(ISSN 0023-6667) Applicants needed for Gauthier’s council seat It’s not an election, but it’s online application, print it out, mantown Star. just as important as one, and it fill out the required informa- In 2008 when at-large city needs candidates to apply tion (REMEMBER TO SIGN councilor Roger Reinert won ASAP. With Duluth’s 4th & DATE IT) and then either an election to the Minnesota District City Councilor Kerry mail or deliver it to the City House of Representatives, 35 Gauthier having been elected Clerk's Office. people applied for his council to the Minnesota House of The deadline for submitting seat. The council chose Gary Representatives on Nov. 2, his applications to the City Clerk's Eckenberg, who did not seek council seat will be open as of Office, 330 City Hall, 411 W. the seat in the next election. An Injury to One is an Injury to All! Tuesday, Jan. 4. 1st St., Duluth MN 55802, is Duluth has a Mayor- The Duluth City Council is 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Council form of government, TUESDAY VOL. 116 seeking individuals who are December 1, 2010. with the City Administration NOVEMBER 23, 2010 NO. 11 interested in being appointed to Applicants who have filed making policy proposals to a fill that vacancy for a term for the seat that covers nine member City Council. expiring on January 9, 2012. It precincts 23-29 include Duluth’s five representational won’t be an election as the Gordon Grant, who lost 1932 districts are divided into 36 council is empowered to fill the to 1779 to Gauthier in 2009, precincts. Each of the five position on their own. Garry Krause, who served that council districts elects its own Individuals need to be an same position but chose not to councilor. There are also four eligible voter, be at least 21 run in 2009, and Wade Petrich, at large councilors, represent- years of age at the time of editor/publisher of the Her- ing the entire city. appointment and reside in the 4th District of the City of GOP blocks unemployment Duluth (roughly the Airport to 40th Ave. West to just west of benefit extensions for 800,000 Mesaba Avenue). There are By James Parks, AFL-CIO News Blog abut 1,300 union members who WASHINGTON - House Republicans Nov. 18th blocked an live in the 4th District. effort to extend federal unemployment insurance benefits, mak- Interested individuals need ing a lapse in benefits all but certain when they expire at the end to submit an application setting of the month. forth their qualifications for House Democrats tried to speed the extension through by such position and the reason(s) calling for a suspension of the rules, a procedure that requires a why they would like to be two-thirds majority. Although 258 members — a significant appointed to fill such vacancy. majority — supported the bill, the final vote fell short of the Applications are available needed margin. The bill, H.R.6419, would have extended UI in the City Clerk's Office or through February 2011 for those who have exhausted 26 weeks Sue Harney, center, and Gaynelle Johnson, both retired online at http://www.duluthmn. of insurance provided by states. It also would provide 100 per- members of the National Association of Letter Carriers gov/clerk/council/index.cfm. A cent federal funding to state unemployment programs to cover Zenith Branch 114 Merged, registered at Mark Dayton map is also on that site. See UI extensions...page 7 Recount Training Nov. 15 at UMD. If you will be using the Recount for governor starts next Monday Machinists lose at Delta The recount of votes from volunteers@dayton recount and that won’t happen The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Nov. 2’s election for Minnesota recount.org. again. More lawsuits may be Workers fell short of votes needed to represent fleet service governor appears to be a slam There were 1,829,673 votes filed and Republican Gov. Tim workers at Delta Air Lines, the National Mediation Board dunk for the DFL ticket of cast for Dayton (919,214) and Pawlenty could still be in office announced Nov. 18. The board counted ballots cast over the past Mark Dayton and Yvonne Emmer (910,459). Other can- when the legislature convenes. several weeks and said 53 percent of the workers who voted Prettner Solon. Their 8,755 didates, most notably Indepen- Last week at least 14, 2- opposed a union. A total of 10,593 votes were cast: 5,569 "no" vote margin appears to be too dence Party’s Tom Horner hour Dayton recount trainings votes, 4,909 votes for the Machinists and 115 write-in and silent large, and it is historically, for (251,485), received 277,321 were held across the state. The votes. There were 13,104 workers eligible to vote in the election. the Republican ticket of Tom votes. That’s a total of Minnesota Nurses Association The announcement was the second blow for unions at Delta Emmer and Annette Meeks to 2,106,994 votes to be looked and Operating Engineers Local this month. On Nov. 3, the National Mediation Board announced come back and win. That being over. Each county has checked 49 offices each held two. the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA had narrowly lost its said, no one on the DFL side is their numbers since the elec- At UMD on Monday, Nov. campaign to represent flight attendants at the airline. any too comfortable. tion and few votes changed, but 15, registration had 85 volun- Delta employees continue voting in two remaining represen- The DFL is looking for the margin of victory for teers signing in to help Dayton. tation elections as a result of Delta's merger with the former 4,000 volunteers to assist with Dayton is still below the 0.5% About half of them were union Northwest. Results for stock clerks and supply attendant recounts that start at 9:00 a.m., that can trigger an automatic members, who are perhaps employees will be announced Nov. 22. Results for reservation Monday, Nov. 29 in all 87 recount. Emmer’s camp actual- more aware than the general sales and cargo agents will be announced Dec. 7. counties. Anyone interested in ly filed lawsuits against St. public about how important it volunteering should email their Louis and Pine counties over is for Dayton to win and be Recount scam hits retirees contact information to not getting their reports on a declared the winner before the St. Paul – The Minnesota AFL-CIO has learned of at least one timely enough basis. He is legislative session begins union retiree being contacted by a caller from an unlisted num- unlikely to concede. January 4th. With Republicans ber in Anaheim, California (area code 714) fraudulently claim- Minnesota just went controlling both the Minnesota ing to be the Minnesota AFL-CIO soliciting funds “in support of through a difficult recount in House of Representatives and Dayton Recount.” 