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. with our municipal work. Workers at racy will be stronger — not weaker — Association. The first cohort, Glaubitz said, “is the Franklin Street Bakery are on the preci- under our current national leadership. “As African-Americans, we know group that’s kind of figuring it out.” pice of being recognized as a union after See list of 2017 MRLF-endorsed can- about power and privilege, but for the She added, “ours is lifted up as a mod- decades of fighting for a voice. didates and school levies, pages 7 or 20. white folks in the room, it was painful — COMMISSION page 17

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Page 2 • Minneapolis Labor Review • October 27, 2017 www.minneapolisunions.org Events November 2: Author will discuss ‘Origins of the Radical Right and the Crisis of Democracy’ ST. PAUL — The East Side Freedom discuss “The Origins of the Radical Right Library will host a book reading and dis- and the Crisis of Our Democracy.” Her cussion Thursday, November 2 at 7:00 research examines the ideas and work of p.m. with Nancy MacLean, the author of James McGill Buchanan, a Nobel Prize a new, controversial book, “Democracy winning political economist. in Chains,” an explosive exposé of the It was Buchanan who taught billion- little-known thinker behind the radical aire Charles Koch that for capitalism to right’s relentless campaign to eliminate thrive, democracy must be enchained. unions, suppress voting, privatize public “Democracy in Chains” is a finalist education, stop action on climate change, for the National Book Award. and alter the U.S. Constitution. The East Side Freedom Library is lo- MacLean, Professor of History and cated at 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul. Public Policy at Duke University, will The event is free and open to all. November 9-10: U of M hosts ‘Summit on Civil Rights,’ featuring Walter Mondale, Keith Ellison MINNEAPOLIS — The University mond, International Vice President of the of Minnesota Law School will host a United Steel Workers Union; William E. “Summit on Civil Rights” Thursday and Spriggs, Chief Economist, AFL-CIO; Friday, November 9-10. and Randi Weingarten, President, Ameri- Keynote speakers include former Vice can Federation of Teachers President and U.S. Senator Walter Mon- In an invitation to the summit, Mon- dale and Fifth District U.S. Representa- dale said, “the Summit will explore the tive Keith Ellison, as well as speakers opportunities that changing demograph- from across the country. ics and changing attitudes offer for build- Featured speakers will include several ing new, multi-racial coalitions.” union leaders, including: Reverend Ter- The registration fee is $125 per indi- October 2017 ad rence Melvin, President, International vidual, $100 each for three people from 1/4 page Coalition of Black Trade Unionists; the same organization. Becky Pringle, Vice President of the Na- For more information, or to register, Vote November 7 4.7 in. w. x tional Education Association; Fred Red- visit summitforcivilrights.org. 5.85 in. h. Support Labor-endorsed candidates Closes November 11: World War I exhibit at Support your local school levies MN History Center includes era’s labor issues ST. PAUL — The story of the United stories of social transformation with both States’ involvement in World War I isn’t national and local perspectives and show- …And remember Minnesota law now just the story of military campaigns but cases period artifacts. The exhibit closes provides “no excuses” absentee voting. also the story of an era of profound social Saturday, November 11. change at home, including the migration For more information, visit minneso- You can vote before election day either of black workers from the south to the tahistorycenter.org. in-person at local election offices north and a growing labor movement. All veterans and active military mem- “World War I America,” an exhibit at bers will receive free admission on Veter- or by mail by absentee ballot. the Minnesota History Center, tells those an’s Day, November 11. For information: www.mnvotes.org November 17: Fare for All offers discounted Thanksgiving holiday meal package for $30 MINNEAPOLIS — Fare For All, a Fare For All sells packages of fresh local non-profit food program, will sell produce and frozen meat with prices special “Holiday Packs” for $30 Friday, ranging from $10 to $30 per package. November 17 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 Everyone can save up to 40 percent on p,m. at the Sprinkler Fitters Local 417 their food purchases. The program has no union hall, 1404 Central Ave. NE, Min- income requirements and is open to ev- neapolis. Each “Holiday Pack” includes a eryone who is looking to save money. 9-10 pound turkey, a Hormel pork ten- Working Partnerships, the AFL-CIO PIPEFITTERS derloin, sage pork sausage, a turkey ten- community services program, hosts the derloin, chicken drumsticks, two bags of Fare for All site at the Sprinkler Fitters. LOCAL UNION NO. 539 green beans, and an apple pie. For more information: fareforall.org. www.minneapolisunions.org October 27, 2017 • Minneapolis Labor Review • Page 3 Anoka-Hennepin: New schools, smaller classes

