11/09/09 UPDATE: Harmon Park is safe. According to members of the Save Harmon Park group the Pipestone city council met in closed session again tonight (11/09/09) and when they came out they announced that they had taken a vote and had declined Coborn’s offer for Harmon Park. “Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to [...]
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Green vs. Green-The Harmon Park Saga
Posted in EFCA, GOP, health insurance, Minnesota, Misc., music video, News, Politics, Uncategorized, tagged big yellow taxi, coborn's, EFCA, green space, harmon park, health care reform, joni mitchell, pipestone, steve gottwalt on November 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A Workers Right To Organize-Two stories
Posted in AFL-CIO, EFCA, Labor, Minnesota, NLRB, Organizing, Politics, Unions, video, tagged AFL-CIO, EFCA, Employee Free Choice Act, Minnesota, new flyer bus company, turn around america fund, Unions, workers rights on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you want to do a compare and contrast about card check and the secret ballot method of organizing a union in the workplace, Workday Minnesota’s recent post, Videos about the Employee Free Choice Act, offers two informative videos produced by the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service. The first one shows a successful [...]
A first aid kit and hand sanitizer. Doesn’t get any better than this.
Posted in AFL-CIO, EFCA, Labor, Organizing, Politics, Unions, video, tagged AFL-CIO, EFCA, Labor, Unions on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sign the petition here Peace & solidarity, CHC
Trouble in the Attorney General’s Office-Why should I Care?
Posted in DFL, EFCA, JBS Swift, Labor, Minnesota, Politics, Unions, worthington, tagged amy lawler, attorney general lori swanson, DFL, EFCA, Labor, MNOSHA on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday I wrote about Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson and the unrest in her office. I also offered a message to the AG. Today I am not surprised but certainly distressed that the AG has put assistant attorney general Amy Lawler on administrative leave. Once again, Eric Black at MinnPost.com has the story. MPR’s Tim [...]
Democrats scrimmage on Chicago’s Soldier Field
Posted in AFL-CIO, EFCA, GOP, Politics, Unions on August 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Just a few thoughts on tonights AFL-CIO Presidential Forum on MSNBC. I have not watched many of the debates up to this time except for a portion of the YouTube debate. The YouTube debate was more of a novelty. It was interesting but it lacked the energy, passion and excitment of tonight’s forum. This one was [...]
Employee Free Choice Act
Posted in AFL-CIO, EFCA, Organizing, Politics, Unions on June 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Lately you mave have seen or heard alot in the media about the upcoming vote on the Employee Free Choice Act. Unions and anti-union business groups have been doing intense lobbying on Capitol Hill and in the home states of the undecided or uncommitted. Democrats have an opportunity to show where they stand to the [...]







