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Responding to a report in The Minnesota Daily revealing numerous safety problems at an apartment complex near the University of Minnesota campus, the Minneapolis Building & Construction Trades Council is calling for stronger vetting of developers and contractors.
A top union official, National Education Association Vice President Becky Pringle, is challenging the nation’s progressives to hit the streets for democracy.
AFSCME Council 5’s founding director, Eliot Seide, has been a fierce advocate for public workers – and a vocal critic of any attempt to cut, privatize or diminish their work.
Lina Jamoul steps into the role of MAPE’s executive director at a challenging time for the statewide, public sector union and the entire labor movement.
Minnesota’s labor movement, long-committed to supporting union publications, websites, social media and other communications, was rewarded with numerous awards at the annual convention of the International Labor Communications Association.
Voters across Minnesota overwhelmingly supported their local school districts through levies and referendums on Tuesday, raising about $1 billion to sustain and expand their local public schools.
When Iowa’s ruling Republican legislators jammed through a law requiring most of the state’s public worker unions to stand for recertification, by absolute majority votes, before they could start bargaining new contracts, they expected state and local workers and teachers would defect in droves.
Whoops.
The University of Minnesota Law School will host a “Summit for Civil Rights” Thursday and Friday, Nov. 9-10. Speakers include former Vice President and U.S. Senator Walter Mondale and Fifth District U.S. Representative Keith Ellison, as well as speakers from across the country, including several union leaders.
“What can be done in my own union to improve our commitment to racial justice?” That’s just one of the questions defining the scope of the work ahead for union members participating in the work of the local Labor Commission on Racial and Economic Justice.
Vote Tuesday in local elections across Minnesota for mayor, city council, school board, school levies and other races. Most polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. To find out what offices and issues will be on the ballot in your area, go to the Minnesota Secretary of State’s website.