Pack the Senate and House galleries
Please come to the Capitol when the Senate and House debate and pass the $1 billion infrastructure jobs bill. We need to pack the Senate public gallery on Tuesday, February 9 at 10:30 AM when the Senate debates their $1 billion jobs bill. We need to also pack the House public gallery on Monday, February 15 at 1:00 PM when the House debates the $1 billion jobs bill.

ALCs/RLFs Talk Jobs
The Area Labor Councils/Regional Labor Federations are showing the AFL-CIO Jobs Campaign presentation at their meetings and generating a lot of discussion and action. One great example is the Southeast Area Labor Council who made the presentation in Mankato last week to 14 union members. After the presentation everyone took to the phones and called Senator Franken’s and Klobuchar’s office to support the AFL-CIO’s Jobs for Main Street Act. (Photo: Lee Hiller (49ers) and Mike Gardner (LIUNA) in Mankato - Photo by Liz McLoone)

The Minnesota AFL-CIO is leading a labor coalition that is looking for individuals with a current or past affiliation with organized labor who are interested in serving on the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees. This individual can be currently employed or retired.  Click here for more info and to download application.

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis says workers face increasing obstacles when they try to form unions and “we need to restore their freedom to do so.” In testimony before the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee today, Solis looked back at the department’s actions in 2009 and forward to its 2010 agenda. Read More>>

Minnesota labor unions: Pass $1B bonding bill to create jobs
Minnesota's labor unions urged lawmakers Monday to pass a full-fledged public works construction bill this session, totally at least $1 billion. The head of the state's AFL-CIO, an umbrella group for roughly 1,000 union locals, told Capitol reporters it's all about creating jobs. See article from KARE 11.

JOBS

• Construction Jobs
Pass a bonding bill of at least $1 billion early in the session to get Minnesotans back to work quickly.
Pass the Construction Jobs Coalition bill (SF 2078/HF2364).
Put people back to work by leveraging and stimulating private investment in the construction of commercial, industrial, energy-efficient retrofit, and residential projects across the state.

• Green Jobs
Enact legislation and/or policies to encourage private -sector “green” manufacturing.
Retrofit public buildings to meet energy and environmental standards.
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