2008 in its U.S. Senate race the state Senate, DFLer Dayton “Neither the Minnesota AFL-CIO, National AFL-CIO, nor won by Al Franken by 324 will have to be the firewall the Dayton Recount are soliciting individual contributions from votes. Secretary of State Mark between the legislature and union retirees,” said Minnesota AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Ritchie orchestrated that everything unions hold dear. Steve Hunter. “We are working with the proper authorities to impeccable procedure and will The last time that scenario uncover and stop this potential scam.” guide this recount as well after played out in Minnesota was The targeted retiree reported being asked for his credit card having won his own election 1971 with DFL Gov. Wendell number. Hunter urged anyone targeted to not provide any per- Nov. 2nd. But Republican Anderson holding off the sonal information and call the Minnesota AFL-CIO immediate- Party Chair Tony Sutton said Republican-controlled legisla- ly at 800-652-9004. they were taken advantage of ture. Pawlenty just went The Minnesota AFL-CIO is made up of more than 1,000 affil- in the Franken/Coleman through that also. iate unions, representing over 300,000 working men and women abor Movie Night is “Bread and Roses” will be featured at LMN L6:00 p.m. Thurs., Dec. James Oppenheim. It has come 2 in Wellstone Hall of the open with snacks, refresh- as cleaners in Los Angeles Duluth Labor Temple, 2002 ments, and childcare. office buildings and fight for to be associated with the London Road (enter via South “Bread and Roses” will be the right to organize. It was part Lawrence, Massachusetts tex- St. entrance facing Lake featured Dec. 2. It is the story of the Justice for Janitors cam- tile strike of 1912, which is Superior). LMN is free and of two Latina sisters who work paign of the Service Employ- depicted in a Duluth Labor ees International Union. Temple mural by Scott Murphy The 2000-released film is of Painters & Allied Trades Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 10 directed by Ken Loach, written Local 106. by Paul Laverty, and stars Pilar “Bread and Roses” is an Retirees’ Luncheon Padilla, Elpidia Carrillo, and appeal for fair wages and dig- Adrien Brody, who won a 2003 nity. “Hearts starve as well as Scott Murphy’s Lawrence Tuesday, Dec. 7, 1:00 p.m. Oscar for “The Pianist.” bodies” Oppenheim wrote. His textile strike mural in the Lake Avenue Cafe In her review of the award- poem was changed a bit for a Labor Temple. winning Bread & Roses, Karen song in 1976 by Mimi Fariña, Ani DiFranco, Utah Phillips, Surreyhill of Oxford, PA wrote: also recorded by Judy Collins, and even John Denver. Here we see real immi- “Bread and Roses” by James Oppenheim SHEET METAL WORKERS grants (both legal and illegal) being used rather cynically by As we come marching, marching in the beauty of the day, Duluth-Superior Members companies whose business A million darkened kitchens, a thousand mill lofts gray, Are touched with all the radiance that a sudden sun discloses, Your Christmas meeting is Monday, Dec. 13, 5:00 plan includes hiring the most downtrodden and fearful and For the people hear us singing: "Bread and roses! Bread and roses!" p.m., at the Sheet Metal Workers’ Training Center hand-to-mouth in our country, As we come marching, marching, we battle too for men, & Duluth, Iron Range & Bemidji Regional Local paying them the lowest possi- For they are women's children, and we mother them again. 10 Union Office, 6279 Industrial Road, Saginaw, ble wages, giving them Our lives shall not be sweated from birth until life closes; MN 55779. A “Special Order of Business” will absolutely no benefits whatso- Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses! be a discussion and vote on the location of future ever, and thereby winning con- As we come marching, marching, unnumbered women dead Duluth-Superior Area union meetings. tracts to provide custodial and Go crying through our singing their ancient cry for bread. other services over companies Small art and love and beauty their drudging spirits knew. that pay a fair and living wage, Yes, it is bread we fight for -- but we fight for roses, too! Iron Range plus benefits to primarily unionized employees who are As we come marching, marching, we bring the greater days. Members American citizens. The rising of the women means the rising of the race. Your Christmas Meeting will be The film’s title comes from No more the drudge and idler -- ten that toil where one reposes, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 7:00 p.m., a poem written in 1911 by But a sharing of life's glories: Bread and roses! Bread and roses! at the Hibbing Park Hotel. This was almost (gasp!) white space Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments I.U.O.E. Local 70 but the idiotor caught it just in time! will be served at both meetings, Monthly Arrowhead Regional Meeting We might as well use it which all our Retirees are Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, 5:00 P.M. to wish you a great holiday season. encouraged to attend. 