(ISSN 0023-6667) Labor wins 6, “loses” 1 in Primary The August 14 Primary Nolan won the Democratic pri- progress in America. And Election found North East Area mary with 20,840 votes committed to defeating Chip Labor Council-endorsed candi- (38.3%). He was the DFL- Cravaack and taking back the dates losing only one of seven endorsed candidate and the 8th for middle class families contests. In the one contest only one who sought party struggling to get ahead.” they lost the winning candi- endorsement. Nolan was In state legislative races date, Tim Faust in Minnesota endorsed by the Minnesota NEALC-endorsed candidates House District 11B, was labor- AFL-CIO on August 20. won 4 of 5 contests with only endorsed the last time he ran. “I am so proud to have the Nathan Johnson of Pine City An Injury to One is an Injury to All! Winning candidates now endorsement of the Minnesota losing. Tim Faust of Mora beat WEDNESDAY VOL. 119 move through to the November AFL-CIO,” Nolan said. “We him with 2193 (62.6%)votes to AUGUST 29, 2012 NO. 5 6 General Election. In most of must always fight for working 1311 (37.4%). the races in this region, win- families and rebuild the middle Faust served two terms in ning a DFL Primary Election class in order to truly strength- the MN House, 2007–2010, pretty much assures a candi- en America.” from what was known as date of a November win. Coming in second to Nolan District 8B then. He had been The top of the ticket was the was former state senator Tarryl both DFL and AFL-CIO primary for the U.S. Senate and Clark with 17,552 (32.3%). endorsed in those elections. Senator Amy Klobuchar won Former Duluth city councilor This year Senate District 11 easily against three chal- Jeff Anderson finished third convention delegates chose not lengers. She received 91% of with 16,035 (29.5%) votes. to endorse in the race. Labor the 202385 Democratic votes Nolan, Clark, and Anderson chose first time candidate cast. The Republican primary held a unity press conference at Johnson. winner Kurt Bills got 51% of the Duluth Labor Temple the This year redistricting creat- the 123996 votes cast. day after the election to solidi- ed a new House District 11A Independent Stephen Williams fy their supporters in an effort with an open seat. also advances getting 60% of to defeat Republican Congress- DFL and NEALC-endorsed those 5137 votes. man Chip Cravaack in Novem- Mike Sundin defeated Cloquet The AFL-CIO stayed away ber. He got 20,471 votes in his mayor Bruce Ahlgren in the from the 8th Congressional uncontested primary. DFL primary, 2364 (57.6%) to Larry “the Laborer (1091)” Anderson reacts as Mike District’s U.S. House of In an email Nolan said, 1740 (42.4%). Sundin and Mike Kuitu (IUOE 49), right, tally the vote Representatives race. No “The primary contest is over A member of Painters & count for Carlton County election night August 14. The endorsement was made as all and we are united as Allied Trades Local 106 and numbers gave Sundin (IUPAT 106) a DFL Primary Election three candidates had some Democrats...Today, Nolan sup- president of the Labor World win in MN House District 11A. Bruce Lotti (USW 1028), labor backing. porters, Clark supporters and Board of Directors, first time left, is enjoying what he’s hearing. Former congressman Rick Anderson supporters are candidate Sundin carried 34 of together once again as 8th 47 precincts, with four ties. He Rep. Kerry Gauthier withdraws in 7B race District DFL supporters - proud even beat Ahlgren in Cloquet, members of a political family 669 to 625. DFL and Labor-endorsed 56, that he was 18. said they were shocked dis- passionately committed to State Representative Kerry After the incident came to mayed by Gauthier’s poor See Primary...page 7 Gauthier announced August light August 14, Gauthier said behavior in the incident but 22nd that he will “withdraw” it was a private matter and he wanted to stand behind a friend WHAT’S INSIDE THIS ISSUE? from his re-election bid for would not go into it. The next in his tough times. Duluth’s District 7B seat. morning he was admitted to a “I worked in Child Protect- Labor Day activities, screenings...page 2 Gauthier has been surround- Duluth hospital after overdos- ion Services for 30 years and I Letters and opinions...page 3 ed with controversy since he ing on prescription medication know a child molester,” said Georgia Pacific closing hits 120 Steel Workers...page 4 was discovered emerging from in what he admitted was sui- Netland of his time working for UAW 241 strike ends with agreement...page 5 bushes at the Thompson Hill cide attempt. St. Louis County. “Gauthier is “Organized Crime” by Miller and Boverman...page 6 rest stop by a State Trooper Calls for his resignation no child molester.” investigating suspicious behav- came from Governor Dayton, By the evening of that Trans Pacific pact more for corporations ...page 8 ior on the night of July 22. Lieutenant Gov. Yvonne morning television interview Right wing seeks to control state courts...page 10 Gauthier and a 17-year old boy Prettner Solon, House Minority Gauthier announced that he DOL’s Oates understands unions...page 12 admitted to the officer that they Leader Paul Thissen (DFL- had changed his mind and Colombia hunger strikers get talks with GM...page 13 had been engaging in consen- Minneapolis), DFL Party Chair would not seek re-election. Union Sportsman marathon on television...page 14 sual oral sex after the two met Ken Martin, and just about Gauthier’s name will on Craigslist. Neither Gauthier everyone else in positions of remain on the November 6 Labor management working in construction...page 16 or the youth knew the other. power in the state. Much of the General Election ballot even EPI: Raise minimum wage to create jobs...page 17 The age of consent is 16 and no language used against Gauthier though he is withdrawing Trade Union Directory...page 18 charges have been filed in the was very harsh, including because he is doing so after the Are union workers healthier?...page 19 case. The youth admitted to the Duluth’s other state representa- August 14 Primary Election. AFL-CIO SuperPac on the attack...page 20 officer that he told Gauthier, tive Tom Huntley, who called Gauthier said he would not Gauthier a child molester. attend a special legislative ses- Do Buy Labor Day picnic items...page 20 On the morning of August sion in St. Paul last Friday Fed opposes tax cuts for rich earners...page 21 22 Gauthier gave a television because he would be a distrac- UMLES classes for union members...page 22 interview in which he said he tion to the flood relief discus- Fosle, Simonson enter 7B race...page 23 would continue to run and let sions for Duluth and northern Chili Cook-off kicks off United Way Campaign...page 23 the voters of his central and western Duluth district decide See Gauthier...page 23 Unions are good for all of us...page 24 whether he should serve and not metro power brokers. LaborLabor Day,Day, 20092009 Walking behind him in that 2012 TV interview were Duluth 2012 AFL-CIO Central Labor Body president Dan O’Neill and North East Area Labor Council president Alan Netland. Both Labor Day has many options for workers CLB to screen St. Louis Co. Labor Day activities Mon- are many other great events for at [email protected] day, Sept. 3 will carry a little young and old alike which are or 651-222-3787, ext. 16. Commissioner races Sept. 13 more excitement in this huge listed in their ad on this page. The Duluth AFL-CIO The Duluth AFL-CIO Central Labor Body has scheduled presidential election year. In The Iron Range Labor Central Labor Body’s 121st Committee On Political Education (COPE) screenings for St. Minnesota every member is up Assembly will host their Labor Labor Day Picnic will be from Louis County Commissioner races for Thursday, Sept. 13 at 6:00 for election and some seats are Day observance on Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. at the beautiful p.m. prior to their regular monthly meeting. Recommendations wide open as a result of redis- Sept. 2 in Virginia’s Olcott Bayfront Park. The food, for endorsement will be considered and voted on by Central tricting this year. So don’t be Park from noon to 5:00 p.m. drinks, parking and just about Body delegates only at the monthly meeting following the surprised if you get a little The IRLA hosts their event everything else is free thanks to screenings. polarized as you take a rest on Sunday to allow politicians the many sponsors who support Districts 2, 3, and 5 have elections this year and all fall under from your labors and prepare and dignitaries the opportunity the all volunteer, all donation the Duluth Central Body’s jurisdiction. for summer’s end. to attend as many events as event. The only thing you’d In eastern Duluth’s District 2 incumbent Steve O’Neil, who The Minnesota State Fair possible. Go get yourself some need money for is to buy raffle has carried labor’s endorsement, will face Becky Hall. will run through Labor Day of that Iron Range hospitality tickets or for kids’ games. Each In western Duluth’s District 3, incumbent Chris Dahlberg, and the Minnesota AFL-CIO and the great food. Don’t forget child will get one free game who has been endorsed by the Duluth Building & Construction Labor Pavilion has had a full to buy a raffle ticket (see ad on ticket. Trades Council, will face Debbie Isabell-Nelson. They advanced schedule of events since the this page). Make sure to give Volunteers are always need- from a 3-person Primary Election August 14. fair opened August 23. Located Rep. Tom Rukavina a pat on ed to make it a pleasurable Dahlberg created quite a stir within labor’s ranks when he at the corner of Dan Patch and the back as this will be his last event for the thousands who sent out a two page campaign letter June 28, a large part of which Cooper Avenues, near the Labor Day Picnic before he attend. Contact Alan Netland he used to attack AFSCME. “Will you help me counter this pow- Snelling Avenue entrance to retires as a legislator. or Terri Newman at 724-1413, erful special interest group” Dahlberg wrote in asking for dona- the fairgrounds, a wide range The Brainerd Trades & or Lynette Swanberg at 726- tions. of activities has been going on. Labor Assembly will host their 2775 if you can help. District 5 covers Proctor, Hermantown, and the townships On Labor Day at 11 a.m. the Labor Day Picnic, Noon - 3:30 just outside Duluth. Incumbent Peg Sweeney of Proctor has car- Twin Cities Labor Chorus will PM at Baxter City Park. It is United Way ried labor’s endorsement in her re-election bids. She faces perform. Following them from free to the public - hot dogs, Hermantown city councilor Pete Stauber, a Duluth police officer. 11:30-12:30 p.m. “Sticking To brats, games for the kids! Campaign All affiliated local unions’ members are invited to COPE can- The Union” a Woody Guthrie Prizes for all! Music & fun! didate screenings. COPE recommendations for endorsements Centennial Celebration will be The Central Minnesota training will be considered and voted on by Duluth Central Labor Body performed by Pop Wagner, Trades & Labor Assembly will The United Way of Greater delegates only at the monthly meeting immediately following Larry Long and Charlie host their Labor Day Picnic, Duluth’s Campaign will begin the screenings. If there are any questions as to who your local Maguire. Noon - 3 PM at Riverside Park, this fall with their member union’s delegates are, submit a new list to the Central Body Visit mnaflcio.org to find in St. Cloud. Food, beverages, agencies and programs need- office, Room 110, 2002 London Road, Duluth, MN 55812 or via out more if you’re heading music & fun! Tickets are $5.00. ing a great deal of support in fax to 724-1413. New delegates with credentials will be sworn- down for the fair’s last week- Contact Marybeth Juetten at these tough economic times. in before the meeting. end. 651-587-6608. One way to help ensure that It takes a two-thirds vote of delegates present for candidates Cloquet is the scene for one The St. Paul Regional Labor those who need help are able to gain an endorsement. of the nation’s longest running, Federation Parade is at 2 p.m. to get it is to become an full-blown Labor Day Parades on Como Ave, west of Snelling Employee Campaign Coordi- in their 93rd year. It’s and south of fairgrounds. To nator at your workplace. I.U.O.E. Local 70 Minnesota’s biggest as well. RSVP or for more information, Training programs have Monthly Arrowhead Regional Meeting Surrounding the parade there contact Lynne Larkin-Wright been scheduled to teach employees tips, tools and fun Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, 5:00 P.M. ideas to jump-start your work- Duluth Labor Center, Hall B Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 10 place campaign. Training dates are Dave Monsour, Business Manager, (651) 646-4566 Retirees’ Luncheon Thursday, September 6, 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4, 1:00 p.m. to 10:30 a.m. (RSVP by 9/4); 93rd Annual Carlton County Tuesday, September 11, 3 Famous Dave’s (Canal Park) to 4:30 p.m. (RSVP by 9/7) Labor Day Celebration Both sessions will be held at the Ordean Building, 424 Old Timer’s Banquet Sunday, Sept. 2, noon West Superior St. RSVP to Cloquet Area Recreation Center (hockey shelter) Susan at 726-4779 or sknaus@ Free to 10+ years Carlton Co. residents, age 62 and up unitedwayduluth.org. LABOR DAY EVENTS, MONDAY, SEPT. 3 Citizen Fed Classic Car Show Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Avenue C fundraiser Parade September 2 The Citizen’s Federation 11 a.m. Cloquet Avenue Noon to 5:00 p.m. has upgraded its annual Carnival 12:30 to 5:00 p.m., Veteran’s Park Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser to Olcott Park, Virginia a sit-down Lasagna Dinner this Free amusements and a petting zoo! year. It takes place Weds., Free Picnic After parade–2 p.m., Labor Temple Come and Start Your Labor Day Early! Sept. 12 at Holy Family Church, 2430 W. 3rd St. from Come see one Free Food & Music, Everyone’s Welcome! 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. (dinner at 6). The silent auction will still of the nation’s be held and wine and a cash longest running *Speakers at 1:00 p.m. *Kids Entertainment bar will be available. *Cash Bar *Raffle Drawing at 4:00 p.m. for: This year whistle blower Labor Day David Feinwachs will speak 1st Priize: $500 Cash 2nd Priize: $300 Cash about exposing Minnesota’s Parades! 3rd Priize: $200 Cash overpayments to HMOs for public, low income programs. For information contact Mike Kuitu For information call Tom Cvar, (218) 728-5174 Tickets are $20 per person. (218) 391-6367, [email protected]

