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After years of dealing and debate, Vikings get their biggest win
Submitted by JohnSee on Fri, 05/11/2012 - 8:24am(Mpls StarTribune) Ending a decade of turmoil, the Minnesota Senate on Thursday gave final approval to a $975 million Vikings stadium meant to anchor the team in Minneapolis for a generation.
The vote ended a turbulent session that saw the project nearly die several times, only to get revived and then dominate the Legislature's final weeks, as opponents ultimately succumbed to intense pressure. Read more »
Dayton talks up Vikings stadium at union retiree event
Submitted by JohnSee on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 12:57pm
Governor Mark Dayton received a standing ovation during a visit Saturday to the annual “Fun(d)raiser” for the Minnesota State Retiree Council, AFL-CIO, where he emphasized the need to build a new Minnesota Vikings stadium.
Dayton was greeted with hugs and handshakes by union retirees in the crowd, many of whom have known and worked with him over his decades of public service in Minnesota. Read more »
Rybak: Minneapolis City Council majority backs stadium
Submitted by JohnSee on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 8:31amThe Minneapolis StarTribune reports that Mayor R. T. Rybak announced Monday that a majority of Minneapolis’ City Council now backed a new Minnesota Vikings stadium, setting up a last ditch effort by Gov. Mark Dayton to persuade reluctant Republican legislators at the state Capitol to back the project. The surprise announcement, coming after weeks of intense lobbying in Minneapolis, removed a major obstacle to a public subsidy package for the proposed $975 million stadium in downtown Minneapolis. Read more »
Testimony challenges claims of Right to Work proponents
Submitted by JohnSee on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 11:43am
As state lawmakers at the Capitol held the session’s first hearing on a proposed Right to Work constitutional amendment today, hundreds of workers from across the state – and across the political spectrum – demonstrated in opposition to the controversial measure, calling it unsafe, unfair and unnecessary for Minnesota. (Photos from the MN AFL-CIO and AFSCME 5) Read more »
Labor leaders praise stadium deal and the jobs it will create
Submitted by Barb Kucera on Thu, 03/01/2012 - 2:18pmCiting the thousands of jobs that will be created, state labor leaders expressed relief and excitement that a deal has been reached to build a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings football team. Read more »
Health assessment provides comprehensive overview for 49ers
Submitted by KatieSanders on Wed, 12/28/2011 - 10:42amby Katie Sanders An 8 a.m. health assessment is just the thing to jump-start your day, I think with some annoyance, as I maneuver the car through the snow. I’m dressed in gym clothes and have a snack tucked in my bag to eat after the fasting blood draw. I’ve signed on for this activity to better understand the model and process of preventative health care used by the Operating Engineers Local 49. Read more »
U.S.Transportation Secretary LaHood at the historic Union Depot Station
Submitted by JohnSee on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 12:10pm
On Monday, Sept.19, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff visited Minnesota in support of President Obama’s American Jobs Act and called on Congress to make significant investments in job-creating transportation projects across the country like the currently underway Central Corridor Light Rail project. Read more »
Impact of Construction Jobs in Minnesota
Submitted by JohnSee on Wed, 09/14/2011 - 12:16pmPolicymakers need to start finding a way to get our economy moving again. The construction industry presents, in the words of corporate America, a large ROI (return-on-investment). Putting construction workers to work stimulates the economy not only by injecting wages into it and thereby increasing consumer demand, but it eases the burden on social welfare and unemployment systems.
To see the economic impact of the consrtruction industry, lets look at some facts. Read more »
New Rules Seen as Aid to Efforts to Unionize
Submitted by Larry Casey on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 8:36amThe National Labor Relations Board issued new regulations on Thursday that require companies to put posters on their bulletin boards that inform employees about their rights to unionize under federal law.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/26/business/labor-agency-to-require-posti...
APPRENTICE COORDINATOR’S SPORTING CLAY SHOOT
Submitted by Larry Casey on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 6:54pmThe Minnesota Apprenticeship Coordinators Association Has a unique fundraiser for injured apprentices who are members of building trades unions.
When: Wednesday, September 21,2011 at @ noon
Where: Wild Marsh Sporting Clay, Inc., 13481 Co. Rd. 3 SE, Clear Water, MN (320) 743-4960
Details: $100 per shooter; bring 125 shells per shooter, 12 or 20 guage shotguns, #7.5 or #8 shot
Lunch and prizes after shoot
Ask your JATC or vendors for donations or dood prizes
RSVP by 9/15/11 to Tom Reger @ (651) 783-8422 or local633@mtn.org