(ISSN 0023-6667)
Election has Labor holding its own
Hartman, Boyle, Gauthier elected to council, Cameron, Wasson re-elected to schools
If you batted 5 for 8 in a ed official, came in second Five of the precincts in
baseball game you’d be really with 9,045. Beth Olson fin- District 4 were won by Stauber
happy at your .625 clip. That’s ished third with 8,851 votes, in the at-large race, with two of
how Duluth AFL-CIO Central 194 behind Stauber. them, 24 and 25 in Duluth
Labor Body candidates did in Conservative Becky Hall came Heights, going to Gauthier’s
November 3rd’s city council in fourth with 8,256. opponent.
and school board races. When Boyle had the easiest race of The City of Duluth also had
An Injury to One is an Injury to All! those two bodies convene in anyone election night winning two ballot questions to vote on
January 2010, they will have all six precincts. He got 2,543 that hadn’t generated much
WEDNESDAY VOL. 115 labor-friendly majorities after votes to his challenger’s 668. interest though they could
NOVEMBER 11, 2009 NO. 10 another tough election cycle. Without a Primary Election this change the City Charter.
Still the three losses on election was all too easy for Boyle. Question #1 increased the
House passes historic day hurt. Good thing too, as his second strong mayor form of govern-
Labor’s winning city coun- child was born in October. ment by allowing the mayor to
health care reform bill cilors were Dan Hartman (At- The council District 4 race appoint his communications,
large), Patrick Boyle (District was surprisingly close with policy, and community rela-
The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed an his- 2), and Kerry Gauthier (District Labor’s Gauthier winning by tions officers with a city coun-
toric health care reform bill that has eluded Congress for a cen- 4). All were first time candi- 1,932 to 1,779, only 153 votes. cil resolution defining job
tury. H.R. 3962, “The Affordable Health Care for America Act,” dates. His opponent, Gordon Grams, specifications. It passed 10,797
was passed 220 to 215 late in the night of Saturday, Nov. 7. Labor’s winning school has asked for a recount, which to 7,431.
When HR 3962 passed the House observers said it was the loud- board members were Mary is honored for races that are Question #2 was defeated
est cheer ever heard in the chamber as the slim majority finally Cameron (at-large) and Ann within 200 votes. The recount
voted for the American people instead of insurance companies. See Election...page 5
Wasson (District 1). Both are is expected to be next week.
“This is a truly historic moment and one that many of us have incumbents.
been fighting for decades to achieve,” AFL-CIO President The painful losses were
Richard Trumka said. Beth Olson in the City Council
Unions and other advocates of health reform had stepped up At-large race, and incumbent
efforts in recent weeks to urge members of Congress to pass the School Board members Nancy
legislation. Phone calls by the hundreds of thousands have inun- Nilsen (At-large) and Laura
dated Congress. Condon (District 4).
The House plan “will end insurance company abuses, require “The election was mostly
employers to pay a fair share and establish a strong public option positive for us,” said Duluth
to lower costs and make insurance companies compete,” Trumka AFL-CIO Central Labor Body
said. “And it won't tax the benefits of hard-working middle class President Alan Netland. “We
families.” have strength on the city coun-
The bill would cover 96 percent of Americans, is entirely paid cil and continued support on
for and reduces the deficit. It includes a surtax on the very the school board. It’d be hard
wealthy who benefited so richly from the Bush tax cuts. And it to complain about that.”
guarantees that employers pay their fair share by requiring them
to provide insurance or pay into a common fund so responsible Duluth City Council
employers don’t have to pick up the tab for freeloaders. Dan Hartman got the most
Among Minnesota’s delegation, Democrats Jim Oberstar, votes in the at-large race with a
Keith Ellison, Betty McCollum, and Tim Walz voted yes, while great finishing kick. The
Democrat Collin Peterson and Republicans Michele Bachmann, Crosby native received 9,322 Dan Hartman (blue shirt) enjoyed watching election night
John Kline and Erik Paulsen voted no. votes to top the field of four. coverage with his supporters Nov. 3rd at Carmody after
“Union members in four Minnesota Congressional Districts Incumbent Jim Stauber, the being the top vote getter in the City Council At-Large race
See Health care reform...page 7 most conservative local, elect- in his first bid for public office.
Tyson Foods, Wal-Mart, BP hit with big judgements, record fines
By Mark Gruenberg Health Administration. It did a
told a federal judge in Nevada years ago, calculated it as much Tyson began in 2000, in the
PAI Staff Writer 6-month-long, inspection of it would pay thousands of as $600 million in wages. waning days of the Clinton
The week from Oct. 30 to BP’s Texas City, Texas, refin-workers between $65 million Labor Secretary Hilda Solis administration, but the trial --
Nov. 5 saw multi-million-dol- ery -- where 15 workers died and $85 million, depending on hailed the OSHA fine against the second of two -- did not
lar verdicts against three corpo- and 170 people were hurt in a claims to be filed by Nov. 9. BP and her Wage and Hour occur until 2009. The first trial
rate malefactors: Tyson Foods 2005 explosion -- and did not The settlement is part of a Division’s win against Tyson in of Tyson, earlier this year,
and British Petroleum got hit like what it found. BP’s stillseries of Wal-Mart payments the Alabama court. DOL’s case ended with a hung jury.
