Jobs and the Economy
Public employees support Building Trades to defend good jobs in Duluth
DULUTH - More than 600 members of AFSCME Council 5, gathered in Duluth for the public employee union's annual convention, led other unions in a boisterous rally outside the Radisson hotel Friday, protesting the new owner’s use of nonunion painters from Texas for renovation work.
Federal Recovery Act: A Success Story
Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter Kevin Diaz, wrote a very insightful article about the federal Recovery Act and what it has meant to workers, businesses and residents in the first Congressional District. For some time now Republican leaders and commentators have maintained that the stimulus funds appropriated by the Obama administration has not translated to jobs creation. Diaz interviews workers, company owners and union officials. He reveals what the economic stimulus funds have meant in the Greater Rochester area. Read more »