PAGE 2 LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 A working families victory Editor: I am proud to claim a decisive victory in the District 11A state House of Representatives primary election. It was made possible by so very many people who contributed time, money and ener- Have you ever seen a lynch gy to the campaign. The support from nearly every Union in mob mount up faster than the Carlton County and the surrounding area was overwhelming. one that took off after Rep. At one point recently, I was asked about the makeup of my Kerry Gauthier? election committee. Every person involved in the planning and I too am repulsed by every- execution of the campaign is, or was a Union member or married thing about his sordid public to one. The ongoing message revolved around the impact of gov- affair with a 17-year old. How ernment on working families. What better input could one ask could he let himself get in that for than the expert advice from people who work, pay taxes, and situation? The difference in know that when we work together we can achieve success for all. their ages definitely is a huge As a Democratic Farmer Labor Representative, it will be my problem for many. But in the privilege to carry this message to St Paul. end Gauthier’s rendezvous will Voter turnout was the determining factor in the primary. 11A be addressed as bad behavior if voters turned out in nearly three times the state average. Several no charges are filed as appears need to understand that their ty will make us all better. organizations share responsibility as they rolled out volunteers, to be the case. lifestyles can be based on love We’d all have to raise our worksite flyers and calls to union members to remind them to If the 17-year old was 30 and it shouldn’t be our concern hands if we were asked if support a union brother. Words are incapable to define the grati- and the affair occurred in a pri- how they chose to live their we’ve ever exhibited bad tude I have for everyone who helped in this effort. Special recog- vate setting it would have been lives. They need to be comfort- behavior. Many of you may be nition should be noted for the outstanding work of the Carlton none of our business. At least it able coming out of the closet able to say “yeah, but I never County Central Labor Body under it’s President, Mike Kuitu. shouldn’t be our business, but and out of the bushes. Kerry did anything like that.” Good Asking for help can be a humbling experience at times. Labor when you look at the fact that wasn’t and he’s paying dearly for you, we need more people should be proud of the work that they accomplished on my we’ll be voting on a same sex for it. I didn’t know he was gay. like you. Hope you’re handling behalf. With continued support from Labor I am confident that I marriage ban in Minnesota on The only public expression your transgressions well. Let’s will prevail in the Tuesday, November 6 General Election. November 6th it apparently is of compassion to be found in hope we all recover. Thank you all, and let’s show the power of labor for all of our our business. How the Gauthier the whole affair was when endorsed candidates. affair will impact that vote is North East Area Labor Council This Day In History Sincerely, up for debate. What it does say president Alan Netland, Duluth is that we have many people in www.workdayminnesota.org Mike Sundin, Painters & Allied Crafts Local 106 AFL-CIO Central Labor Coun- Labor and DFL endorsed in MN House District 11A our midst who are gay or les- cil president Dan O’Neill, and Aug. 26, 1920 - The 19th bian and we need to acknowl- his brother, Tom, stood with Amendment to the United edge them and accept them. We Kerry during his television States Constitution became Hunting for new legislators interview. That’s what friends law, and women could vote. starts on Tuesday, November 6 do for friends. The outcry over August 27, 1950 - Pres. ~NOTICE~ Truman ordered the U.S. Editor: their being there was astound- After reading the August 17 commentary in the StarTribune Labor World 2012 Issues ing as the piling on went on. Army to seize all of the Sept. 12, 26; Oct. 10 31; nation's railroads to prevent by Mike Benson, Keith Downey and Steve Drazkowski, (Repub- But that’s what we do in the licans on the state House Employee Relations Subcommittee) I Nov. 14, 28; Dec. 19. labor movement – we back a general strike. The railroads were not returned to their am absolutely sickened! They are trying to push unfounded LABOR WORLD each other up. We shouldn’t statements and half-truths down the throats of intelligent, every- desert each other when times owners until two years later. (ISSN#0023-6667) is published August 28, 1963 - Martin day citizens. They issue outright lies and expect us to believe semi-monthly except one issue in get tough. That’s something whatever they say is real. December (23 issues). you’d see in the corporate, non- Luther King, Jr., made his "I The known office of publication is have a dream . . ." speech at State employees do pay for a portion of their health insurance union world. If you’ve ever which covers dependents. The rest is basic health insurance with Labor World, 2002 London Road, been good enough to serve as a the March on Washington for Room 110, Duluth, MN 55812. Jobs and Freedom. Organi- quite high deductibles that I pay out of my pocket. It’s not free! Periodicals postage is paid at union steward at a worksite, It seems to me that those three also receive “‘free taxpayer-paid,” you know sometimes you may zers of the march included Duluth MN 55806. AFL-CIO’s Bayard Rustin and health insurance from the state. I don’t see any difference, and POSTMASTER: have to defend a union sister or they are there only a few months a year and receive benefits for Send address changes to: brother that’s exhibited bad United Auto Workers Pres. Labor World, 2002 London Rd., Walter Reuther. the whole year! AT NO COST TO THEM! Who’s got the dollar behavior. That doesn’t mean amounts that the tax payer pays for this one? Room 110, Duluth, MN 55812 they lose their rights or protec- August 29, 2000 - www.workdayminnesota.org As for pay increases that I have received in the past six years, 6 7 tions. well, I haven’t received any. That’s an undisputable fact and they Kerry shouldn’t lose the was launched at the MN (218) 728-4469 AFL-CIO convention in know it! But they have received pay increases and large per diem FAX: (218) 724-1413 friendship of those of us he has expenses. Maybe we should discuss this little matter and let the worked with and for for Rochester. The online labor [email protected] news service helps link union public know how much, and how they retrieve their self-sanc- www.laborworld.org decades. He was a union stew- tioned and self-adjusted gains from our tax dollars! ~ ESTABLISHED 1896 ~ ard in a worksite that closed members and other working Owned by Unions affiliated with the people across the state. Now for the best yet – pay-for-performance that they brought Duluth AFL-CIO Central Labor Body nearly 30 years ago. He has up! They would have to quit and find a new job based on their always “gotten” labor. His August 31, 1985 - The Twin Subscriptions: $22 Annually Cities P-9 Support Commit- performance! They are lacking in facts, misleading, and lying to Larry Sillanpa, Editor/Manager work was at a drug and alcohol the public who they should be answering to. They use bogus per- treatment facility, a career path tee brought its first food car- Deborah Skoglund, Bookkeeper avan to Austin, MN, to aid centages and distort the truth in their favor. Don’t try to buffalo Board of Directors he continued to pursue. me with this wishy-washy BS you send out as propaganda. And Let’s hope he can recover Hormel strikers. More than Pres./Treas. Mikael Sundin, 100 tons was donated. don’t even get me started on the August 9 state Senate from the public excoriation he Subcommittee on Employee Relations hearing on state employ- Painters & Allied Trades 106; and his family have gone August 31, 1991 - More V.P. Paul Iversen, BMWED than 350,000 union members ee contracts. Not only did they not vote on the signed agreement 1710; Sec. Jayme McKenna, through and use the skills he between the state and AFSCME, but Senator Parry put it on hold has worked in the past to help marched in sweltering weath- AFSCME 66; Al LaFrenier, er in Washington, D.C., to until after his self-serving Primary Election. Thankfully he lost. Workers’ United Midwest Bd; others address problems they There is a little light at the end of this tunnel though. The elec- Mike Kuitu, Operating may have in feeling properly demand workplace fairness and health care reform. The tions are upon us and the entire legislature is now fair game to Engineers 49; Dan O’Neill, assimilated into our society. the state’s voters. So read the signs that are out there and beware Plumbers & Steamfitters 11; We’re too good at freezing oth- event was the second Steve Risacher, Carpenters Solidarity Day demonstration of “hunting for a new representative season.”. It comes on ers out. Every effort to wel- November 6th this year. 361; Dan Leslie, IBEW 31; come each other into our socie- The first took place 10 years Stacy Spexet, USW 9460 before, after PATCO firings. R James Syria, Union Brother, AFSCME Local 695 LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 PAGE 3 Georgia Pacific closing hits 120 USW hard The 120 members of United Pederson will be among the help us get through this.” Happy Labor Day! Steel Workers Local 776 longtime employees who will Pederson said meetings are employed at Duluth’s Georgia be eligible to retire. being scheduled with workers Pacific (formerly Superwood) “I got a summer job here by a number of organizations. Please vote Tuesday, November plant on Railroad Street knew when I was 20 and I’ve been “On September 20 we’ve 6 to bring friends of working something was up at their here ever since with a few lay- got a meeting with United Way families back in control of our worksite weeks ago. The offs,” Pederson said. “Our and attorney Bob Falsani about inventory of chemicals to make average age is about 56. Our how to proceed with comp State Legislature and Congress! hardboard were running low. average length of service is claims and other issues,” Then on August 15 the plant about 30 years.” He said there Pederson said. “We just had a Senator Roger Endorsed! DFL stopped taking in shipments of are about 15 to 20 “young member have a heart attack at wood chips from loggers. guys” who will need to relocate work last week. He’s doing and Rumors were circulating hard to other Georgia Pacific facili- okay but you know stress had Reinert amongst the workers about a ties or find other jobs. something to do with it.” possible plant closure. “We’ll all get pay and bene- Lynette Swanberg, Com- District 7-Duluth Company officials first fits for 60 days and that’s when munity Services Program Paid for by the Roger for Duluth Volunteer Committee AFL-CIO denied it and then a week later, I’ll retire,” Pederson, 66, said. Director for the United Way of on August 21, they told the For many other workers they’ll Greater Duluth and the Duluth workers that the plant would be be scrambling to find health AFL-CIO Central Labor Body, permanently closed August 31. care they can afford. is working to make the plant The Labor Day Holiday... Jack Pederson, President of Pederson said he has been closing easier for workers and USW 776 at Georgia Pacific, impressed by all the help the their families to handle. Another one of those great improvements said the 120 union workers workers are receiving from “We’re helping workers saw it coming. There are about their union, as well as local and locate resources in the commu- in all workers’ lives, like the 8-hour day, 20 more non-union workers on state officials. nity that they may need, dis- the site. “I’ve been getting about 40 cussing getting a jump on overtime pay, and vacations to name a few, “I’ve worked here 44 years calls a day so I’m getting used working with creditors, doing and 35 of them I didn’t think to it,” he said. “That’s my job financial planning, how to brought to us by the Labor movement. the plant would make it,” as president, but Governor reduce expenses, and so forth,” Pederson said Sunday. “We fig- Dayton coming last Friday said Swanberg. “I know they ured it out this time before we really helped. He’s got the have 60 days of pay, but that Andrew & Bransky PA were told.” Workforce Center rallied to time and money will run by and out quickly.” Falsani said workers need to Tim Andrew ~ Aaron Bransky understand their rights, espe- Commemorating cially if they have work injuries or workers compensation Tom Andrew ~ Jane C. Poole claims, after a plant closes. R e p r e s e n t ing Unions and their Members Labor Day with You “Our office has provided this type of information after 302 W. 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PAGE 4 LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 UAW 241, DADA have an agreement that ends two month strike United Auto Workers Local in Duluth received from organ- Soiney said. “Dealers wanted The UAW had voted twice called back yet,” Soiney, said 241 and members of the Duluth ized labor and the community to just throw the flat rate man- to reject DADA offers from last week. “We’re hoping its a Automobile Dealers Associa- was in large part responsible uals out the window and just their union busting attorney case of all the service times not tion came to an agreement in a for their victory in this battle,” make their own decisions on Steve Burton of the law firm getting scheduled yet.” mediated contract negotiation said UAW Region 4 represen- how long a job should take.” being used by American Crys- All the dealerships that were session August 13. tative Rob McKenzie. “The Worst of all was DADA’s tal Sugar in their lockout of picketed lost a lot of service The 4-year pact ended a two list of supporters is much too insistence that workers pick up Bakery Confectionary Tobac- work and projected income. month strike that began June long to give here but special all health care increases in the co Grain Millers unions in Oil changes and tire rotations 15, and ended with about 60 attention must be given to the next two years. The parties had Minnesota, North Dakota, and were done but all technical mechanics and parts employ- Duluth Building Trades who split increases in the past. Iowa. work had to be delayed or ees on strike at six dealerships. sacrificed their own interests Soiney said members will Members of DADA include farmed out to other dealers, The contract expires April 30, and honored the UAW picket pick up 100% of those increas- Kolar Automotive Group including towing vehicles to 2016. lines. Thanks to so many of es in the first year, but they (Toyota/Hyundai/Scion/ Iron Range dealers. A huge all-labor rally for you who supported us in this know what that increase is. The Chevrolet/Buick/GMC), “Service departments lost striking UAW members was battle.” next three years will be split Krenzen Auto Mall (Nissan/ warranty work to other dealer- called off August 13 after the “It was tough to go through 50-50. Dealers had wanted Lincoln/Honda), and Duluth ships, now we’ve got to get that agreement was announced. a two month strike, but it UAW members to pick up Chrysler/ Dodge/Jeep/Ram. work back,” said Soiney. “The tremendous level of would have been a whole 100% of the second year too. “Not everyone has been support that the UAW workers tougher if we would have taken the first two deals they offered,” Del Soiney, President Thank you of UAW Local 241. “None of our members crossed the pick- for outstanding service et lines.” Wages were never an issue in the negotiations. The new and commitment four year deal has was increas- es of 2.8% in the first year and to excellence. 2.3% in each of the next three years. Language that would have You help make speeded up times alloted for various service jobs was a huge Duluth a great place UAW 241 VP Jay Jakubek sticking point. gave 50 Duluth Central “Those language improve- to live and work. Labor Body delegates a ments were huge for us,” strike update August 9. To All Our Affiliated Union Members: Come enjoy your Labor Day Picnic with your family at Bayfront Festival Park Monday, Sept. 3, Noon-4 TheThe DuluthDuluth AFL-CIOAFL-CIO CentralCentral LaborLabor BodyBody The Primary Election is over and it’s time to help our AFL-CIO-endorsed candidates on to vic- tory in the Tuesday, Nov. 6 General Election. Bring someone with you to the polls, especially a child, and show them how important and easy voting is! Call your city clerk (Duluth, 723-3340) or county auditor (St. Louis Co., 726-2385) for voting requirements and locations. Politics begin at your dinner table, in your neighborhood and at your worksite. Help others realize how important politics and voting are in the lives of working families. These Duluth candidates have earned our endorsement because they understand labor’s issues. Y o u The Central Body will screen St. Louis Co. Board a r e m o r e races at 6 p.m., Thurs., Sept. 13, Wellstone Hall, Duluth Labor Temple, 2002 London Road. Endorse- p o w e r f u l ments will be considered by Central Body dele- t h a n y o u gates only at the monthly meeting that will follow. t h i n k . . . Screening and endorsement in the open MN House 7B race following Rep. Kerry Gauthier’s withdrawal Rick Nolan Roger Reinert Tom Huntley Mary Murphy V O T E ! U.S. House 8 MN Senate 7 MN House 7A MN House 3B will be part of the Thurs., Oct. 11 meeting.

LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 PAGE 5 Organized Crime By Ethan Miller and Kate Boverman, from CD “If All the Land Would Rise” We’ve all seen the movies ‘bout gangsters and thugs ’Bout cunning mob bosses and the lords of the drugs But listen here closely if you’ve got the time ‘Cause I’d like to tell you ‘bout organized crime Well the old mafiosos and cinema crooks They may sport the pinstripes and sinister looks But you’ll have to look elsewhere If you’d like to find the real perpetrators of organized crime So raise up your hands now if you’ve got a job Making shit wages working until your head throbs They’re making a profit by robbing you blind They say it’s just business, it’s organized crime And the more the rich got then the more the rich get While everyone else lives on toil and sweat The boss makes ten dollars, you just make a dime It’s not fair compensation, it’s organized crime Well the tide of prosperity lifts every boat They say as you fall down and drown in their moat It’s a game of roulette that you’ll loose every time ONON DIGNITYDIGNITY This economy’s nothing but organized crime. significance lies in one word. Dignity. Without Tell me who are the crooks and who’s just getting by? Labor Day's Who’s doing honest work, who’s working lies? question, it is the single most important accomplishment trade unionism The real crooks go free while the poor folk do time has brought forth onto American’s work culture. Dignity is realized in If you’re not angry you should be, it’s organized crime better wages, and in livable, safe working conditions... in an attitude that But this time we can’t just call up the police ‘Cause the criminals got all the cops on a leash is better suited to cope with retirement or ill health. Regardless of one's We’ll have to take things in our own hands this time station in life—worker, manager or boss, union or non-union—each If we’re going to shut down their organized crime individual and family lives a better life because of American trade So come on now friends, are you ready to fight? unions. By organizing and uniting, we've set standards, wages and They’ve stolen our power like it was their right Let’s take it all back from those blood-suckin’ slime conditions that we are continually improving. By insuring the The real perpetrators of organized crime survivability of collective bargaining, we've spread America's wealth to Now talk to your neighbors and talk to your friends a broader populace which, in turn, has provided more purchasing power, Turn off the TV and start organizing allowing industry opportunities to also thrive and prosper. We won’t let them get off so scot-free this time When we topple their empire of organized crime Thanks to Gary G. Kohls, MD (Duty to Warn column) DuluthDuluth BuildingBuilding && ConstructionConstruction Please Keep TradesTrades CouncilCouncil Please Keep Affiliates your Labor Day Boilermakers Lodge 647 Laborers Local 1091 ~~ 728-5151 724-6999 Millwrights & Machinery Holiday a Safe one Bricklayers & Allied Crafts Erectors Local 1348 Local 1 ~~ 724-8374 741-6314 Carpenters Local 361 Operating Engineers Local 49 Wilson-McShane 724-3297 724-3840 Cement Masons, Plasterers Painters & Allied Trades Corporation & Shophands Local 633 Local 106 ~~ 724-6466 Plan Administrators for Taft-Hartley Trust Funds 724-2323 Plumbers & Steamfitters Electrical Workers Local 11 ~~ 727-2199 Local 242 ~~ 728-6895 Since our first client in 1969 our goal is to provide high Roofers, Waterproofers Local 96 quality service to each and every individual we serve. Elevator Constructors 218-644-1096 Local 9 Sheet Metal Workers Local 10 (612) 379-2709 Locations: 724-6873 • Bloomington, MN • Duluth, MN Insulators Local 49 Sprinkler Fitters Local 669 724-3223 • Des Moines, IA • Kansas City, MO (507) 493-5671 • Las Vegas, NV • Louisville, KY Iron Workers Local 512 Teamsters Local 346 724-5073 • Omaha, ME 628-1034 Call Us When You’re Thinking Construction! www.wilson-mcshane.com Craig Olson, President, 1-218-724-6466 PAGE 6 LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 Primary election good for labor...from page 1 “My committee is labor and we campaigned face to face by Representative Rukavina.” Labor Day... working folks who know how with voters,” said Sundin. “Our In Duluth’s House District to put in a hard day’s work, and working families agenda res- 7A Rep. Tom Huntley easily onated with voters and I could- advanced from the primary In celebration of n’t be happier, but we’ve still with 82% of the vote. Happy got lots of work to do.” In Douglas County Wiscon- The American Worker NEALC field coordinator sin, an area serviced by the Labor Day Jason Metsa advanced as a first NEALC, incumbent Register time candidate in the MN of Deeds Gayle Wahner won the creator of so much of House District 6B race to see her Democratic primary 1704 Wishing you who will fill retiring Rep. Tom to 522. She is now unopposed this nation’s strength, Rukavina’s shoes. Metsa got so she has won re-election. & your family 54% of the vote against two prosperity and leadership. other candidates. “I’m humbled by the sup- a safe and port I received in the 6B DFL Primary,” said Metsa. “I never Local 3801 happy would have won without all the Boat Insurance support I’ve received from UMD Clerical & Technical Labor Day! labor since I announced. We’ll makes it more fun! leave no stone unturned to make sure a DFLer continues Wade Smith to represent our region in the

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One was in tions special authority to chal- The Labor Paper, Peoria, Ill. closed factories like Maytag in The TPP is being drafted to July outside the Cargill head- lenge countries’ own laws, reg- You don’t have to blame Galesburg, Ill., to more include the U.S. and Australia, quarters in the Twin Cities sub- ulations and court decisions in mainstream media or be out- despoiled lands and lives. Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New urbs, organized by Minnesota’s international tribunals that cir- right paranoid to think there That’s just like NAFTA, the Zealand, Peru, Singapore and chapter of the Citizens Trade cumvent domestic judicial sys- must be a news blackout about controversial U.S.-Canada- Vietnam. In July, the 13th Campaign. Cargill, the big tems. the newest scheme by corpora- Mexico “free trade deal” which round of TPP talks were at the agribusiness giant, was one of TPP’s 52-page investment tions trying to grease another took effect in 1994. San Diego, where suggestions the corporations whose reps chapter can be found online at: way to move jobs overseas and Since GOP President of also including Canada, were inside the negotiations http://tinyurl.com/ tppinvest- move money around the world. George W. Bush signed it and Japan and Mexico were made, room in San Diego, while labor ment. The lack of coverage of the Democratic President Bill sparking demonstrations there. and citizens were kept out. “We are just beginning to Trans Pacific Partnership Clinton jammed it through The next TPP negotiating Because NAFTA-like trade analyze the new texts now, but (TPP), “the NAFTA of the Congress over labor’s strong round is scheduled for pacts make it easier to offshore they clearly contain proposals Pacific,” is more because of the opposition, NAFTA produced Leesburg, Va., Sept. 6-15. Of jobs to low-wage countries, designed to give transnational secrecy in which it’s being these effects in Mexico alone, the 28 chapters of the leaked they have profoundly hurt corporations special rights that written. Of course, that’s not along with the “giant sucking TPP draft, 26 have nothing to American workers. Elsewhere, go far beyond those possessed an excuse, but an explanation. sound” of lost U.S. jobs: do with trade. “provisions promoting compe- by domestic businesses and The possible results of • Significantly lower birth As drafted, TPP would limit tition in agriculture have driven American citizens,” said another “free trade agreement” weights. The impact on repro- regulation of foreign corpora- many subsistence farmers off Arthur Stamoulis, executive -- as opposed to a “fair” trade ductive health is significant tions operating within U.S. their land and into cities to seek director of Citizens Trade deal accommodating labor because over 350,000 women boundaries, giving them more work, creating a downward Campaign. “A proposal that rights, environmental protec- of reproductive age are work- rights than U.S. firms. wage spiral for workers in could have such broad effects tions and national sovereignty¨ ing in maquiladora factories on It would extend incentives other countries as well,” on environmental, consumer the U.S.-Mexico border. for U.S. firms to move invest- Phinney wrote. safety and other public interest • Weakened food safety ments and jobs to lower-wage Estimates of U.S. jobs lost regulations deserves public inspections. Mexican-grown countries, and set up an alterna- to NAFTA range from 700,000 scrutiny and thorough public strawberries, head lettuce and tive legal system giving foreign to nine million. TPP, like other debate. It shouldn’t be crafted carrots sold in Illinois groceries corporations new rights to cir- trade pacts in intervening behind closed doors.” have violation rates of 18.4%, cumvent U.S. courts and laws, years, is modeled on NAFTA. Democratic President 15.6% and 12.3%, respectively, including letting them sue the Such trade deals also have Barack Obama unfortunately is for illegal pesticide residues. U.S. government before for- troubling language that limit acting more like the corporate- • Ozone depletion has in- eign tribunals and demand democratically elected govern- cozy Clinton than a progres- creased steadily since NAFTA compensation for lost revenue ments’ power to act in the pub- sive. In 2008, candidate opened U.S. borders to due to U.S. laws they claim lic interest, if that interest can Obama often criticized Mexican trucks that don’t meet undermine TPP privileges, be interpreted as impeding NAFTA and similar deals, but e appreciate area U.S. safety standards. Fewer even investment expectations. competition and profits. his administration has made Wworkers, your than 1% of the 3.3 million “While the public has no Most importantly, in Article trade deals with Colombia and commitment to this trucks entering the U.S. each access to the full text, 600 rep- 12 – TPP’s chapter on invest- South Korea, over strong region and share your year are inspected and 50% of resentatives from lobby groups ments – the texts show negotia- objections by many unions and dedication to quality! those inspected are rejected for like the American Petroleum tors are considering a dispute allied groups. major safety violations. Institute and corporations like resolution process that would “Our hope is the U.S. Trade • Emergence of rural slums Johnson & Johnson do have grant transnational corpora- Ⅲ Quality 4-Color Printing See TPP...page 9 Ⅲ In-House Creative Design in an “American Calcutta” that access, and negotiators seek Ⅲ Computer Forms & Checks stretches for miles along the those representatives’ advice,” writes Labor Notes reporter Ⅲ Union Contracts U.S.-Mexico border – families Have a Ⅲ Letterheads & Envelopes who toil in maquiladoras. Cynthia Phinney, an Electrical Ⅲ Color & High Speed Copies Text of some of the TPP Worker (IBEW) and the labor Ⅲ Gathering & Stitching proposal was released by the representative on Maine’s Ⅲ Citizens Trade Campaign. 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PAGE 8 LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 TPP fails labor...from page 8 Enjoy a safe, well-deserved holiday from your labors, Representative (Ron Kirk) will answer the growing calls for transparency in the TPP,” said Stamoulis. “If not, the time has but get yourself prepared to vote in this fall’s elections come for members of Congress to intervene.” Some 132 law- makers have already written to Kirk demanding full release of the TPP drafts and explanation of his negotiating priorities. from your friends in the 18 affiliates of the “Americans deserve the right to know what U.S. negotiators are proposing in our names,” Stamoulis says. Iron Range Building & Trades Council Adds Dr. Brian Moench, a physician and member of the Union of Concerned Scientists: “This sellout to foreign corpo- rations is not just a rogue brain cramp of President Obama. Mitt Call us, we’ll direct you to high quality Romney demanded this agreement be signed months ago, and called Obama’s ‘the most hostile administration to business in contractors who use skilled, area workers recent history.’ If the TPP trade agreement is ‘hostile’ to busi- ness, God help us if we have an administration, presumably President John Grahek, 1-218-741-2482 Romney’s, ‘friendly’ to business.” Recording Secretary Dan Hendrickson Financial-Secretary Michael Syversrud, 107 S. 15th Ave. W., Virginia, MN. 55792

