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Protest, Washington D.C. Vlad Tchompalov @tchompalov
During the first year of the Trump administration’s new tax law, 91 Fortune 500 companies didn’t pay a dime in federal income tax, according to a new study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
CTUL and Reclaim the Block respond to the Minneapolis city budget. The 2020 budget was passed Wednesday night.
“Heading into next year’s legislative session, lawmakers should be focused on investing in priorities that improve life for working Minnesotans and their families.”
Gov. Tim Walz issued a proclamation last week declaring Wednesday, Nov. 27, Public Post Office Day in the state of Minnesota.
“As egregious and deeply saddening as it is to experience harassment from library patrons that I’m trying to assist, I’ve been more astounded time and again by Hennepin County’s lack of foresight in anticipating and responding to this harassment.”
“We are grateful that the legal system is holding those who commit wage theft and illegal trafficking of construction workers seriously,” said Jessica Looman, the Minnesota Building and Construction Trades Council’s executive director
The results of Tuesday nights municipal elections saw union-backed candidates, women, and people of color surge to victory. School levies across the state were also the big winner.
Midwestern family farmers are in Washington, D.C., today to discuss the farm crisis and what they see as potential harm from the replacement deal for the North American Free Trade Agreement.
One of the nation’s leading advocates for the Social Security program will be the keynote speaker at a public forum planned Saturday, October 19 at the Teamsters Local 120 union hall, 9422 Ulysses St. NE, Blaine. The free event will run from 10:00-11:30 a.m.
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union, together with Public Citizen and UFCW Locals 663, 440 and 2 filed a federal lawsuit in Minneapolis this week over controversial U.S. Department of Agriculture rule changes for regulating pork processing plants.