continued from page 1 Smaller class sizes are so important for student learning, Corgaard says. said. With current class sizes, “for students, Corgard said this year’s “Fit for the Fu- they can’t access the help they might ture” school levy campaign was almost two need to excel,” he says. years in planning. A 32-member committee And current class sizes mean, “for organized, drawn from administrators, teachers, it’s obviously more workload. teachers, union leaders and others. “We ex- more workload problems. You can’t amined the needs of the district for the next reach 40 students like you can reach 30 10-20 years,” he reported, and consulted students,” he notes. the Minnesota state demographer about “We know that’s what helps students growth projections. excel, when they develop a meaningful Two questions will be on the Ano- relationship with a teacher,” Corgard ka-Hennepin School District ballot. said. The first question — an operating For more information on the Ano- levy — proposes to increase annual per ka-Hennepin levy, visit www.ahschools. pupil spending by $226.20 and, if passed, us/levybond2017 would be in effect for 10 years. 11 other school district levies The second question — the bonding Other school districts in the west met- levy — would authorize the district to ro region with “yes” votes on levies en- sell $249 million in bonds to finance dorsed by the MRLF include: school construction and improvements. n Bloomington (ISD #271), Operat- But this step would take place only if the ing Levy first question also passes. n Brooklyn Center (ISD #286), Oper- For the average home in the Ano- ating Levy and Bonding Levy; ka-Hennepin school district, which is n Columbia Heights (ISD #13), valued at $200,000, the net tax increase Bonding Levy; from the two questions on the ballot n Hopkins (ISD #270), Operating would be just $11.02 per month. Levy and Bonding Levy; (That’s less than the price of four cups n Maple Lake (ISD #881) of coffee with a shot of hazelnut at a local Operating Levy and Bonding Levy; Caribou Coffee). n Prior Lake-Savage (ISD #719) The bonding levy, if passed, will en- Bonding Levy and Operating Levy; able the district to build major additions n Richfield (ISD 280), Operating to four of the district’s five high schools Levy and Bonding Levy; and also will support the construction of n Rockford ISD (#883) two new elementary schools. Operating Levy and Technology Levy; With the new space added by the n St. Francis (ISD #15), Bonding bonding levy, the district will be able to Levy; remove 62 portable classrooms which n St. Louis Park (ISD #283), Operat- are inefficient, aging and which pose ing Levy and Bonding Levy; safety and security risks. n Wayzata (ISD #284), Operating The added space, plus the increased Levy, Bonding Levy and Technology funding from the operating levy, will en- Levy. able the district to hire more teachers and For more information, visit the school reduce class sizes. district websites. VOTE AFL-CIO LINEA ENDORSED No MRLF endorsement for Minneapolis mayor, PALMISANO CANIDATES while unions split endorsements three ways MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis State Representative Raymond Dehn LABOR Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO has been endorsed by the Minnesota and screened 2017 candidates for Minneapo- Nurses Association in his bid for mayor. lis mayor but did not vote to award an Ward 3 Minneapolis city council DFL AFL-CIO endorsement. member Jacob Frey, now running for (See comments by MRLF president mayor, has won the most union endorse- Endorsed Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou, page 2). ments. They include: AFSCME Council Several unions affiliated with the 5, the Minneapolis Building and Con- MRLF, however, have endorsed in the struction Trades Council, Laborers Dis- I.A.T.S.E. mayor’s race. trict Council, Operating Engineers Local LOCAL 13 Teamsters Joint Council 32 also en- 49, Painters District Council 82, Team- Minneapolis City Council dorsed in the mayor’s race. sters Joint Council 32, UNITE HERE MINNEAPOLIS AND 13th Ward Incumbent Mayor Betsy Hodges, Local 17. seeking re-election, has been endorsed by Earlier this year, the city convention SAINT PAUL STAGEHANDS, lineapalmisano.org the SEIU Minnesota State Council, of Minneapolis DFL Party adjourned WARDROBE, AND COSTUME Paid for by Neighbors for Linea, which also backed her run for mayor four without making an endorsement for may- P.O. Box 24050, Minneapolis, MN 55424 years ago. or. Page 4 • Minneapolis Labor Review • October 27, 2017 www.minneapolisunions.org Union leaders blast ‘Janus’ Supreme Court case as blatant political attack By Mark Gruenberg, and both teachers unions — issued a joint PAI Staff Writer statement emphasizing the same themes. WASHINGTON, D.C. (PAI) — Union And they pointed out, one right-wing leaders denounced the latest right-wing think tanker wrote supporters the case’s attempt to deprive unions of union dues real aim was as part of its national cam- — via a Supreme Court case the justices paign “to strike a mortal blow” and “de- have agreed to hear -— as “a blatant at- fund and defang” unions. tack to rig the economy against workers,” The Janus case is “a blatantly political as Laborers president Terry O’Sullivan and well-funded plot to use the highest put it. court in the land to further rig the eco- Sullivan and other union leaders com- nomic rules against everyday working mented after the justices decided Septem- people. The billionaire CEOs and corpo- ber 27 to hear the case pitting dissident rate interests behind this case, and the worker Mark Janus against his Illinois politicians who do their bidding, have AFSCME Council. teamed up to deliver yet another attack Janus and his backers scheme to defund on working people by striking at the free- unions and workers by declaring all seven dom to come together in strong unions,” million state and local government work- the four union leaders said. ers nationwide potential “free riders.” The four — AFSCME president Lee That means they wouldn’t be required Saunders, Teachers president Randi We- to pay one red cent for the basic services ingarten, National Education Association that unions provide: contract coverage president Lily Eskelsen-Garcia and Ser- and protection from arbitrary discipline vice Employees president Mary Kay and favoritism by bosses. Henry — added: “The people behind this The justices said they would hear the case simply do not believe that working case, Janus v AFSCME Council 31 but people deserve the same freedoms they didn’t set a date. It’s the second attempt have: To negotiate a fair return on their by the radical right’s so-called National work,” in a swipe against multimil- Right to Work Committee to use a dissi- lion-dollar corporate employment agree- dent worker as their weapon against state ments. requirements that government workers “This case started with an overt polit- whom unions represent must pay “agen- ical attempt by the billionaire governor cy fees” for the basic services of contract of Illinois, Bruce Rauner, to attack public bargaining and worker defense. service workers through the courts,” they The first try, the Friedrichs case, failed noted. Lower courts ruled Rauner, a on a 4-4 tie in the High Court after Asso- right-wing Republican who has waged Experienced leadership. ciate Justice Antonin Scalia died. Repub- war on AFSCME Council 31 since the lican appellate judge Neil Gorsuch has day he took office three years ago, could replaced him. In both cases, the right to not sue, since he wasn’t personally hurt. A record of results. work crowd and their cat’s paw argue that So the right-to-work crowd dredged up a payment of the agency fees violates their rank-and-file worker, Mark Janus, to take free speech 1st Amendment rights. his place. But the union leaders quickly pointed “This case is yet another example of Barb Johnson out the cases’ real impact: They would corporate interests using their power and Minneapolis City Council cost unions millions of dollars, crippling influence to launch a political attack on their ability to fight for workers, union working people and rig the rules of the Ward 4 and non-union, and their ability to fight economy in their own favor,” said Saun- Prepared and paid for by the Barb Johnson Volunteer Committee, John Rainville, Treasurer, 4318 Xerxes Ave No., Minneapolis, MN 55412 against the corporate and right-wing ders, whose union represents more state www.barbjohnson.org agenda. and local workers than any other. “The Janus case is part of a coordinat- “When working people are able to ed attack on workers financed by an- join strong unions, they have the strength ti-union, anti-worker billionaires and cor- in numbers they need to fight for the free- porate interests whose aim is to destroy doms they deserve, like access to quality unions and make it impossible for work- health care, retirement security and time ing people to join together and protect off work to care for a loved one. The hard-fought rights and protections,” merits of the case, and 40 years of Su- O’Sullivan said. preme Court precedent and sound law, OPEIU Local 12 urges you to vote for “If the court rules against the unions, are on our side,” Saunders said. “We look labor-endorsed candidates who will it would be overturning legal precedent forward to the Supreme Court honoring that has protected workers for 40 years its earlier rulings.” fight for the working class and and siding with corporate interests who “The billionaires and corporate spe- want to silence workers.” He called the cial interests funding this case view support pro-worker policies. case a “corporate-funded plot to rig the unions as a threat to their power, so they rules against workers.” are trying to get the U.S. Supreme Court Office & Professional Employees International Union Local 12 The unions with the most to lose from to rig the system even more in favor of www.opeiu12.org • 651-639-1212 a hostile Supreme Court ruling in Ja- those already at the top,” said AFSCME nus— AFSCME, the Service Employees Council 31. www.minneapolisunions.org October 27, 2017 • Minneapolis Labor Review • Page 5 Get-Out-The-Vote MRLF seeks volunteers for doorknocks, phone banks, and Get-Out-The-Vote MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis phonebank for Anoka-Hennepin school levies Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO 3200 Main St. NW, Ste. 360, Coon Rapids 5 pm–8 pm seeks union members to volunteer to help with doorknocks, phone banks and Thursday, November 2 Get-Out-The-Vote efforts through Elec- Campaigns: Phone bank for Lisa Bender, Minneapolis City tion Day, Tuesday, November 7. For Council; Londel French and Jono Cowgill, Minneapolis Park more information, or to volunteer, con- Board tact MRLFOPTI OcampaignsN A manager Casey 2104 Stevens Ave. S., Minneapolis 5 pm–9 pm VOTE LABOR HudekO atct [email protected] 2014 or 612-321-5671.1/16 page Or,(2. 2simply85 in .report w. x to2 .85Get-Out-The-Vote in. h.) CANDIDATES one of the following scheduled campaign Saturday, November 4–Tuesday, November 7 & YES for Schools! events: Complete schedule will be announced Saturday, October 28 Saturday, November 4 Campaign: Alondra Cano, Minneapolis City Council Campaign: Carpenters for Barb Johnson, Minneapolis City 3334 20th Ave. S., Minneapolis Council 10 am–1 pm 4203 Webber Parkway, Minneapolis Time to be announced Saturday, October 28 Campaign: Bloomington Federation of Teachers for Sunday, November 5 Bloomington School Levy Vote Yes Campaigns: Steve Fletcher, Minneapolis City Council, and Jefferson High School, 4001 W. 102nd St. Bloomington Londel French, Minneapolis Park Board BOILERMAKERS 10 am–1 pm MRLF, 312 Central Ave. SE, Minneapolis 5th Floor conference room LODGE NO. 647 Saturday, October 28 12 noon–7 pm Campaign: Jim Ryan, Golden Valley City Council 2741 Lee Ave. North, Golden Valley Monday, November 6 9:30 am–12:00 noon, Lunch at noon, Campaigns: Londel French and Brad Bourn, Minneapolis Park 12:30 pm–3:30 pm Board 3828 Garfield Ave. S., Minneapolis Sunday, OOctoberPT 29ION B All day Campaign: Laborers for Steve Fletcher, Minneapolis City November 7, 2017 Council October 2017 Monday, November 6 MRLF, 3121 /Central16 pAve.a gSE,e Suite (2 550,.2 8Minneapolis5 in. w. x 2.85Campaign: in. h Anoka-Hennepin.) 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October 2014 Did you know Minnesota now has November 4, 2014 1/16 page (2.285 in. w. x 2.85 in. h.) ‘no excuses’ absentee voting? YouV canO voteTE before LA electionBO dayR in-personCAN at localDI electionDA TofficesES !or by mail by absentee ballot. For more information, visit mnvotes.org and click on ‘Other uniteherelocal17.org Ways to Vote.’ BOILERMAKERS Page 6 • Minneapolis Labor Review • October 27, 2017 LODGE NO. 647 www.minneapolisunions.org Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation Minneapolis Park Board Committee On Political Education: MRLF puts new focus on 2017 2017 Endorsements Minneapolis Park Board races By Steve Share, Labor Review editor The stakes in the 2017 Minneapolis Park Board MINNEAPOLIS — All nine seats on the Minneap- election are high, not just for residents, but also for olis Park and Recreation Board will be up for election the park system’s employees. in November 2017, including three At Large posi- “At the rank and file, the morale is probably at Minneapolis City Council tions as well as all six district seats. an all-time low,” reported Kevin Moody, business The election will bring a dramatic turnover on the manager for City Employees Local 363, which rep- Ward 1 Ward 5 Ward 10 board: only three of the current nine incumbents are resents the workers who maintain park grounds and Kevin Reich Blong Yang Lisa Bender running for re-election. facilities and care for boulevard trees. Ward 2 Ward 6 Ward 11 Park board members have been in the hot seat In the early 2000s, the system employed 152 Cam Gordon Abdi Warsame John Quincy in recent years —facing budget woes, charges of park-keepers, a number which has dropped to 102, racial inequities within the park system, and conten- Moody noted, and even was down to 80 at one time. Ward 3 Ward 7 Ward 12 tious decisions about outsourcing public employee The number of arborists has dropped from about 50 Steve Fletcher Lisa Goodman Andrew Johnson jobs through public-private partnerships. to 35. Ward 4 Ward 8 Ward 13 The departure of so many incumbents has attracted “I think the people of Minneapolis have noticed Barb Johnson Andrea Jenkins Linea Palmisano a field of many first-time candidates as well as two for- a difference in the parks,” Moody said. Ward 9 mer commissioners seeking a return to the board. At the same time as cuts to frontline staff, the Candidate filing closed August 15. park board has added new levels of management. Alondra Cano In the weeks and days before that deadline, Lately, “the number of frontline staff is moving more than one candidate has jumped from an At in the right direction, but it’s years behind the curve,” Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Large race to a district race or vice versa. In two in- said Tony Kelly, Local 363 field representative. District 2 District 4 At Large stances, that switch means those candidates lost their Local 363 vigorously opposed a plan that put the Kale Severson Jono Cowgill Londel French endorsement from the Minneapolis Regional Labor nonprofit Loppet Foundation in charge of ski and Federation, AFL-CIO. bike trails at Wirth Park. Commissioners voted 5-3 in District 3 District 6 (Note: Bob Fine and Mike Tate switched races and favor of the plan (Labor Review, December 16, A.K. Hassan Brad Bourn no longer carry the MRLF’s AFL-CIO endorsement). 2016), which the union decried as outsourcing. The MRLF’s current list of endorsements for Min- “That was a watershed vote for us,” Moody said. Golden Valley City Council neapolis Park Board may be found on this page. “Our issue with the park commissioners — a Updates will be posted at minneapolisunions.org. total disconnect with the rank and file,” Kelly said. At Large At Large Larry Fonnest Jim Ryan

Londel French: Longtime union member St. Louis Park City Council MINNEAPOLIS — “Our French moved to Minne- Ward 1 Ward 3 parks are the backyards of our apolis 19 years ago from Mil- Brian Shekleton Jim Leuthner neighborhoods,” says Londel waukee, coming to attend French. Brown Institute and build a Anoka-Hennepin School Board Union member Londel new life. “Minneapolis saved French is running for an At my life,” he says. District 3 District 4 District 6 Large seat on the Minneapolis A park director saw the Bill Harvey Anna Dirkswager Jeff Simon Park Board with the endorse- way French was working with ment of the Minneapolis Re- kids at Green Central School Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose School Board gional Labor Federation, and offered him a job. That AFL-CIO. Londel French led to years working on and At Large At Large He also has been endorsed off for the parks, staffing the Amanda Burnham Reineck Bob Sansevere by the Minneapolis DFL Par- At Large desk at neighborhood rec cen- ty. ters — and being that adult School Levy Questions — VOTE YES! French has worked for the Minneapo- who kids could approach to talk. Anoka-Hennepin (ISD #11) Hopkins (ISD #270) Rockford ISD (#883) lis park system over the years but for the “I’ve always been interested in poli- Operating Levy – Vote Yes Operating Levy – Vote Yes Operating Levy – Vote Yes past 18 years he has worked in special tics,” French notes. “I’ve always been in Bonding Levy – Vote Yes Bonding Levy – Vote Yes Technology Levy – Vote Yes education for the Minneapolis Public tune with what’s going on in the world.” Schools, previously at South High Now, in running for Park Board, Bloomington (ISD #271) Maple Lake (ISD #881) St. Francis (ISD #15) School and currently at Harrison Educa- French offers nearly 20 years of experi- Operating Levy – Vote Yes Operating Levy – Vote Yes Bonding Levy – Vote Yes tion Center. ence working with Minneapolis youth in Bonding Levy – Vote Yes

