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Union-backed coalition demands action on long overdue financial reform
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A large union-backed coalition that is campaigning for financial reform is stepping up its efforts — even as lawmakers start tackling the issue.
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New video on challenges facing young workers screens Nov. 10
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No matter how hard they work or how well they do in school, young people know it can be difficult to stay afloat when you\’re coming of age in a "McJob" economy. On Nov. 10, attend a free screening of a new film about the challenges facing young workers – and how they are taking the lead in addressing them.
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DFL candidates discuss raising revenue at AFSCME-sponsored gubernatorial debate
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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.
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Nurses endorse Rep. Thissen for governor
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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.
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Video of candidates for governor at AFL-CIO forum
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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.
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Gubernatorial candidates focus on worker issues at AFL-CIO forum
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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.
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Register now for Labor 2010 Political Conference
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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.
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Video of Minnesota union members reflecting on the AFL-CIO convention
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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.
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Special report: In a small Pennsylvania steel town, ‘Hell’ doesn’t have to last forever
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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.”
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Scenes from the AFL-CIO convention, Sept. 15
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The appearance by President Barack Obama was clearly a highlight of Day Three for AFL-CIO convention delegates.