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(ISSN 0023-6667) Sanders, Nolan working hard for Hillary Hillary Clinton hasn’t been sional districts, and he’s still years. spotted in northern Minnesota running strong. But while He hit on the starvation fed- but her campaign here got a many Sanders supporters seem eral minimum wage, and the huge boost when her former to be having a problem saying gender pay gap, infrastructure opponent for the Democratic they’ll vote for Hillary Clinton, needs that will create jobs endorsement stumped for her Sanders is working hard for her using American steel that in Duluth Oct. 4. election getting votes for her. Clinton is ready to remedy. Senator Bernie Sanders (I- In his raucous, far too long, “Secretary Clinton under- VT) was a huge favorite in this appearance at the University of stands we need to encourage An Injury to One is an Injury to All! region as a presidential candi- Minnesota Duluth after a rally people to get an education, not WEDNESDAY VOL. 123 date in the March precinct cau- earlier in the day at the south- discourage them.” He said she cuses where he drew 61% of ern campus, Sanders hit many will see that public colleges OCTOBER 12, 2016 NO. 8 the vote. He won all congres- of the points that he made in his and universities will be tuition own campaign, attributing free for all families earning less them now to what a President See Hillary...page 2 Hillary Clinton will do in office. “Most of our problems have been caused by human deci- AFL-CIO sions and all those problems can be fixed by human deci- Endorsed sions,” a fiery Sanders said in Candidates opening. “But Donald Trump wants to move us backwards.” PRESIDENT Sanders brought up Hillary Clinton America’s historic income inequality and told voters to CONGRESS “Tell Trump and his billionaire Rep. Rick Nolan- MN 8 friends ‘no, you are not going Senate (WI)~ Russ Feingold to get it all!’” Sanders said MINNESOTA Trump as “a billionaire who doesn’t pay a nickle in taxes, LEGISLATURE that my friends, is the defini- District 3 tion of a rigged economy.” Senator Tom Bakk He said Trump figures why 3A~ Rep. Rob Ecklund Congressman Rick Nolan said he was proud to be a super delegate for Bernie Sanders at should the rich pay taxes when 3B~ Rep. Mary Murphy the Democratic National Convention. Both are now working hard to elect Hillary Clinton the middle class will cover for as America’s first woman president. They had the crowd with them at UMD Oct. 4. District 5 them. And then he wants to Senator Tom Saxhaug Boycott of all Trump properties called repeal the estate tax so families 5A~ Rep. John Persell like the Walmart Waltons can 5B~ Rep. Tom Anzelc (PAI)—With Republican Board ruled the December “Donald Trump’s a disre- get a $50 billion tax break. presidential nominee Donald 2015 election was valid, certi- spectful hypocrite, and we District 6 Meanwhile kids living in Senator David Tomassoni Trump’s Las Vegas hotel still fied the union and ordered stand in solidarity with the poverty rely on school lunches, defying labor law and refusing hotel management to bargain workers at Trump Hotel Las 6A~ Julie Sandstede veterans sleep in the streets, we 6B~ Rep. Jason Metsa to bargain with Unite Here, the with the two locals, the Vegas,” said AFL-CIO have no affordable housing, union his workers voted for, mogul’s minions at Trump Las President Richard Trumka. and our infrastructure is crum- District 7 both the union’s Local 226 and Vegas refused. “His unwillingness to bargain bling for a lack of government Senate~ Rep. Erik Simonson its parent organization are call- So now Unite Here’s with the hard-working people revenue Sanders said. 7A~ Rep. Jen Schultz ing for a nationwide boycott of #BoycottTrump campaign will who make his hotel successful “And he wants tax breaks 7B~ Liz Olson all Trump properties. The AFL- extend to all businesses Trump is shameful. It tells you all you for large multi-nationals but District 11 CIO backs the boycott, adds owns, invests in, or partners need to know about his feelings Hillary Clinton tells them you Senator Tony Lourey Local 226 Communications with – from Trump Tower in toward all working people.” are going to start paying your 11A~ Rep. Mike Sundin Director Bethany Khan. Manhattan to his recently Key issues in Local 226’s fair share,” and Sanders added 11B~ Tom Jones The 1,500 workers at the opened luxury hotel in down- successful drive at Trump Las our rigged economy has hotel voted overwhelmingly town D.C., to his shopping Vegas were wages -- $3 per St. Louis County Board increased the number of bil- Patrick Boyle • District 2 last year – despite