Most of the kids he works with have the park system and the school system. Brooklyn Center (ISD #286) Prior Lake-Savage (ISD #719) St. Louis Park (ISD #283) emotional behavior disorders, he says, “We’ve got to have people who look Operating Levy – Vote Yes Bonding Levy – Vote Yes Operating Levy – Vote Yes but “I just think they need a lot of love.’ like me in jobs of power,” French says. Bonding Levy – Vote Yes Operating Levy – Vote Yes Bonding Levy – Vote Yes French is a member of Minneapolis “It’s time to start putting actual union Federation of Teachers and Education members in office. It’s time for us to start Columbia Heights (ISD #13) Richfield (ISD 280) Wayzata (ISD #284) Support Professionals Local 59 and a leading,” he says. Bonding Levy – Vote Yes Operating Levy – Vote Yes Operating Levy – Vote Yes former longtime union steward. “I am a union member and that’s what Bonding Levy – Vote Yes Bonding Levy – Vote Yes French currently is also working part- I will take to this job,” French says. Technology – Vote Yes time for MFT Local 59 as an organizer Contact: This list current as of October 19, 2017. For updates: minneapolisunions.org. for the ESP branch. londelfrenchforparks.com www.minneapolisunions.org October 27, 2017 • Minneapolis Labor Review • Page 7 RE-ELECT Minneapolis Park Board Kale Severson: third generation northsider MINNEAPOLIS — “I led thers, too, were union the initiative to keep North members, he says. High open,” says Kale Sever- “I believe because of son. “It started in my front unions, my dad got to pur- yard.” chase a home,” Severson Thank you, Labor, for Your Support Severson is a third genera- says. “We got to be a sustain- tion northsider and he is run- able family.” Working for a growing, vibrant, sustainable ning for the District 2 Minne- “Union work allows for us Minneapolis that supports working families apolis Park Board seat as the people of color and the disen- candidate endorsed by the franchised to have some of Paid for by Neighbors for John Quincy, J. Dybvig Treasurer, 5157 Oakland Ave, S,, Minneapolis, MN 55417 • johnmquincy.org Minneapolis Regional Labor Kale Severson the privileges other people Federation, AFL-CIO. have,” he says. Severson also has been en- District 2 Severson began working SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SCHOOL LEVIES dorsed O byC T theO B MinneapolisER 2017 in Minneapolis parks at age DFL Party. 15 and served as director at several IT’S ABOUT KIDS… AND JOBS! District1/8 2 p includesage all of North Min- neighborhood parks. neapolis.4.7 in. w. x 2.85 in. h. He’s been the athletic director at “I grew up participating in sports at Far- North High and currently works as grant PAINTERS & ALLIED TRADES view park,” Severson relates, and attended coordinator at the Neighborhood Hub. Lincoln elementary, then Franklin junior Severson thinks the Park Board could DISTRICT COUNCIL #82 high, then graduated from North High. be doing a lot more to employ people of Painters & Drywall Finishers, In addition to Severson’s heritage as a color — and not just in temporary, sea- third generation northsider, “I’m a third sonal or non-professional jobs. “I want to Sign, Display & Screen Process, generation union member,” he reports, try to create a pathway to help northsid- Glaziers & Glass Workers and is a member of SEIU Local 284. ers and people of color get jobs,” he says. “I’ve always been a union member at Another concern: “We live in Minne- Affiliated Locals places I’ve worked.” apolis, the so-called progressive city… 61, 106, 386, 681, 880, 1324, 1922, 1962 & 2002 His dad, Jim VanHall, is a member of Our Park Board could lead the way in Operating Engineers Local 49. His broth- green technologies.” er Jason Kugel is a member of City Em- Contact: ployees Local 363. Both of his grandfa- votekale.org VOTE A.K. Hassan: Dedicated to public service

Tuesday, November 7 MINNEAPOLIS — “I will of the ‘Save Peavey Park’ proj- fight to ensure the equal acces- ect that I campaigned for,” he sibility of our beautiful parks to says. “As a member of the Ven- Support Labor everyone — especially our chil- tura Village Neighborhood As- dren — regardless of where in sociation, I was able to help Endorsed candidates Minneapolis they live,” says make Peavey Park a safer, more A.K. Hassan. family-friendly and overall Vote YES on your Hassan is running for the more welcoming place for ev- District 3 seat on the Minneapo- eryone.” local school district lis Park Board and has the en- “I’m pushing for communi- dorsement of the Minneapolis A.K. Hassan ty gardens in our parks so kids levies Regional Labor Federation, can learn and grow their own AFL-CIO. District 3 is bor- District 3 food,” he says. dered by 35W, the Mississippi “I’ve always been a big sup- River, and, roughly, E. 36th Street. porter of unions,” Hassan adds. “I want to A refugee from Somalia, Hassan arrived make sure the people who work in our in Minneapolis in 2008 and immersed him- parks have the right to be organized.” self in community service. Family members are union members, Hassan was a former teen coordinator including his mother who is a member of for the Franklin Ave. library. SEIU Healthcare Minnesota working at ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES! He servesOCT asO B chairER of2 0 the1 6Ventura Vil- Abbott Northwestern Hospital and a cousin lage neighborhood group in the Phillips 1/8 page who is an organizer for SEIU. Please vote and vote your paycheck! Neighborhood. For his mother, he relates, being a union He’s 4worked.7 in. asw a. communityx 2.85 in organizer. h. member means “she was free to speak how for Minneapolis Open Streets. she feels.” PAINTERS & ALLIED TRADES And he’s been the chair of the Minneso- “I’ll stand with unions in our parks,” ta DFL Somali-American Caucus. Hassan says. “If I get elected, I’ll sit with DISTRICT COUNCIL #82 In his neighborhood work, Hassan been everyone who works in our parks and hear Painters & Drywall Finishers, very involved with local parks. “Continu- their concerns. “I’ll be a voice for them.” ing to make our parks engaging places for Contact: Sign, Display & Screen Process, our children to play in was the central goal akhassan.com Page 8 • Minneapolis Labor Review • OctoberGlaz 27,ie r2017s & Glass Workers www.minneapolisunions.org Affiliated Locals 61, 106, 386, 681, 880, 1324, 1922, 1962 & 2002 Minneapolis Park Board Anoka-Hennepin Jono Cowgill: ‘Focus on working families’ MINNEAPOLIS — “Pub- degree in urban planning Public Schools lic space — and our parks es- from the U of M’s Humphrey pecially — are the last bastion School of Public Affairs. of true civic space where ev- Cowgill works as an urban erybody has access and people planner for Community De- of different backgrounds can sign Group and would bring VOTE ‘YES’ come together,” says Jono his professional experience to Cowgill. the park board. Cowgill is running for the He’d like to engage local District 4 seat on the Minne- communities in park budget- apolis Park Board and is en- ing, create park by park bud- NOV. 7 Jono Cowgill dorsed by the Minneapolis gets, and empower park di- Voting ‘Yes’ for Question 1, the operating levy, Regional Labor Federation, District 4 rectors and staff to respond to AFL-CIO and the DFL Party. community needs and desires. AND Voting ‘Yes’ for Question 2, the bond levy, District 4 includes parts of downtown And, he emphasizes, park board deci- will help make our Anoka-Hennepin schools and several neighborhoods including El- sions should be guided by advancing ra- liot Park, Whittier, Wedge, Stevens cial equity. ‘Fit for the Future’ Square, Kenwood, Bryn Mawr, Cedar- For a decade or more, Cowgill notes, Isles-Dean, and East Calhoun. the park system’s workforce has seen The District 4 incumbent, Anita Tabb, “cuts in capacity and having to do more For Safety, Security and is not running for re-election. and more work with less and less time,” Space for our students in Cowgill grew up in the Minneapolis while management jobs have increased. parks and schools. “I was in Rec Plus as “We need to focus on working fami- Anoka-Hennepin schools, a kid. I played park basketball,” he says. lies and the workers who are there every He adds: “I grew up in a union house- day in our parks,” Cowgill says. VOTE ‘YES’ NOV. 7 “We also need to ensure that jobs are hold.” His mother, a MAPE member, has THE VOICE FOR PROFESSIONAL being provided to union labor and work- To learn more, visit www.ahschools.us worked for the Minnesota Department of EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS Education for 30 years. ing families — that is the strength of our Cowgill graduated from South High city,” he adds. PAID FOR BY ANOKA-HENNEPIN EDUCATION MINNESOTA. NOT PAID FOR WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS. in 2006, went on to attend Pacific Luther- Contact: an University, and later earned a masters jono4parks.org Brad Bourn: ‘Board must take reins on policy’

