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...
Two weeks ago in our piece entitled St. Paul Labor Disunity, we discussed the AFSCME endorsement in the St. Paul’s Mayor’s race going to Councilmember Jay Benanav (DFL-Ward 04, St Paul) and the St. Paul Building and Trades endorsement going to Sen Randy...
It was not a good day for organized Labor at the city convention as many of their pre-convention endorsed candidates failed to secure DFL Party endorsement. Labor worked hard and strongly supported Sharon Sayles Belton (DFL) in the Mayor’s race and saw that two of...
At the beginning of the 2001 election cycle, we understood a deal had been struck among the various members of the St. Paul Trades and Labor Assembly to forgo any endorsements from any part of the group and stand unified behind a single candidate. This prospect...
The State Senate made the wise move to extract themselves from the contractual relationships between the state of Minnesota and union collective bargaining units in the issue extending benefits to same-sex couples. Previously the Senate had voted to deny the extension...
