The filing period for November’s elections opened Monday and ends on June 5th. Rep Erin Murphy (DFL-64A, St Paul) is racking up endorsements in the run-up to the DFL Endorsing Convention in Rochester June 1-3. She announced the endorsement by the MN Nurses...
Supporters of gubernatorial candidate St Paul Mayor Chris Coleman are visibly helping former City Council Member Melvin Carter III (DFL) in his bid to replace Coleman. It is thought the reason for the support is intended to ingratiate Coleman with AFSCME and hopefully...
If you want to see the power of organized labor finally balancing away from public sector unions then you should support Medical Marijuana. Now we know this might seem like an odd juxtaposition, but the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) represents...
We received this release from AFSCME Council 5 and also learned 900 of their members took advantage of early retirement opportunities last year. Here is the release: AFSCME Council 5 praised Gov. Mark Dayton’s fair budget fix that balances $2 billion of service cuts...
The general public will not truly turn its attention to the actions of the legislature until they feel some sort of personal discomfort from their inaction. We believe a significant influence this legislative session were the pressures created by criticism cast by...