MINNEAPOLIS — “We’re lems in park system gover- in a world of public-private nance. He notes that, unlike city partnerships; I want to make council members, the part-time sure the park board doesn’t ne- park board commissioners have gotiate from a position of weak- no staff and, consequently, the ness,” says Brad Bourn. superintendent of parks runs A two-term incumbent, the system. “The superinten- A “YES” vote for local Bourn is seeking re-election to dent should manage the park school levies is a “YES” the District 6 seat on the Minne- system but not set policy,” he apolis Park Board. maintains. Too often, he says, vote for kids and jobs! He is endorsed by the Min- Brad Bourn “we end up being a rubber neapolis Regional Labor Feder- stamp.” www.local322.net ation, AFL-CIO and DFL Party. District 6 “The board really needs to District 6 lies in southwest take the reins on policy,” Bourn Minneapolis, south of Lake Street and west says. “We just haven’t been doing that.” of 35-W. Bourn sided with labor in opposing a Bourn grew up in south and northeast 2016 vote by the park board to put the non- Minneapolis and earned a masters degree profit Loppet Foundation in charge of ski in public and nonprofit administration from and bike trails at Wirth Park. “We had the Metropolitan State University. biggest outsourcing of jobs in the history of While working for the Phyliss Wheatley the park system — the board wasn’t even a Community Center, he became involved in speed bump,” he says. “That’s wrong.” park issues in an effort to keep Bethune rec If re-elected, Bourn says, his focus will center open. Bethune served a large num- be creating “pathways to employment at ber of kids under age 16. the park board.” He credits City Employees Proud of endorsements from: “You need a building that’s open and Local 363 for developing such a program. • Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO • AFSCME Council 5 you need a caring adult in that building,” he Moving forward, the park system’s • Minneapolis Firefighters Local 82 • Minneapolis Building & Construction Trades Council says. And that concern should be a continu- workforce needs to better reflect the city’s ing park system priority, he emphasizes. diverse racial composition, Bourn says. W W W . Y A N G F O R 5 . C O M Although he’s an incumbent, proud of Contact: Paid for by the Yang for City Council Campaign Committee his record, Bourn also sees structural prob- bradbournforparks.com www.minneapolisunions.org October 27, 2017 • Minneapolis Labor Review • Page 9 In Minneapolis, Minneapolis City Council all city council Kevin Reich: Northeast is ‘urban renewal success story’ MINNEAPOLIS — “Northeast is a which is making a manufacturing jobs in the city and in great urban renewal success story,” says $800 million in- Ward 1. “In northeast, in particular, we’ve incumbents Kevin Reich. “It’s kind of a fun, vibrant vestment over 20 had an incredible economic resurgence place to do things.” years in city infra- — it’s centered on people making things.” won AFL-CIO Reich is running for a third term to structure, includ- Northeast, he notes, now includes the represent Ward 1, northeast Minneapolis, ing roads and state’s highest concentration of breweries on the Minneapolis city council. parks. “We defi- and a thriving arts district. endorsement Reich is endorsed by the Minneapolis nitely laid a brand- Over the years, he observes, industrial By Steve Share, Labor Review editor Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. new generational land use in the city has fallen from 25 Other union endorsements: Firefighters commitment to our percent of land area to only 5 percent. MINNEAPOLIS — The 2017 election will be remembered as a local election year when Local 82, IATSE Local 490, Minneapolis Kevin Reich infrastructure.” “This was a city that made stuff — we Building and Construction Trades Council, The program still are but it’s much more concentrat- several Minneapolis city council incumbents Ward 1 faced spirited challenges from the left. Voters Operating Engineers Local 49, SEIU Min- will bring not just ed… If we lose much more, we will not will determine the outcome November 7. nesota State Council, Teamsters Joint infrastructure im- be a working city.” The Minneapolis Regional Labor Federa- Council 32, UNITE HERE Local 17. provements but also jobs — and Reich Central Avenue’s renaissance as place tion — which awards the AFL-CIO endorse- Reich is a graduate of Edison High and cites efforts by Public Works and Laborers where immigrant entrepreneurs are pros- St. Olaf College, a former project director Local 363 to recruit in city high schools pering is proving the American dream, ment — has endorsed all 11 of the city coun- for Holland Neighborhood Improvement and develop on-the-job training to make Reich says. As he looks to a third term, cil incumbents who are running for re-election. Association, and a founding board member those jobs more accessible to all. “We’ve “Lowry Avenue needs to be the next great In Ward 3 and Ward 8, incumbents did of the now-thriving Eastside Food Co-op. really created a great gateway for our com- northeast street,” he says, “I’m motivated not seek re-election. The MRLF screened can- Reich chairs the city council’s Trans- munity,” he says. to not lose a step.” didates and awarded the AFL-CIO endorse- portation and Public Works Committee, Specific to northeast, Reich points to “We don’t want to be a victim of our ment to Steve Fletcher in Ward 3 and Andrea which oversees the city’s public infra- several transportation initiatives includ- success,” Reich comments. He notes suc- Jenkins in Ward 8. structure. He says of the workers in the ing increasing bus frequency and ex- cess in developing hundreds of units of In many ways, the current Minneapolis Public Works department, who maintain panding commuter bike lanes from zero affordable housing in northeast. city council members — as a group — con- streets and sewers and more: “They make miles to 18 miles. “The only (bicycle) With stalemate in Washington, D.C. and stitute the most progressive, labor-friendly the city work. They literally make it routes we had before were the Grand the state capitol, “it’s really on the shoul- city council in memory. work… It’s been my distinct honor to Rounds. “We were a big hole in the over- ders of the city to prove this is a place where This is the city council that enacted a local represent this incredible department.” all city (bicycle) network and now we’re things can get done,” Reich says. $15 minimum wage. Reich celebrates the historic 2016 deal very much connected to it.” Contact: This is the city council that passed a local between City Council and Park Board Reich also cites efforts to support kevinreich.org sick and safe time ordinance. And this is a city council that is poised to next take up local ordinances cracking down Steve Fletcher: ‘We’ve got to be focused on racial equity’ on wage theft. “As a team, they have changed the course MINNEAPOLIS — “I’ve always had Fletcher was a members at the University of Minnesota. of history for workers in Minneapolis,” MRLF a deep sense of social justice,” says Steve graduate teaching In running for city council, “the biggest president Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou comments Fletcher. assistant and thing we’re talking about is affordable in her column on page 2 of this issue of the Fletcher is running for the open Ward member of UAW housing,” Fletcher says. “If you live in the Labor Review. 3 seat representing downtown and north- 2110 when the lo- city, you ought to be able to live there.” This is also a city council that has led the east Minneapolis on the Minneapolis city cal went on strike. Transportation is another chief con- city while development activity has surpassed council. When workers go cern. Fletcher wants to see the city work $1 billion per year for several years running. Fletcher is endorsed by the Minneap- on strike, he says, with the Metropolitan Council to create olis Regional Labor Federation, “I understand in transportation options and a more mod- Read candidate profiles of several of the AFL-CIO and the DFL Party. my guts what that ern bus grid, one that connects neighbor- incumbent candidates featured in this issue of The one-term incumbent, Jacob Frey, risk is.” hoods, rather than running most routes the Labor Review and you also will learn that Steve Fletcher is not running for re-election and is run- Also in New into downtown. they share a commitment to addressing the ning for mayor. Ward 3 York, Fletcher Above all, Fletcher says, “we’ve got to city’s persistent racial inequities so that all Fletcher was born in Iowa, spent part taught labor stud- be focused on equity in every decision we residents can share in the city’s prosperity and of his childhood in Colorado Springs, ies and labor politics for three years to make… There’s nobody in the city who can build a future. and then moved with his family to the IBEW members in a special program at pretend we can achieve prosperity” — and “We are a progressive council and we are Twin Cities, where he graduated from St. Empire State College/SUNY, where he tackle public safety, housing and jobs — advancing the agenda,” says John Quincy, the Louis Park High School. was an AFT member. “unless we can address racial equity.” Ward 11 incumbent and the city council’s DFL His parents —Roger Fletcher and Back in Minnesota, Fletcher worked for To Labor Review readers, Fletcher majority leader. Judy Rotenberg — were music teachers ACORN and later became the first director says, “I’m someone who was raised The MRLF’s long relationships with city coun- and both were members of two unions: of Neighborhoods Organizing for Change. union and has actively put my job on the cil incumbents, Gabiou notes, also tipped the the American Federation of Musicians At NOC, he helped lead efforts to defeat line and went on strike… I will be some- scales in favor of winning AFL-CIO endorsement. and their local teachers union. the voter ID amendment and marriage one who knows the power of collective She adds, “we know the most important Fletcher has been a member of three amendment in the 2012 elections. bargaining.” task ahead of us, whoever wins, is coming unions and has worked in a variety of Later, as executive director of pro- “I think it’s centrally important that together for a statewide movement in 2018.” fields, he relates, but always was in- gressive think-tank Minnesota 2020, the city be a good city for working people volved in community organizing as a Fletcher helped support the campaign to and I’m looking forward to working with volunteer. “That I got from my parents.” raise the state’s minimum wage. unions to empower more workers,” Candidate profiles pages 7-15 Fletcher graduated from the Universi- More recently, Fletcher worked for Fletcher says. by Steve Share, Labor Review editor ty of Minnesota and earned a masters de- SEIU Local 284 and directed the union Contact: gree at New York University. At NYU, organizing campaign among faculty stevefletcher.org Page 10 • Minneapolis Labor Review • October 27, 2017 www.minneapolisunions.org Minneapolis City Council Early voting now Barb Johnson: ‘We need experienced leadership’ underway in MINNEAPOLIS — “We’re in a “We’re down to charge on the council to make that hap- crunch here and we need some experi- about two surface pen,” she says. “I knew sick and safe time enced leadership to get us through what’s parking lots left in was something the majority of the coun- Minneapolis not a helpful dynamic at the state and what used to be a cil would be supportive of and it ended up federal level,” says Barb Johnson. sea of parking with a unanimous vote.” Vote Early Johnson is running for a sixth term to lots,” she notes, Regarding minimum wage, “I give the represent the city’s northwest corner, and the new devel- advocates credit for raising the profile of (Absentee voting) Ward 4, on the Minneapolis city council. opment has gener- how important this is,” she says. Now, The city council president since 2006, ated almost $2 bil- she observes, major employers like Tar- Don’t want to wait in line on Election Johnson is endorsed by the Minneapolis lion in property get are moving to a $15 minimum wage. Day? Vote early! All voters in Minne- Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. Barb Johnson taxes — so far. At the same time she’s been a leader sota can choose to vote before Election Her other labor endorsements include: She emphasiz- city-wide, Johnson also has remained fo- Day by absentee ballot without AFSCME, Firefighters Local 82, Minne- Ward 4 es: “My decision cused on issues concerning Ward 4. “I’ve sota Nurses Association, Minneapolis to support the sta- got a lot of new single family home con- providing a reason. Building and Construction Trades Coun- dium was based on my feeling that a lot struction,” she reports, and “I’m seeing You can vote by mail, or you can cil, Minneapolis Municipal Retirees As- of my constituents would benefit.” She some of the commercial spaces that were sociation, Operating Engineers Local 49, adds, “not just the construction jobs,” but vacant filling up also.” vote early in-person, starting 46 days and Teamsters Joint Council 32. ongoing jobs for maintenance, stage- Looking forward, she says, “the Up- before each election. For the Novem- “I’ve been a union member as a nurse hands, vendors and others. “It was very per Harbor is going to be a huge opportu- ber 7, 2017 municipal election, early and working in grocery stores,” Johnson important for me that the ongoing opera- nity for north Minneapolis to change our voting began Friday, September 22, says. “I know that union jobs have been tions benefited the people in the 4th relationship with the river and have a de- by mail and in-person. what has produced middle class America.” Ward,” she says. velopment that provides jobs and hous- Johnson has been a stalwart ally on Last year, Johnson also led in crafting ing.” the city council for unions and working a historic deal between the City and the “I’m excited about serving for another Vote Early In-Person families. Park Board to make a 20-year investment four years,” Johnson says. “I’ve never In-person early voting will be offered As city council president, Johnson led in city infrastructure and parks. been more optimistic about the future of the effort to forge a plan to build the new Johnson also led the city council as the 4th Ward than now; I see a lot of pos- for the November 7, 2017 Minne- Vikings football stadium. “It’s been a big president as it debated and passed munic- itive things happening. I want to be apolis municipal election and began success as far as I’m concerned,” she says. ipal policies for earned sick and safe time around to be helpful with that.” September 22, 2017. As envisioned, the project led to private and a city $15 minimum wage. Contact: investment in the surrounding area. “On the sick and safe time, I led the barbjohnson.org The Early Vote Center is located downtown at 217 S. Third St., at the Abdi Warsame: Don’t just talk inequality, ‘bring resources’ corner of Third Ave. S. and Third St. S., one block from City Hall. MINNEAPOLIS — Don’t just talk sick time off in the vestment the City and Park Board agreed about inequality — “bring resources, 21st century is to make in infrastructure and parks. In Effective October 23, expanded voting bring infrastructure,” says Abdi War- disturbing.” Cedar-Riverside, he reports now, roads hours there will be Monday – Friday same. “We should do better in making In his first are being repaved and new, improved from 7:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. the city more equal.” term, Warsame lighting installed. “It looks like a brand- Warsame is running for re-election to says, he worked to new city,” he says. Weekend hours will be added for the a second Minneapolis city council term develop good re- “My own life experience has always final two weekends before Election representing Ward 6, which includes the lationships with been where I go back to,” says Warsame, Day: inner-city neighborhoods of Stevens other elected offi- who was born in Somalia and then raised Square, Elliot Park, Cedar Riverside, cials at Hennepin and educated in England. There he saw n Saturday, October 28 from 9:00 Seward, Ventura Village and Phillips Abdi Warsame County, school the importance of public housing and a.m. until 4:00 p.m. West neighborhoods. board, park board strong safety nets. “When I lived in Lon- n Sunday, October 29 from 12 noon Warsame is endorsed by the Minneap- Ward 6 and state legisla- don, I was a very proud supporter of the until 5:00 p.m. olis Regional Labor Federation, ture — and with Labor Party,” he adds. n Saturday, November 4 from 9:00 AFL-CIO and the Minneapolis DFL Par- other community partners. “I’m a big supporter of unions and I’ll ty. “I support the unions — that’s why I The result: “I’m very proud of the mon- be a champion of unions and the right of a.m. until 4:00 p.m. have the endorsement of every union in ey we put in my ward,” he says. workers to organize,” says Warsame. n Sunday, November 5 from 12 noon the city,” Warsame says. CommonBond Communities invested “It’s important to have unions to build a until 5:00 p.m. Warsame is proud of the historic city $50 million in the Seward East and strong middle class.” council votes to pass a $15 minimum Seward West residential towers “to reha- In one long-running campaign in Parking: Limited free voter parking wage and earned sick and safe time. “The bilitate every single unit… and make Ward 6, “I’ve supported the workers at will be available on 3rd Street. On $15 wage will touch a lot of people in the sure they stay affordable — for the next the Franklin Street Bakery and their right the weekends, voters may use the ward,” he says. 30 years,” he notes. to organize,” he says. attached parking lot as well. For sick and safe time, “I did a lot of The 6,000 square-foot Cedar-Riverside For Warsame, the goal is “striving to work behind-the-scenes,” he says. “I Opportunity Center opened in March 2017, build things and bridge cultures.” In run- For more information about registering to worked to get a consensus on the council located near the Brian Coyle Community ning for re-election, “I want to build vote or early voting, Minneapolis voters and get a 13-0 vote… I’m very proud of Center, and represents a collaboration be- upon the experience I’ve had. Now we may call 311 or visit vote.minneapolismn. that…” The 13-0 vote was important, he tween the county, city and nonprofit can double-down on building infrastruc- gov. says, because it sent a message to the Emerge. “It employs people and it’s train- ture.” community about the measure’s strong ing people as well,” Warsame says. Contact: —Adapted from vote.minneapolismn.gov support. “The fact that workers don’t have Warsame highlights the historic in- votewarsame.com www.minneapolisunions.org October 27, 2017 • Minneapolis Labor Review • Page 11 Remember, your Minneapolis City Council Minneapolis Lisa Goodman: ‘The economy in Minneapolis is strong’ MINNEAPOLIS — “I liken being on identifying a Growth makes the pie bigger.” the city council to being on the board of a problem… and “In the 20 years I’ve been on the city ballot features $1.5 billion organization,” says Lisa doing something council, there’s been explosive growth in Goodman. “Experience matters.” about it,” Good- the ward I represent,” Goodman says. “I ‘Ranked Choice Goodman is running for re-election to man says. view that as good from a construction a sixth term on the Minneapolis city She adds, jobs point of view and also from a tax council representing Ward 7, which in- “making an invest- base point of view.” Voting’ cludes neighborhoods bordering Cedar ment in public in- She points to the Loring Park Apart- Lake and Lake of the Isles as well as frastructure like ments in Ward 7, which created 500 union If you vote in Minneapolis, Loring Park and Downtown West. parks and roads is construction jobs. “Union labor and union Goodman is running with the en- Lisa Goodman an investment in money went into making it happen.” remember: when you go to the dorsement of the Minneapolis Regional people, because it For the third year in a row, Goodman polls Tuesday, November 7, you Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. Ward 7 takes people to do observes, the city has seen more than $1 Goodman currently chairs the city the work.” billion in construction permits. “The $1 will be able to rank your first, council’s Community Development Goodman was founder of the city’s billion in permits both shows the number second, and third choices for Committee and over her 20 years on the Affordable Housing Trust Fund and af- of people at work and the impact on prop- mayor, city council, park board council has shaped many of the city’s fordable housing remains a top concern. erty taxes. The economy in Minneapolis major developments and renewal efforts. “It’s important for us to build more af- is strong.” and other local offices. In 2016, after hearing a budget pre- fordable housing but we’ll never be able Goodman shares a story about her she sentation on Minneapolis parks, “I was to build our way out of the affordable says is little-known: As a student at the Uni- Minneapolis voters approved horrified at the level of deferred mainte- housing crisis,” she says. versity of Wisconsin-Madison, she earned “Ranked Choice Voting” in a nance,” she relates. “I went into [City “The need is so great — people need her degree in labor relations and was an in- 2006 referendum by a wide Council President] Barb Johnson’s office to be paid more. Wages need to be at a tern at the Dane County AFL-CIO. That and said, ‘we’d better do something level that people can afford the housing formative experience comes back to her margin and it first was used in about this.’” that’s here,” she says. now as she recently has helped advocate for local elections in 2009. “We needed to do the right thing,” That was one of the reasons she joined low-wage workers at Franklin Street Bak- Goodman says, and she was the leader in her colleagues in supporting the $15 ery in their union organizing efforts. “Here Under Ranked Choice Voting, all working with the Park Board to create a minimum wage ordinance. we are 30 years later and we’re still fighting candidates who file for election historic 20-year plan to invest in city in- But ultimately, Goodman says, the for the right to organize.” frastructure and parks. solution to housing and wages is growth. Contact: will be on the November ballot “That’s what leadership is about — “Growth is our friend. Growth is good. friendsforlisa.com and there was no primary election. Andrea Jenkins: ‘Our message needs to be about everybody’ Your 2017 ballot will include MINNEAPOLIS — “Racial and eco- on Facebook had “Affordable housing is an equity issue. three columns, marked clearly at nomic justice are the cornerstones of my been organized. Employment is an equity issue. Climate life’s work,” says Andrea Jenkins. “They Jenkins was change has an equity component — it’s the top 1, 2 and 3. By filling in are the foundation of my campaign plat- born in Chicago called environmental justice… These are ovals on the ballot, voters will form and will be my priorities as a Minne- and moved to the all equity issues.” Jenkins says. apolis city council member.” Twin Cities to at- In addition to Jenkins’ work in commu- choose their first, second and Jenkins is running for the open Ward 8 tend the University nity development, she also is an acclaimed third choices. Voters do not need seat representing south Minneapolis on the of Minnesota. writer, poet and performer who is a noted to vote for a second or third Minneapolis city council. She worked for transgender artist and activist and a nation- Jenkins is running with the endorse- Hennepin County ally-renowned keynote speaker. choice. But, if they do, all choices ment of the Minneapolis Regional Labor Andrea Jenkins for 10 years as a Jenkins currently works for the Univer- must be different. You cannot, Federation, AFL-CIO. She also is DFL- vocational coun- sity of Minnesota Libraries directing the endorsed. Ward 8 selor in the em- Transgender Oral History Project. for example, vote for the same The incumbent, Elizabeth Glidden, is ployment and Working now at the U of M, Jenkins is a candidate for your first, second not running for re-election and has en- training department. “I saw the revolving member of SEIU Local 284. She was a and third choices. dorsed Jenkins. door of the same people, the same issues, member of AFSCME Local 34 during her Jenkins knows well the issues and systemic issues, growing up in poverty,” years working for Hennepin County. And If no candidate receives a workings of the Ward 8 city council office: she relates. “I thought, I’ve got to make she is a former president of the local branch She worked as the council aide first for changes to the system.” of the National Writers Union. majority of the first choice votes, Ward 8 council member Robert Lilligren Echoing Paul Wellstone, she says, “I support union labor. I support union then a process begins to count from 2001-2003 and then for Glidden from “what politics is really about is helping rights,” Jenkins says. “Part of the challenge voters’ second or third choices to 2006-2015. people have better lives.” with this global economy… we need to lift As Ward 8 council aide, Jenkins was in- For Jenkins, Minneapolis needs to en- up the rights of workers all over the world.” determine the winner. strumental in helping to shape and shep- gage full-on in addressing racial equity. “Unions need to be real clear about who herd two major projects in Ward 8: the “Minneapolis is the best place in the their constituency is,” she adds. “They For more information about Midtown Exchange and Global Market on country for a white person to live in at any can’t continue to be exclusionary… Our fu- “Ranked Choice Voting,” Min- E. Lake Street and the Seward Co-op’s age,” she says. “Why is it the worst city for ture workforce is going to be people of col- neapolis voters may call 311 or Friendship Store on E. 38th Street. black people to live in?” And she adds, or… Our message always needs to be about When Glidden announced on a Friday that’s not hyperbole. Minneapolis is indeed everybody.” visit vote.minneapolismn.gov. that she would not seek re-election, by worst — “factually, numerically the worst” Contact: Monday a “Run, Andrea, Run” campaign by many measures: andreajenkinsforward8.org Page 12 • Minneapolis Labor Review • October 27, 2017 www.minneapolisunions.org October 2017 ad Minneapolis City Council PLEASE SUPPORT 1/12 page YOUR LOCAL 2.285 in. w. x 3.85 in. h. Alondra Cano: ‘Important to set that moral high ground’ SCHOOL LEVIES! MINNEAPOLIS — “We have been together made all Looking to a second term, Cano wants able to be a powerful voice for workers’ the difference,” continue the momentum of the past four rights, a fair economy, environmental she says. “The years, including further developing the justice,” says Alondra Cano. “It was real- city council felt Green Zones concept and adopting city ly important for me to be able to set that the impact.” policies to crack down on wage theft. moral high ground for the polices we As the daugh- Implementation of the $15 minimum were moving at the city council.” ter of immigrant wage and the new sick and safe time pol- Cano is running for re-election to a workers, Cano icies, she notes, will need to be monitored CEMENT MASONS, second city council term representing adds, “politically “to make sure the goal of lifting up peo- Ward 9 in south Minneapolis, comprised and personally it ple’s standard of living is being met.” PLASTERERS & of Central, Powderhorn Park, Midtown Alondra Cano was very import- In addition, she wants to the city to ex- SHOPHANDS Phillips, East Phillips and Corcoran ant to me.” plore rent control as a solution to the af- LOCAL 633 neighborhoods and part of Longfellow. Ward 9 For Cano, ad- fordable housing crisis. “Many diverse Of Minnesota, North Cano is endorsed by the Minneapolis vancing the issue families are being priced out of Minneap- Dakota, & NW Wisconsin Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. of environmental justice is another prior- olis,” she warns. “We want to look at She also is endorsed by the DFL Party. ity. “The problem we’d like to solve is ways we can maintain and protect our 612-379-1558 Cano was the fi rst city council mem- environmental racism,” she says, which city’s diversity… beginning the work of www.local633.org ber to commit to the $15 minimum wage manifests itself at the local level when introducing a rent control policy.” ordinance — with no tip penalty — and low income neighborhoods like Phillips More than one-half of Minneapolis she also was a strong supporter of the also are areas of high pollution. She’s residents are renters, she notes. “The ten- sick and safe time ordinance. been a champion of the city’s “Green ants need to be supported… What we’re VOTE TO PROTECT “It’s been an amazing time for us as a Zone” program which aims to involve trying to do is equalize that relationship, council to advance these policies in three local residents in planning environmen- that power dynamic between renters and WORKING CLASS years,” Cano says. tally-friendly development strategies. landlords.” “We took the results from the election “Looking forward, as we govern un- “I’m proud to be labor-endorsed and FAMILIES in 2013 very seriously,” she says. der the new Trump administration, we to be DFL-endorsed and to be the leading Still, the community needed to orga- will need to be more bold and more cou- voice for the minimum wage movement nize to show its overwhelming support rageous to end the inequities that still ex- on the city council,” Cano says. “I hope for the two measures. “The city-wide ist in our neighborhoods and ones that to earn people’s support on November 7.” campaign that the activists, community may get worse over the next four years,” Contact: groups, labor, and low-wage workers put Cano says. alondracano.org John Quincy: ‘We’ve advanced the Working Families Agenda’ MINNEAPOLIS — “We’ve really ad- Minneapolis. The challenge for the city, Quincy em- vanced the Working Families Agenda,” We’ve set ambi- phasizes: “How do we make sure that ev- says John Quincy. “We have a goal of being tious goals for hir- erybody participates in that economy and ‘One Minneapolis’ and putting equity at the ing more people of that growth?” And, he adds, “we need to forefront of our decision-making and where color, more wom- increase investment but not to the point of IRON WORKERS we’re going to be putting key investments.” en employees — gentrifi cation.” LOCAL 512 Quincy is running for a third term repre- across all depart- “Minneapolis is always going to lead on senting Ward 11 on the Minneapolis city ments.” our values,” Quincy says. “Because we’re OCTOBER 2017 council. Ward 11 lies roughly in-between Like his col- in a secure fi nancial situation, we’re able to Crosstown Highway and Minnehaha Creek leagues, Quincy respond and address the threat of a changed Support your local and includes the Diamond Lake, Hale, John Quincy also points to last political climate.” school levies and Keewaydin, Page, Northrop, Tangletown, year’s infrastruc- For the Minneapolis city council, Quin- Wenonah, and Windom neighborhoods. Ward 11 ture partnership cy says, “our role is elevated in importance labor-endorsed Quincy is endorsed by the Minneapolis with the park because of the lack of leadership at the fed- Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. board as a major accomplishment. “The eral and state levels.” candidates! Quincy has served as the DFL majority streets and neighborhood parks long-term The city passing its own minimum leader on the city council and also serves as investment strategy was a huge win for our wage policy is one example, he notes. “We chair of the Ways and Means Committee. infrastructure investment in the long term, were going to have to do that on our own.” “My vision for Minneapolis is to be a for the next 20 years.” Quincy knows what’s happened where city where disparities are nonexistent and “We really need to recognize the tre- 36 states have adopted laws preempting all people have opportunities for success,” mendous growth we’ve had in the city,” progressive policies set by local govern- Quincy says. “We’ve changed the way the Quincy says. The city’s population is grow- ment. Depending on the results of the 2018 city is addressing the disparities we’re all ing. People are moving to Minneapolis for state election, he warns, “Minnesota could aware of and we’re making investments in opportunity. “It’s the sign of a healthy city,” be on a track to become a Wisconsin.” those areas.” he says. “We are a progressive council and we “Part of our strategy to that end is ad- And, by his count, “at the conclusion of are advancing the agenda,” Quincy says. Heat and Frost Insulators vancing the Working Families Agenda in- this year, we’ll have six consecutive years To labor union members, he affi rms: & Allied Workers Local #34 cluding sick and safe time and minimum of $1 billion-plus in development.” “we have shared values and we have shared wage,” he says. “That supports our population growth goals.” Website: In addition, Quincy notes, “City of Min- as well as our thriving small business econ- Contact: www.insulators34.org neapolis employees —they are the face of omy, which is important,” he says. johnmquincy.org www.minneapolisunions.org October 27, 2017 • Minneapolis Labor Review • Page 13