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LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 PAGE 9 Business, right wing taking over state courts    By Mark Gruenberg, PAI • Auto insurers and the Chamber of Not content with controlling state legisla- Commerce have pumped so much money – $25        tures, governors, and Congress, business and its million – into Ohio Supreme Court races since Right Wing allies are targeting the states’ a 1999 ruling against the insurers that their   supreme courts for takeover two new reports picks won easily. From 2003-10, the Ohio court and two state judges say. Key to their drive will sided with business and against consumers by a      be three referendums on this November’s bal- 32-4 margin. lot. Their method is to overwhelm foes with • Michigan insurers and the state GOP spent    money-fueled vicious campaigns, criticizing almost $2 million on ads to win two judicial justices for upholding defendants’ rights. races in 2008. The court now has a decade-long    !"#$%&'#!&& “If people can throw enough dollars into 5-2 GOP majority and injured workers and con- judicial races,” the judges who are elected “will sumers can’t get damages. project the same ideology or special-interest The Missouri, Florida and Arizona referen- philosophy” of their corporate sponsors, said dums this fall are important because the Right Montana Supreme Court Justice James Nelson, Wing is watching the outcomes there for clues All our Superior and Douglas who must retire this year. on whether, where and how to expand their Nelson and former Mississippi Supreme court takeover drive in the 2014 election. County Sisters & Brothers are Court Justice Oliver Diaz, whom a business- The Missouri vote would change the state’s backed campaign ousted from the court in an merit selection process for initial nominations invited to the Free Labor Day election, discussed the state court takeover at to the high court. Now, a non-partisan commis- an August 13 Center for American Progress sion sends nominees to the governor, and the Picnic at Duluth’s forum. Because judicial races are normally governor chooses. The commission is now low-profile to voters, they’re more easily sus- headed by the chief justice and includes three Bayfront Park, ceptible to money manipulation, the two said. lawyers and three citizens with 4-year terms. State courts decide a vast majority of all cases. The referendum would remove the justice and Noon to 4 p.m. In Wisconsin, Right Wing and business replace him “with a fourth, non-attorney mem- groups pumped $3.5 million into a 2011 state ber as the tie-breaking vote, enabling the gov- SUPERIOR Supreme Court justice election against the ernor to bring his political philosophies to bear worker-backed candidate. They wanted to before the citizens ever get a say.” FEDERATION insure the court would tilt 4-3 GOP should The Right Wing campaign to take over state Right Wing GOP Gov. Scott Walker’s scheme courts has already gone so far that even justices of LABOR to kill collective bargaining rights ever come have lost faith in the judiciary. “When 50% of Meets the first Wednesday of each month (except before the bench. Right Wing incumbent justice judges themselves say campaign contributions July) at 6:30 p.m., at the Superior Public Library Prosser won, the Walker plan came up, and the influence decisions, we’ve got a problem,” President Janice Terry, 715-394-2896 justice voted for it. added Diaz, citing a recent poll of them. Mark Dayton is the first DFL The one U.S. Supreme Court ruling against governor to name a judge to outside spending in judicial races has had lim- Minnesota’s Supreme Court ited effect, Nelson said. In that case, Massey since Rudy Perpich almost a Coal Co. – later responsible for the fatal Upper quarter century ago. Dayton Big Branch coal mine blast in West Virginia – selected Wilhelmina M. spent millions to elect a favorable state Happy Labor Day! Wright, 48, of St. Paul, the Supreme Court justice. “The High Court said if first African American so much money is spent on a campaign that it Representing Media & woman justice for the state. affects the outcome, that justice should recuse Communications workers in A Great Holiday To All Who Labor! Minnesota for 79 years. from your friends in the The members of the MN Newspaper NorthernNorthern WisconsinWisconsin Guild Typographical Union stand in Building & Construction Trades Council solidarity with their brothers and President Norm Voorhees, Ironworkers Local 512, (218) 724-5073 Vice President Jeff Daveau Secretary-Treasurer Bill Cox sisters in the Labor Movement. 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Alex Owen, a member of Fire Fighters Local 101, joined with his Fire Fighter sisters and brothers August 8, for their annual “Fill the Boot” fundraising drive on behalf of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Many fire departments elsewhere do their drives over the Labor Day weekend. Owen was on the corner of Michigan St. and 27th Ave. W.

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LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 PAGE 11 Department of Labor’s Jane Oates shows she understands labor, unions In a wide-ranging hour and long winded statement on the 60% of the workers are foreign. half discussion in the Duluth work being done at DOL, “Maine and Oregon don’t Labor Temple August 9, Jane Oates said she came to listen even advertise for American Oates, Assistant Secretary of and discuss people’s concerns. forestry workers,” Oates said. Employment and Training at She immediately opened the “The job applications are in the U.S. Department of Labor, session to those in attendance. French in Maine.” showed she knows labor and Mike Sundin said as an Central Body president Dan unions. She grew up in a union organizer for the Painters & O’Neill, a former Plumbers household and made her living Allied Trades he wanted to and Pipefitters organizer, asked in 9th grade Special Education know what more he could do to Oates to thank Secretary of as a member of the Philadel- make prevailing wage reports Labor Hilda Solis, for doubling phia Federation of Teachers. work better. the number of Davis-Bacon But in her roundtable dis- Oates said the Building (prevailing wage) investigators cussion with 30 members of Trades actually do a much bet- since Obama hired her. this area’s labor community, as ter job of policing their juris- Oates said she would but well as elected officials, she diction than most unions. cautioned that Davis Bacon can knew everyone’s union and When H2B2 temporary em- be a joke with audits only every their industry and how govern- ployment visas for foreign five years and small fines for ment interacts with them. workers became a popular way violations. She said if Min- “We try to hold these types to fill job vacancies, Oates said nesota has problems with vio- of roundtables with labor wher- Building Trades did not allow lations think how bad they are ever we travel,” Oates said. It’s them. Welder shortages at one in right-to-work states. But in how she stays grounded with time totalled 50,000 in the U.S. the past three and half years of DOL Assistant Secretary Jane Oates connected well with the labor movement she said. and now she said that number the Obama administration labor during a Labor Temple roundtable August 9. Left to Oates said this is the 75th is around 100. more Davis Bacon money has right are Cheri Stewart (IBEW 31), Chad Daniels, John anniversary of apprenticeship Other industries like sea- been recovered than in the pre- Arbogast (both USW 1938), and Oates. training in the U.S. She praised based harvesting such as clam vious ten years. spoke of are getting their start cation and employment. Oates Minnesota for having amongst fishing, landscaping, and Mark Glazier, Business in Missouri thanks to Dick said he found an astounding the best such programs nation- forestry haven’t been as fortu- Manager of IBEW Local 31, a Gephardt and unions there number of college graduates ally that educate and train nate. Wages are low, jobs are union with 20 public utility Oates said. don’t work in their field of workers in apprenticeship pro- short tern, and its even cultural- contracts, said all power com- “They’ll be number one and study. (See bottom, next page) grams that make them among ly engrained that some people panies in the U.S. work hard on we’ll be number one in lithium Oates said more parents the most productive, skilled want someone with an accent safety issues and need profes- batteries in just four or five should think about what their workers to be found anywhere. during their landscaping. sionals in jobs that deal with years after trailing Korea. We children can actually do. They But rather than embark on a In forestry work Oates said high pressure and voltage. But can beat China on solar panels, may find that a union job or the he said in order to supply and wind turbines can bring trades are good avenues for the America’s energy needs coal jobs back here,” Oates said. best and brightest of students. fired generators and nuclear The education of American She also touted the Job reactors remain the most school children to help turn the Corp program as benefitting important generation options. country around was a popular youth employment and educa- “Japan made everyone topic between Oates and those tion, including opportunities nervous, but wind energy just who attended the roundtable. for learning about the labor won’t do it for all our needs,” Beth McCuskey, Central movement in the U.S. Glazier said. “We have lots of Body Vice President and a Rep. Mary Murphy related coal fired plants, its our main member of the Duluth how many retirees she finds source of power, and its where Federation of Teachers, said that have had to find another our members work.” the loss of funding for schools job just a few years after retir- Oates said an effort is has resulted in a loss of the ing because pensions and underway to build smaller hands on training that is so Social Security just can’t meet nuclear plants that can take up important to so many students. their expenses. only 12 acres rather than 100. “Education is key for those “That’s especially true for In response to questions about students to help keep jobs widows,” Murphy said. “They concerns over nuclear waste, here,” said McCuskey. find they have to work 20 Oates said newer nuclear plants Rep. Tom Huntley said this hours a week at McDonald’s.” are different. France is now region has done a good job of Oates said bringing call cen- working on technology to use diversifying its economy but ters back from overseas would School opens next week, such waste she said. As soon as many school districts are drop- be great jobs for seniors. companies can get an invest- ping the “shop” classes that “Those aren’t good jobs for Please Drive Safely! ment return on recycling waste created skilled workers. young people to raise families it will become an option. “When a school district has on,” Oates said. “Seniors Many questions concerned a shop teacher retire they drop would be perfect because abor ay reetings the ripple effort of the loss of the whole program, which is they’re patient and have listen- LLabor DDay GGreetings manufacturing jobs on the U.S. what the Crosby Ironton dis- ing skills.” She said incorporat- economy. Oates said that is a trict just did,” Huntley related. ing foster grandparents in the f r o m t h e huge concern. Oates said we are starting to Job Corps have made that pro- “We won’t have any socks understand that our educational gram better. DuluthDuluth or underwear manufacturing system has been geared to test- “The kids are more atten- here unless they’re Giorgio,” ing and not applying what is tive,” Oates said. “They may FederationFederation she said. “If manufacturing is learned for the real world. We hate mom and dad, but they dying our country is in trou- have also been wrong in think- love grandpa and grandma.” ofof TeachersTeachers ble.” Some manufacturing is ing all students need to be Oates was in Duluth for a returning to the U.S. after leav- pushed towards four-year col- Workforce Development con- LocalLocal 692692 ing, and some new manufactur- leges after high school. ference in Duluth and had her ing is occurring. Paul Harrington of Drexel staff set up the successful labor The small nuclear plants she University has researched edu- roundtable. PAGE 12 LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 GM agrees to meet workers, Colombian human rights lawyer visits here Duluth AFL-CIO Central involved in union activity have “Don’t forget the people of Colombian hunger strike ends Labor Body delegates got a been killed in Colombia. She Colombia,” Hoyos asked. BOGOTA, Colombia - Members of ASOTRECOL, the visit August 9 from two said the government promises And delegates passed a hat Association of Injured Workers and Ex-Workers of General Colombian lawyers who have to investigate the murders and for donations. Motors Colmotores, have ended their hunger strike after reach- been working on human rights prosecute and incarcerate the ing an agreement to meet with the company. See http://www.aflcio.org/ and labor rights in their coun- murderers but 99% go unpun- About/Exec-Council/EC- Workers took the drastic action after being fired from GM try, trying to hold their govern- ished. due to workplace injuries. Their injuries left them unemployable Statements/Yessika-Hoyos- ment accountable. “That affects all workers in Sons-and-Daughters-Against- and unable to support their families. GM has refused to com- “They are here for some Colombia, who know they are pensate them for disabilities obtained on the job, and the men Impunity-and-for-the-Memory- R&R because they are under not protected, so corporations of-the-Fallen have not been given access to medical care. death threats in Colombia,” take advantage of the situa- Several workers sewed their mouths shut and pledged to con- John Clark Pegg, a member of tion,” Hoyos said. tinue the hunger strike to the death. International organizations, Witness for Peace, said in She said General Motors including Witness for Peace, have organized cross-border soli- introducing the members of a workers in Colombia have darity actions in support of the workers. Dozens of