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Unions lament Edwards’ departure from presidential race
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Unions supporting Democrat John Edwards\’ candidacy for the presidency lamented his departure from the race Wednesday.
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Edwards to speak at Carpenters hall tonight
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Presidential candidate John Edwards will speak at 7 p.m. today, (Tuesday, Jan. 29) in a free event at the Carpenters hall in St. Paul.
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Edwards draws crowd at Carpenters union hall
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A crowd of more than 1,200 packed the Carpenters union hall Tuesday to hear Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards — one week before Minnesotans go to their party caucuses as part of the Feb. 5 "Super Tuesday."
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Working Minnesotans are worse off than they were seven years ago
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As President Bush delivers his final State of the Union address and Congress considers an economic stimulus package, local leaders presented a very sobering picture of the challenges facing many Minnesotans.
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Minneapolis labor council to host Congressional candidate forum
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Candidates for the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for Minnesota\’s Third Congressional District seat will face off at a candidate forum Thursday, Jan, 31, hosted by the Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council.
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Two major unions endorse Franken for Senate
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Education Minnesota, the state\’s largest labor union, and Operating Engineers Local 49, a major Building Trades union, have endorsed Al Franken in the 2008 U.S. Senate race.
Policy
Congress returns with economy topping agenda
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"It\’s the economy, stupid." That 1992 campaign slogan by Bill Clinton might be the theme as the Democratic-run 110th Congress returns to work.
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Legislators grill Pawlenty administration about long waits for jobless benefits
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Emotions ran high at a legislative hearing Monday where laidoff workers described the hardship of waiting several weeks to receive unemployment benefits – and administrators attempted to account for the failures of a new, more highly automated system.
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Mortgage crisis hits home for working families
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By the time Audrey Buchite finished recounting her family\’s financial fall to the brink of losing their Zimmerman home, you could hear a pin drop in Sen. Norm Coleman\’s public forum on the mortgage and foreclosure crisis.
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AFSCME Council 65 endorses Ciresi
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Saying Mike Ciresi "is the best candidate to beat Norm Coleman," AFSCME Council 65 endorsed him for U.S. Senate.