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Heat and Frost Insulators & Allied Workers Local #34 Website: www.insulators34.org Anoka-Hennepin Schools Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools Anna Dirkswager: Public schools build success Amanda Reineck: 20 years teaching pre-k ANDOVER — “Public union member in MAPE — BUFFALO — “Your zip the Buffalo-Hanover-Mon- education is the primary the Minnesota Association of code should not determine trose schools. driver in building success- Professional Employees. the quality of education you Now, in running for ful communities and suc- During that time, she also ex- get,” says Amanda Reineck. school board, “I just want to cessful individuals,” says perienced the budget stale- “I want to work hard to make be a part of the success of Anna Dirkswager. mate that led to the state gov- sure that there isn’t a discrep- the district and moving it Dirkswager is running for ernment shutdown. “That ancy in my community.” forward,” she says. “I really the District 4 seat on the Ano- shutdown made it pretty real… Reineck is running for an would like to be a communi- ka-Hennepin school board, in terms of the value of collec- At Large seat on the Buffa- ty advocate for our schools; I endorsed by the Minneapolis tive bargaining,” she says. lo-Hanover-Montrose school want to be visible in the Regional Labor Federation, Anna Dirkswager Dirkswager grew up in board. She is endorsed by the Amanda Reineck schools. I would like to be AFL-CIO. District 4 includes Wisconsin in a family of Minneapolis Regional Labor that kind of board member.” northern Andover, Ham Lake, District 4 teachers — her grandmother, Federation, AFL-CIO. At Large Reineck has lived more Nowthen, Oak Grove and her mother, and her sister all Reineck has worked for than 12 years in Buffalo. She northeastern Ramsey. Incumbent William were teachers. She earned a B.A. in Envi- 20 years as a pre-k teacher, including 10 and her husband Erich have two kids in Fields is not running for re-election. ronmental Biology from Saint Mary’s Uni- years in the Hopkins school district, and, the school district, a son in 8th grade and A scientist by training, Dirkswager has versity in Winona and an M.S. in Natural for the past 10 years, in the Wayzata a daughter in 4th grade. worked for 3M, for the Minnesota Depart- Resource Science Management from the school district. Reineck grew up in Shell Lake, Wis- ment of Natural Resources and currently is University of Minnesota. In her current job, Reineck is a mem- consin and earned an education degree a program manager at the Great Plains In- If elected, Dirkswager says, “I intend ber of SEIU Local 284 and has served on at the University of Wisconsin- stitute, creating clean energy initiatives. to be a strong voice for teachers. They the local’s bargaining committee and ex- LaCrosse. A professor there steered her “For me and other young women, in- need that support on the school board.” ecutive board. into early childhood education. volvement in issues of science and tech- Dirkswager lives in Andover. She and As a teacher, she says, “you’re on the She says, “I’m excited about repre- nology is huge,” Dirkswager says. “That her husband have two daughters, ages 5 front lines seeing what happens in the senting the district, thinking about the needs to be a skill set they have.” and 2, who soon will attend the Ano- school every day.” She knows how difference I can make for the kids and Dirkswager worked from 2009-2016 at ka-Hennepin public schools — and that, school budgets can affect students as being a voice on the board that hasn’t the Minnesota DNR Division of Forestry she says, is the prime reason she’s running. well as teachers and support staff. been there.” as biomass and renewable energy consul- Contact: Two years ago, Reineck helped run Contact: tant. During that time, she was an active dirkswagerforschoolboard.weebly.com phonebanks to pass two ballot levies for amandareineckforbhmschoolboard.com