people lawyers’ collective. “These are been camped outside the U.S. protested in front of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit. great human beings.” Embassy for over a year with Last week, ASOTRECOL announced that GM and the work- Yessika Hoyos won the petitions after 45 workers who ers had reached an agreement to start mediation with the help of AFL-CIO’s George Meany- had gotten sick at work were the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, a federal agency Lane Kirkland Human Rights fired. The president of GM, the in the United States that seeks to resolve labor-management dis- Award for 2008. In its nomina- Colombia president and his putes. tion the fed announced: health department said the “General Motors Corporation thereby offered us its help in In recognition of her workers weren’t sick. But her justly resolving our demands with the FMCS acting as mediator extraordinary courage, lawyers collective and the since they now seriously recognize the need to resolve this prob- strength and dedication to the workers proved the govern- lem,” ASOTRECOL said in a statement. “We are now bound by cause of workers’ rights and ment lied. GM modified the a pact to end our hunger strike and call upon our allies to suspend justice in Colombia, and for health records to continue the all actions at GM facilities or residences of their executives dur- her steadfast commitment to lie. Workers went on a hunger ing this mediation. We call upon you to remain attentive to the ending impunity for all those strike, actually having their process. It is very important to clarify that this compromise was responsible for the violence mouths sewn shut, in front of achieved thanks principally to your collaboration and solidarity committed against Colombian the U.S. Embassy, causing GM with our struggle. It is a clear demonstration of unity and con- trade unionists and other to acknowledge the lies, and viction in just fights, and we are very grateful to be able to count human rights defenders, we are the workers’ illness, so as not to on your support.” proud to nominate Ms.Yessika have them die in front of the A statement from GM said that officials from the automaker Hoyos and her fledgling organ- embassy. “have been addressing the issues raised by the former workers of ization, sons and daughters “It is important you know GM Colmotores since they became known to us,” and said the against impunity and for the what happens in Colombia, company looks forward to “productive dialogue through media- memory of the fallen (Hijos e because the struggle is the John Clark Pegg introduced tion to enable resolution to all concerns.” Hijas por la Memoria y Contra same as here,” Hoyos said. Colombian lawyer Yessika Austin Robles, on a Witness for Peace Blog said, “The U.S. la Impunidad). Solidarity must continue in Hoyos at the August 0 government, which bailed out GM with $50 billion and remains Ms. Hoyos is a brilliant and order to change the way corpo- Central Body meeting. She one of its largest shareholders, should also be ashamed for not passionate Colombian human rations treat workers world- won the 2008 AFL-CIO holding GM accountable for human rights abuses.” rights attorney, who recently wide she said. Human Rights Award for graduated from law school. her efforts. She is the daughter of the slain Have a safe and happy Labor Day. Colombian trade union leader Jorge Dario Hoyos Franco, Thank you for your who was assassinated for his Labor Day... union activism and leadership L D support in the primary. on March 3, 2001. A good time to reflect on how Unions have With Susanna Pelayo- I am pleased to have the Woodward interpreting, Hoyos improved the lives of all working Americans: said labor has been a family to 8-Hour Day...Higher Wages...Pensions... AFL-CIO endorsement and Colombian trade unionists and look forward to working the solidarity has been incredi- Health Insurance...Overtime Pay... bly important to all workers in Holidays...Safer Working Conditions... with our friends in Labor. her country. That support must continue she said if there will Vacations...Family Medical Leave... Because You Matter! be any success in preserving the lives of trade unionists in In Solidarity, Colombia. LAKEHEAD In signed free trade agree- Rick Nolan ments between the U.S. and CONSTRUCTORS INC. Colombia, her government had agreed to respect the lives and Twin Ports dignity of workers, but last year 30 more union workers Iron Range were murdered in Colombia. 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LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 PAGE 13 Labor Day marathon pays tribute to union sportsmen and women The American worker and intimate glimpse into the lives sue their outdoor passions. sportsmen and women will be of these hardworking, blue-col- Throughout the day, viewers honored for their community lar characters as they set out on will meet everyday heroes who spirit and volunteerism during dream North American hunting are working to preserve North the 2nd annual Brotherhood and fishing trips or show off America’s wildlife habitat, pro- Outdoors Labor Day marathon, their skills as guides—taking tect public access to quality which will feature eight back- viewers to favorite honey holes places to hunt and fish and edu- to-back episodes airing noon to Between episodes of cate a future generation of 4 p.m. Monday, September 3 Brotherhood Outdoors, sportsmen and women. on Sportsman Channel. Sportsman Channel and the “There are so many sports- A collaboration between USA will pay tribute to the men and women in the union Sportsman Channel and the men and women who are community who are doing Union Sportsmen’s Alliance working to make America not amazing things to further con- (USA), this one-of-a-kind only a better place to live and servation efforts throughout marathon will give viewers an work but a better place to pur- North America,” said USA Executive Director Fred Myers Labor Day: Let’s Celebrate the Worker! “I can’t imagine a more perfect day than Labor Day to honor and reward that commitment.” A staple in Sportsman Channel’s ‘Made in America’ Dedicated to the American worker and sportsman, the programming, Brotherhood USA’s Brotherhood Outdoors Labor Day Marathon will Outdoors is presented by Bank feature 8 back-to-back episodes, including an epic Idaho of Labor and sponsored by: mule deer hunt with Refrigeration Fitter Rene Thorn. International Association of icated outdoor organization habitat throughout North Machinists and Aerospace whose members hunt, fish, America. Workers, International Brother- shoot and volunteer their skills For more information, visit hood of Boilermakers, Inter- for conservation. The USA is www.unionsportsmen.org or United Steelworkers District #11 national Brotherhood of uniting the union community to www.facebook.com/union 2929 University Avenue SE, Suite #150 Electrical Workers, National expand and improve hunting sportsmen. Electrical Contractors Assn., and fishing access and wildlife Minneapolis, MN 55414 International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Brotherhood Outdoors Episodes on Labor Day Transportation Workers and Charter 411; Directv 605; Dish 285, 395; FAVE 225; UMD 37 United Association/ Inter- Noon~ Texas Whitetail with Steamfitter Jake Lovato LaborLabor DayDay national Training Fund. 12:30 p.m.~ California Hog with Ironworker Jessica Reagor For more information about 1 p.m.~ Montauk Stripers with Electrical Worker Joe Proscia Brotherhood Outdoors, the 1:30 p.m.~ Kansas Geese with Machinist Brett Graham GreetingsGreetings Union Sportsmen’s Alliance or Sportsman Channel, visit 2 p.m.~ Montana Whitetail with IUOE’s Jesse Mondragon to our Brothers & Sisters www.BrotherhoodOutdoors.tv 2:30 p.m.~ Michigan Pheasant with Firefighter Scott Walsh The Union Sportsmen’s 3 p.m.~ Montana Elk with Electrical Worker Scott Callaghan in the Labor Movement! Alliance (USA) is a union-ded- 3:30 p.m.~ (NEW) Idaho Mule Deer with ‘Fitter Rene Thorn HUNEGS, LENEAVE & KVA S Attorneys at Law Representing Railway Labor and their families for injuries on and off the job for over a half century!

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PAGE 14 LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 “Labor Day differs in every essential from the Enjoy a Safe & Happy Labor Day! other holidays of the year in any country. All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man’s prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed or power of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation.” ~Samuel Gompers, founder, American Federation of Labor

Enjoy Labor Day It’s brought to you by unionists On Labor Day as we honor working women who had to fight to get it for you! and men for the gains America has made, let us remember that a quality workforce, well educated and well trained, is what is needed to keep America moving forward toward a prosperous future for all. Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 Minnesota/North Dakota 2002 London Road • 724-8374

Representing faculty at UMD since 1980 HappyHappy LaborLabor Day!Day! Proud to be a part of Duluth’s Labor Day Heritage For Americans with jobs Since 1887! this holiday is deserved and appreciated as a long weekend to spend with family and friends. Unfortunately, for far too many people it will come as just another reminder of their need for work. In legislative bodies and corporate board rooms we must do a better job of finding solutions so that all who wish to labor are able to find a job. SENATORTonyTony LoureyLourey

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LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 PAGE 15 Twin Ports Construction Liaison Committee works on a two-way street Labor management com- struction liaison committees, sentatives asking them to TPCLC has been working on. in Duluth. If you live in Duluth, mittees flourished in the 1980s however. Three are functioning oppose all right to work legisla- When times are tough contrac- you care about it more.” in attempts to solve problems in northern Minnesota, includ- tion.” He said there is a lot of tors will travel a long way to Union construction has a before they got too big. They ing the Twin Ports, Iron Range, information that can be shared find work, which often leaves good market share in the Twin were not embraced by the labor and Bemidji construction liai- about the difference between local contractors and local Ports but you don’t have to movement as a whole but could son committees. The Twin states with right to work laws union members on the side- travel far before you need to work very well in some work- Cities also has a similar type of and those that don’t have them lines. Those same companies start educating and selling your sites where there was a true group that meets. and TPCLC did that. and workers are the taxpayers product. deserve to communicate and The Twin Ports Construc- “Due to the race to the bot- helping to fund many projects Craig Olson, President of exchange ideas. tion Liaison Committee tom, safety always seems to be but they can’t get work on the Duluth Building & Many of those committees, (TPCLC) is the oldest such less important then cost of proj- them. Construction Trades Council including this region’s Lake group. Comprised of 13 unions ects and less funds go towards At one time accepting the which has a far-reaching juris- Superior Area Labor Manage- and 18 unionized contractors educating the work force to be lowest bid on a project was a diction beyond the Twin Ports, ment Association have disap- and associations, TPCLC is skilled in right to work states,” requirement of government says that’s why he’s working to peared. Funding was always a able to focus on issues that are Daveau said. agencies, but it didn’t always get more construction unions to problem and the scope of their unique to union construction. He said making contacts bring the best bang for the join the TPCLC. membership was so broad it “We are able to develop with as many people as possi- buck. “This has been a really good could impede focusing on relationships over lunch, ble to promote union construc- Federal Secretary of Trans- liaison committee for getting issues of concern. instead of over an argument, tion is important. portation Ray LaHood has the contractors’ ears and talk- That’s not true of union con- and we work to resolve our dif- “We’ve met with the may- taken away the statutory ban on ing about problems before they ferences before they’ve gone ors of Duluth and Superior and local hiring said Department of flare up,” Olson said. “There too far,” says Martha have assured them of our goal Labor Assistant Secretary for are a number of Building Proud to use Henrickson. Director of to work together with both Employment and Training Jane Trades unions in the region Workforce Relations for the cities to help advance industry Oates said in Duluth earlier this who need to come to the table Union Labor Associated Contractors of and tourism because building month. with us and break bread. It’s Minnesota. prosperous cities will encour- “Money spent on a better nice to work in a win-win situ- The quarterly meetings give age our next generation to stay bid is worth it,” Oates said. ation. Problems are always TPCLC a chance to invite and live locally rather then “It’s not about undercutting, there and they’ll find you. Now elected officials, government chase jobs elsewhere,” Daveau it’s about a value contract and we’re working on solutions entities, and developers to said. looking at a better return on an together.” lunch