with big judgments for wage breaking numerous safety and totaling $640 million, for followed an unsuccessful law- “We are very pleased the
and hour and worker health and health rules, OSHA said. underpaying workers or forc- suit against Tyson on the same jury in Birmingham vindicated
safety violations, and Wal-Mart On top of the $21 million ing them to toil off the clock. issue, last decade, by the our position that employers
agreed to millions in back pay fine OSHA levied against BP The third verdict was the United Food and Commercial must pay their workers for the
for stiffing its workers. after the fatal blast, the federal
Labor Department’s Wage and Workers. UFCW lost in time they are required to
The first verdict came from agency said on Oct. 30 that itHour Division win on Nov. 5, Kentucky courts. work,” said Labor Secretary
the Occupational Safety and would fine the oil giant another
against Tyson in federal district Kim Bobo of Interfaith Hilda Solis. “This is a victory
$87.4 million. Both sums are court in Birmingham, Ala. Worker Justice, author of a for workers, and the result of
records. BP paid the first fine
Jurors found the giant poultry recent book on wage theft years of dedicated efforts to
and will appeal the second fine.
processor guilty of cheating nationwide, was elated by the protecting the rights of work-
The second shoe dropped workers of pay for the time Tyson case’s outcome. ing Americans on the part of
Nov. 2 when Wal-Mart agreed they spent putting on and tak- “It really is good that we attorneys, investigators and
to settle a class-action suit over
ing off protective equipment -- finally have a Labor Depart- others within (DOL).” She said
its wage and hour violations in
heavy gloves, steel aprons and ment that is really going to pur- both the Tyson and BP cases
29 states and Puerto Rico. It the like -- in its Albertville, Ala. sue cases,” Bobo told PAI. showed her department’s new
NOTE: With the U.S. Postal plant, from 2000 through now. “We pushed DOL years ago to commitment to protecting
Service being closed for DOL didn’t have a figure do investigations of the poultry workers and their families.
Veteran’s Day, this issue of for how much pay 3,000 Al- industry. It’s a great victory for “When BP signed the
the Labor World will be at bertville workers, all Hispanic- the workers -- and it’ll send a OSHA settlement from the
least one day late in being named, lost. But a study by the signal to poultry and meat March 2005 explosion, it
delivered. It was posted at University of Wisconsin mid- processors nationwide.” agreed to comprehensive
www.laborworld.org Tuesday. way through the case, five DOL’s investigation of See Bad behavior...page 2
CLB donation enables student trip to SOA
Duluth AFL-CIO Central increasing U.S. military
Labor Body delegates voted involvement in Colombia put a
Oct. 8 to help send members of renewed focus on SOA/
UMD Students for Peace to the WHINSEC and the policies it
annual protest in Fort Benning, represents. This year marks the
Georgia against the School of 20th anniversary of the 1989
the Americas (SOA). SOA graduate-led Jesuit mas-
Every year on the third sacre in San Salvador. The vigil
weekend of November citizens will remember the thousands of
converge on Fort Benning, to victims of SOA violence.
protest the continued existence Each year bills are present-
of SOA, which has been ed in Congress to close the
renamed the Western Hemi- facility. Congressman Jim
sphere Institute for Security civil rights violators and sup- Oberstar has been an original
Cooperation (WHINSEC). pressors of democratic process- co-sponsor of the legislation.
Since 1946 the facility has es including the work of During his election campaign
trained soldiers and officers unions. Union organizers are Barack Obama made positive
from Latin American countries routinely murdered by any comments about closing the These UMD students will go to the School of the Americas
military and counter-insur- number of military or para-mil- facility but it is still operating. protest in Georgia next week thanks to a generous donation
gency tactics. Graduates from itary units in Latin America. A victory was achieved this fall from the Duluth Central Labor Body. In the photo they
the school have gone on to be The SOA graduate-led mili- when a House/Senate confer- were at the anti-war rally in the Civic Center Oct. 17.
tary coup in Honduras and the
some of Latin America’s worst ence committee agreed to
include language in the FY Movie night views free trade
MN DFL gubernatorial forum 2010 Defense Authorization Labor Movie Night will be held Thursday, Nov. 19 at 6:00
p.m. this month because of Thanksgiving. It will be held in Hall
bill that requires the Pentagon
will be high tech Fri., Nov. 20 to release names of SOA/ D of the Duluth Labor Temple, which is below the stairs inside
The Minnesota 2010 gubernatorial race will be one of the WHINSEC graduates. the 20th Avenue East entrance.
most-watched in the nation. What should the race be about? How Steve Wick, co-organizer of Erik Peterson of Wellstone Action will lead a discussion
can a progressive win? These vital questions will be answered by UMD Students For Peace, said about free trade. The 1999 WTO protests in Seattle are played
some of the gubernatorial candidates themselves at Netroots his group was ecstatic about out in “This Is What Democracy Looks Like.” Footage of the
Minnesota, sponsored by the Alliance for a Better Minnesota. the generous Central Body’s 2003 Miami FTAA protests was shot by the University of
On Friday evening, November 20, DFL candidates for gover- donation. It will ensure that Minnesota Labor Education Service.
