Minnesota has a budget surplus of $1.65 billion and state lawmakers are being urged not to blow it on tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. Continue Reading →
Public Employee Union To MN Legislature: Don’t Blow the Surplus
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Union Leaders “Dinosaurs”, MN Governor “Irrational” Says GOP Senator
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Senator Mike Parry (R) calls Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton “irrational” and union leaders “dinosaurs” after Republicans vote 6-4 to reject a contract with unionized state employees. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Labor/Unions, Minnesota, AFSCME, leon lillie, mape, Mark Dayton, Mike Parry, Minnesota
Chicago Public School Teachers On The Road To Striking
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Chicago schools may be in recess soon if the city doesn’t bargain in good faith with its teachers. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) could legally begin striking after most schools enter their second week of classes. Milwaukee teachers have been asked to join the strike. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Illinois, Labor/Unions, Wisconsin, AFSCME, Chicago Teachers Union, CTU, Linda Loew, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association
Post-Recall Demonstration Focuses On Fairness Issues
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The day after Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker survived his recall election, hundreds of activists marched in the streets of Milwaukee in non-violent civil disobedience from Pere Marquette Park to City Hall and into the banking district. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Occupy Movement, Wisconsin, 9 to 5, AFSCME, Citizen Action, George Martin, Milwaukee Students for a Democratic Society, Milwaukee Teachers Education Association
Protest Against “Attack On The Middle Class”
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Protests that recalled the furor of last year’s Wisconsin labor battle echoed through the Minnesota Capitol’s halls as Senators debate a so called “right to work” constitutional amendment. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Labor/Unions, MN Senate, AFSCME, anti-union, mape, Minnesota, mnleg, right to work
Making Occupy Minnesota More Diverse
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Last Friday the New York Times ran a story titled “Occupy Wall Street Struggles to Make ‘the 99%’ Look Like Everybody” which described the movement as “white and middle-class”. Occupy MN appears to be in the same boat. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Economy/Jobs, Labor/Unions, Minnesota, AFSCME, Bronx, Elliot Seide, New York Times, Nic Espinosa
“A Report Card is Coming, and (GOP Freshmen) Won’t be Coming Back”
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Several thousand union members rallied at the State Capitol to lament the public-sector workers who are unemployed under a government shutdown, to protest the GOP’s all-cuts budget, and to commend Governor Dayton for fighting to increase taxes on Minnesota millionaires. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Economy/Jobs, Education, Labor/Unions, Minnesota, AFSCME, downeyville, mape, Mark Dayton
Minneapolis Activists Rally to Support Wisconsin and Union Workers
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Yesterday, local citizens in Minneapolis joined 270 separate rallies across the nation organized by MoveOn.org and endorsed by 50 other organizations. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Economy/Jobs, Labor/Unions, Minnesota, AFSCME, David Koch, Hennepin, Koch brothers, labor
Teachers, Union Leaders, a Reverend and Fireman Speak In Unity For Workers
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Here are video clips from Saturday’s massive rally at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, which as many as 150,000 people attended. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Labor/Unions, Wisconsin, AFSCME, Anna Zachow, Christine Newman-O'Keefe, Guy Costello, Jerry Folk, Madison Wisconsin
Workers Defend Their Rights in Wisconsin & Ohio
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In this elegantly produced video of workers’ rights demonstrations in Madison and Columbus, New Left Media interviews protesters who have been locked out in the cold. Continue Reading →