Unions give bonding, stadium bills one last push before Monday's votes
http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_5223
By Michael Moore, Union Advocate editor
4 May 2012
ST. PAUL - Union members swarmed the Minnesota Capitol in a last-ditch effort to drum up support among lawmakers for two bills that, together, would create tens of thousands of jobs for union members in the struggling construction trades.
The bills one to build and repair the states infrastructure and another to finance construction of a new Vikings stadium downtown Minneapolis are scheduled to receive votes on the House floor Monday, according to House Speaker Kurt Zellers.
Ted Michalek of Sheet Metal Workers Local 10 joins a rally for jobs at the Capitol.
Photo by Michael Moore
Until those votes take place, union leaders said, the full-court press at the Capitol will continue.
The message to our members is to call your legislators and tell them they need to do whats right for Minnesota and put some people back to work, said Harry Melander, president of the Minnesota Building and Construction Trades Council.
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