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At town hall meeting, jobless workers urge Congress to act
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In a scene being played out in communities across the country, workers at a town hall meeting with Congresswoman Betty McCollum urged Congress to take action to create jobs.
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Labor Secretary addresses summit of young workers
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Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis welcomed delegates to the AFL-CIO’s second “Next Up!” summit for young workers in Minneapolis Thursday night, taking the opportunity to promote the jobs bill President Obama introduced to Congress earlier this month.
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Investment Trust thanks union workers on construction site
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The AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust and Greco Development LLC recently held an appreciation luncheon to honor union workers at the Flux Apartments\’ construction site in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis.
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Northeast Minnesota job seekers outnumber full-time openings 7-to-1
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The Northeast Minnesota region has three times more job openings than two years ago, but job seekers outnumber full-time openings 7-to-1, according to the latest Job Vacancy Survey from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.
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Hundreds gather in Minneapolis to organize for economic justice
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Some 500 Minnesotans from a variety of backgrounds gathered Saturday in Minneapolis in a grassroots movement to push for job creation – and got a pep talk from former Labor Secretary Robert Reich who said bold action is needed to solve the economic crisis.
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Ellison says job creation must be top priority
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Saying “we are in a national unemployment emergency,” Congressman Keith Ellison, D-Minn., has introduced the “Emergency Jobs Now Act” to require the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to create at least 3 million jobs in the next two years.
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Analysis: New era for labor political activism?
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Scott Walker, says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, has become labor’s Organizer of the Year, completely inadvertently.
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Minnesotan speaks at Washington news conference on jobs crisis
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Leann Bosquez of Maple Grove was one of four workers from around the country who spoke at a Washington, D.C., news conference calling on elected officials to take action to create jobs.
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Communications Workers defend merger of AT&T and T-Mobile
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The Communications Workers are defending the proposed merger of T-Mobile into AT&T after the Obama administration’s Justice Department formally sued in court to stop it.
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Nurses plan actions Sept. 1 to call for tax on Wall Street
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Nurses will demonstrate in Minnesota and across the nation Thursday to support a tax on Wall Street financial speculation and provide revenue needed for health care, housing and job creation.