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Labor and Democrats have Wrap Up been looking for silver linings First things first. This is a post from the election that is still election wrap-up. Not a post-apoca- being talked and written about lyptic wrap-up. Yeah, the GOP did ad nauseum. Me too–it’s the well. After a change in administra- only thing keeping me from tions, the minority party won a bunch of House seats in the fol- singing Christmas carols in the lowing midterm election. Ho hum. Whoop ti-do. BFD. In itself, hallway. this is about as unusual as a piquant odor emanating from the I found a silver lining, but dumpster behind a fish market. Happened to Reagan: 27 seats in 82. To George HW Bush: you may think it’s heresy. The “Yes, I am who you think I ably out of date. The old AFL-CIO Executive Council 31 seats in 1990. Clinton: 54 seats in 1994. Would have hap- am. Yes, I am really stupid and Diamond Tool & Horseshoe pened to George W Bush if Nine Eleven hadn’t gone down the decided that phone banks don’t haven’t been bombarded with union, Directly Affiliated Local work. That didn’t take them year before. It’s a natural contraction. Democracy’s labor pains. information about the election Union 18650, which went Only the gestation period is a bit longer, the soreness more lin- long. It would have been a so I need your help. Yes, I under on October 28, 1994, has much shorter time frame if they gering and felt thousands of miles wider. would vote today for labor’s still been on the AFL-CIO lists Like Newt Gingrich before him, John Boehner will discover had tried it recently. endorsed candidate if I knew in recent elections. We got over two dozen calls that conducting the train is different than throwing bottles at the who it was. Yes, thank you for Political candidates spend train. Fortunately for him, it’s a train, not a bicycle and he can at home for the recent election, calling, intruding on my per- almost all their advertising dol- some from computers, some run right over the broken glass. Because there’s about 2 billion sonal life, and making me feel lars on radio, and especially dollars worth of it from untraceable sources lying on the tracks. from real people in Washington like I’ll have such a big impact TV, ads. The AFL-CIO has DC, the Twin Cities, and the The GOP’s biggest problem might have been inviting the Tea on getting Democratic control decided those ads are only Party into their house. Its one thing to chuckle at the antics of the Duluth Labor Temple. We felt of the U.S. House with good in certain markets that are insulted after a while. red headed stepchildren acting up at the backyard barbecue, and Congressman Oberstar’s victo- being targeted. Are we starting another entirely after they move in and you attempt to carry on ry and DFL control of the to think about using money a conversation with other adults while they persist on waving ~NOTICE~ Minnesota Legislature.” wisely here? Next issues of Labor World: pitchforks and torches, poking and scorching the ceiling. “Could Of course, the findings Mailed political literature, you keep it down to a dull roar, please? We’re trying to watch Dec. 15; about what works and didn’t worksite flyers, and face to ‘Lobbyist Idol’ here.” Jan. 5, 19; Feb. 2, 16; March work in Labor 2010 fell under face doorknocks are very Admittedly the number of seats changing hands this time 2, 23; April 6, 20; May 4, 18; the behavioral science heading, viable options for labor’s advo- around was a bit high. North of 60. About fifteen percent of the June 1, 22; July 6, 20; Aug. whatever that means. I think it cating for their endorsed candi- total lower body. Erasing Democratic gains of 06 and 08 com- 3, 31; Sept. 14, 28; Oct. 12, means, “Why don’t you wise dates according the fed. Can’t bined. But look at the bright side. Ummm. Unh, no. Not that. 26; Nov. 9, 22; Dec. 14 up and quit !#!*-#^#! calling!” argue with that. Wait. Ummm. Okay. Got some. The Democrats can book a LABOR WORLD The impact of phone calls It is kind of surprising that smaller banquet room for their Freshman Class Induction Party. was negligible because so they admitted phone banks’ No more need to stock up on those 50 pound bags of Blue Dog (ISSN#0023-6667) is published many calls are screened or go effectiveness was negligible, semi-monthly except one issue in Chow. Franking costs go way down with shorter Christmas card December (23 issues). to answering services or because they’re probably cheap lists. The known office of publication is machines, big wigs said. Plus to run, at least locally. The fed You could make a good argument the Tea Party is responsi- Labor World, 2002 London Road, with so many cell phones that must have got wind that a Room 110, Duluth, MN 55812. ble for throwing one House of Congress into the GOP’s column only the right to lifers had num- union “do not call” movement and another out of it. The wrestler’s wife lost. Christine Periodicals postage is paid at bers for, lots of folks were had surfaced. Or they’re just Duluth MN 55806. O’Donnell may not be a witch but neither is she a US Senator. POSTMASTER: missed. Lucky them. trying to tell us they’re sorry Same with Sharron Angle, except for the witch part. Senate Send address changes to: There were thousands of for their bad behavior in this Majority Leader Harry Reid was preordained to lose and to lose Labor World, 2002 London Rd., people who volunteered for fall campaign. I still wouldn’t bad to any halfway decent opponent. But as luck would have it, Room 110, Duluth, MN 55812 phone banking. Some like it. I count them out for Labor 2012. he didn’t face one. 6 7 wonder what they’ll fill the You know, the vagaries of lead- The red tide seemed to congeal after hitting the Rockies. void with – maybe answering ership and all that. Thank God, (218) 728-4469 California, Oregon and Washington avoided the brunt of the phones for fundraisers or only one more presidential anti- incumbent wave. Most likely due to the fact that the weath- FAX: (218) 724-1413 telethons. Trouble with those is campaign to go before I get [email protected] er is nicer, giving Hope and Change a longer shelf life. www.laborworld.org there aren’t any engaging con- sent out to free ranging, where Don’t be distracted by the parties incessantly trading biparti- ~ ESTABLISHED 1896 ~ versations, but, hey, you got to I can ignore