nor will join Netroots Minnesota to take questions directly from group members will be able to Light snacks and refreshments will be provided.
the public. You can get all the details and register at: travel to Georgia for the
http://allianceminnesota.org/NetrootsForum November 20-22 to call for the Bad behavior costly...from page 1
During a discussion moderated by Star Tribune writer Lori closure of SOA/WHINSEC. action to protect employees. Instead of living up to that com-
Sturdevant, the candidates will be asked questions solicited “We feel that it is our con- mitment, BP allowed hundreds of potential hazards to continue
online via Twitter, Facebook, email, and in person. stitutional right and obligation unabated,” Solis added.
Netroots Minnesota, a conference of Netroots Nation, is to our brothers and sisters in OSHA found 270 cases at Texas City where BP let violations
November 20-21 in St. Paul. The conference will get progres- Latin America to see that no go unrepaired, and another 439 new willful violations by BP “for
sives trained to help step up organizing for 2010. more soldiers are trained to kill failure to follow industry-accepted controls” at the plant.
their own populations with “An $87 million fine won’t restore those lives” lost in the
Tis the Season Tisn’t It?
American tax dollars,” Wick 2005 Texas City blast, Solis added. “But we can’t let this hap-
said. “We’ve wanted to go pen again. Workplace safety is more than a slogan. It’s the law.
every year but couldn’t The Department of Labor will not tolerate the preventable expo-
We’re not fooling anyone now that it’s November. Let because of the cost, but the sure of workers to hazardous conditions.”
the holiday party season begin! You might as well Central Body donation will In Wal-Mart’s case, federal Judge Philip M. Pro in Nevada
make sure we can this year.” called the settlement “fair, reasonable and adequate.” Pro added
start avoiding the headaches right now too by calling You can learn more about it was “a hard-fought compromise of claims actively litigated
T-Bonz and having us deliver the food for the party! SOA at www.SOAW.org. before this court” starting in early 2006. Class-action suits by
states, including Nevada, California, Alabama, Michigan,
2531 IBEW 31 & 242
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Maryland, Oregon and Texas, said the retail monster broke wage
West and hour laws by denying workers rest breaks and shaving pay.
Superior St. Retirees’ Experts found 7,000 examples in one year where Wal-Mart man-
agers deleted large blocks of time from workers’ payroll records.
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PAGE 2 LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009
Unemployment at 10.2%
by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
Go to www.unemploymentlifeline.com for help
The alarming news that unemployment has hit double digits
Let’s wrap-up the election should be a wake-up call to sleepy politicians. The nation's job-
in this white man’s town: less rate worsened yet again last month, with 190,000 jobs lost
Beth Olson, a damn good and the unemployment rate climbing to 10.2 percent. A total of
Labor candidate for city coun- nearly 16 million can’t find work.
cil at-large, had the best cam- It is of great concern that there is still little sign of a sustain-
paign staff but lost by 194 able private sector recovery, Even more jobs will be lost in the
votes. She was undermined by coming months. Despite Wall Street celebrations of what they
“lifestyle” attacks by FOX see as a recovery based on GDP growth of 3.5 percent in the
News’ Nick LaFave and the third quarter, American workers know there can be no recovery
Duluth News Tribune editorial unless everyone who wants to work can find a good job.
page editor Chuck Frederick. The nation's jobs situation would be even worse without the
I appeared on KUWS Final Obama administration's American Recovery and Reinvestment
Edition once with LaFave and Act. Nearly one million jobs have been saved or created because
in a discussion about health of the stimulus plan and the White House says the nation is on
care reform, he twice stated the close is that? Olson picked up and vote accordingly. There track to meet the president's goal of 3.5 million by the end of
first thing we need to do is 3,422 after winning the must be a better way to fund next year. Additionally, the extension of unemployment benefits
change malpractice laws. He’s Primary by 680 over Hartman, education than property taxes. by Congress is an essential and welcome step.
been drinking Rush Lim- Stauber by 965, Hall by 1686. The hillside and western Every day, it becomes more urgent that the federal govern-
baugh’s kool-aid. Frederick The council District 4 race Duluth have a much higher ment step up to the plate with bold actions to boost job creation.
came to the DNT from the found “retiring” Garry Krause, percentage of renters, fixed Those actions should include urgently needed fiscal relief to
International Falls Daily a Duluth Central Body delegate income elderly, and perhaps state and local governments, community jobs programs, addi-
Journal where he was reporter from IBEW Local 242, endors- fewer children than east end. tional investments in infrastructure and green jobs and credit
during the Boise/BE&K days. ing Republican Gordon Grant Republican Becky Hall fin- relief to small and medium-sized businesses. Failing to act puts
That paper was a puppet for against Labor/DFL endorsed ished last in council at-large us at very real risk of a lost generation -- of hard-working
Boise Cascade of course. Kerry Gauthier. In announcing voting to cement her Harold Americans who can't put food on the table and bright young peo-
Mayor Don Ness is rumored he would not run, Krause stat- Stassen/Lena Savior position. ple who never realize their potential.
to have worked to make sure ed he might surface again to She did win Precinct 30 in We must do better.
