Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/policy/page/31/)
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said the federation will work “hard and non-stop” for quick congressional approval of the job-creation proposals announced Tuesday by President Barack Obama, even though unions are dubious about one of them, a tax credit.
Saying the state needs good, family-supporting jobs, the Minnesota AFL-CIO and the Minnesota Building & Construction Trades Council have announced their support of PolyMet Mining Company’s project in northeastern Minnesota.
President Barack Obama’s Dec. 3 White House summit meeting on jobs produced a raft of ideas from unions and worker allies on job creation — but nothing that could put the 15 million jobless to work tomorrow.
Liz Freeberg, one of thousands of unemployed Minnesotans, has a message for those gathered Thursday at President Obama’s White House job summit: “Keep focusing on the fact that this is about putting people back to work.”
The Minnesota State Building and Construction Trades Council, which represents 50,000 construction members across the state, has endorsed Sen. Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, for governor.
At a White House jobs summit Thursday, union leaders will urge President Barack Obama to take quick action to help the nation’s more than 26 million unemployed or underemployed workers.
In the wake of Wednesday’s grim state budget forecast, labor leaders urge lawmakers to put aside politics and fairly raise the revenue needed to provide public services.
After a comprehensive interview and screening process, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 49 has endorsed Speaker of the House, Rep. Margaret Anderson Kelliher, DFL-Minneapolis, in Minnesota’s 2010 gubernatorial race, the union announced.
Low- and middle-income families in Minnesota pay higher shares of their income in state and local taxes than do Minnesota families with the highest incomes, according to a new study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
With Minnesota\’s unemployment rate now at 7.5 percent, Minnesota AFL-CIO President Shar Knutson called on Minnesota’s Congressional delegation and the state Legislature to create an aggressive new jobs program announced in Washington by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.