management mall-apartment tower north of hour less than for unionized lionaires ten fold in a few short labor law-breaking orchestrat- Chicago’s Loop. hotel workers – and health Beth Olson • District 3 ed by one of Trump’s sons – to Boycott events started at care. Unionized hotel workers Pete Stauber • District 5 join Local 226 and Bartenders Trump’s L.A. golf course and in Las Vegas have employer- Carlton County Board Local 165, both affiliates of occurred at his hotels in San fully paid insurance. The Dick Brenner • District 1 Unite Here. But even after the Francisco and Honolulu on Trump workers must pay up to National Labor Relations Sept. 29 and at the Chicago $260 monthly. Cloquet City Council Trump Tower on Oct. 1. A sec- “We’re not second-class Adam Bailey • At Large ond boycott in Chicago will be workers,” said Trump Las Steve Langley • Ward 5 on Oct. 18. Other boycott Vegas guest room attendant Cook County Schools events are planned elsewhere. Eleuteria Blanco. Added Local VOTE YES levy & bonding “Enough is enough,” said 226 Secretary-Treasurer Unite Here President D Taylor. Geoconda Arguello-Kline: Mayor Emily Larson admit- WISCONSIN “While Donald Trump waged “After a disgraceful anti-union ted that her busy schedule State Assembly an indefensible anti-worker campaign against their own this year as Duluth’s first Nick Milroy~ District 73 and anti-immigrant presidential workers, the hotel still refuses woman mayor had not given Beth Meyers~ District 74 campaign, the workers at his to negotiate with their employ- her much time for this fall’s Las Vegas hotel fought for dig- ees. We call on allies and work- Better Superior Plan elections. That was until she VOTE YES on referendum nity and respect in their work- ers to stand in solidarity in a watched the first presiden- place. They voted to unionize, national boycott until Donald tial debate with her family. PLEASE VOTE they won, and now the law says Trump, the ‘Great Negotiator,’ “I couldn’t sit any longer,” Trump must negotiate.” comes to the table.” she told the UMD rally. Tuesday, Nov. 8 Hillary gets great tive audience. Addressing it aires can run for office right us to discriminate against Hillary Clinton wants all will create millions of jobs he here and buy a seat,” Sanders everyone and everybody Americans to have health care. support...from page 1 said yet Trump rejects science, said in reference to Nolan’s Sanders said. He praised the Sanders said Clinton will than $125,000 a year, drawing while Clinton knows we have a opponent Stewart Mills III. current generation for being the create an economy works for more cheers from students. moral responsibility to combat “Hillary Clinton in her first least bigoted one in our history working families by bringing He spoke of the debt stu- climate change. 100 days will bring a constitu- and we all should proud of how about real change that comes dents must carry as they try to Nolan had addressed the tional amendment to overturn far we’ve come against racism, from the bottom up, not the top start their lives. rally and then introduced Citizens United,” Sanders said sexism, and homophobia. Yet down. to make it the type of Sanders said Republicans Sanders. Both congressmen to cheers. despite our progress we have a nation we want it to become. work to make Americans dis- said the paramount issue facing He said democracy thrives candidate running to divide us Nolan had stated that he and couraged with politics. “Get America is our corrupt cam- on vigorous debate, which again with his bigotry. his wife had played a game in beyond the personalities and paign finance system brought allows us to learn from others Sanders said Trump’s trying to find a pejorative that look hard at the issues..which about by the Supreme Court’s but Trump’s campaign is built birther attacks on President didn’t apply to Donald Trump. candidate stands up for the Citizens United ruling. on a cornerstone based on big- Obama started with his racism, They couldn’t and Sanders working class and which stands They said our democracy is otry. That bigotry that kept just as his attacks on Clinton’s reinforced that. Nolan said in up for the wealthy class,” he based on the concept of one Native Americans down, weight are founded in his sex- contrast Hillary Clinton is a said. person/one vote and doesn’t African Americans in slavery, ism. “He should look in the “woman who has dedicated her He addressed climate mean that billionaires can buy women from education, jobs, mirror,” a female shouted to public life to children, educa- change and it devastating prob- elections. even voting, gays from marry- laughs.