Olson didn’t win as well. run for the MN House District West Duluth from 40th Ave. W.
Numbers can be amazing.
From the Primary to the Gen-
6B seat held by “retiring”
DFLer Mary Murphy. She was
to 63rd W. below Grand. Only
161 votes were cast, less than
A Veterans Day Message
surprised saying she hadn’t 22% of eligible voters. Stauber By Mark Ayers, Chairman
eral Election here are what at- Union Veterans Council, AFL-CIO
large council candidates picked talked to Krause and had no was second with 77, Dan
up: Hartman 4,573, Hall 4,513, plans to retire. Hartman had 67, Beth Olson Veterans Day was originally known as “Armistice Day.” It
Stauber 4,581. How crazy Grant was one of the 66. Something’s rotten in #30. was created in 1919 to commemorate the end of World War I. In
Republicans-only endorse- Voter turnout was 33%, not 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law a bill that
~NOTICE~ ments of the Duluth Police
Union, which is not affiliated
bad for an election that’s as
vanilla as they can get. The
specified that the day of November 11 would thereafter come to
be known as “Veterans Day.” Ever since, November 11 has
Next issues of Labor World: with the Duluth Central Body. lowest turnout was 3.9%, 110 become a solemn occasion for all of America to pause and reflect
Nov. 24; Dec. 16; Krause no longer works as voters, in UMD-area Precinct upon the great sacrifices made by the men and women who have
Jan. 6, 20; Feb. 3, 17; an electrician and should look 10. Last year it had 2,440 votesserved in America’s Armed Forces.
The proclamation that accompanied the law that was signed
LABOR WORLD at a map to see how far he’d cast for presidential candidates.
by President Eisenhower included the president’s decree that
(ISSN#0023-6667) is published have to move to win a legisla- There you have it from a
semi-monthly except one issue in tive seat as a Republican. vanilla election. It was gourmetAmericans “would solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those
December (23 issues). Former Rep. Mike Jaros has vanilla with real extract. who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign
The known office of publication is gotten noisy after falling asleep shores to preserve our heritage of freedom.” It also called upon
Labor World, 2002 London Road,
Room 110, Duluth, MN 55812.
Periodicals postage is paid at
for the last 10 years in his
House seat. Mike’s a great guy
“re-consecrate ourselves to the task of
This Day In History all American citizens topeace so that their efforts shall not have
promoting an enduring
www.workdayminnesota.org been in vain.”
Duluth MN 55806. but he sure got excited about
POSTMASTER: opposing Labor’s candidates Novem ber 11, 1887 - Four While we take the time on Veterans Day of 2009 to reflect
Send address changes to: and the Long Range Facilities Haymarket Martyrs were upon and honor the courage and sacrifice shown by our veterans
Labor World, 2002 London Rd., Plan. He was Labor endorsed executed. Although they as they continue the fight to defend liberty and freedom against
Room 110, Duluth, MN 55812 every time he ran for office. advocated armed struggle those that seek our demise, I would urge all Americans, and
6 7 Marcia Stromgren chal- and revolution, there was no especially all American policymakers, to similarly take heart of
lenged Labor’s incumbent Ann evidence they had any role in the particular plight of the veteran community during this time
(218) 728-4469 the bombing at Haymarket
FAX: (218) 724-1413 Wasson in school board of extreme economic hardship in America.
laborworld@qwestoffice.net District 1. Stromgren won only Square in May 1886. Like Today, figures from the U.S. Department of Labor show that
www.laborworld.org the Gnesen and Rice Lake Sacco and Vanzetti, they have the unemployment rate among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans
~ ESTABLISHED 1896 ~ townships, but not Normanna, come to symbolize the injus- stands at 11.3%, which is significantly above the overall rate of
Owned by Unions affiliated with the tices of the capitalist system. 9.8% for the nation as a whole. Approximately 185,000 Iraq and
Duluth AFL-CIO Central Labor Body where she is a supervisor, los-
Subscriptions: $22 Annually ing 95 to 70. Of the five town- Novem ber 11, 1918 - Afghanistan veterans are out of work. Many of these unem-
Larry Sillanpa, Editor/Manager ships that are part of Duluth World War I ended. ployed veterans are National Guard or Reserve troops who were
Deborah Skoglund, Bookkeeper schools, the people that know Originally celebrated as called to duty but found when they came home that their old jobs
Board of Directors her best voted for her least. Armistice Day, November 11 were no longer there for them.
The school board will have is now commemorated as That is why the Union Veterans Council is calling on the U.S.
Pres./Treas. Mikael Sundin, Congress to quickly enact an extension of Unemployment
Painters & Allied Trades 106; only 2 of 7 members living in Veterans Day.
