Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/policy/page/33/)
In the first televised debate in the 2010 campaign for Minnesota governor, all 10 DFL candidates told the AFSCME Council 5 convention Friday that the state must raise revenue to help solve its massive budget deficit.
The 20,000 Registered Nurses of the Minnesota Nurses Association, through their Political Committee, on Sunday announced the endorsement of Paul Thissen for Governor of Minnesota.
Eleven Minnesotans who hope to become governor participated in a forum sponsored by the state AFL-CIO on Oct. 1, 2009. View video highlights by Labor Education Service videographers Randy Croce and Howard Kling.
Union members who attended a gubernatorial forum sponsored by the AFL-CIO are of two minds. On the positive side, they have many good choices. And on the negative side, they have many good choices.
Registration is still open for the Minnesota AFL-CIO Labor 2010 Political Conference this Thursday and Friday, featuring a forum with gubernatorial candidates and a visit by Liz Shuler, the national AFL-CIO’s new secretary-treasurer.
From jobs to health care, immigration reform and increasing diversity in the labor movement, Minnesota union members reflect on the issues they discussed at the national AFL-CIO convention.
John Fetterman is the unique mayor of an unique town in Pennsylvania’s Monongahela Valley — an area once known as the cradle of U.S. industrial might. He’s the mayor of Braddock, Pa., a small steel mill town some folks in the Mon Valley call “Hell.”
The appearance by President Barack Obama was clearly a highlight of Day Three for AFL-CIO convention delegates.
Coal miner Travis Hartley can relate to the concerns expressed by other young workers in a recent survey. Many are losing ground financially – and they’re less optimistic about the future.
Voters in St. Paul will go to the polls Tuesday to narrow the list of mayoral and school board candidates, while Minneapolis residents can stay home due to the new "Ranked Choice Voting" process.