Rising unemployment and health care costs, struggling schools and communities, broken levees and falling bridges – as the U.S. and Minnesota fail to invest in the future, the quality of life declines.
On May 30 and 31, the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service is sponsoring a conference to analyze this problem – and discuss strategies for building a movement to reinvest. Read more
On May 10, be part of nation's largest one-day food drive (05-06-2008) MINNEAPOLIS - Saturday, May 10, you can participate in the nation's largest one-day food drive by placing cans of food by your mailbox. Your Branch 9 letter carrier will pick up the food, which will be donated to local foodshelves. Like last year, Branch 9 has enlisted the help of Cub Foods.
Fed to re-launch 'McCain Revealed' campaign; unionists in Michigan, St.Paul get head start By Mark Gruenberg (05-09-2008) WASHINGTON, D.C. - The AFL-CIO will re-launch its “McCain Revealed” campaign in dozens of cities on March 10 and March 17, focusing on Arizona Sen. John McCain’s health care and economic plans. But unionists in Michigan and Minnesota already have a head start.
Tax Day protest reveals consensus as to who won’t be labor’s candidate this fall By Michael Moore (05-08-2008) ST. PAUL - Labor activists in St. Paul rallied outside the downtown post office April 15, urging taxpayers to reject Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s plan to fix the nation’s health care crisis by giving billions of dollars in tax breaks to the nation’s largest insurance companies – and by taxing working families’ health benefits.
Legislature snuffs Mounds View conflict-of-interest dispute By Michael Moore (05-06-2008) ST. PAUL - State lawmakers approved legislation last month that ensures Susan Murphy, the newly elected Mounds View School Board member who is married to a union janitor employed by the school district, will remain in office.
To unemployed Building Trades members, Mall of America expansion mean jobs By Michael Kuchta (05-01-2008) ST. PAUL - For Carpenter Bruce Meyer, the proposed expansion of the Mall of America means one thing: a steady job. Meyer, age 56, of Cannon Falls, last worked 5 months ago. His unemployment benefits expire this month. His health insurance expired April 30. “I’ve never seen it this bad,” said Meyer, a member of Local 87.
On this date in 1934, West Coast longshoremen walked off their jobs, with the action eventually culminating in a four-day general strike in San Francisco.
On May 30 and 31, the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service is sponsoring a conference to analyze this problem – and discuss strategies for building a movement to reinvest. Read more