and help educate each Buy local initiatives have investment. If I live in St. Paul other and share perspectives on been an important effort that I don’t care if your road cracks In Solidarity how best to grow their industry. “Our group works towards a Twin Ports Construction Liaison Committee members: unified goal to promote union- Amendola Builders • Associated General Contractors of Sunrise Memorial ism,” said Jeff Daveau, Minnesota • Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers #1 • Carpenters Cemetery Business Manager of Plumbers #361 • Cement Masons, Plasterers #633 • Chris Jensen & Son & Steamfitters Local 11, who • Duluth Builders Exchange • Four Star Construction • IBEW Funeral Home is the current TPCLC chair- #242 • Iron Workers #512 • JAMAR • J.R. Jensen & Son September 3, 2012 & Cremation man. “At one of our sessions • Johnson-Wilson • Kraus-Anderson • Laborers #1091 we helped educate manage- • Lakehead Constructors • Minnesota LECET • NECA Twin 218-727-6869218-727-6869 ment on what the impact of Ports Arrowhead • Northern Mechanical/Plumbing Contractors Have a Safe 4798 Miller Trunk Hwy. right to work would have on Assn • Northland Constructors • Operating Engineers #49 our industry after it surfaced at • Operating Engineers #139 • Oscar J. Boldt Construction and Hermantown, MN 55811 the legislature. We then came • Painters & Allied Trades #106 • Plumbers & Steamfitters #11 Free Graves for Veterans together as a group and sent let- • Ray Riihiluoma • Sheet Metal Workers #10 • Swanson & Happy Holiday... ters to all of our political repre- Youngdale • Teamsters #346 • Veit Disposal Systems And Enjoy It! LABOR DAY: You deserve a break today! International Minnesota Laborers Employers Cooperation & Education Trust Association of Skilled Labor and Union Contractors Working Together Heat & Frost Proudly supporting the Twin Ports Construction Liaison Committee Insulators Please watch & Allied out for our Workers members, and your family, as you drive through construction zones this fall. THANKS! LOCAL 49 Contact Minnesota LECET at 651-429-1600 www.mnlecet.org Chartered in 1937 PAGE 16 LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 EPI: Raising minimum wage Have a Safe Labor Day creates 100,000 jobs by 2014 WASHINGTON (PAI)--Raising the federal minimum wage from its present $7.25 hourly to $9.80 over the next two years would create 100,000 new jobs, and at no cost to the federal gov- ZENITH AMERICAN SOLUTIONS ernment, the Economic Policy Institute calculates. The study, by Doug Hall and David Cooper, flies in the face of business and 2520 Pilot Knob Road 750 Torrey Building Right Wing assertions that a minimum wage hike would – and Suite 325 Duluth, MN 55802 always has – cost jobs. But the two explain that the proposed increase, in three 85-cents-per-hour increments over the next two Mendota Heights, MN 55120 218-727-6668 years, would generate an additional $25 billion in economic 651-256-1900 activity, virtually all of it in consumer purchasing power. That would increase demand for goods and services and, to meet that demand, businesses would have to create jobs, the two said. It LABOR DAY 2012 would also help 28 million workers, directly and indirectly. Cooper and Hall studied the impact of minimum wage hike This Labor Day let us reflect on those who withheld their labor in order to win bills by Senate Labor Committee Chair Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, an 8-hour work day for us, on those who demanded and won a “Union Shop” and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., top Democrat on the GOP-run contract, paid vacations, health care coverage, pensions, and improved safety. House Education and the Workforce Committee. Given suc- cessful Republican filibustering in the Senate and the rigid anti- This year’s General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 6 is critically important to work- worker GOP majority running the House, both bills are dead in ing families. We have seen recently what happens to the balance of power in 2012. Miller and Harkin are laying groundwork for the future. America, and to our economy, when we don’t go to the polls. PLEASE VOTE! “Using the same standard fiscal multipliers to analyze the "All that serves labor serves the Nation. All that harms is treason. If a man jobs impact of an increase in compensation of low-wage work- tells you that he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If a man tells you ers and decrease in corporate profits that result from a minimum- wage increase, we find that increasing the national minimum he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool. There is no America without wage from $7.25 to $9.80 per hour by July 1, 2014, would result labor, and to fleece the one is to rob the other." ~Abraham Lincoln in a net increase in economic activity of approximately $25 bil- lion over the phase-in period and over that period would gener- We cannot allow those who wrap ate approximately 100,000 new jobs,” the EPI study says. Jobs would be created in each state. Almost nine of every ten themselves in the flag and say they love workers who would benefit would be over the age of 20 – not teenagers, again countering a Right Wing argument – and 54.5% this country, but vote against Labor on would be women, the study found. “Though the resulting employment impact is modest in the issue after issue, to receive our vote. context of the millions of workers currently unemployed nation- wide, creating tens of thousands of jobs would be a step in the right direction and would boost the economy,” it says. SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL 10 As with past minimum-wage hikes, the increase would bene- fit more than just the lowest-paid workers. “Like unemployment insurance benefits or tax breaks for low- and middle-income workers, raising the minimum wage puts more money in the pockets of working families when they need it most, thereby augmenting their spending power. Economists generally recognize that low-wage workers are more likely than any other income group to spend any extra earnings immediately on previously unaffordable basic needs or AND TO ALL AMERICAN services,” EPI’s study says. The study is on EPI’s website, www.epi.org. MILITARY PERSONNEL! SUPPORT OUR TROOPS! It’s all just raw dirt, steel, wood, Carpenters Local 361, serving northern Minnesota and north- brick and concrete until it gets western Wisconsin, salutes the working men and women of shaped by skilled hands and minds. America who have made this nation such a great one. We also send our thanks to all U.S. Military Personnel and their families who work so hard to perserve this Great Nation!

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LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 PAGE 17 T r a d e U n i o n D i r e c t o r y This Labor Day we are thankful for “The world is run by those who show up!” all the support we have received to AFSCME COUNCIL 5— President Mike DULUTH MAILERS UNION LOCAL ML-62 NORTH EAST AREA LABOR COUNCIL, Buesing, Local 221; VP Judy Wahlberg, Meets 3rd Monday, Duluth Labor Temple, AFL-CIO-President Alan Netland, Field keep our post offices open and to save Local 66; Treas. Clifford Poehler, Local 2002 London Rd., Pres. Oscar Steinhilb: Coordinators Jason Metsa, 218-290-1527, 2938; Sec. Mary Falk, Local 4001; Director Sec. Keith Delfosse, 218-628-3017 [email protected], Zach Sias, 218-409-9246, Eliot Seide; Area office, 211 West 2nd St., [email protected], 2002 London Road, Room Saturday mail, but it’s not over. Please Duluth, MN 55802; 722-0577 IBEW LOCAL 31 (UTILITY WORKERS)— 99, Duluth, MN 55812 Rm.105, Duluth Labor Temple, 728-4248. AFSCME Co. 5—LOCAL 66—Meets 1st Pres. Rick McDonald; VP Paul Makowski; NORTHERN WISCONSIN BUILDING & be ready to contact your congressional Tues. at 7:00 p.m. in the AFSCME Hall, Rec. Sec. Lars Okstad; Treas. Dan Leslie; CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL— Arrowhead Place, 211 W. 2nd St. Bus. Mgr./Fin. Sec. Mark Glazier, Ass’t. Bus. Meets the 3rd Wednesdays, Old Towne Bar. Pres. Judy Wahlberg; VP Dennis Frazier; Mgr. Dick Sackett, Bus. Rep. Cheri Stewart President Norm Voorhees, (218) 724-5073, representatives and tell them you want Treas. Deb Strohm, Rec. Sec. Sue Urness. Monthly Meetings: 2002 London Rd., Room 117, Duluth, MN Sgt@Arms Jim Gaylord–Union office, 211 1st Wednesday of each month- 55812; VP Jeff Daveau, Sec.-Treas. Bill Cox W. 2nd St., Duluth, MN 55802, 722-0577 Duluth Labor Temple, Hall A, 7:00 p.m.; (218) 728-5151 your postal service left intact. 2nd Tuesday of each month- AFSCME Co. 5 - LOCAL 1123—City of Two Gilbert VFW, 7:15 p.m.; OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 49 — Harbors workers. Meets 1st Wed. of each 2nd Wednesday of each month- Grand Meets 2nd Tues. of month at 7:30 p.m., month at 3:30 p.m. in City Hall, Two Rapids Blandin Workers Hall, 7:30 p.m.; Hall B, Duluth Labor Temple, 2002 London National Harbors. Pres. Brad Jones, 723-15th Ave., 3rd Wednesday of each month- All 7 p.m. Rd., Bus. Rep. Brent Pykkonen, 724-3840, Two Harbors 55616; Sec. Mitch Ekstrom; Jan- Brainerd; Feb- Park Rapids; March- Room. 112, Duluth Labor Temple. Treas. Paul J. Johnson Nisswa; April- Little Falls; May- Crosby/ All members attend each meeting Association of AFSCME Co. 5 - LOCAL 1934— Ironton; June- Brainerd; July- Park OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 70— St. Louis Co. Essential Jail Employees. Rapids; Aug- Little Falls; Sept- Aitkin; Oct- Union office, 2417 Larpenteur Ave. W., St. Letter Meets 3rd Wed., 3:15 at Foster’s Bar & Grill. Brainerd; Nov- Nisswa; Dec- Wadena Paul, MN 55113, 651-646-4566. Bus. Mgr. Pres. Dan Marchetti, 726-2345, 4th Tuesday of each month- Dave Monsour. Meets 2nd Tues. at 5 p.m. in VP Glen Peterson, Sec. Larry Van Why, Superior- Shamrock Pizza- 7:00 p.m. the Duluth Labor Temple, 2002 London Rd. Carriers Treas. Heather Ninefeldt Semi-Annual Special Area Meeting: 3rd Mondays Schroeder Town Hall- 6 p.m. PAINTERS & ALLIED TRADES LOCAL AFSCME Co. 5 - LOCAL 3558 - Non-profit Locations 106 Meets 1st Wed., 6:00 p.m., Duluth Zenith employees. Meets 3rd Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m.. Duluth-Labor Temple-2002 London Rd, “A” Labor Temple. President Lee Carlson; VP AFSCME Hall, 211 W. 2nd St. Aitkin-40 Club, 950-2nd St. NW Ron Folkestad; Rec. Sec. Mikael Sundin; Pres. Michelle Fremling ; VP Phil Beecroft; Brainerd-American Legion, 708 Front St. Fin. Sec. Tim Rooney; Treas. Bryce Sjoquist Branch Sec. Brendan Hanschen; Crosby/Ironton-Ironton American Legion Bus. Rep. Craig Olson, Duluth Labor Treas. Stephanie Pessenda Gilbert-Gilbert VFW, 224 N. Broadway Temple, Room 106, 2002 London Rd. Grand Rapids-Blandin Papermill Workers Duluth, MN 55812, 724-6466 114 Merged AFSCME LOCAL 695 - Meets 4th Tuesday Hall, 1005 NW 4th St. of even numbered months at Council 5 Little Falls-American Legion, 108 1st St NE PLUMBERS AND STEAMFITTERS Duluth offices and odd numbered months Nisswa-Tasty Pizza North, Hwy 371S, LOCAL 11, U.A.— Meets 1st Thursdays at Duluth, Two Harbors, Silver Bay at Gampers in Moose Lake. Pequot Lakes union hall, 4402 Airpark Blvd. (218) 727- President Don Anderson, 722-7728 Park Rapids-American Legion, 900 E. 1st 2199; President Dan O’Neill; VP Scott Schroeder-Town Hall, 124 Cramer Rd. Randall; Rec. Sec. Butch Liebaert; AFSCME LOCAL 3801 - Representing Superior-Shamrock Pizza, 5825 Tower Ave Bus. Mgr./Fin. Sec. Jeff Daveau, UMD Clerical & Technical employees, Room Wadena-Pizza Ranch, 106 Jefferson St. S. Ass’t Bus. Mgr. Dave Carlson 106 Kirby Student Center. Meets 4th Th. @ 4:45 pm, Room 490 Humanities; IBEW LOCAL 242 (CONST., R.T.V., MFG., SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL 10— P We Salute P President Denise Osterholm, 726-6312 MAINT.)—Rm.111, Labor Temple, 728-6895. Duluth-Superior area meets 2nd Monday, Pres. Donald Smith; Rec. Sec. Darik 5:00 p.m. Sheet Metal Training Center, 6279 AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION Carlson; Treas. Gary Erickson; Bus Industrial Road, Saginaw, MN 55779 AFL-CIO Greater Northland Area Local— Mgr./Fin. Sec. Jim Brown. Meeting 4th Wed. Iron Range meets 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. P.O. Box 16321, Duluth, MN 55816. of every month at Duluth Labor Temple. Hibbing Park Hotel, 1402 East Howard St. Our Membership meetings held monthly in Unit meetings - Brainerd, American Hibbing, MN 55746. P Duluth, quarterly on Iron Range, P Legion, 7:30 p.m., 1st Wed. each month Bemidji area meets 3rd Thursday Jan., 218-722-3350 April, July & Oct., 6:00 pm, Carpenters Hall, INTL. BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL 609 2nd St. South, Bemidji, MN 56601 Members, BRlCKLAYERS & ALLIED WORKERS, LOCAL 294 - Meets 4th Thurs- CRAFTWORKERS LOCAL UNION 1— Bus. Mgr. Jim Bowman, 1681 E. Cope Ave., day, 7:30 p.m., Local 294 Building located at St Paul, MN 55109, 1-800-396-2903. P Chapter 3/Duluth & Hibbing meetings are 503 E. 16th St., Hibbing, MN. Business P listed in the Quarterly Update newsletter. Duluth-Superior-lron Range-Bemidji area. Manager Greg Topel, (218) 263-6895, Bus. Rep. Doug Christy, 6279 Industrial Rd, America’s Chairman/Field Rep. Stan Paczynski, (218) Bemidji Unit, meets 3rd Thursdays of the Saginaw, MN 55779, 218-724-6873 724-8374, Recording Secretary, John month at 7 p.m. in Carpenters Hall Talarico, Sergeant-at-Arms, Jeff Ehlen SUPERIOR FEDERATION OF LABOR — P P INTL. BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL Meets 1st Weds, 6:30 p.m., Public Library, BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL WORKERS, LOCAL 366—(Electrical, Sig- Workers! AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS Pres. Janice Terry, 715-394-2896, Treas. nal & Communication Workers of C/N) - Marlene Case, 715-399-8152, Rec. Sec. LOCAL 512—Northern MN office/training Meets 3rd Thursdays, Proctor American center, 3752 Midway Road, Hermantown Lee Sandok-Baker, 715-260-8231, Warren Legion. President/Local Chair Greg Arras, Bender, Corresponding Sec., 715-394-7453, MN 55810, (218) 724-5073, President Joe 1519 Airport Rd., Cloquet, MN 55720; P PO Box 1246, Superior, WI 54880 P Tomjanovich, B.M./F.S.