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Justice delayed is justice denied – or is it? Wisconsin workers were shocked into rethinking that old saw on Sept. 14 when Dane County Judge Juan Colas– 18 months after the pain — threw out as unconstitutional Right Wing GOP Gov. Scott Walker’s Act 10, the evisceration of public worker collective bargaining rights.
No one would blame Nicholas Perez and Cheri Stewart if they decided the problems facing their generation are just too big to tackle.
Keenly aware that the future of the labor movement may be at stake, delegates from many unions converged in Rochester Sunday for the biennial convention of the Minnesota AFL-CIO.
Governor Mark Dayton is proud of his vetoes to stop anti-worker legislation, but he’d much rather be playing offense, he told Minnesota AFL-CIO convention delegates.
Union members affirmed their opposition to the two proposed constitutional amendments that will be on the ballot this fall, saying they are “wrong for Minnesota.”
The president of one of the nation’s largest entertainment and media unions brought a message of unity and solidarity to the Minnesota AFL-CIO convention.
Under the theme, “We Are Minnesota,” union members from across the state will participate in the three-day convention of the Minnesota AFL-CIO starting Sunday at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester.
Since the Minnesota legislature passed funding for a new Vikings football stadium in May, Governor Mark Dayton has promised the project will bring much-needed jobs to Minneapolis. To boot, a Project Labor Agreement is likely to be used so the region’s workers are feeling assured that the jobs will stay local.
Working America members gathered at the office of Congressman John Kline, R-Minn., Wednesday to oppose his plans to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for the richest Americans while raising taxes on 25 million working Americans and slashing priorities like Medicare and education.
More than 29,000 teachers and education professionals walked off the job in the Chicago Public Schools Monday, in the district’s first strike in 25 years.