V.P. Paul Iversen, BMWED western Duluth, with one of See Veterans Message...page 4
them, Tim Grover, in Pied- Novem ber 11, 1919 -
1710; Sec. Larry Anderson, Wesley Everest, a young
Laborers 1091; Al LaFrenier, mont, which is almost as con-
Workers’ United Midwest Bd; servative as Duluth Heights.
IWW lumberjack who fought “Quote, Unquote”
Mike Kuitu, Operating Engi- Mary Cameron lives on the back against racist lynch Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a
neers 49; Susan Jussila, MN Central Hillside. Perhaps the gangs, was mutilated and
Nurses; Rick McDonald, murdered by a mob in poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct
people who actually need pub-
IBEW 31; Jayme McKenna, lic education the most are the Centralia, Washington. His life action by concerned citizens."
AFSCME 66; Dan O’Neill, was immortalized in a sonnet ~Howard Zinn, author, A People’s History of the United
ones who can least afford it,
Plumbers & Steamfitters 11 by songwriter Ralph Chaplin. States, and columnist for The Progressive
LABOR WORLD NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009 PAGE 3
Veterans Stimulus has created/saved 14,315 MN jobs
message As new investments contin-
ue to roll into Minnesota
hand to laid-off workers.
While our state still faces many
jobs in Minnesota, 10,073 in
Wisconsin;
...from page 3 through the federal stimulus, challenges, the stimulus bill ●Accelerated transportation
recently released data shows offered us some much needed and other infrastructure proj-
Insurance benefits the American Recovery and relief.” ects throughout the state;
coupled with an effort Reinvestment Act has fueled To date, $1.6 billion of fed- ●Increased the number of
to strengthen and new job growth in the state and eral stimulus dollars have been loans going to Minnesota busi-
enforce the Uniformed Services Employment and helped businesses and workers spent in Minnesota. Current nesses through the U.S. Small
Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) which will ensure pro- survive the current recession. estimates indicate Minnesota Business Administration; and
tections for veterans claiming their former jobs when they return “From a state perspective, will eventually receive a total ●Expanded jobless benefits
from active duty. the federal stimulus bill has of $4.7 billion for state-admin- for unemployed Minnesotans.
We are also encouraging all Americans to support our efforts been invaluable in helping us istered programs with an addi- Stimulus funding also
to strengthen and enforce veteran preference rules. Since the get through these difficult tional $4.2 billion in the form helped lawmakers cope with a
time of the Civil War, veterans of the Armed Forces have been times,” said state Sen. Yvonne of individual tax benefits to historic budget deficit in 2009,
given some degree of preference in appointments to Federal Prettner Solon. “Stimulus dol- Minnesota residents over the Sen. Prettner Solon noted. The
jobs. Recognizing the sacrifices that are continually being made lars have put thousands of peo- next three years. availability of federal funds
by those serving in the Armed Forces, Congress has enacted ple back to work, expanded Recent reports show that the reduced the state’s FY2010-
laws to prevent veterans seeking Federal employment from access to loans for small busi- money already invested has: 2011 biennial budget deficit
being penalized because of the time spent in military service. nesses, and provided a helping ●Created or saved 14,315 from $6.4 billion to $4.6 bil-
By law, veterans who are disabled or who served on active lion. However, Sen. Prettner
duty in the Armed Forces during certain specified time periods
or in military campaigns are entitled to preference over non-vet-
Vietnam Vets Center gets help Solon cautioned that these fed-
eral dollars were a one-time
erans both in hiring from competitive lists of “eligibles” and in On Veterans Day, at the invitation of Vietnam Veterans infusion of cash that did noth-
retention during reductions in force. These preference rules Memorial Fund (VVMF) President Jan Scruggs, Union Veterans ing to reduce the state’s long-
should be strengthened and enforced to the maximum degree Council Chairperson and Building and Construction Trades term structural budget deficit.
possible. Department President Mark Ayers spoke at the annual cere- “This past year we were for-
Further, the Union Veterans Council encourages the expan- monies and laying of the wreath at the Vietnam Veterans tunate to have been handed a
sion of state and local programs for providing job training and Memorial. The VVMF is raising money to build an Education life preserver from the federal
employment counseling services. We find ourselves dumbstruck Center at the Wall with union labor. The VVMF is collecting government,” said Prettner
that the U.S. Congress is actually considering cutting the fund- photographs of as many people whose names are on the wall as Solon. “While the stimulus bill
ing for the nationally recognized “Helmets to Hardhats” program possible. Photos can be submitted online at helped us avoid some very
that has so successfully placed tens of thousands of transitioning www.buildthecenter.org/index.cfm?pageStringKey=photos. painful spending cuts, those
veterans into careers in the construction industry. We are urging
Congress not to cut this funding, just as we are urging them to DOL Salute to Veterans one-time funds only delayed
some very difficult decisions.
expand coverage of the new post-9/11 GI Bill to include pay- On November 5, the Union Veterans Council representatives
were invited to participate in the Annual DOL Salute to Veterans Over the next two years, the
ments for apprenticeships and on-the-job training. Legislature needs to be focused
It is time that we – as a nation – renewed our commitment to hosted by Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis and Ray Jefferson,
Assistant Secretary of Veterans Employment and Training on responsibly balancing the
what President Franklin D. Roosevelt expressed in 1944 when state’s budget and turning the
he signed the first GI Bill: What our servicemen and women Services (VETS). Attending the event were ALPA President
Capt. John Prater, Metal Trades Department President Ron Ault, federal stimulus efforts into
want, more than anything else, is the assurance of satisfactory long-term, sustainable job
employment upon their return to civil life. Executive Director of Helmets to Hardhats Darrell Roberts,
Dave Kolbe for the Ironworkers, Walter Cahill for IATSE, and growth.”
