Osseo School Board candidates Keith Tate, Tekoa Cochran, Kelsey Dawson Walton
Kelsey Dawson Walton seeks return to Osseo School Board: 'education is the key to unlocking your dreams'
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Kelsey Dawson Walton seeks return to Osseo School Board: 'education is the key to unlocking your dreams'

Kelsey Dawson Walton is running to reclaim a seat on the Osseo School Board —where she previously served —and she’s running with the endorsement of the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO and Education Minnesota Osseo, the union which represents the district’s teachers, nurses and KidStop instructors.

Kelsey Dawson Walton seeks return to Osseo School Board: 'education is the key to unlocking your dreams'

Keith Tate, Kelsey Dawson Walton, Tekoa Cochran
Keith Tate runs for Osseo School Board: 'Let's trust our teachers'
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Keith Tate runs for Osseo School Board: 'Let's trust our teachers'

Keith Tate is endorsed for Osseo School Board by the MRLF and Education Minnesota Osseo. Tate says, "let’s trust our teachers. They’ve dedicated their lives to teaching our children… They are experts in their field… The constant attacks need to stop.”

Keith Tate runs for Osseo School Board: 'Let's trust our teachers'

Volunteers from the Carpenters
Get-Out-The-Vote effort moves into full-swing
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Get-Out-The-Vote effort moves into full-swing

Some 200-plus union members and other volunteers gathered early on Saturday, November 2 outside the St. Paul union hall of the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters for a Get-Out-The-Vote labor rally with labor-endorsed and DFL-endorsed candidates. Speakers emphasized the importance of volunteering to go door-to-door or make phone calls to help turn-out voters.

Get-Out-The-Vote effort moves into full-swing

Labor 2024 Day of Action in Coon Rapids
RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, Part 3 of 3: With clear choice for President, labor mobilizes for Harris
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RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, Part 3 of 3: With clear choice for President, labor mobilizes for Harris

As the November 5 election day draws near, union activists are feeling a growing sense of urgency to get out the vote, court undecided voters, and clear up confusion fueled by social media and Trump. So much is at stake. The winning candidate’s policies and staff will impact workers’ rights to unionize, to combat unfair labor practices, to uphold workplace health and safety laws, to secure prevailing wages and more. That’s not to mention shaping the future of reproductive rights, environmental protections, immigration, taxes and health care.

RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, Part 3 of 3: With clear choice for President, labor mobilizes for Harris

Steve Plieseis, member of Pipefitters Local 539
THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, Part 2 of 3: Workers, families are focus of Harris-Walz agenda
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THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, Part 2 of 3: Workers, families are focus of Harris-Walz agenda

Biden-Harris infrastructure projects — $6 billion invested in 450 projects in Minnesota — will roll out over the next decade, creating good-paying jobs for laborers, electricians, sheet metal workers, carpenters and other trades, as well as launching and sustaining the careers of the many apprentices whose hiring is part of the package. Trump had campaigned on a $1 trillion infrastructure plan in his bid for the White House in 2016. But his plan never got off the ground. As President Biden likes to say: “Donald Trump promised infrastructure every week for four years and he never built a damn thing.”

THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, Part 2 of 3: Workers, families are focus of Harris-Walz agenda

Harris for President kick-off in St. Paul
THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, Part 1 of 3: Unions shift gears for a new race for White House
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THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, Part 1 of 3: Unions shift gears for a new race for White House

The message: Harris has been an integral part of the Biden administration’s staunch support for policies benefiting working Americans, bringing jobs to their communities and protecting labor rights. By contrast, the Trump administration record is of prioritizing big business and employers while rolling back worker protections, wages and rights to organize. That message will need to cut through a barrage of political attacks and misinformation being thrown at union members on social media and certain conservative TV networks, labor leaders say. They also acknowledge that they need to break through Trump’s tough guy image and cult of personality, which has been appealing to some members.

THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, Part 1 of 3: Unions shift gears for a new race for White House

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Jess Hanson, Minnesota House 55A: Provide pathway to good jobs

Jess Hanson is running for re-election for House District 55A, which includes the city of Savage and three precincts in northwest Burnsville. Hanson is endorsed by the Minnesota AFL-CIO and the DFL Party. Over Hanson’s two terms in the House, she has earned a 100 percent lifetime voting score from the Minnesota AFL-CIO on working families issues — “that stuff is a no-brainer,” Hanson says.

Jess Hanson, Minnesota House 55A: Provide pathway to good jobs

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Brad Tabke, Minnesota House 54A: Leader on transportation issues

Brad Tabke is running for re-election to the House District 54A seat in the Shakopee area with the endorsement of the Minnesota AFL-CIO and the DFL Party. In Tabke’s two non-consecutive terms in the Minnesota House, he has earned a 100 percent lifetime voting score from the Minnesota AFL-CIO on working families issues. “Our union and labor friends, they understand how much work we did for workers in Minnesota,” Tabke says.

Brad Tabke, Minnesota House 54A: Leader on transportation issues