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It was a rough night for Labor-endorsed candidates last week, but not for lack of trying. “I am so proud of our ground game,” said Lee Cutler, political coordinator for the North East Area Labor Council. The NEALC targeted two races — Mark Munger’s in 3B and Pete Radosevich’s in 11A — and Cutler said door-knockers took two full passes through the district.Derek Pederson is a business agent at Laborers Local 1091. He’s the president of the Duluth Central Labor Body. And as of now, he’s a city-councilor-elect in Proctor. “I wanted to run to continue to keep Proctor moving in a positive direction and thriving by continuing to support working families and local businesses” Pederson said.ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA — North Star Policy Action recently released a new report, “Constructing Success: Minnesota’s Divergent Path in the Upper Midwest.” The report looks at the political experiment in the Upper Midwest since 2010. While Minnesota has mostly been led by Democratic Party leaders, its neighboring states have mostly been led by Republicans.Gov. Tim Walz said he’s going to try to keep an open mind to people who disagree with him politically — a nod to the reality that the Democratic trifecta is gone and the governor will again have to navigate a split Legislature.
Voting is the very, very least we can do — but there is plenty to do off cycle.
The Labor World sat down with Jen Schultz recently to talk about her candidacy in the weeks before Election Day. Schultz is the DFL candidate running against Eighth District Rep. Pete Stauber. She is Labor Endorsed and has the experience to jump right in and start working for the district.
The phrase “staffing crisis” has been thrown around recently to describe the state of Minnesota’s nursing homes. But sometimes what these discussions lose sight of is where this staffing crisis comes from: low pay, poor benefits and disrespect.
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