LOCAL 363 MEMBERS Members, Vote Londel French Please vote for Labor-endorsed candidates November 7th. for Minneapolis Park Board At-Large THE JOB YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN! View AFL-CIO endorsements at: www.minneapolisunions.org Put a union educator on the Park Board To learn more about Londel French: www.londelfrenchforparks.com CITY EMPLOYEES LOCAL 363 Laborers International Union of North America AFL-CIO Endorsed Local 363 proudly represents members who work for the Cities of St. Paul, Minneapolis, St. Francis, and Becker; St. Paul Public Schools; Minneapolis Park This is an independent expenditure in support of Londel French, prepared and paid for by the Local 59 Political Fund, and Recreation Board; Minneapolis Public Housing Authority; St. Paul Public Housing; Metropolitan Mosquito Control District; and Kanabec County. 67 8th Ave NE, Minneapolis MN 55413. It is not approved by any candidate.

OCT. 2017 VOTE NOVEMBER 7, 2017 Support Our Labor-Endorsed Candidates Vote for Kids and Jobs… Support Your Local School Levies Proud to be a friend and partner of Labor. Andrew was a leader on paid sick leave and n Your Labor-Endorsed candidate for the parental leave policy, brought 33 out- St. Louis Park City Council, Ward 3 sourced City jobs back in-house as union, n Carpenters Local 322 member, 15 years n Delegate to Carpenters Regional and fought for better staffing levels. Council and Mpls. Building Trades n Delegate to Minneapolis Regional View a list of Labor Federation, AFL-CIO accomplishments at: jimleuthnerforcitycouncil.org AndrewMPLS.com Prepared and paid for by Prepared and paid for by Jim Leuthner for St. Louis Park City Council OFFICERS OF SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL #10 Andrew Johnson for Minneapolis City Council 3128 Florida Ave. S., St. Louis Park, MN 55426 3715 35th Ave, S,, Mpls,, MN 55406