For today’s veterans, that same desire holds true. For more information on
We must take the proper steps to renew our commitment to Greg Woodhead and Gordon Pavy for the Union Vets Council.
Emceeing the event, Ray Jefferson gave a special shout out to how federal stimulus dollars
those who have made the ultimate commitment to America. And are being utilized in Minnesota,
aside from making sure that today’s military veterans have the the Union Veterans Council, and met with them afterwards.
The event included insights into the relationships between visit http://recovery.mn. The
access and wherewithal to receive the medical care their so rich- site links to an interactive map.
ly deserve, we must also ensure that they have a smooth and private employers and our returning veterans.
secure pathway to civilian life. And that begins with a job.
Because no matter where or when our veterans have served,
they’ve always served with distinction. And that service was
predicated upon courage, dedication and patriotism; which are
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Election was positive for Labor...from page 1
9,069 to 9,044. It asked if federal union represented by Clerk’s office does not use the
the Charter should be amended the Machinists Union, John- five townships that are part of
to require any permanent, full- ston, like Kasper, has been a the Duluth School District in
time city employee to take a critic of the LRFP. Johnston their turnout calculations. A
leave of absence if running for actually wrote the alternative total of 57,418 voters were reg-
mayor or city council. The Plan B that will be voted on in istered in the 36 precincts with
Charter now requires a leave be a non-binding referendum in 18,956 votes cast.
taken from city employment to the near future. The hope for jobs and eco-
run for any political office Kasper and Johnston were nomic development from elec-
other than school board. invited as union members by tion results made the Building
Both ballot questions Netland to appear before the Trades happy.
seemed to have finished count- Duluth Central Labor Body at “Both the city council and
er to what Labor would have its October 8 meeting, a unique school board should still be
wanted although neither had invitation. Both men gave their good for labor and our con-
been endorsed by unions. positions on why they ran for struction trades,” said Duluth
Duluth School Board office as LRFP opponents. Building & Construction
The Duluth School Dis- Kasper said then that he has Trades Council President Craig
trict’s Long Range Facilities been a 15-year member of Olson. “School board races
Plan made school board races AFSCME and been “a strong could have been a problem but Labor was locked-in on local elections right up until the
the talk of this election. Incum- advocate of union principles” there will still be a majority polls closed Nov. 3rd. Sheri Roadfeldt and Tim Aune, both
bents up for election were in dealing with the 17 employ- that believes in the Long Range members of Fire Fighters Local 101, were part of a crowded
bashed for months and even ees he supervises. He said he Facilities Plan like we do. It corner at 21st Avenue East during the evening rush hour.
received threats over support- decided to run for school means jobs for hundreds of our
ing the LRFP. As the election board, his first run for office, members. We look forward to We have people to work with
neared however, LRFP sup- because he lives four blocks working with Kasper and By Chad McKenna
porters, including Labor, start- from Ordean and didn’t like the Johnston to make our schools Overall, our candidates did well on election day - 5 of our 8
ed to ramp up their efforts. The LRFP process. even better.” endorsed candidates won their races.
four school board races were Johnston said last spring he Other Contests Dan Hartman's showing was impressive, garnering signifi-
split between the two sides. organized his U.S. Forest Voters in the Hermantown cantly more votes that the top vote getter four years ago. That is
Mary Cameron (8,960 Service unit, where he is a School District voted down a a testament of running a good campaign and the high turnout
votes) came in second in the at- structural engineer, with the $58 million referendum to compared to four years ago. The most surprising development
large race to first time candi- Machinists union. He called restructure their schools by a was that Beth Olson also received more votes than the top vote
date Tom Kasper (11,757 himself a “strong union per- wide 2,737 to 609 margin. The getter four years ago, yet slipped to third place by a slim margin.
votes), a member of AFSCME son” and said he never thought district had wanted to close the Theories abound for how or why Olson went from 1st to 3rd in
Local 66 who supervises as a he’d get involved in running middle school, build a com- less than two months, but the bottom line is that it's too bad.
City of Duluth gardener. Nilsen for a political office but was bined middle/high school, Olson would have been a great councilor.
finished third with 8,308 votes. disturbed by the lack of trans- build an elementary addition, She shouldn't be ruled out as a future candidate - indeed, I
Labor-endorsed Ann Was- parency in the LRFP process. improve the hockey arena, and hope she runs again.
son received 2,925 votes to He said Oct. 8th that “we can’t build a girls’ locker room. How Gauthier and Boyle ran strong campaigns and not many
retain her District 1 seat. Her turn the clock back on the red the district proceeds is up in the expected different results. I think they'll both make excellent
opponent received 2,513 votes. (LRFP) plan, it’s too far gone air after voters voted against councilors.