disappointment. san air kisses. Like the handshake before the first round of a Owned by Unions affiliated with the go somewhere. Duluth AFL-CIO Central Labor Body prize fight, it’s simply a ritual and nobody expects any true civil- Listening to Labor Temple This Day In History ity. When the Administration says they want to work with Subscriptions: $22 Annually phone bankers outside my door Larry Sillanpa, Editor/Manager from Boehner and McConnell, they do. The way a five year old with in the evenings always makes www.workdayminnesota.org a magnifying glass wants to work with ants. Same goes for Deborah Skoglund, Bookkeeper me wonder why they do it. If Board of Directors Republicans. Sure, they’re offering up an olive branch now, but they can turn one voter out of November 23, 1935 be real careful; might just be a painted paralyzed asp with the Pres./Treas. Mikael Sundin, 100 they did good. Usually Mine Workers President John anesthetic timed to wear off on January 8th. ©2010 Will Durst Painters & Allied Trades 106; their response after hanging up L. Lewis resigned from the V.P. Paul Iversen, BMWED would be something like, “Oh, American Federation of 1710; Sec. Larry Anderson, sure, you lying sack of crap,” Labor to the lead the new “Quote, Unquote” Laborers 1091; Al LaFrenier, “What a jerk!,” “They said they Congress of Industrial "Even at minimum wage, the American worker is still Workers’ United Midwest Bd; already voted, but didn’t know Mike Kuitu, Operating Engi- Organizations. The CIO one of the wealthiest people in the world, but just as neers 49; Rick McDonald, who they voted for, yeah, moved rapidly to organize IBEW 31; Jayme McKenna, right,” “I can’t believe people workers in steel, auto, rubber importantly, we live in a country where everyone has the AFSCME 66; Dan O’Neill, aren’t paying attention,” “Are and other major industries, potential to do even better if they so desire." Plumbers & Steamfitters 11; you sure this is a union list?” and reached a membership ~http://chipcravaack.com/issues/JobsandtheEconomy Steve Risacher, Carpenters 361 Lists have been unbeliev- of 6 million by 1945. LABOR WORLD NEWS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2010 PAGE 3 Austin, MN’s Hormel strike was a key event in labor history 25 years ago By Peter Rachleff these concessions, Hormel ing lawyers, and private securi- the social contract which, in the playing a leading economic Special to PAI built its new plant in Austin. ty companies signaled a new U.S. at least, had been embod- role, on the one hand, and its From the late summer of But workers were in for a determination by corporate ied in union representation, celebration of the free market, 1985 into the early spring of very rude awakening. When employers to manage their collective bargaining, the wel- on the other, has succeeded in 1986, the small town of Austin, the new plant opened in 1982, workplaces without “interfer- fare state, and Keynesian eco- transferring wealth from work- Minnesota, figured prominent- work was reorganized, produc- ence” from unions. When nomic practices. In place of ing people to the elite. The ly in the national news. The tion lines were sped up and Hormel workers stood up for the panoply of alphabet soup U.S. has been returned to the dramatic themes and issues, injury rates skyrocketed. themselves in a very public and agencies created by Franklin D. standards of inequality which twists and turns, of a labor con- Workers’ complaints were creative way, they inspired Roosevelt’s New Deal – WPA, marked our economy in the late flict there captured the national rebuffed by management. other workers who were facing CCC, TVA – and the new labor 1920s, after more than half a imagination. This interest was Then, when contract negotia- – or fearing – similar threats, organizations affiliated with century of a rising tide which not merely passive, as more tions opened in the fall of 1984, demands, and pressures. the CIO, workers’ lives now was lifting all our boats. than 30 support committees citing changes in the industry When the strikers, receiving take place in the shadows of Policies and practices formed across the U.S. and aid such as the closing of major meager strike benefits of $45 a NAFTA, WTO, IMF, and the adopted since 1980 have bene- for the strikers came from 19 competitors’ plants, mergers, week, asked for support – at World Bank. The Hormel fited only the very rich, leaving countries. This strike touched buy-outs, and ownership first, to make car and mortgage strike symbolized the fight most of us floundering well a raw, deep nerve. changes, and the imposition of payments, to keep the heat and back against this new corporate before the Great Recession of In August 1985, 1,700 wage cuts, Hormel manage- lights on, to buy groceries; agenda, not just because of the 2008. Neo-liberalism has meatpacking workers, mem- ment demanded a 23% wage later, to join picket lines, partic- injustice of the corporate meant, for most people in the bers of United Food and cut! ipate in rallies, and boycott demands but also because of world, the demand to work Commercial Workers Local P- For workers who felt that Hormel products – what they the heroism of the strikers. harder and to receive less for it. 9, struck the flagship plant of they and their families had received was unprecedented. It Even as we pay homage to But the Great Recession has George A. Hormel and given generations of loyal not only enabled them to sur- this heroism today, 25 years revealed that neo-liberalism Company in Austin. They had labor to this company, in vive materially for months and later, we must assess the costs has not brought growth and taken a wage freeze in 1977 as exchange for which they had months, but it inspired them to of the defeat of this union, prosperity to the U.S. or any- part of a bargain to get Hormel received respect and decent stand firm, to know that they these workers, and the victory where else, for that matter. to build a planned state-of-the- compensation, this was adding were fighting for more than of this