-T. Charlie Roberts, Fin. Sec. David Ostby, 303 Park Ave. Have a B.A. Darrell Godbout, Rec. Sec. Bill Gerl Cloquet, MN 55720, 879-0941; Rec. Sec. UNITED AUTO WORKERS LOCAL 241 — BUILDING & GENERAL LABORERS Curt Fernandez; Treas. Kurt Shaw Meets Ist Tues. of the month, 5:30 p.m., Duluth Labor Temple, 2002 London Rd., LOCAL 1091—Meets 3rd Thursdays, 7 pm INTL. ASSOCIATION OF HEAT & FROST Duluth Labor Temple, Wellstone Hall. Pres. Del Soiney, 591-5184; Fin. Officer Dan INSULATORS & ALLIED WORKERS Hey, 104 Quince St., Duluth, MN 55811 President William Cox, V.P. Brad Bukovich, LOCAL NO. 49—Meets 2nd Fridays, 7 p.m. P Safe & Happy P Rec. Sec. Chris Thacker, Bus.Mgr./Fin.Sec./ Duluth Labor Temple. Business Manager UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL Treas. Dan Olson; (218) 728-5151 Dick Webber, 2002 London Rd., Room 210, WORKERS LOCAL 1189—President Don CARLTON COUNTY CENTRAL LABOR Duluth 55812, 724-3223; Pres Wade Lee; Seaquist; Sec. Treas. Jennifer Christensen BODY—Meets 1st Monday of month except VP Garth Lee; Rec Sec Nick Nergard; St. Paul Office: 266 Hardman Ave. N., South Sept. which meets last Monday in August. Fin Sec/Treas. Mark Lindholm St. Paul, MN 55075, 612-281-8014 P Meeting 7:00 pm 2nd floor of Labor Temple, Duluth Office: Labor Temple, 2002 London P LPBOR NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER Rd., Rm. 211, Duluth 55812. 218-728-5174 1403 Ave C, Cloquet 55720; President Mike CARRIERS, BRANCH 114 MERGED— Kuitu, 391-6367, VP Tim Ryan, Sec. Treas Retirees' Club meets 2nd Monday, 1:30 Meets 2nd Mondays, 7 p.m., Back of Reef p.m., Duluth Labor Temple, Wellstone Hall Tamara Jones, Rec. Sec. Patty Harper, Bar, Pres. Scott Dulas, 727-4327 (office), NEALC Delegate Steve Risacher P.O. Box 16583, Duluth 55816; VP Kevin UNITED STEELWORKERS LOCAL 1028 - P P CARPENTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 361— Westerlund; Recording Secretary Sheila Meets 2nd Tues., Room 212, 2002 London Fawcett; Financial Secretary Donnie Rd., Duluth 55812, 728-9534. Pres. Larry DAY! Meets 2nd Tues. of the month at 6:30 p.m. at Training Center, 5238 Miller Trunk Hwy., Leshovsky; Treasurer Mike Sylvester Libra, VP Mike Connolly, Treas. Lee 724-3297. Pres. Steve Risacher, VP Susan Popovich, 624-2868, Fin. Sec. Kent Price, NATIONAL CONF. FIREMEN & OILERS Rec. Sec. Dave Lubbesmeyer Erkkila, Rec. Sec. Clayton Wrazidlo, Fin. SEIU 956—Meets 4th Saturdays, 9 a.m. Sec. Larry Nesgoda; Treas. Chris Hill, Field Meetings held at Central High School until UNITED STEELWORKERS LOCAL 1028 Reps. Steve Risacher, Chris Hill Denfeld opens. President Sam Michelizzi, RETIREES ASSOCIATION—Meets 3rd CEMENT MASONS, PLASTERERS & 628-2689; Treas. Dennis McDonald, 7208 Weds (except Jan, Feb) Evergreen Center, SHOPHANDS LOCAL 633—Duluth & Iron Ogden Ave., Superior, WI 54880, 628-4863; 5830 Grand Ave 3 p.m. All USWA 1028 re- Range Area Office: Mike Syversrud, 2002 Sec. Steve Lundberg, 8304 Grand Ave, tirees welcome. Pres. John Stojevich, Treas. London Road, Room 112, Duluth 55812; Duluth 55807, 624-0915 Mary S. Petrich, Sec. Ted Krakovac 218-724-2323; Meetings to be announced UNITED STEELWORKERS LOCAL 9460- DULUTH AFL-CIO CENTRAL LABOR Meets 3rd Tuesday each month, 5:00 pm, BODY —Meets 2nd Thurs., 7:00 p.m., Well- Hall B, Duluth Labor Temple. Office: 2002 stone Hall, 2002 London Rd., (218) 724- London Rd, Suite 202, Duluth, MN 55812, 1413, President Dan O’Neill, Plumbers & (218) 724-5223. Pres. Stacy Spexet, VP Your credit union covers all of St. Steamfitters 11; VP Beth McCuskey, DFT; Margaret Olsgard, Treas. Laurie Beth Burg, Rec. Sec. Jayme McKenna, AFSCME 66; Fin. Sec. Sue Pierce, Rec. Sec. Heidi Puhl Louis County and all of your family! Treas. Sheldon Christopherson, Operating WORKERS UNITED LOCAL 99—Ex Board Eng. 70; Reading Clerk Larry Sillanpa, MN meetings 2nd Mon. of month: 1:30 p.m. in News Guild/Typographical 37002 Mar., June, Oct., & Dec., 9:30 a.m. all others Visit www.hermantownfcu.org DULUTH BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION Quarterly membership meetings held 2nd MAIN OFFICE & EAST DULUTH BRANCH TRADES COUNCIL—Meets 3rd Tuesday, Mon. Mar., June, Oct., & Dec. at 2:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m., Freeman Hall, Labor Temple. Office, 350 Garfield Ave., Suite 2, Duluth, P 218-729-7733 P Pres. Craig Olson, Painters & Allied Trades MN 55802; Acting President 106, 724-6466; VP Darrell Godbout, Iron- Peggy Vanderscheuren, 728-6861 workers 512; Treas. Jim Brown, IBEW 242; Rec. Sec. Dan Olson, Laborers 1091 P 1-888-765-3683 P PAGE 18 LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 Study says unions are good for your health By Eric Ferreri, News & good for your health.” lot of people.” minnesota department of Communications, Duke The study, which appears in Brady and Reynolds say the labor & industry Research Blog the latest issue of Social difference is comparable to the Forces, examines survey physical benefits found to be Union members say results of more than 11,000 associated with being married Ensuring Minnesota’s work and living they're healthier than full-time workers, both union rather than divorced or being environments are equitable, healthy and safe non-union employees. and non-union, who answered five years younger. 1-800-DIAL-DLI • www.dli.mn.gov questions about their general Union workers comprise A new Duke study health. The data is from the just about 11 percent of the Workers’ Compensation ...... (651) 284-5005 suggests that labor General Social Survey, a mas- American workforce. Duluth offi ce ...... (218) 733-7810 unions are good for sive effort of the National Brady and Reynolds culled Minnesota OSHA Compliance ...... (651) 284-5050 your health. Opinion Research Center pro- the data to compare workers Duluth offi ce ...... (218) 733-7830 viding more than three decades with largely similar character- Workplace Safety Consultation ...... (651) 284-5060 The research finds that of data. istics aside from their union Labor Standards ...... (651) 284-5070 more unionized American One finding: 85 percent of membership. They believe this • child labor/wages/overtime/prevailing wage workers consider themselves union workers reported being is the first study to do so and Apprenticeship ...... (651) 284-5090 healthy than do their non-union in good health, compared to 82 illustrates that union member- Construction Codes and Licensing ... (651) 284-5012 counterparts, an indication that percent of non-union workers. ship is another factor – like • building codes, standards/plumbing/electrical/boilers, membership is good for the In real numbers, that 3 per- age, education level and mari- high-pressure piping/residential building contractors body as well as the paycheck, cent gap represents 3.7 million tal status – that affects a per- said David Brady, a Duke soci- American workers. son’s health. ology professor and co-author “Three percent may not LL DD GG of the study. CITATION: ”Union abor ay reetings seem like a lot,” said Megan Membership and Self-Rated “Unions are taking a beat- Reynolds, a Duke doctoral stu- To All Union Members and Area Contractors ing in American culture,” Health in the United States.” dent and lead author of the Megan Reynolds and David Brady said. “But here we can study. “But when you start from say that not only are unions Brady. Social Forces. March looking at the number of work- 2012. DOI: 10.1093/sf/sor023 better for your wages, they’re ers in the United States, that’s a Cement Masons Plasterers All Workers are Entitled to a Fair and Just & Shophands Share of America's Wealth for their Labor! L Local 633 A Operating Minnesota H B North Dakota A O Engineers Northwest Wisconsin P R 1-218-724-2323 P Local 49 America’s Oldest Building Trades Union uEst. 1864 Y D Pulling Our Weight A Y www.local49.org W e A p p r e c i a t e Y o u r P a t r o n a g e ! Ship it union, The only Reef worth steering Ship it into has... Happy Hour 4-7 p.m. by rail! 7 Days a week Tuesday is Karaoke Night Wednesday has Live Music Live bands Friday & Saturday, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The largest game room in town! We can set-up employee Missabe Road) parties of up to 80 people! United Transportation Union Minnesota Legislative Board THE REEF 411 Main Street, St. Paul, MN 55102 In the Labor Temple, 2002 London Road, Duluth

LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 PAGE 19 With the Republican con- • Ending Medicare. vention upon us, the AFL- AFL’s SuperPac leafletting vs. GOP budget Repeating a theme successfully CIO’s SuperPAC, Workers “Working families talking people they trust most on the year overseas by giving com- used before, the leaflets cite Voice (WV), and MoveOn.org to their neighbors, co-workers, economic issues they care panies incentives to out- Ryan’s voucher scheme for launched a mass house-to- friends and families is kryp- about. That’s how working source,” the leaflets say. They Medicare. It would give sen- house leafletting drive against tonite to the Radical Right families will win this election call Romney “a pioneer” of iors a set amount of money to the GOP agenda. The drive Wing agenda,” fed President and lift up the middle class.” outsourcing for exporting thou- purchase health insurance. This allows WV to communicate Richard Trumka said. “We’ll Podhorzer predicted the sands of jobs when his firm, year, though, Ryan’s budget with non-unionists and will tar- be breaking through the noise GOP, meeting in Tampa, Fla., Bain Capital, controlled and gave seniors a choice: get 640,000 households in 23 of misleading ads paid for by would try to hide its real agen- closed U.S. companies. “The Vouchers or traditional states, says AFL-CIO Political wealthy special interests, and da, though spending cuts, turn- Romney/Ryan plan would Medicare, but at a higher price. Director Michael Podhorzer. letting voters hear from the ing Medicare into a voucher result in America losing 4.1 And the GOP is already firing plan and low taxes for the rich million jobs in the next three back with its own ad campaign, Enjoyy a Union-MadeUnioon- Made LaborLaboorr Day -- is at the heart of the party’s years,” the piece adds. citing the $716 billion in 10 budget plan. Rep. Paul Ryan, • Tax cuts for the rich. years of cost savings from tra- R-Wis., the party’s VP nomi- Using calculations by inde- ditional Medicare included in Make youryyoour LaborLaboor DayDay the union wayway usingusing nee for Mitt Romney, is the pendent analysts, the leaflet President Obama’s health budget’s author. Key points of declares the GOP budget plan insurance reform law and call- these productsproducts from membersmembers ofof the the anti-GOP leaflets include: “would raise taxes on the mid- ing that sum a cut. Ryan counts • Outsourcing. The GOP dle class by $2,000” yearly “to on health care law “savings” in BCTGM,BCTGM, IBB,IBB, IUANPW,IUAANPWW,, and the UFCW.UUFCWW.. platform and budget plan pay for an average of $250,000 his budget, too – though both “would send 800,000 jobs a in tax cuts for millionaires.” he promises to repeal the law. 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PAGE 20 LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 AFL-CIO strongly against Have a Safe and Happy Labor Day extending tax cuts for rich from your friends at but will the Democrats cave? WASHINGTON (PAI)--The AFL-CIO is “strongly against” extending the Bush tax cuts for the top 2% of the nation’s earn- ers, but fears congressional Democrats may blink on the issue, Legislative Director Bill Samuel says. In a recent interview, Samuel said he sees the Obama White APWU Local 142 House “holding firm” against extending those cuts and even envisions the president sending a tax revision package up to Capitol Hill when the new 113th Congress enters on Jan. 3. But before that, Samuel adds, the two major political parties are engaging in a game of chicken over the nation’s fiscal and Greater Northland Area Local economic future. And labor fears the Democrats may cave in American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO to GOP demands to let the tax cuts be extended for a year. The pressure on the two parties to do something about the Duluth, MN looming fiscal train wreck – expiration of the tax cuts, ending of extended jobless benefits and billions in cuts in government spending – grew on August 22: The director of the non-parti- san Congressional Budget Office testified that if Congress does nothing before the end-of-the-year crunch, the tepid recovery Proud to stand with will become part #2 of a double-dip recession. CBO also forecast the official jobless rate would stay above 8% through 2012. the working people of Minnesota “Sequestration ought to be postponed or cancelled altogeth- er,” Samuel says, referring to the budget cuts in both defense Happy Labor Day! and domestic spending. But that should occur only if lawmak- ers do one of two things, he said: Be “willing to add to the fed- eral deficit for a year” to help continue to haul the nation out of its recessionary hole of 2007-09, or “package this with tax increases” on the rich. Cutting spending would cut demand for goods and services, and the jobs that providing those goods and services create, he explained. But accomplishing either of those two goals would require congressional leaders to move off their ideology-induced posi- tions, especially the Republicans’ absolute demand that the tax cuts for the rich be made permanent and no new taxes – not even anti-loophole provisions – be enacted. www.alfranken.com Paid for by Al Franken for Senate 2014 “Someone’s going to have to give in and it shouldn’t be the Democrats,” Samuel says. “It’s a high-stakes gamble included in these decisions” to stand firm, he adds. “The responsible thing would be to let the tax cuts expire and them close the loopholes” with a comprehensive tax over- haul next year. “But I don’t put a lot of faith in the leadership of this WE ARE Congress being responsible,” he concluded. WE ARE ONE LABOR

