Trumka’s Impassioned Speech About Racism.

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka delivered this fiery speech at the United Steelworkers convention in July of this year. Take the time to watch it. It is worth it.     Peace & solidartiy, CHC

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Mortal Oil

On November 28 two workers died as a result of an explosion and fire at an Enbridge Energy oil pipeline terminal in Clearbrook, MN. On December 1st, just two days later, at the Marathon Oil refinery in St. Paul Park, MN an explosion and fire at a 10,000 barrel tank claimed the life of another worker.  [...]

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It’s to late for us…

“It’s to late for us, but it isn’t to late for our children and grandchildren to have a better life”. Those are the emotional words of Mary Stodola of Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota as she testified before legislators at a public hearing on June 28 in Mountain Iron regarding the Minnesota Department of Health’s  withholding of information about asbestos [...]

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Big Dooker of the week-June 22, 2007

OK, so I missed last week. I make the rules at CornerHouse so this week we will have two Dooker’s. Actually, a tie. We expect our government agencies and officials to serve us-the public. Many of those people claim to be ‘public servants’,  or like to say they are ‘serving the public’. Two of Minnesota’s government [...]

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