joseph Biden for re-election as president and vice president of the United States.
Josh Tjaden battles fires, Linda Day cares for hospital patients and Brady Nelson makes paper. They say their ability to do their jobs – and Minnesota’s quality of life – will be in jeopardy if the Legislature approves “Right to Work” legislation.
As state lawmakers at the Capitol held the session’s first hearing on a proposed Right to Work constitutional amendment today, hundreds of workers from across the state – and across the political spectrum – demonstrated in opposition to the controversial measure, calling it unsafe, unfair and unnecessary for Minnesota.
With Congress facing a March 31 deadline to act, legislation to renew federal highway and mass transit funding – now just for the next two years – is hitting a rocky road on Capitol Hill.