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OFFICERS OF SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL #10 Golden Valley City Council St. Louis Park City Council Jim Ryan: ‘For workers and their families’ Jim Leuthner: ‘I will fight for union families’ GOLDEN VALLEY ­— “I’ve ple and within a short peri- ST. LOUIS PARK — “I uated from Chaska High always been interested in od of time elicit their con- will fight for union families, School, and earned a de- how our community can do cerns on issues that were for middle class families,” gree in urban forestry from better for workers and their critical to them.” says Jim Leuthner. “I’m the University of Minneso- families,” says Jim Ryan. He views planning around proud to represent the most ta. For eight years, he A first-time candidate, re- light rail, affordable housing, blue-collar ward in St. Louis worked as a teaching assis- tired union member Jim and lowering the city’s debt Park… A lot of union people tant and teacher for the St. Ryan is running for an at- level as top concerns. live here.” Paul public schools. large seat on the Golden Val- Ryan grew up in Wiscon- Leuthner is running for In 2004, he joined the ley city council. He is run- sin and Iowa and moved to the open Ward 3 city coun- Carpenters union and has ning with the endorsement of Jim Ryan Minnesota to attend St. Mary’s cil seat in St. Louis Park Jim Leuthner worked in the trade since the Minneapolis Regional University in Winona. Gradu- with the endorsement of the then. “One of the reasons Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. At Large ate school at the University of Minneapolis Regional La- Ward 3 I’m still a Carpenter is be- Ryan retired in 2015 af- Minnesota brought him to the bor Federation, AFL-CIO. cause of the union activ- ter a nearly 40-year career with the Twin Cities. He and his wife, Rose, chose Ward 3 is bordered roughly by ism,” he says. “The unions have Social Security Administration in the Golden Valley as a place to settle because Highway 169 on the west, W. 28th St. brought us so much,” he says. “Wages Twin Cities area. He was a union stew- “we thought it was a good environment to and Minnetonka Blvd. on the north, in this country run a parallel line with ard for American Federation of Gov- live in and raise our children.” Lake St. on the east, and Highway 7 union membership.” ernment Employees Local 3129 and When their sons were growing up, on the south. Ward 3 incumbent Gregg Leuthner’s wife, Ellen Merlin, is served as the local’s legislative and Ryan volunteered as Boy Scout leader, Lindberg is not running for re-elec- also a union member and has worked political coordinator. Little League coach, and soccer coach. tion. 18 years for the St. Paul public schools. Ryan is well-known to the MRLF. He His wife Rose Ryan has worked for A union activist, Leuthner serves as The couple’s daughter, Zoe, went all volunteered with the MRLF’s campaign the Hennepin County Libraries for 25 a delegate from Carpenters Local 322 the way through the St. Louis Park staff in recent election cycles and, in 2014, years and is a member of AFSCME to the North Central States Regional public schools. Ryan knocked the most doors of any of the Local 2864. The couple have four Council of Carpenters, to the Minne- “This community has been really MRLF’s field staff —2,300 doors! grown sons —Patrick, Kevin, Colin apolis Regional Labor Federation, and good to me and I want to give back,” “I wouldn’t have done this without and Barry —and one grandchild. to the Minneapolis Building and Con- Leuthner says. that experience,” he says. “It gave me Contact: struction Trades Council Contact: confidence that I could meet with peo- friends-of-jim-ryan.weebly.com Leuthner grew up in Victoria, grad- jimleuthnerforcitycouncil.org

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f. Total Distribution (Sum of 15c and 15e) 58,331 55,697 g. Copies not Distributed 2,377 2,803 heat on for homeowners in need h. Total (Sum of 15f and g) 60,708 58,500 By Michael Moore, editor, Since its launch in 1986, Heat’s On i. Percent Paid (15c divided by 15f times 100) 99% 98.9% St. Paul Union Advocate volunteers have donated more than *If you are claiming electronic copies, go to line 16 on page 3. If you are not claiming electronic copies, skip to line 17 on page 3. ST, PAUL — More than 100 low-in- 34,000 hours of skilled labor, providing 16. Electronic Copy Circulation Average No. Copies No. Copies of Single Each Issue During Issue Published come, elderly and disabled homeowners more than $3.7 million worth of repairs Preceding 12 Months Nearest to Filing Date in Minnesota received free furnace re- to 7,869 Minnesota households. a. Paid Electronic Copies NONE NONE pairs and inspections September 30, Among the causes of home fires in b. Total Paid Print Copies (Line 15c)+ Paid Electronic Copies (Line 16a) [Left blank] [Left blank] thanks to union pipefitters and their con- Minnesota, heating systems recently c. Total Print Distribution (Line 15f) + Paid Electronic Copies (Line 16a) [Left blank] [Left blank] tractors. dropped from second-most common to d. Percent Paid (Both Print & Electronic Copies) (16b divided by 16c x 100) [Left blank] [Left blank] Project Heat’s On, in its 31st year, third, A.J. Neis, a fire inspections super- [Box left blank] I certify that 50% of all my distributed copies (electronic and print) are paid above a nominal price. drew volunteers from local unions in St. visor with the City of St. Paul, told vol- 17. Publication of Statement of Ownership [Box checked] If the publication is a general publication, publication of this statement is required. Will be printed in the October 27, 2017 issue of this publication. Paul, Minneapolis, Rochester and St. unteers. 18. Signature and Title of Editor, Publisher, Business Manager, or Owner [Signed] Steven H. Share, Editor Date 10-1-17 I certify that all information furnished on this form is true and complete. I understand that anyone who furnishes false or misleading information on this Cloud. In the Twin Cities, 90 members of “The needle is moving in the right di- form or who omits material or information requested on the form may be subject to criminal sanctions (including fines and imprisonment) and/or civil sanctions (including civil penalties). St. Paul Pipefitters Local 455 joined the rection, and that’s because of the work effort, as did 80 members of Minneapo- you guys are doing,” he said. lis-based Local 539. To advertise: 612-379-4725 Pipefitters like Maria Pinzon and ‘For our participating households, know- Christopher Kristenson, fifth-year ap- ing that you have safe and adequate prentices with Local 455, traveled in teams to homes, where they repaired mi- heat for the winter is quite a relief.’ nor furnace problems, replaced smoke — Greg Rottach, Community Action detectors and checked for dangerous of Ramsey and Washington Counties heat-related health conditions. “We do a lot of simple things that peo- “There is a definite need for this ser- ple aren’t able to do because they are el- vice in our community,” said Greg Rot- derly or busy in life,” Pinzon said. “It can tach, energy conservation construction really make a world of difference and manager with Community Action of possibly save a life.” Ramsey and Washington Counties, a At a breakfast banquet before the vol- nonprofit agency that identifies home- unteer event, union leaders and elected owners for Heat’s On assistance. “For officials, including Minnesota Governor our participating households, knowing Mark Dayton and U.S. Senator Amy that you have safe and adequate heat for Klobuchar, thanked pipefitters for their the winter is quite a relief.” work — and for raising awareness about For Pinzon and Kristenson, the first the importance of keeping home-heating stop of the day was a home in St. Paul’s Let’s elect labor-endorsed local candidates systems in good repair. Frogtown neighborhood. After tuning up John Quincy, 11th Ward Minneapolis the furnace and replacing a condensate who support investing in city council member, said he attends the drain line, they headed for another home our transportation infrastructure Heat’s On kick-off breakfast every year in the city’s North End. to offer his thanks to participating pipe- “I have family members that struggle fitters. He said the Heat’s On event is one in similar situations,” Kristenson said. “It From the Members of Local 1005 of the “untold stories” of union members was a good opportunity for me to give “giving back to the community.” back.” Page 16 • Minneapolis Labor Review • October 27, 2017 www.minneapolisunions.org Retiree Meetings Commission Minneapolis Regional Retiree Council: CWA Local 7200 Retirees: Pipefitters Local 539 Retirees: continued from page 2 Next meeting November 16 Monthly meeting moves to November 14 ‘Fazed Out Fitters’ meet third Wednesday The Minneapolis Regional Retiree Coun- Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the Re- Pipefitters Local 539 retirees — the “Fazed el for what other central labor coun- cil, AFL-CIO will next meet Thursday, No- tired Members Club of Communications Out Fitters” — meet the third Wednesday of each cils are going to do.” vember 16 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Workers of America Local 7200 will meet month at 11:00 a.m. at Elsie’s, 729 Marshall St. “The MRLF has been a great United Labor Centre, 312 Central Ave., Min- Tuesday, November 14 at the CWA union NE, Minneapolis. New members welcome. space for different unions to be able neapolis, Room 218. Lunch will be served. hall, 3521 E Lake St, Minneapolis. Social Plumbers Local 15 Retirees: to discuss and plan how to tackle We will validate parking at the St. Antho- hour with coffee and rolls begins at 11:00 Meet the third Tuesday of each month internal equity,” agreed Commis- ny Public Parking Ramp (at the corner of 2nd a.m. The business meeting begins at 12 noon. All retired Plumbers Local 15 members St. SE and University Ave. SE), across Uni- We are again collecting non-perishable are invited to attend retiree meetings, continu- sion participant Jigme Ugen, exec- versity from the United Labor Centre build- food items for the foodshelves. Please bring ing the third Tuesday of every month at 1 p.m. utive vice president of SEIU ing. Just park and when you come to the canned or packaged food as well as paper at Elsie’s Restaurant, Bar & Bowling Center, Healthcare Minnesota. meeting we will give you a parking voucher. products (diapers, toilet paper, etc.), 729 Marshall St. NE, Minneapolis (corner of Through the Commission pro- For more information about the Council, At the December meeting, we also will be Marshall and 8th Ave.). For more information, cess, he said, “I can see a good contact Graeme Allen, community and politi- collecting items for foodshelves contact the Local 15 office at 612-333-8601. pathway for leadership develop- cal organizer for the Minneapolis Regional For more information, call the CWA Local Sheet Metal Workers Local 10 Retirees: ment opportunities for people of Labor Federation, at 612-321-5672 or e-mail 7200 hall at 612-722-7200. ‘Rusty Tinners’ meet November 14 color in unions.” [email protected]. IBEW Local 292 Retirees: Sheet Metal Workers Local 10’s “Rusty “I’m really excited because we ATU Local 1005 Retirees: ‘Senior Sparkies’ meet November 14 Tinners” retirees club will meet Tuesday, Oc- Meet North, South, and St. Paul The IBEW Local 292 Retirees — “Senior tober 10 at the Maplewood union hall, 1681 E. could really lead across this nation,” Here is the schedule for the Amalgamated Sparkies”— will be meeting Tuesday, Novem- Cope Ave. Potluck begins at 12 noon. The said one new leader, Commission Transit Union Local 1005 retiree meetings: ber 14 at the United Labor Centre, 312 Central meeting begins at 1:00 p.m. participant Brenda Johnson, a mem- Minneapolis North: Second Tuesday of Avenue, Minneapolis, in the Guy Alexander If available, one of our business agents and/ ber of Minneapolis Federation of each month, 8:30 a.m., Coon Rapids VFW, Conference Room (second floor). Refreshments or someone from our benefits office will share Teachers and Education Support 1919 Coon Rapids Blvd. (one block south of will be at 12:00 noon. The meeting begins at information and answer questions. Professionals Local 59. Hanson Blvd.) 12:30 p.m. We will be having a guest speaker. U of M Facilities Management “This work is rough,” Johnson Minneapolis South: First Wednesday of Save-the-date: Wednesday, December 13, and Maintenance Retirees: said. The first step is “courageous con- each month, 8:00 a.m., VFW Post 5555, 6715 Retirees Club Holiday Social/Luncheon. Infor- Meet last Tuesday of month versation.” She added, “in Minnesota, Lake Shore Drive, Richfield. mation will be sent by U.S. Mail. Retirees from the University of Minnesota St. Paul: Second Wednesday of each For more information, contact the IBEW Maintenance Department meet the last Tues- we’re so ‘Minnesota Nice’ it’s hard for month, 12 noon, Mattie’s, 365 N. Concord Local 292 office at 612-379-1292. day of each month at 10:00 a.m. for breakfast us to get to the core of the issue.” St., South St. Paul. at Elsie’s, 729 Marshall St. NE, Minneapolis. “We don’t understand each other and who we are,” Johnson contin- ued. “When we begin to under- stand, we learn we are more alike Minneapolis Regional than we are different.” “We’re sitting in such a turbu- Labor Federation lent time in the United States,” ‘Like’ us on facebook for: Johnson said. “How do we lead along the way and how do we sup- • News Updates • Action Alerts • port each other in the fight for equi- • Links • Photos of Union Events • ty in the USA?” “We have an opportunity and we need to grab hold of it — and not be afraid,” Johnson said. www.facebook.com/minneapolisunions “The fact that we’re all coming together to do this endeavor is a huge step forward,” Turner said. “You can’t win economic justice MINNEAPOLIS without winning racial justice,” Ugen commented. “When people LABOR REVIEW of color are struggling at the negoti- Need help with grocery bills? ating table or organizing, its bring- SPECIAL OFFER! ing down wages everywhere.” Fare for All Express offers fresh fruits and vegetables, frozen meats and “That is my interest, solidarity staple items. Fare for All Express packages cost $10-$30. The program for all,” Campbell-Sudduth said. is open to everyone and has NO income requirements. Glaubtiz reported growing inter- est in the Commission’s work. “So Next delivery: many people want to participate,” she said. “The list is growing. We Friday, November 17, 2017 want to be able to expand the op- Pre-pay for your display ads in both the portunities.” 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. To apply to join one of the up- November 17 Holiday Shopping Guide coming cohorts for the MRLF Special Thanksgiving Holiday Package Available! and December 22 Holiday Issue Commission on Racial and Eco- Sprinkler Fitters Local 417 Union Hall and both ads will run at discounted rates nomic Justice, or to nominate with full color at no extra charge! someone else, contact MRLF presi- 1404 Central Ave. NE, Minneapolis dent Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou at FFI call 612-379-4725 or e-mail [email protected] or For more information, see story page 3 or contact 612-321-5670. Working Partnerships: 612-379-8130 ext. 112 [email protected] www.minneapolisunions.org October 27, 2017 • Minneapolis Labor Review • Page 17 Anti-worker “insanity” in Iowa could happen here DULUTH — Danny Homan says Homan directed workers and leaders he’d give up his right arm to not have to to extend every contract they could: They tell AFSCME Council 5 members the succeeded with all but 15. story he was about to tell. Instead of holding massive rallies, “This hurts,” he says. “What they members took legislators on where they have done to public employees in Iowa, live in their home communities. They 184,000 of them, is criminal.” packed town hall meetings with 200 to 300 people confronting Republican leg- Homan is the president of AFSCME islators and supporting Democrats who Council 61 in Iowa. He spoke at the had supported them. Council 61 figured Council 5 Annual Convention in Duluth out how to let members pay dues by Friday. credit card.

