OUR BLOG.
No Image
Minnesota AFL-CIO to Governor, “It’s My Way or the Highway” No Way to Govern.
Friday, May 15th, 2009
In the wake of Governor Pawlenty’s threat to balance the state budget with only program and job cuts, Minnesota AFL-CIO President Ray Waldron today urged Governor Pawlenty to, "step back, …
No Image
Gov. Pawlenty: Minnesota, or National Political Ambitions?
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
This morning ABM joined with the MN AFL-CIO, AFSCME Council 5, Working America, SEIU MN State Council, Americans United for Change and others in unveiling a new billboard asking …
No Image
Bemidji man: tea parties miss the mark with message.
Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Hard to believe it’s been a month since the tax day "tea parties" took place across the country, with just a little help from Fox News and corporate lobbyists in …
No Image
VIDEO: A World Without Water.
Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Current takes a look at water scarcity in the "Age of Drought" by focusing on Florida, China, and Nevada, three areas of the world where the effects of dryness are …
No Image
FLASHBACK: Tim Pawlenty Said the Stimulus Wouldn’t Work Before He Said It Was Working.
Thursday, May 7th, 2009
On a conference call yesterday, Governor Tim Pawlenty said that the federal stimulus money (which is shaping the state budget) will be a big help in the state by "bring[ing] …
No Image
VIDEO: How (NOT) to Form a Union.
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
The folks over at the Center for American Progress Action Fund put together this video to show just how incredibly difficult it is to form a union under the current …
No Image
Pawlenty doesn’t support plan to grant same-sex partner benefits.
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
The Minnesota Independent caught something I’d missed in a letter Governor Tim Pawlenty sent to two state legislators last week (and copied the press on). Gov. Tim Pawlenty said he …
No Image
ABM, Americans United for Change, MN AFL-CIO Calls on Governor Pawlenty to Do His Legal Duty and Certify the U.S. Senate Election Results Should Al Franken Be Declared the Winner by the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Friday, May 1st, 2009
Will Pawlenty act in the best interests of the people of Minnesota that urgently need full representation in the U.S. Senate — or his own national political ambitions? On the …