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PAGE 22 LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 Jay Fosle, Erik Simonson write-ins for 7B The battle to replace Rep. as a write-in candidate. A mem- in order to preserve a long Kerry Gauthier in central and ber of SEIU 956 (Firemen & standing labor-oriented seat in western Duluth’s Minnesota Oilers) for the Duluth Public the western half of Duluth,” House of Representatives Schools, Fosle represents far Simonson said in announcing Liaison Program News District 7B started drawing western Duluth on the council. in front of dozens of supporters write-in candidates even before On August 21, Erik at the Duluth Zoo. from Lynette Swanberg, Director he withdrew following sexual Simonson, President of Fire Fosle says he will not seek a AFL-CIO Community Services and United Way Partnership contact with a 17-year old boy Fighters Local 101 and DFL or any “special interest” at the Thompson Hill rest stop Assistant Fire Chief for the endorsement in the race as he Chili Cook-Off is Campaign Kick-Off July 22. City of Duluth, announced his wants to remain independent in United Way of Greater Duluth’s 21st Annual CHILI COOK- Before DFL officials started candidacy in front of dozens of order to better serve his con- OFF will take place Thursday, September 13 from 4:30 to 6:30 asking Gauthier to step down supporters at the Duluth Zoo. stituents.. p.m. at the DECC Arena. This great event marks the kick-off of August 20, Duluth city coun- Republican Travis Silvers is Simonson said he would the annual fundraising campaign, which is an incredibly impor- cilor Jay Fosle entered the race on the November 6 ballot. welcome endorsements from tant undertaking for our community. Gauthier will actually be on the the DFL and labor. He serves as United Way supports more than 50 local programs and ini- ballot as well as his transgres- a delegate to the Duluth DFL tiatives through your generous donations that help create a foun- sions came to light after the and Duluth AFL-CIO Central dation for services needed to meet the complex needs of indi- Primary Election August 14. Labor Body. viduals and families in our community. Last week I experi- There is an effort to have The Central Body will enced and learned what some of the United Way funded partners Gauthier’s name removed. screen and possibly endorse in are doing to address the most basic of needs in our community With just over two months the race at their Thursday, Oct. –food, shelter and clothing – by touring several organizations left before the election, win- 11 meeting. with related programs. ning a write-in campaign will The Duluth DFL is planning Learning that 47% of Duluthians are considered poor or in be a difficult task for any can- to hold a special convention of the working poor classification was shocking until I learned didate. their delegates as soon as logis- what the definition is. You are considered working poor if your “I welcome that challenge tics can be worked out. income is 200% of the poverty level, which translates to an income of $44,000 for a family of four. Many of our union Gauthier withdraws...from page 1 members fall into this category already, or may at some time Minnesota. with a strike, layoff, plant shut-down or illness. Gauthier has been an incredible strong voice for labor as both I have had conversations with members and retirees who a Duluth city councilor and a state representative. He has served have used United Way supported food programs due to their the DFL Party for decades in northern Minnesota, but he has financial situation. Soup kitchens with balanced meals are found little support following his Thompson Hill affair. available for all, and after dining with the broad spectrum of Fire Fighters Local 101 pres- O’Neill said the Central Body will address their endorsement individuals there, it became very clear to me that the need for ident Erik Simonson in the 7B race at their October 11 regular monthly meeting. assistance crosses all perceived lines in our society. Pride does announced a state House 7B The only other name besides Gauthier’s on the Nov. 6 ballot not feed a family; the programs and services available through write-in campaign with a is Republican Travis Silvers, who ran against Gauthier two the financial support United Way invests in organizations like large contingent of family, years, with Gauthier winning in his first term. He left the city Damiano and CHUM do that. friends, and co-workers at council to run after Rep. Roger Reinert left to run for Sen. Additional agencies funded by the United Way provide the zoo August 21. Yvonne Prettner Solon’s seat, when she ran on Dayton’s guber- financial, educational and job counseling services to help fami- natorial ticket. lies move toward income sufficiency and stability. Central Body Neither Gauthier or Silvers had a primary election. The face of homelessness has changed a lot in recent years. I visited Life House, where in 2011, 654 at-risk youth ages 14- to screen 20 sought basic needs, an increase of 39 individuals from 2010. 7B Oct. 11 Of those youth, 202 (31%) reported they were homeless upon With Labor-endorsed Rep. intake. Each night, nearly 100 youth are living on the street, in Kerry Gauthier having with- cars, or are subject to prostitution for shelter. Life House pro- drawn from the Minnesota vides shelter, food, and clothing, along with support to gain edu- House of Representatives cation, employment and health services. This is just one more District 7B race, the Duluth program your United Way donations help support. AFL-CIO Central Labor Body I welcome your calls and emails to help you learn more will have to determine how it about the many resources we have available in this great com- will now proceed in that con- munity that could help you and your family with unmet needs. test. It IS important to know where to turn for help, especially before “I’m sure it will be a topic it is needed. If you’d like to use your talents to help others we’d of discussion at our September love to hear from you. You can reach Lynette Swanberg at 218- 13 meeting,” said president 726-4775 or email [email protected] Dan O’Neill. “But with every- We’ll be serving Thank you in advance for your contribution to the United thing that is happening around Way campaign. See you at the Chili Cook-Off September 13! that race it just seems like it’d the corn! be more fair to rescreen that LABOR DAY: Thinking of our race at our Oct. 11 meeting. There still will be plenty of Sisters & Brothers on the clock time before the November 6 election.” LLooccaall Erik Simonson and Jay Fosle have announced write-in 9460 campaigns so far. Other 9460 prospective candidates have until the end of October to offi- Health cially declare. The Central Body will Care screen St. Louis County Commissioner candidates Sept. Workers 13 (see story on page 2). LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 PAGE 23 Happy Labor Day: There are a lot reasons why unions are good for us By Ann Markusen Because in the 19th century, union gains, targeted at public parks and recreation, and edu- with a union man or woman in Remember President unfettered capitalism bred huge sector workers, is saddening. cation, the government will our community, ask them about George W. Bush’s proposal to monopolies that exploited Corporate bankrolled political come after you. It’s not fair to the benefits. What their union privatize social security? workers’ vulnerabilities. campaigns, much of the fund- the rest of us. is doing for the larger commu- Fortunately, the Democratic Steelworkers in Pittsburgh ing from out of state, seek to pit Unions, by the way, are nity. It might not all be bliss, Congress would not budge. If worked in hot dangerous mills workers against each other. democratic—if you don’t like but, as poll after poll finds, a they had, millions of seniors 80 hours a week, and many of Why should “they” make “so your elected leaders, you can large majority of Americans would have been bilked by the them died for it. Unions formed much?” What about the huge vote them out. Locally, region- wish they could belong to a Wall Street derivative scandal, as mutual assistance communi- and growing gap between cor- ally, nationally. Not true of the union. For me, I am so grateful their retirement incomes per- ty groups and went on to fight porate executive pay and work- corporations we buy from and for unions’ policy work in ordi- manently downsized. The for the eight-hour day, a living ers’ take-home pay? The delib- work for. No voice in how they nary folks’ best interests. American labor movement was wage, and the right to speak as erately unfunded pension lia- are run. Ann Markusen is an econo- a key group opposing privati- one voice in bargaining in bilities? Aren’t there better tar- We all benefit from union- mist, Director of the Project zation. negotiations with an employ- gets? ized workplaces. We benefit on Regional and Industrial Minimum wage increases er’s single voice. And the mis-named “right when our neighbors can sup- Economics at the University of for all? Another labor priority, In the 1930s, when a third to work” laws. The logic is port local retail businesses; pay Minnesota, and lives in Crom- even though most union mem- of Americans were unem- clear here. If a majority of taxes for our schools, roads and well, MN. She has served as bers make well above that. ployed and corporations tried workers vote for a union, the social services; and afford to an Economic Policy Institute Worker health and safety? to exploit people’s desperation, bargaining gains they win keep their homes, maintaining Board and Executive Commit- The AFL-CIO is a vigilant a new round of industrial work- cover everyone in the plant or our property values. We benefit tee Member and has been a watchdog for OSHA and good ers organized the auto, coal, oil, office. So all workers in the when unions fight to maintain member of the AAUP/AFT working conditions for all. chemical, and textile unions. organized shop should pay and raise minimum wages, pre- Faculty Union at Rutgers A social safety net? Again Unions introduced balance union dues. We don’t allow serve social security, extend University (1989-1999) and unions are the most reliable, into our economies that turned free riders in the public sector – health care to all, and ensure the National Writers’ Union and vocal, defenders. out to be good for prosperity. if you don’t pay your taxes for safe workplaces. (UAW-affiliated). In fact, organized labor is Higher wages encouraged your share of national defense, Next time you are talking the only large Washington employers to become more interest group consistently productive by encouraging fighting for working and mid- them to invest in technology. dle class prosperity. The Workers earned enough to buy unions are often way out- the food, appliances, and cars gunned by corporate lobbies. that increasingly productive Wall Street badly wanted that farms and factories pumped ON THE ADVERSE MEDICAL EXAM: big hunk of the Social Security out. Trust Fund. The Chamber of In the post-World War II Commerce routinely spends era, unionizing drives brought big to defeat minimum wage service and public sector work- increases and health and safety ers into the fold. People call us all the time saying that standards. Many of our family mem- Organized labor doesn’t bers and neighbors still work in the insurance company is sending them have a lot of money to spend on union jobs. Nurses. Construc- these efforts. It has only its tion workers. Road graders. to a doctor for an independent medical members’ modest dues. These Teachers. Mill workers. Com- have to support member servic- munications workers. Their exam. They ask, ‘Do I have to go?’ The es, bargaining and organizing incomes, pensions, and health staff, grievances, and research. and safety protections are key insurance company has the right to Lobbying is expensive, but to our regional health and eco- union leaders remain staunchly nomic vitality as well – they send you to a doctor of their choosing, committed to it. Their strength raise prevailing wages and is in the numbers of working workplace standards. Non- not to help you but to write a report voters they serve, not in their union employers pay more and coffers. provide better working condi- for them. If you don’t have one Why, across the advanced tions when they know their industrial countries, did unions employees have better options already, by this time you need emerge in the first place? nearby. The Wisconsin rollback of a competent attorney.

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