A rally to support Minnesota AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Ray Waldron for the University of Minnesota Board of Regents has been postponed because the Legislature will not meet to select the regents.
The Legislature was scheduled to meet in joint session Monday, Feb. 26, to fill five open seats on the board, but the meeting was cancelled. House Speaker Steve Sviggum and Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe reportedly are engaged in a disagreement over the selection process.
The Minnesota AFL-CIO had planned a demonstration in support of Waldron before the legislative vote. That action is on hold pending the Legislature's decision to reschedule the joint meeting. In the meantime, the labor federation is encouraging people to write and phone their legislators to urge them to vote for Waldron.
Waldron was one of five people recommended by a legislative committee Feb. 20 for a seat on the board.
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A rally to support Minnesota AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Ray Waldron for the University of Minnesota Board of Regents has been postponed because the Legislature will not meet to select the regents.
The Legislature was scheduled to meet in joint session Monday, Feb. 26, to fill five open seats on the board, but the meeting was cancelled. House Speaker Steve Sviggum and Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe reportedly are engaged in a disagreement over the selection process.
The Minnesota AFL-CIO had planned a demonstration in support of Waldron before the legislative vote. That action is on hold pending the Legislature’s decision to reschedule the joint meeting. In the meantime, the labor federation is encouraging people to write and phone their legislators to urge them to vote for Waldron.
Waldron was one of five people recommended by a legislative committee Feb. 20 for a seat on the board.
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