corporate agenda: The Now, more than ever, we need art plant in Austin, which had insult to injury. themselves. triumph of greed on Wall Street to reflect on the Hormel strike been the center of their opera- The local, under leadership Local P-9 was ultimately and the hard times on Main of 1985-1986, on the heroism tions since the 1920s. elected since the 1977 agree- defeated by an array of power- Street and the export of mil- and creativity of its partici- Corporations made so many ment, made plans for their first ful forces: Corporate obstinacy, lions of manufacturing jobs to pants, and on the nature of the threats in the later 1970s and strike since the one which Hormel’s ability to shift pro- places where workers cannot opposition they faced. We may 1980s to relocate production established the union in 1933, duction to other plants, and earn a living wage or protect yet learn from our past to build facilities – and followed despite the advice of the inter- support from other business their communities from the a better future. through on so many of them – national union and its packing- interests including those banks damage being done to their Rachleff is a Professor of that the best-selling labor house division to accept man- that financed Hormel’s man- land, their water, their air, and History at Macalester College books of the era carried titles agement’s demands. This new agement. their health by the arrival of in St. Paul. In 1985-1987, he like Capital Flight and The leadership built a thick internal Also key were a series of these new economic “opportu- was chair of the Twin Cities Deindustrialization of network of committees respon- hostile court decisions and nities.” Local P-9 Support Committee. America. Local and state gov- sible for a range of activities, injunctions, intervention of the That agenda also dispos- In 1993 South End Press pub- ernments, as well as workers mobilized their retirees, Minnesota National Guard -- sesses millions of small farm- lished his book on the strike, and unions, were challenged by reached out to UFCW locals at under orders from Gov. Rudy ers and pressures them to Hard-Pressed in the Heart- such threats, and they often other Hormel plants, solicited Perpich (DFL) -- an unsympa- migrate in search of work. It land: The Hormel Strike and responded with tax breaks and support of union activists in the thetic media, and its own inter- shreds the “safety net” in the the Future of the Labor infrastructure development Twin Cities and across the national union which was sup- U.S., Western Europe and other Movement. along with the pay and benefit country, and hired consultant ported by a labor bureaucracy developed countries, from pub- cuts or freezes that workers Ray Rogers, founder of at the highest reaches of the lic education to public safety provided. Corporate Campaign, Inc. state’s and the nation’s unions. and it produces the loss of eco- Despite these concessions, With Rogers, they devel- Looking back 25 years later, it nomic security, from pensions, millions of manufacturing jobs oped a strategy that empha- is sobering to assess how much healthcare benefits, and vaca- OPTICAL were exported from the U.S., sized the economic links power could be marshaled to tions, to the loss of jobs them- relocated by corporate employ- between Hormel and key defeat this one local union, selves, the collapse of mort- ers to low-wage, minimally regional banks, sought a very even as it is inspiring to realize gages and the epidemic of fore- regulated sites from Mexico visible public presence, and put how valiantly they stood up for closures. and Central America to China, their members forward as their themselves and for all working The corporate agenda also greatest resource, not just as people. led to the rise of political Vietnam, Thailand, and * Singapore picketers but as public speak- Local P-9’s stand inspired movements based on hate, In the case of Hormel in ers, artists, toy makers, cooks, hundreds of thousands of from neo-Nazis, the KKK, and 40% OOFFFF Austin, the company received and strategists. workers, not just in the U.S. but the Tea Party in the U.S. to ALL EYEGLASS EYEGLASS FRFRAMESAMES new exit and entrance ramps to The ensuing strike galva- across the world, who were Islamic fundamentalism in the *** OR ****** nized the attention of a labor beginning to feel the economic Middle East, South Asia, and Interstate 90, new service roads BUY ONE, ONE, GETGET ONEONE into and around the plant, tax movement which was still reel- and political lash which would Africa. The mural on the out- FREE!* breaks, and that wage freeze. ing from Ronald Reagan’s fir- drive a new corporate global side of the Austin union hall, Workers had also agreed to ing of the Air Traffic strategy in the late 20th and designed by national labor shift the structure of their wage Controllers in the summer of early 21st centuries. artist Mike Alewitz and P-9 payments away from a system 1981, the closing of factories Corporations, governments, rank-and-filer Denny Mealy, GREATGREAATT which, since 1933, had provid- and the export of jobs abroad, and transnational entities have and painted by more than 100 ed them with stable earnings in employers’ demands for con- implemented a strategy includ- volunteers, included a banner: THANKSGIVINGTHANKSGIVINGG a notoriously seasonal industry, cessions, and the government’s ing “free trade,” plant closings, “If Blood Be The Price Of Your to a more conventional hourly weakening of its enforcement capital flight and the export of Cursed Wealth, Then By God wage system. of labor laws from the right to jobs, deregulation, privatiza- We Have Paid In Full.” SALE!SALE! This shift also undermined organize to workplace health tion, contracting out, the reor- Indeed. the controls that workers had and safety regulations. ganization of work and the This new corporate agenda, 'XOXWK‡6XSHULRU‡$XURUD‡7ZR+DUERUV'XOXWK‡6XSHULRU‡$XURUD‡7ZR+DUERUUV long exercised over the pace of A new breed of manage- exploitation of immigrants. named “neo-liberalism” for its **UDQG5DSLGV‡&ORTXHW‡0RRVH/DNHUDQG5DSLGV‡&ORTXHW‡0RRVH/DNH ment consultants, union-bust- That strategy tore a part of classical hostility to the state’s ZZZZYLVLRQSURRSWLFDOFRPZZYLVLRQSURRSWLFDOFRP production. On the basis of *See*See ststoreore foforr ddetails.etails. PAGE 4 LABOR WORLD NEWS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2010 Food basket and gift programs brighten holidays for many families needing help One of the great ways to get being delivered for Thanks- being worked out for a place to yourself into the holiday spirit giving and Christmas to unem- store the many gifts and toys is to start by helping others. ployed union members who that are generally received by That’s what the Duluth Feder- have no benefits, injured work- the program during the holi- ation of Teachers was doing in ers without compensation, or days.0 the photo to the left – collecting others with unusual hardships. If you’d like to donate a gift food so other families wouldn’t Many families will find their or gifts, please leave them be hungry. This is a time of unemployment benefits ending unwrapped and the Commun- year when financially-strapped during the holidays with no ity Services Committee will be families feel even worse about work in sight. better able to match them with their plight because they are Monetary donations to their list of recipients. unable to share in the cheer of Holiday Food and Operation The Community Services the holiday season with their Toy/Gift Drop – Santa Sacks – Program has moved back to the loved ones. can be sent to Duluth Central United Way of Greater Duluth That’s where you and the Body, Room 110, Duluth, MN offices in the Ordean Building, Duluth AFL-CIO Community 55812. Logistics are still be 424 West Superior Street, Suite Services Program can come 402, after being in the Labor together to help them. Every Bring a gift to Temple for the past few years. year the program raises dona- The phone number is now 726- tions to help families with Central Body 4775. 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Even congregations nationwide alerting them the Red Cross is mis- of Democratic President including the sole unionist – Simpson and Bowles acknowl- treating its union workers, Executive Director Kim Bobo says. Obama’s budget deficit-cutting former Service Employees edged acceptance of their pro- On Nov. 10 Bobo and workers from Michigan, Illinois and else- commission, to help stanch President Andy Stern – were posals was unlikely, but called where detailed how the non-profit is trying to prevent unioniza- federal red ink by raising the silent on the proposals. them a starting point for the tion in Decatur and imposing enormous health care cost increas- retirement age, killing the tax Obama named the commis- discussions. es on its own staff in six other areas. deduction for home mortgage sion earlier this year. He told it Trumka and Pelosi were The Red Cross actions put the nation’s blood supply at risk interest and fully taxing work- to create a package of propos- much harsher. The Speaker since they handle half of it, Bobo noted. And the Food and Drug ers’ health care benefits – als to reduce the federal deficit called their package “simply Administration has already fined Red Cross $37 million over the among other things -- drew flak – now more than $1 trillion unacceptable.” Trumka said it last two years for blood bank safety violations, all directly tied to from House Speaker Nancy annually – to just the size of would destroy the middle class. its mistreatment of the workers, an AFL-CIO speaker said. Pelosi, D-Calif., and AFL-CIO interest payments on the debt He reiterated the point he made Direct pressure on the Red Cross, including a mass march in President Richard Trumka. by fiscal 2015, or four years in the panel’s hearings earlier front of its D.C. headquarters by the Office and Professional The plans, unveiled Nov. 10 from now. Obama’s proposed this year: The way to cure the Employees earlier this year, hasn’t worked. 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PAGE 6 LABOR WORLD NEWS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2010 U.S. Senate’s Republicans turn backs on women, kill Paycheck Fairness By Mark Gruenberg workers achieve more equal Labor Secretary Hilda Solis ly deplorable.” how we do it,” Rosenblatt PAI Staff Writer pay with men, killing it. and the House-passed mea- “Once again, women are added. She also pointed out By almost a strict party-line The Republican-led action sure’s longtime sponsor, Rep. deemed expendable,” she said. that if this is the result when the vote, 41 senators – including outraged and disappointed top Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn. She also said the wide coali- GOP has 41 senators – one both GOP female senators advocates of the bill, including Fifty-six Democratic sena- tion of pay equity advocates – more than needed to block leg- from Maine – blocked debate the Coalition of Labor Union tors and both independents including the AFL-CIO, the islation – it is not a good sign on the Paycheck Fairness Act, Women (CLUW), Democratic voted to debate the legislation, American Civil Liberties for the next Congress, when legislation to help woman President Barack Obama, which would have opened the Union, the American they’ll have 47. way to final passage. Sen. Ben Association of University The Paycheck Fairness Act Nelson, D-Neb., joined 40 Women, the Leadership “would deter wage discrimina- UI extensions blocked...from page 1 Republicans opposing it, and Conference on Civil Rights, tion by closing loopholes in the additional costs. threatening a filibuster to block 9to5, the National Women’s Equal Pay Act and bar retalia- A total of 143 Republicans and 11 Democrats voted against it. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R- Law Center, the National tion against workers who dis- suspending the rules. Twenty-one Republicans voted for it. Alaska, was absent. Partnership for Women and close their wages,” a CLUW Among the eight members of Minnesota’s Congressional del- CLUW Executive Director Families and other womens’ fact sheet says. “It also allows egation, Democrats Keith Ellison, Betty McCollum, James Carol Rosenblatt told Press rights groups – would meet to women to receive the same Oberstar and Tim Walz voted to suspend the rules and support an Associates Union News discuss future strategy on the remedies for sex-based pay dis- extension of benefits. Republicans Michele Bachmann, John Service the Senate’s vote was issue. crimination currently available Kline and Erik Paulsen and Democrat Collin Peterson voted no. “horrendous, partisan and real- “We’ll have to rearrange to those subject to discrimina- Democratic leaders could bring the bill back to the floor tion based on race and national under a rule requiring only a simple majority. When the House UMLES has skills workshops origin.” and Senate wrap up business this week, they will not return until The University of Minnesota Labor Education Service is Obama, who met Nov. 17 Nov. 29. offering workshops this winter and spring on skills helpful to with pay equity advocates, was If Congress does not act by Nov. 30, 800,000 people unable union members and other working people. Classes are non-cred- also upset, top advisor Valerie to find work in an economy with five job hunters for every one it and open to all. Sessions are held on the Minneapolis campus. Jarrett said. She added the vote job will lose this critical help that keeps a roof over their heads Contract Negotiations-Jan. 15 & 22, Saturdays, 9 am-3 pm, “disappointed and frustrated” and food on the table. By the end of the year, 2 million jobless taught by John Remington. This course is designed for new and the president. will be without help and another 1 million a month will lose their experienced negotiators desiring to sharpen their skills. It exam- Today, only Democratic benefits beginning next year. ines the legal framework for collective bargaining, the concept senators voted to support Two just-released studies by the Department of Labor and the of bargaining power, negotiations preparation, costing contract Paycheck Fairness for women - Congressional Budget Office affirm the vital role unemployment proposals, and drafting contract language. Students will apply - not a single Republican voted insurance has played in combating the recession and rebuilding learned skills by negotiating a contract in a simulated bargaining to allow the Senate to move the economy. The DOL study found that since mid-2008, the situation. Tuition is $100. For more information, contact John forward,” Jarrett, who is also a federal unemployment insurance programs have saved 1.6 mil- Remington at 612-624-7863. close friend of the president, lion jobs in every quarter — averting 1.8 million layoffs per Social Networking for Unions-Saturday, February 5, 9 am- said. “It is notable that in the quarter at the height of the economic downturn — and that the 3 pm, taught by John See. This is a hands-on, basic skills class first vote after the election in programs reduced the unemployment rate by 1.2 percent. for working people who want to learn about Facebook, Twitter, which the American people A CBO study last week echoed the DOL findings, saying that Unionbook, YouTube, Flickr and other free networking tools. sent a clear message that they “the extensions of unemployment insurance benefits in the past We will look at what they are, how to get started, and discuss want Washington to work bet- few years increased both employment and participation in the their value for the labor movement in our work and play. Each ter, the Republicans blocked a labor force over what they would otherwise have been in 2009.” student will have a computer to use during the class. You will common sense measure aimed Long-term joblessness continues to be a crisis, with 6.2 mil- need an e-mail address if you want to create accounts. Tuition is simply to help ensure that lion workers jobless for six months or more. Nearly 42 percent $50. For more information, contact John See at 612-624-6039. women get the pay they of unemployed workers have been jobless for 27 weeks or more. For registration, contact the LES office at 612-624-5020 or e- deserve.” Never before has Congress decided to cut off extended unem- mail [email protected]. Solis said her agency would ployment benefits when the jobless rate was so high, 9.6 percent. LES will also be offering workshops on Immigration Reform continue to fight for pay equity. And not since the 1930s have so many unemployed job seekers and Basic Steward Training in March and April. More informa- She also noted the Democratic- been out of work for so long. tion will be announced and posted on the LES website, run House passed the paycheck Workday Minnesota contributed to this story. http://www.carlsonschool.umn.edu/cms/page5946.aspx. fairness bill last year. “Pay equity is far too impor- tant to give up,” she said. “My department will redouble its WORK INJURY efforts to ensure America's women are not treated as sec- Accidents can happen in an instant. Recovery can take ond-class citizens by employ- months, years or even a lifetime. If you’ve been in a ers who refuse to compensate serious accident, don’t accept a band-aid approach. them in a fair and equitable manner.” You deserve serious help from an experienced team DeLauro, who first intro- of lawyers who will take your case seriously. Give us a call duced the Paycheck Fairness for a free consultation. Act in 1997, promised to push it again in next year’s GOP-run With 40 years of trial experience Congress. She also said its and a team approach to personal defeat hurts not just woman injury cases, OUR SUCCESS IS workers, but families. “This is a matter of basic NO ACCIDENT. fairness, of ensuring equal pay for equal work. It is not just women who are affected by      this blatant pay inequity. In 218-727-5384 these difficult economic times, 800-535-1665 more and more families are     relying on women as breadwin- ners, and our entire economy is impacted,” she concluded.

