Teamster women march in downtown Minneapolis (pick on Wall St. etc.)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_4625

By Deborah Rosenstein
19 September 2010

MINNEAPOLIS - Some 800 Teamsters, in the Twin Cities for a national Teamsters Women’s Conference, filled Peavey Plaza Friday to protest corporate greed and call for action to address the nation’s unemployment crisis.

"Our country's been hijacked and we need to get it back,” said Kim Keller, deputy director of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ Organizing Department.

She mentioned three recent economic reports showing the U.S. poverty rate is at its highest since 1994, that one out of every seven people in the country live in poverty and that 1.2 million families will lose their homes in the next year. Women now make 82 cents for every dollar men earn, a smaller gap than in the past, but women’s wages aren’t really improving – men have fared worse in the current recession.

Keller led the crowd in holding their thumbs down in front of the Target Corporation building to protest the company’s campaign donations to Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, who is advocating more cuts in public services to pay for lower corporate taxes.


Minnesota Teamsters joined Joint Council 32 President Sue Mauren (center, in gray suit) at the rally.

Photos by Deborah Rosenstein

FULL story and more photos at link.

[catgirl]

1. I love the photo

It looks like they're having a great time.