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Alondra Cano, Minneapolis City Council Campaign: Carpenters for Barb Johnson, Minneapolis City 3334 20Th Ave MRLF awards AFL-CIO endorsement to all Minneapolis City Council incumbents— pages 2, 10-13 Minneapolis Labor Review 110th Year No. 6 October 27, 2017 www.minneapolisunions.org Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO Anoka-Hennepin schools seek community support ANOKA — Parents, teachers area. (See story, page 4, and list of building trades members, and MRLF school levy endorsements, other community members are page 20). working to pass two school In Anoka-Hennepin, the funding requests that will be on state’s largest school district, the the November 7 ballot for voters need for the two levies to pass is in the Anoka-Hennepin school particularly acute. district. “All our schools are at capaci- The school district has named ty except for two. They’re experi- the levy campaign, “Fit for the encing extremely crowded class- Londel French Future,” and says the additional rooms,” reported LeMoyne funding from the levy requests Corgard, president of Anoka-Hen- Minneapolis Park Board will ensure “safety, security and nepin Education Minnesota, the At Large space” for the growing district, district’s teachers union. MRLF puts new focus on 2017 now educating 38,000 students. “The growth that’s happen- The Minneapolis Regional ing as the economy improves Minneapolis park board races Labor Federation, AFL-CIO has means we don’t have enough See pages 7-9 endorsed the Anoka-Hennepin space for the students we al- school levy campaign as well as ready have and the students we A portable classroom at Anoka-Hennepin schools’ Sand Creek Elemen- Labor news school levy campaigns in 11 know are coming,” Corgard tary houses K-3 science classes and has only one door, which is a safe- updated daily other districts in the west metro ANOKA-HENNEPIN page 4 ty concern. At one point, the district had 110 portable classrooms. www.workdayminnesota.org No AFL-CIO Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation… Follow us on facebook! endorsement www.facebook.com/minneapolisunions for mayor of Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO screened 2017 candidates for Minneapo- lis mayor but did not vote to MRLF backs races by current, former union members award an AFL-CIO endorse- MINNEAPOLIS — Five current or former union members are among the candidates for local office running this year with the ment. endorsement of the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. Left to right: Jim Leuthner, St. Louis Park City Council, Ward Several unions affiliated with 3; Steve Fletcher, Minneapolis City Council, Ward 3; Amanda Reineck, Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose School Board, At Large; Anna the MRLF, however, have en- Dirkswager, Anoka-Hennepin School Board, District 4; Londel French, Minneapolis Park Board, At Large. See stories inside. dorsed in the mayor’s race. See pages 2, 4. General Election: To Find Your Polling Place Inside Tuesday, November 7 Anoka County 763-323-5275 Hennepin County 612-348-5151 3 MRLF Commission on Racial and Social Justice n Polls open 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Scott County 952-496-8161 n State law allows you to take time 6 Doorknocks, phone banks, Get-Out-The-Vote Carver County 952-361-1910 off the morning of Election Day to 7 MRLF puts new focus on Minneapolis park board races McLeod County 320-864-1210 vote, if you notify your employer. Meeker County 320-693-5212 10 Minneapolis city council incumbents: All AFL-CIO endorsed n Minnesota allows same-day voter Wright County 763-682-3900 registration if you’re not already 14 SEIU’s Amanda Reineck runs for Buffalo school board Minnesota Secretary of State’s registered. Bring ID such as MN 15 Carpenter Jim Leuthner runs for St. Louis Park city council drivers license AND current utility bill on-line pollfinder: with your name and current address. http://pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us/ 20 AFL-CIO endorsements Local elections November 7: VOTE! By Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou, President, Over the past four years, the MRLF Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation has been able to continually count on the As you pick up this month’s Labor current Minneapolis City Council to be a Review, we are just a few short days from partner in this organizing and growth an important municipal election day: work. From day one, this group of 13 got Tuesday, November 7. straight to work on behalf of all our mem- Particularly notable this bers and workers across the year are the Minneapolis elec- city. For 2017, we endorsed tions. All 13 City Council all 11 incumbents running for members, the Mayor and all re-election (and new candi- nine Park Board Commis- dates in the open 