Homan says he’s not scared of “right Homan, who routinely holds 90 town to work,” which Iowa’s been since 1947. hall meetings a year with members, con- It’s what has happened in the past seven tinued doing so, but used the time to months that’s been so appalling. warn them about what was coming and to listen. “The Republicans took control, and AFSCME members give Council 61 president Danny Homan a standing ovation. they became drunk on power. The prob- The state contract, which was a book lem is, they had not found AA,” Homan public sector unions (outside of police years ago and turned into $350 million a year ago, is now down to a single page says. “There is not a Democrat in our and fire) could not negotiate was long: deficit,” Homan says. plus a lot of job classifications. Yet Coun- state that has voted for any of the insanity n Wages including steps cil 61 signed back up 5,500 members, that’s going on in Iowa.” n Health insurance Back in 2016, Homan expected bad and more than 2,000 are now MVPs. n Evaluation and grievance proce- news was coming as soon as he heard the A half dozen GOP legislators devel- dures election results: “I knew at 3 o’clock in “The employer cannot take your oped anti-union legislation behind closed n Retirement systems the morning we were screwed. I believed union away from you,” Homan says. doors, supported by the Koch Brothers’ n Leaves for political activity they would do to us what they did in Wis- “Only you can give it up. I’ll be god- Americans for Prosperity. The lawmak- n Uniforms consin: This is Wisconsin on steroids.” damned if I’m giving up my union. I ers kept telling AFSCME leaders the bill n Staff reduction procedures don’t want your pity. In Iowa, we are go- wasn’t ready for viewing. n Supplemental pay But Homan and Council 61 refused to ing to kick their ass in November. We are Then they unveiled it on Feb. 7, man- n Privatization quit. going to take charge of our state.” aged to simultaneously march it through He challenged AFSCME Council 5 the GOP-led House and Senate in just 12 Starting in October, Council 61 will “I get up and do a job I thoroughly members to talk to feepayers and other hours, and approved it on Feb. 16. Re- have to hold 40 recertification elections love and do a job where I fight for peo- members, and to make sure we turn out publican Gov. Terry Branstad signed it for 40 bargaining units; the Iowa State ple, some of whom can’t fight for them- in force next November to vote. into law the next day. Education Association has to hold 2,040. selves,” he says. “That’s what all of you Public sector unions could no longer do. I’m going to fight every day of my “If you lose your next governor’s deduct dues from worker paychecks - Iowa Republicans also barred coun- life until I retire to get those rights back election and your House and Senate even though it was still OK to deduct for ties from raising the minimum wage; for my membership.” maintain the same makeup, you will have credit card bills, United Way, vision and gutted workers’ compensation; required this bill here in Minnesota. I don’t want dental. Before every new contract nego- both photo identification and signature Council 61 had learned by watching that for anybody,” he says. “The only tiation, locals had to recertify – at union verification at the polls; limited the right what happened when Scott Walker set way we’re going to survive is if we lock expense. to sue for medical malpractice or asbes- out to destroy unions in Wisconsin. arms and say, Screw them. We’re going “There was no three-year phase-in pe- tos; defunded Planned Parenthood; and to fight, and we’re going to be here, and riod,” Homan says. “Our rights were tak- made deep cuts in services. “All we got by taking control of that we’re going to continue to support our en away immediately.” state Capitol is we got smelly,” Homan union.” Public sector unions could still nego- “This group of Republican bandits says. “We couldn’t win the fight that tiate base wages, but the list of what most has taken a $950 million surplus seven way.” —AFSCME Council 5 Pipefitters Local 539

PIPERS Union Dues Don’t forget to pay your Union Dues! Christmas Party: December 2 The Annual Pipefitters Christmas Party will Website: www.pipefitters539.com be December 2, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. The Pipefitters Local 539 has a website address for information for the party will be sent out in the members to look at information and upcoming mail. events: www.pipefitters539.com. Condolences Condolences to the families of Ronald Bernard If you would like something added to the Pipers section of the Labor Review, call the office at (612) 379-4711. and DeWayne Mullin.

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IBEW Local Union 292 Minneapolis Electrical Workers Election Day: November 7 Another voluntary effort by SIS to a great organization Please remember to vote to further our Union Values that provides a ‘hand up’ rather than a ‘hand out’. on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. VOTE YES on School Condolences Bonds for Anoka-Hennepin, Bloomington, Brooklyn August – Brother Richard Stark; Brother Gerard “Jerry” Center, Maple Lake, Prior Lake-Savage, Richfield, Albertine. September – Brother Leo Rieger; Brother Roseville, St Francis and St Louis Park. Harold M. Olson; Brother William Waples; Brother Visit mnvotes.org for election information and Duane Lane; Brother Daniel Lasee. ibew292.org (resources tab) for endorsed candidates. Habitat House See you at the General Membership Meeting, Sisters in Solidarity is involved in yet another Habitat for Humanity house and the work is now underway. 7:00 p.m. on the Second Tuesday Paid for by IBEW Local 292 • www.ibew292.org www.minneapolisunions.org October 27, 2017 • Minneapolis Labor Review • Page 19

Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO Committee On Political Education: 2017 Endorsements

Minneapolis City Council Ward 1 Ward 4 Ward 6 Ward 9 Ward 11 Kevin Reich Barb Johnson Abdi Warsame Alondra Cano John Quincy Ward 2 Ward 5 Ward 7 Ward 10 Ward 12 Cam Gordon Blong Yang Lisa Goodman Lisa Bender Andrew Johnson Ward 3 Ward 8 Ward 13 Steve Fletcher Andrea Jenkins Linea Palmisano

Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board At Large District 2 District 3 District 4 District 6 Londel French Kale Severson A.K. Hassan Jono Cowgill Brad Bourn

Golden Valley City Council Anoka-Hennepin School Board At Large At Large District 3 District 4 District 6 Larry Fonnest Jim Ryan Bill Harvey Anna Dirkswager Jeff Simon

St. Louis Park City Council Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose School Board Ward 1 Ward 3 At Large At Large Brian Shekleton Jim Leuthner Amanda Burnham Reineck Bob Sansevere

School Levy Questions — VOTE YES! Anoka-Hennepin (ISD #11) Columbia Heights (ISD #13) Prior Lake-Savage (ISD #719) St. Francis (ISD #15) Operating Levy – Vote Yes Bonding Levy – Vote Yes Bonding Levy – Vote Yes Bonding Levy – Vote Yes Bonding Levy – Vote Yes Operating Levy – Vote Yes

Bloomington (ISD #271) Hopkins (ISD #270) Richfield (ISD 280) St. Louis Park (ISD #283) Operating Levy – Vote Yes Operating Levy – Vote Yes Operating Levy – Vote Yes Operating Levy – Vote Yes Bonding Levy – Vote Yes Bonding Levy – Vote Yes Bonding Levy – Vote Yes

Brooklyn Center (ISD #286) Maple Lake (ISD #881) Rockford ISD (#883) Wayzata (ISD #284) Operating Levy – Vote Yes Operating Levy – Vote Yes Operating Levy – Vote Yes Operating Levy – Vote Yes Bonding Levy – Vote Yes Bonding Levy – Vote Yes Technology Levy – Vote Yes Bonding Levy – Vote Yes Technology – Vote Yes This list current as of October 19, 2017. For updates: minneapolisunions.org. For questions about when, how, and where to vote: mnvotes.org.

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