Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/policy/page/26/)
On June 16, construction unions in South Dakota signed off on the first Project Labor Agreement in the state for a project that will actually be built. On Aug. 2, ground was broken for Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Deer Creek Station near White, S.D., just 20 miles from the Minnesota border.
Presenting a united labor front, the Minnesota AFL-CIO unanimously voted Monday to endorse Mark Dayton for governor.
Federal lawmakers tossed struggling state and local governments a lifeline this week, as Democratic majorities pushed through emergency legislation, signed by President Obama Wednesday, that will preserve the jobs of thousands of teachers, firefighters, cops and nurses across the country.
The Minnesota Association of Professional Employees endorsed Mark Dayton for governor of Minnesota Friday.
Led by the Service Employees International Union, members of the labor, faith and religious communities rallied Thursday against Target Stores’ decision to support Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer and other public officials who support anti-immigrant legislation.
AFSCME-endorsed Mark Dayton won the Democratic primary for governor by more than 6,000 votes Tuesday night. Wednesday, he stood side by side with party and labor leaders united to beat Republican Tom Emmer in November.
Minnesota’s Primary Election is Tuesday, Aug. 10. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. across the state. Voters will be picking candidates for state and local office.
Reminding union leaders of a long list of pro-worker actions by his administration – and contrasting that with the anti-union bias of his predecessor – Democratic President Barack Obama Wednesday posed the upcoming election as a clear choice between moving forward with his policies or moving back to the past.
More than two dozen union and community members met at Wellstone Hall at the Duluth Labor Temple last week to hear Stewart Acuff read from his new book, Getting America Back to Work.
The U.S. Senate Tuesday broke the Republican blockade of unemployment insurance for long-term, jobless workers — a blockade that cost more than 2 million unemployed workers their benefits.