3rd and 8th sioners will be on the ballot. Wards) because, as a team, Coupled with ranked choice they have changed the course voting, voters in Minneapolis of history for workers in Min- will face many decisions as neapolis. they enter the voting booth. We know our work isn’t Over many years, the Min- done and many issues remain neapolis Regional Labor Federation has to be addressed, but we are confident that developed deep relationships with work- when we come together we will be able to ers, local elected officials, city leaders tackle the challenges in front of us. and community organizations all across The MRLF spent a lot of time meeting the city. When workers in Minneapolis with and engaging the candidates for MRLF’s Labor Commission on Racial and are fighting for a voice in the workplace, Minneapolis Mayor, including holding a we know we can count on a vast network meet and greet event for our members. Economic Justice develops model for its work to support them. With our partnerships With many friends in the race, affiliates running deep, it can make a big city like divided and a divisive dust settling across By Steve Share, Labor Review editor especially things they never thought Minneapolis feel a lot smaller, especially the city, the MRLF chose not to make an MINNEAPOLIS — “What can be about,” said JoAnn Campbell-Sudduth, when we have so many friends running endorsement for Minneapolis Mayor. done in my own union to improve our Education Minnesota retiree. for key positions. We know the most important task commitment to racial justice?” Campbell-Sudduth is co-chairing the Working in partnership with local ahead of us, whoever wins, is coming to- That’s just one of the questions defin- Commission along with Chelsie Glaubitz leaders, workers and community groups gether for a statewide movement in 2018. ing the scope of the work ahead for union Gabiou, president of the MRLF. we came together and won major victo- With Trump in the presidency, our members participating in the work of the “Now more than ever, race and racial ries over the last several years. persistent equity gaps and the state one local Labor Commission on Racial and justice issues are really playing out in our With a growing city, we’ve been able election away from slipping into an un- Economic Justice. day-to-day lives,” Glaubtiz commented. to invest in our public sector workforce stoppable anti-worker majority, we must The Commission is an initiative of the “The labor movement needs to be an — those on the front line doing the work take our role very seriously in this mo- Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, agent of change.” of the city. ment. Minneapolis has proven to be a AFL-CIO and its People of Color Union So far, Glaubitz said, the Commis- We’ve also made significant invest- great laboratory for democracy. We will Members caucus (POCUM). The project sion’s biggest decision is that the Com- ments in our aging streets and parks sys- need everyone in Minneapolis helping to grew out of a 2016 visit here by national mission isn’t going to be a permanent tem. fight to protect our gains. We know we AFL-CIO leaders who were on a nation- group or issue a “final report” — “it’s Most notably, we’ve even passed his- have that partnership in any of the lead- wide listening tour. going to be cohorts of leaders.” toric legislation that raises standards for ing mayoral candidates — and we hope A diverse group of local union mem- A second leadership group will begin all workers by winning municipal earned to help keep our focus on our shared ene- bers are participating in the Commission, meeting in February 2018 and a third sick and safe time and a municipal $15 mies rather than what divides Minneapo- which has met several times, including leadership group will begin meeting in minimum wage. Now we are on a path- lis voters. discussions about participants’ own atti- December 2018. way to building one of the strongest en- This issue of the Labor Review fea- tudes about race and experiences with Each cohort will consist of 15-20 forcement departments in the nation. tures several candidate profiles. Please racism. union members who will first meet for a All of this was done with an eye to or- take the time to learn about and support “We’ve had at times difficult conver- four-day orientation to get to know each ganizing. Today, every grocery co-op in your labor-endorsed candidates for this sations, a lot of ‘aha’ moments for peo- other. Then, over the next 18 months, the City of Minneapolis is now union- year’s 2017 elections. This will be our ple,” commented participant Mary Turn- they will meet, discuss, learn new skills ized, a victory that included strategizing first opportunity to show that our democ- er, president of the Minnesota Nurses and take on specific projects.
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