LABOR WORLD NEWS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2010 PAGE 7 MN Rep. Kline to be U.S. House Labor Chair, hates EFCA, OSHA penalties By Mark Gruenberg August op-ed that one key pro- “For all these changes pro- this year. His solution was the law to its fullest extent. PAI Staff Writer vision, “’card check,’ would posed under the banner of more enforcement and target- This, too, is unacceptable. WASHINGTON (PAI)— replace a secret ballot election workplace safety, the legisla- ing the “bad applies.” Both of these breakdowns in Minnesota’s 2nd Congression- with a public sign-up process tion does nothing to help “Cecil Roberts, the head of the system must be addressed. al District Rep. John Kline, the for workers deciding whether employers make their work- the Mine Workers, testified But neither can be solved with Republican who will take over to join a union. As a result, the places safer. Once again, it is a 95% of mine operators are try- legislation alone. Tougher the House Education and Labor bill would drive up costs on punishment-only approach that ing to do the right thing, but laws do us no good if bad Committee next year, hates the business, increase workplace ignores the importance of some small number of bad actors are permitted to flout the Employee Free Choice Act and conflict, and lead to fewer proactive prevention.” actors are flouting the law,” law and federal authorities opposes tougher penalties for jobs…Just yesterday, President Mine safety is another mat- Kline said at that same hearing. choose not to enforce it. job safety and health viola- Obama promised labor bosses ter. Kline – and other panel “This is unacceptable. Changes to sharpen the tools in tions. he would remain in the fight to Republicans – felt another “The Department of MSHA’s toolbox can prod the By and large, according to a pass card check.” Kline mine safety law was not the Labor’s Inspector General con- agency to step up its enforce- review of his statements, the warned labor would try to answer to the Upper Big firmed what MSHA itself told ment,” he added. 63-year-old ex-marine from a enact EFCA in the current Branch coal mine blast earlier us: The agency never enforced district south of Minnesota’s lame-duck session of Twin Cities will be dubious to Congress. hostile towards causes pushed His priorities will be very by workers and their unions. different, Kline said the day The AFL-CIO’s 2010 leg- after the election gave the GOP islative scorecard said Kline House control, on Jan. 3 and went 0-for-12 on votes on the for the next two years. labor federation’s top issues so “Because quality schools are far this year. essential to our economic Kline is the top Republican strength, our efforts will on the committee, which for include an emphasis on educa- years has been one of the most- tion reform to ensure all stu- polarized in Congress. Present dents have the opportunity to chairman George Miller, D- thrive in the 21st century,” he Calif., leads its pro-worker said. Democrats. Its GOP contin- That doesn’t mean renew- gent is heavily pro-business. ing GOP President George W. Some of its Southern Republi- Bush’s No Child Left Behind cans are virulently anti-union. education law, Kline said earli- Kline, a close ally of incom- er. He wants a “top-to-bottom ing Speaker John Boehner, R- review” of it because he Ohio, is no fan of the believes Bush’s law produces Employee Free Choice Act. too much federal control of Kline also opposes project local schools. labor agreements for federal His other top priorities for construction and the new the panel are: “Giving employ- majority-of-those-voting rules ers the certainty, flexibility, and for airline and railroad workers freedom to create jobs, con- BOB FALSANI JIM BALMER JIM PETERSON seeking union recognition, ducting robust oversight of promulgated by the National education and workforce pro- No other Minnesota law firm representing injured workers Mediation Board. grams...to protect students, “There’s nothing free about families, workers, and retirees, had as many lawyers named to the Top 40 for 2010 it, there’s no choice about it. It and modernizing and stream- is one of the biggest misnomers lining training programs to Bob Falsani, Jim Balmer and Jim Peterson were selected in all of government,” Kline help job-seekers get back to for this honor by their peers. The announcement appeared in the says of EFCA, which never work.” February/March issue of the Minnesota Journal of Law and Politics. came up for a vote this year in Kline was also dead set the House panel. Miller was against improving the The three were also chosen Super Lawyers by the same publication. waiting for the Senate to pass it Occupational Safety and Each is a Civil Trial Specialist certified by the National Board of Trial first. Health Act, which has changed But Senate Labor Commit- little since it was approved in Advocacy and the Minnesota State Bar Association. tee Chairman Tom Harkin, D- 1970. Its fines are low and if a Falsani, Balmer, Peterson, Quinn & Beyer, has represented Iowa – who will hold that post job safety accident kills a in the next Congress – never worker, the employer can only more injured workers than any other Minnesota law firm. got the 60 votes he needed to be cited for a misdemeanor. stop a planned Senate GOP fil- Workers and unions – and ibuster against it. It had been survivors of dead workers – labor’s top specific legislative argued for higher fines, tougher cause. enforcement and making That didn’t stop Kline from deaths on the job felonies pun- raising the specter of congres- ishable by years in jail. So did sional passage of the Employee the Obama administration. Free Choice Act sometime Kline says “no.” between now and Jan. 3, when “Proposed changes to the the GOP takes over the House OSH Act…will drive up costs – and he takes over the House and litigation for employers – panel. all of which would make it In typical Republican lan- more difficult to create jobs guage, Kline declared in an when our economy needs them most,” he said at a hearing.

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