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MAPE offers two scholarships to Labor Notes conference
Friday, January 27, 2012 - 12:53pm

MAPE is offering two $250 scholarships to the Labor Notes Conference in May that is located in Chicago.  The scholarship is a reimbursement after the person attends the conference.

Labor Notes conferences are big gatherings of grassroots union activists and worker center leaders. This year’s conference is May 4-6 in Chicago. For more information, please go to this Labor Notes website address: www.labornotes.org/conference

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30-day notice of proposed changes to MAPE Bylaws
Friday, January 27, 2012 - 2:40pm

This is a 30-day notice to proposed changes to the MAPE Bylaws by the MAPE Board of Directors. The proposed changes are posted below:

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MAPE’s Board Approves Budget for Staffing Needs to Serve Membership
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 4:25pm

MAPE announces employment opportunities

On Friday, Jan. 20, the MAPE Board of Directors passed a budget for 2012 to better serve the membership. By funding a new business agent position and preserving funding to fill vacancies in MAPE’s Membership Services, Communication and Administration departments, the Board’s goal was to continue providing top-notch service during a time of heightened attacks against unions and their members. 

“As corporations step up their funding efforts for legislation and constitutional amendments that target hard working public employees and their unions, we need to ensure that our union is operating at full staffing capacity to help defend our members,” said Chet Jorgenson, MAPE’s Statewide President. “MAPE’s Board will do what they can to preserve and strengthen the rights...

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Local 2001 Meeting Minutes January 2012
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Local 0501 Meeting Minutes January 2012
  Local 501 Meeting Minutes Thursday, January 5, 2012, 12:00 pm; Minnesota Room, DEED, St. Paul, MN Attendance: Local Officers –Gary...
Legislative update: Legislature takes aim at your rights, wants to mandate insurance premium hikes
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MAPE's statement on 'right to work': amendment will lower quality of life, harm middle class
State Sen. Dave Thompson (upper right photo) and Rep. Steve Drazkowski (lower right photo) held a press conference Thursday to publicize an anti-...

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GOP push for 'right to work' amendment could produce 'another Wisconsin'
MinnPost
The warning shots across labor's bow seem to be getting louder. The chances seem to be increasing that Minnesota's state Capitol could be filled with the crowds and chaos seen in capitols in Wisconsin and Ohio.
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Unions educate members, lawmakers to stop ‘right to work’
Workday MN
CHAMPLIN - January 19 was the coldest night of the winter — so far — but that didn’t deter a roomful of union members from turning out to Champlin City Hall to learn more about a coming threat: a proposed “Right to Work” amendment to the Minnesota constitution. Union members at the meeting, organized by the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, would learn that the drive to bring “Right to Work” to Minnesota is part of a national campaign funded by the same group of corporate CEOs pushing for similar legislation in other states.
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Unions mobilize to stop amendment banning same-sex marriage
Workday MN
Minneapolis - Labor unions across Minnesota are forging new and dynamic alliances in their communities to fight a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would ban same-sex marriage.
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