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A conference committee will work out differences in a bonding bill passed Monday by both houses of the Legislature, while a measure to fund a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings passed the House and awaits action in the Senate.
Thousands of Minnesotans are taking part in a “99% Week of Action” that will culminate with a rally and march Friday in downtown Minneapolis. The chief targets of the demonstrators are major banks, including US Bank and Wells Fargo.
Remember to place a bag of non-perishable food items near your mailbox early on the morning of Saturday, May 12, and your letter carrier will pick it up.
Members of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota will vote May 14 and 15 whether to authorize a strike at eight Twin Cities hospitals. They also are challenging the roles of bankers on hospital boards and a debt collection company that has garnered headlines for questionable practices.
Buoyed by a rally that featured former Minnesota Vikings running back Chuck Foreman, union members plan to jam the state Capitol Monday as legislators decide whether to fund stadium and bonding bills that would create thousands of jobs.
Jackie Roehl, a 10th-grade English teacher at Edina High School, has been chosen the 2012 Minnesota Teacher of the Year. She is the 48th winner of the prestigious award, and the first from the Edina School District.
The University of Minnesota Labor Education Service is accepting applications for the 2012-2013 Minnesota Union Leadership Program, which begins in September.
The Republican proposal to cut state business taxes will fatten corporate profits but do nothing to boost job prospects for the unemployed, the executive director of Minnesota Citizens for Tax Justice predicted.
No matter how safely a road project is designed, no matter how safe workers keep themselves, nothing can protect them from a careless, distracted or reckless driver.
Workers Memorial Day commemorations across Minnesota highlighted the fact that MnDOT snowplow drivers, highway construction workers, state troopers and numerous others depend on unions to help keep them safe – and that unions protect all workers by advocating for better working conditions.
