Policy
Franken wins Building Trades endorsement
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U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken added to his list of union supporters when the Minnesota State Building & Construction Trades Council endorsed him Thursday at the group\’s annual convention.
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Building Trades unions to make unprecedented election effort
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Construction union leaders from across Minnesota, meeting in their annual convention, pledged an all-out effort to put Barack Obama in the White House and elect other labor-endorsed candidates in November.
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Trades urge Bakk to run for governor
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Will he or won\’t he? State Senator Tom Bakk hasn\’t decided, but if Minnesota Building Trades unions have their way, he\’ll be their candidate for governor in 2010.
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Women achieve workplace equality – in job loss
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With the U.S. economy sputtering toward recession, working women and their families will feel more pain than in past downturns, a new report says.
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‘Bush Legacy Tour’ makes stop in Minnesota
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The "Bush Legacy Tour," a museum on wheels that organizers say documents the failed policies of the Bush administration, made a stop Wednesday in Minnesota.
Policy
Uncertain times at Rock-Tenn
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At the age of 22, Dan Fessenden took a fateful drive down University Avenue in St. Paul, looking for a job. Initially his plan was to present himself to an employment agency and offer up a share of his wages in return for a job. But at his wife\’s suggestion, Fessenden stopped first at the Waldorf Company, the paper recycling plant that had loomed large in the city\’s Midway district since 1908.
Policy
Unions plan to protest McCain appearance
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Unions plan to protest an appearance by Republican presidential candidate John McCain in Hudson, Wis., early Friday morning.
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Union veterans form council to mobilize for 2008 elections
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In Minnesota and four other states, union members who are also military veterans launched the Union Veterans Council to make sure their voices are heard during this year\’s elections.
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AFL-CIO urges Coleman to condemn anti-worker advertising
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"The Sopranos" run on HBO ended a year ago, but mobster Johnny Sacramoni appeared on Minnesota television recently in anti-union ads paid for by the business-backed "Coalition for a Democratic Workplace."
Policy
Commentary: Restore the vision and end poverty
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Political expectations have slipped in recent decades; people accept things that were once considered unacceptable. Even after last year\’s tragic bridge collapse in Minneapolis, there seemed to be only a temporary burst of public outrage over bridges that are so structurally deficient that they are too weak to repair – bridges that could not withstand the stress of bolting on reinforcement plates.