In District 4 longtime to go back.” raising their property taxes. The school board results were unfortunate in terms of our
Labor-endorsed Laura Condon Voter turnout for the The Hermantown Chamber endorsed candidates making it through, but not entirely surpris-
was defeated by Art Johnston Duluth’s 36 precincts was 33 of Commerce was against the ing given the very vocal, energized opposition to the long range
1,770 to 1,972. A member of a percent. The Duluth City referendum. Duluth’s Chamber facilities plan. I think the labor community looks forward to
is supportive of the LRFP. working with the incumbents who made it through and the two
Democrats lost the gover- new school board members - both of whom are union members.
Thank you! nors’ mansions in New Jersey
and Virginia. In a special elec-
tion in New York’s 23rd
(Chad McKenna, Field Coordinator, North East Area Labor
Council, AFL-CIO, led Labor’s political efforts in the election)
I really appreciate Congressional District, a
Democrat captured the House Thank you
your Labor seat vacated by a Republican.
endorsements, and California Lt. Governor John brothers and
Garamendi won the election to sisters for all
all the help and fill the 10th Congressional Dis-
support I received trict seat, keeping it Demo-
cratic.
of your support
from working families “We must realize that the for my
this election cycle. 2010 elections have already
started,” said Barbara J. campaign.
Easterling, President of the
Alliance for Retired Ameri-
You’ll always have a cans, an AFL-CIO Constitu- I am inspired
friend in the ency Group member. by your efforts
Second District. This was the beginning of
the battle for political control in and continued persistance
Boyle
this country that will culminate
to make a difference
Patrick
in next year’s mid-term elec-
tions for Congress. Remember
1994’s Contract With America for workers in Duluth.
Duluth City Council-Elect as Republicans came back after
President Bill Clinton was first
In solidarity,
District 2 elected? Oh, and we’ll have a
governor’s race in Minnesota Beth Olson
that has nearly two dozen can-
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Oberstar applauded for vote Health care reform passes in House...from page 1
The day before the U.S. House of Representatives’ health can be proud that their rep- secure, affordable care we already. Congressmen Oberstar
care reform vote, many union members called Congressman Jim resentatives voted to move us need.” Obama worked House (MN-8) and David Obey (WI-
Oberstar’s office fearing he would vote no. He voted yes and closer to health care reform members hard to pass HR 7), were among the 64
AFSCME Council 5 applauded him for it. than we have been in the last 60 3962. Democrats who voted for HR
“We thank Congressman Oberstar for siding with Minnesota years,” said Minnesota AFL- Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao, a 3962, but also voted for the
families, small businesses and seniors over the insurance com- CIO President Shar Knutson. New Orleans Republican who Stupak-Pitts Amendment. In
panies,” said Eliot Seide, director of AFSCME Council 5. “For "Representatives Oberstar, represents a Democratic dis- fact 26 Democrats, including
all Americans who can’t wait any longer for health care reform McCollum, Ellison and Walz trict, was the only Republican Colin Peterson (MN-7), voted
– from seniors overwhelmed by the cost of their prescriptions, to said ‘yes’ to fairness, competi- out of the 177 in the House vot- for Stupak-Pitts but against HR
Americans young and old who struggle with the skyrocketing tion, security and stability in ing for it. Cao foiled his party’s 3962.
cost of insurance, to hospital workers who see our broken system our health care system. They leadership which had stated The health care reform bat-
from the frontlines every day – we are reassured that voted for a plan that provides “no Republican will vote for tle now shifts to the Senate,
Congressman Oberstar is looking out for our interests, not those health insurance to 96 percent health care reform.” That came where conservatives, including
of insurance company CEOs.” of Americans, pays for itself just month’s after he was tout- Democrats, hope to filibuster,
According to the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and and reduces the deficit. ed as the “new face” of the and kill, the legislation starting
Commerce Committee (http://energycommerce.house.gov), the “The struggle over health Republican party by that same with the public option. Labor
Affordable Health Care for America Act will have the following care for all Americans has been leadership. and other supporters of reform
impact on Congressman Oberstar’s district: long and difficult – and it is far The bill is a huge victory for are gearing up to let senators
• Improve employer-based coverage for 396,000 residents. from over. Minnesota’s union the American people but it still know America needs to protect
•Provide credits to help up to 185,000 families get covered. members want to thank the has much intrigue to it. The people, not insurance compa-
•Improve Medicare for 125,000 beneficiaries, including clos- Congress people who stood Stupak-Pitts Amendment that nies.
ing the prescription drug donut hole for 13,900 seniors. with us on this important vote – was attached to HR 3962 will If the Senate passes health
•Allow 17,800 small businesses to obtain affordable health and we will honor their deny women access to abortion care reform, the two houses
care coverage and provide tax credits to help reduce health insur- courage by continuing to stand services in their health care will need to reconcile their
ance costs for up to 16,600 small businesses. with them.” coverage. In effect it would measures before sending legis-
•Protect up to 1,000 families from bankruptcy due to unaf- President Barack Obama make abortion illegal again by lation to President Obama for
fordable health care costs. said, “Tonight’s vote brought taking away such coverage that his signature.
