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Minnesota labor hopeful about key political races
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Union members and other volunteers worked up until the polls closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday for DFL gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton and other labor-endorsed candidates.
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GreenPOWER to begin training workers at St. Paul Ford plant
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The first classes of the GreenPOWER (Partnership of Workforce and Employer Resources) training program targeting workers at Ford Motor Company’s Twin Cities Assembly Plant in St. Paul will take place on Friday, Oct. 29.
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GreenPOWER trains workers for new energy economy
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Minnesota is the site of an innovative, new training program designed to equip workers with the power – with the GreenPOWER – to succeed in a new-energy economy. The program, expected to train 2,000 workers by December 2011, celebrated its first class of graduates Oct. 1 in Blaine.
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Emmer, Horner would raise taxes on middle class, analyst says
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Proposals by gubernatorial candidates Tom Emmer and Tom Horner to balance the state budget would result in massive tax increases for the middle class, a tax expert asserted Monday.
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‘One Nation’ demonstration demands action on jobs
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Good jobs with good benefits and the need to energize voters for Election Day were key themes for both union leaders and members at the “One Nation” rally in Washington Saturday.
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Politics takes center stage at AFL-CIO convention
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The 2010 political campaign – and the governor’s race, in particular – took center stage on the opening day of the Minnesota AFL-CIO’s 50th statewide convention Sunday in Bloomington.
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At AFL-CIO convention, Dayton pledges to be a ‘jobs governor’
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Mark Dayton addressed delegates on the second day of the Minnesota AFL-CIO Convention in Bloomington Tuesday, thanking union members for their endorsement and pledging that if he wins, he will be the state’s first “jobs governor” since Rudy Perpich.
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Check out the Labor 2010 voter guide
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The Minnesota AFL-CIO Online Voter Guide is ready for use!
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The recession is officially over – but not the misery
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In case you missed it, the recession is over. Really.
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Minnesota AFL-CIO to hold 50th constitutional convention
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The Minnesota AFL-CIO’s 50th Constitutional Convention will take place Sept. 26-28 at the Bloomington Sheraton Hotel. The convention agenda will include nominations and elections of Minnesota AFL-CIO officials and the opportunity to do Labor 2010 phoning and doorknocking.