Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/policy/page/32/)
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.
When President Obama convenes a White House forum next month to consider ways to create jobs, he should consider a program that worked successfully for Minnesota in the 1980s, a noted labor economist says.
The Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, the second-largest union of state employees, has endorsed Speaker of the House Margaret Anderson Kelliher for governor.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has flirted with 10,000 points. U.S. manufacturing, exports and home sales are showing signs of life. The economy is growing again, but it’s failing by one critical measure: jobs.
The nation’s unemployment rate rose into double digits in October, increasing 0.4% that month, to 10.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Minneapolis voters will find a new type of ballot at the polls on Tuesday. The ballots allow voters to vote for their first choice, second choice and third choice for city offices.
The JOBS NOW! Coalition does important work on issues important to workers, including research on family-supporting jobs.
Royce Braaten of Minneapolis is talking the talk and walking the walk in an effort to help millions of unemployed Americans get back to work.
One of the state’s largest and most politically active unions – AFSCME Minnesota Council 5 – has endorsed Mark Dayton for governor.