The Affordable Health Care for America Act has broad sup- every American closer to the is in most insurance plans
port from groups as diverse as unions, AARP and the American
Medical Association. Yet insurance companies have fought the Labor Education Service updates training
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Unemployment Insurance, Homebuyers Tax Credit extended, expanded
With unemployment ex- economic recovery. called a “gross oversight in the unemployment as a worker in a years and are buying a new pri-
pected to stay high at least “The truth is that long-term House bill,” by extending the state with 8.5 percent unem- mary residence. The qualifying
through the first part of 2010, unemployment remains at its unemployment benefits for an ployment. The benefits will income cap will be increased
the Democratic-run Congress highest rate since we began additional 14 weeks in all 50 provide an additional economic from $75,000 to $125,000 for
again extended jobless bene- measuring it in 1948,” said states, instead of limiting the stimulus when these families individuals and from $150,000
fits. Senate Republicans House Majority Leader Steny extension to the 31 states with use their benefits to buy gro- to $225,000 for married cou-
delayed the benefits extension Hoyer, D-Md. About a third of the highest unemployment. ceries and pay their bills.” ples. Homes bought for more
for a month but in the end the the 15 million people out of Minnesota narrowly missed The bill also extends and than $800,000 would not be
bill passed 98-0 in the Senate work have gone at least six qualifying for the extension in expands the Homebuyer Tax eligible for the credit.
on Nov. 4, 403-12 in the House months without a job. the earlier legislation because Credit program to allow first “This tax credit is helping to
Nov. 5, and was signed by The extension gives jobless the state did not have an unem- time homebuyers to continue stabilize the housing market,”
President Obama Nov. 6. workers, including those ployment rate of 8.5 percent for receiving an $8,000 tax credit said Oberstar. "We are begin-
H.R. 3548 is a $24 billion whose benefits have run out, 14 three consecutive months. on homes purchased until April ning to see the first signs of a
economic stimulus bill. It was more weeks–20 more weeks of “It was a ridiculous provi- 30, 2010. An expansion of the fragile recovery and housing
signed the same day as that federally funded jobless bene- sion,” said Oberstar. “A worker program will make a tax credit sales are a critical component
Friday’s government report fits, depending on jobless rates who is out of a job is just as of up to $6,500 available to in the overall plan to sustain
that the jobless rate hit 10.2 in individual states. Long-term unemployed and strapped for homebuyers who have owned a continued economic growth.”
percent last month, the highest jobless workers could get com- cash in a state with 8.4 percent home for five consecutive
since 1983. The bill is the bined state and federal benefits
fourth unemployment exten- totaling up to 99 weeks.
sion in the past 18 months as The bill corrected what
job loss lags along in the slow Congressman Jim Oberstar
Ame
Confronting the
Gloves-Off Economy:
America's Broken
Labor Standards
and How to Fix Them
Edited by Annette Bernhardt, Heather
Altrendo Images
Boushey, Laura Dresser, and Chris Tilly
Across the United States, growing numbers of employers are
breaking, bending, or evading long-established laws and stan-
dards designed to protect workers, from the minimum wage to
job safety rules to the right to organize. This “gloves-off econo-
my,” no longer confined to a marginal set of sweatshops and fly-
by-night small businesses, is sending shock waves into every
corner of the labor market. What can be done to reverse it?
This report, based on the book “The Gloves-Off Economy:
Labor Standards at the Bottom of America’s Labor Market” pro-
vides a comprehensive yet compact summary of gloves-off prac- (Left-to-right) Firm partners, Sean Quinn and Jim Peterson, receive award from Al Netland
tices, the workers who are affected by them, and strategies for
enforcing workplace standards.
There is more to the gloves-off economy than breaking laws,
which one could reasonably expect to fix through enforcement. According to the AFL-CIO Central Labor Body's
Just as significant has been the wholesale change in expecta-
tions—the norms of the workplace. What were once considered Community Services Program, here's why:
“
basic elements of having a job—access to predictable and regu-
lar hours, employer-subsidized health care, pensions, vacation Falsani, Balmer, Peterson, Quinn & Beyer has a long history of
and sick-day accrual—have become, in effect, workplace luxu- supporting the United Way of Greater Duluth, DADs Golf Tournament,
ries as employers have focused more on the bottom line than
social responsibility. Employees’ costs have gone up as the the Duluth AFL-CIO Annual Labor Day Picnic (they not only pay
financial burden for health coverage and retirement plans (gains for the sweet corn, the lawyers attend the picnic and serve the corn
won in part through post-war unionization) has shifted from
owner to worker. to the picnic goers); they sponsor a free Worker's Compensation
The editors are labor scholars, including Center on Wiscon- Seminar every year, as well as, many other labor-related projects.
sin Strategy’s (www.cows.org)
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