Policy
The recession is officially over – but not the misery
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In case you missed it, the recession is over. Really.
Policy
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.
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Teamster women march in downtown Minneapolis
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Some 800 Teamsters, in the Twin Cities for a national Teamsters Women’s Conference, filled Peavey Plaza Friday to protest corporate greed and call for action to address the nation’s unemployment crisis.
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Forum focuses on potential for clean energy jobs
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One solution to the nation’s unemployment crisis is the creation of clean energy jobs, but to achieve that goal everyone must be involved in the effort, participants in a Congressional forum agreed.
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‘Tax the Rich’ kiosk gets positive response
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This year, AFSCME Council 5 used its kiosk at the Minnesota State Fair to advance its “Tax the Rich” campaign – and the message resonated with many fairgoers, the union said.
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Laborers president cites critical need for jobs, praises Obama plan
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Terry O’Sullivan, general president of LIUNA, the Laborers’ International Union of North America, said President Obama’s job creation plan announced Monday in Milwaukee “is exactly what our nation needs.”
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At Labor Day rally, Obama pledges more job creation
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In a Labor Day address to more than 10,000 union members and their families in Milwaukee, President Obama announced a massive new job-creating road, rail, runway and air traffic control rebuilding project.
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Ellison holds Clean Energy Jobs Forum Wednesday
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Congressman Keith Ellison will host a Clean Energy Jobs Forum Wednesday in Minneapolis to discuss how to make good, clean energy jobs available to all Minnesotans.
Policy
AFL-CIO to celebrate Labor Day by starting final political push
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The AFL-CIO and its member unions will celebrate Labor Day by starting their final political push in the two months left before the Nov. 2 election.
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Labor trying to mobilize the jobless to vote this fall
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Realizing today’s jobless workers are more numerous and different from those of past years, the Union of the Unemployed and Working America, using two different tacks, are trying to mobilize the jobless to vote this fall, in their own self-interest.