FILL OUT YOUR CENSUS FORMS


 Census forms are going out this week. It’s your chance to be counted and help Minnesota gain its fair share of federal money and Congressional representation.

Unions are making a special effort to reach out to under-represented communities – and retirees who go south for the winter – to make sure they are counted in Minnesota.

Learn more about the census at www.census.gov

For information on the census in Hmong, Somali and Spanish, see the Main Street Project’s website.
TODAY'S NEWS:
Friday 12th March 2010 07:54 PM
Trades rally for jobs, jobs, jobs!
By Steve Share
(03-12-2010)
Hundreds of Building Trades members — many of them unemployed — packed the State Capitol rotunda Wednesday to call on the Governor and legislature to pass a $1 billion bonding bill and other job-creating legislation. The rally was loud and the voices echoing in the halls of the capitol rang out strong with urgency and emotion.
Mn AFL-CIO calls on Governor to sign jobs and infrastructure bill
(03-11-2010)
ST. PAUL - As the Minnesota Legislature prepares to pass a much needed jobs and infrastructure bill, Minnesota AFL-CIO President Shar Knutson called on Governor Tim Pawlenty to sign the bill in its entirety.

Stimulus package generates Minnesota jobs, economists say
By Michael Moore
(03-10-2010)
ST. PAUL - Economists say the economic stimulus package, President Obama’s first major legislative victory, is working.  According to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit Washington think tank, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has generated more than 2 million jobs since its passage one year ago, including about 9,000 new jobs in Minnesota.

Unions renew call for a balanced approach to state budget
(03-02-2010)
ST. PAUL - Minnesota’s current budget deficit fell slightly in new figures released Tuesday, but the long-term outlook is grim and lawmakers should keep the focus on job creation, unions said.

Twin Cities janitors declare victory in campaign for ‘good jobs, green future’
(03-01-2010)
MINNEAPOLIS - Several major cleaning companies and the union representing more than 4,000 Twin Cities janitors reached a contract settlement Sunday – narrowly avoiding a strike. The tentative agreement supports the use of environmentally friendly cleaning products and transitions to day shift cleaning, the union said.

Failure to save GAMC will hurt thousands of Minnesotans, advocates say
By Barb Kucera, Workday editor
(03-01-2010)
ST. PAUL - Motivated by faith and concern for thousands of other Minnesotans, Lynn Cox and Lynne Kubista stood silent vigil outside the Minnesota House chambers Monday to urge members to save health care for the state’s poorest residents. Their prayers were not answered.

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