AFSCME
DID GOV. DAYTON GET HIS HAND CAUGHT IN THE SLUSH FUND JAR? (VIA GARY GROSS)
Monday, December 26th, 2011Gary Gross wrote the following piece in the Minneapolis Conservative Examiner on the Governor’s recent comments that he was offended by the notion that he may be trying to return political favors to big labor through the unionization of child care providers. AFSCME endorsed Dayton very early on in the gubernatorial battle, and one even [...]
DAYTON RULES OUT MEETING WITH GOP SENATOR, STILL REELING FROM UNIONIZATION RULING
Friday, December 9th, 2011Gov. Dayton today sent a message to GOP State Senator Mike Parry telling him he was cancelling their scheduled meeting for today and would not hold any additional future meetings with him on the issue of home child care unionization. Dayton was rattled by a line of back-and-forth communications following yesterday’s statement by Sens. Mike [...]
AFSCME DIRECTOR HAS DESPICABLE ONLINE CONDUCT AND HAS PUSHED DAYCARE UNIONIZATION FOR YEARS
Thursday, December 8th, 2011Minnesota’s public employee unions have worshipped him for years, and in 2010 he gave the keynote “State of the Union” address to the AFSCME Council 5 convention. But AFSCME Council 5 Organizing Director Eric Lehto has made his real intentions clear on his Facebook page, which got a lot more traffic recently given the failed [...]
JUDGE TO DAYTON: NO-GO ON CHILD CARE UNION VOTE
Monday, December 5th, 2011A Ramsey County judge this morning ordered a temporary restraining order be placed on Governor Mark Dayton’s executive decision to order a unionization among several thousand home child care providers this month. The ballots for the election were to be mailed out to around 4000 providers this week. The lawsuit was brought to the court [...]
RYBAK TURNS HIS BACK ON OCCUPIERS AS THEY APPROACH HIS DOORSTEP
Thursday, December 1st, 2011Dedicated readers of MDE report today’s activity at Occupy Plaza downtown. Two months ago, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak spoke loudly in support of the Occupy Wall Street camp on the Hennepin County Government Plaza. His early support was not surprising, because Hizzoner’s spokesperson John Styles is a life-partner of one of the Occupiers’ main organizers. But when [...]
SENATE RULES COMMITTEE TO TAKE UP DAYTON’S CHILDCARE UNIONIZATION THIS THURSDAY
Monday, November 28th, 2011The Minnesota Senate GOP caucus announced today that the powerful Rules Committee will be holding a hearing on Gov. Dayton’s executive order that calls for a vote on whether or not to unionize the state’s 11,000 home childcare providers. This comes as conservative groups such as Minnesota Majority, the Free Market Institute, and the Minnesota [...]
UNIONS FIND NO ALLIES AT CHILD CARE UNIONIZATION HEARING
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011The hearing held tonight on the proposal by two of Minnesota’s unions to unionize Minnesota’s 11,000 home child care providers uncovered the questionable nature of the idea through weak testimony by supporters and little to no support from senators in the meeting. You can watch the entire hearing on the Minnesota Senate media page here. [...]
TROUBLE ON THE HOMEFRONT: UNIONS PLAN TO PARTNER WITH DAYTON TO UNIONIZE HOME DAY CARE
Friday, September 9th, 2011Minnesota’s home day care providers are the latest group to be targeted for unionization, a quiet but threatening movement that could turn these small business owners into government workers. As reported in the Duluth News Tribune, some Carlton County providers are fighting back against the door-to-door movement sweeping Minnesota and the barbaric special interests behind [...]
AFSCME MEMBER SPEAKS OUT: SHUTDOWN WAS PLANNED WELL IN ADVANCE
Friday, July 29th, 2011New communications obtained by Minnesota Democrats Exposed today offer further proof the longest and largest state government shutdown in history was plotted out between Gov. Dayton and union leaders well in advance. The decision to shutdown was very much a political calculation made by the Administration at the hands of AFSCME. A local president sent [...]
DAYTON REMOVES HIMSELF FROM BUDGET IMPASSE, TRIES TO APPOINT PARTISAN ‘MEDIATOR’ TO BROKER A DEAL
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011Governor Dayton’s inability to lead reached a new low today when he suggested a professional mediator be hired to break the stalemate between him and House and Senate leaders during a press conference. Dayton seemed so frustrated with the slow progress of budget negotiations that he openly suggested “outside help” be brought in to clean [...]
DID SD 66 DFL CANDIDATE VIOLATE FEDERAL MILITARY REGULATIONS TO CAMPAIGN?
Saturday, March 19th, 2011Rep. John Lesch (St. Paul) recently announced his candidacy for the open State Senate seat in district 66 as sitting Sen. Ellen Anderson leaves her position to become Chair of the MN Public Utilities Commission. We brought you coverage of this questionable appointment earlier this month. Dedicated readers of Minnesota Democrats Exposed pointed out Lesch’s [...]
WISCONSIN SENATORS PREPARE TO RETURN FROM EXILE WHILE ONE MN LEGISLATOR THROWS GAS ON THE FIRE
Sunday, March 6th, 2011The Wall St. Journal and other outlets are beginning to report that the Wisconsin State Senate Democratic caucus members hiding out in Illinois for weeks are prepared to return home: (from the story) Sen. Mark Miller said he and his fellow Democrats intend to let the full Senate vote on Gov. Scott Walker’s “budget-repair” bill, [...]
DAYTON SWIPES MET COUNCIL CLEAN TO MAKE ROOM FOR UNION REPS, WITH ONE EXCEPTION
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration announced today his intention to appoint new members to the Met Council beginning next week. In a release to the public, the names and backgrounds of 15 new members are highlighted, along with the one member that will remain: Lakeville’s Wendy Wulff. Wulff is a conservative member of the Council, but [...]
DAYTON BUDGET SLASHES NURSING HOME FUNDING AFTER CALLING IT ‘EVIL, IMMORAL, AND WRONG’ DURING THE CAMPAIGN
Monday, February 21st, 2011Mark Dayton’s proposed budget cuts funding to nursing homes, a move that has shocked even Dayton’s most loyal supporters given his strong stance against such cut during his run for Governor. The Star-Tribune highlighted these cuts and the outrage from those involved in the industry: …Some facilities “almost certainly will close” if it is approved, [...]
DFL PARTY ELECTION RECAP: FELONY CHILD MOLESTER NOT RE-ELECTED AS PARTY OFFICER
Sunday, February 6th, 2011Minnesota’s DFL Party held their State Central Committee meeting on Saturday to elect new leadership. Political operative Ken Martin was elected Chair of the DFL along with the other new officers below. You may remember Ken for his work pulling the strings to fund Mark Dayton’s gubernatorial campaign behind the curtain of the Alliance for [...]
DAYTON APPOINTS SUE HAIGH CHAIR OF MET COUNCIL-STILL NO REVENUE OR BUDGET APPOINTEES
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010In a press release today, Mark Dayton announced his appointment of former Ramsey County Commissioner Susan Haigh to Chair the Metropolitan Council. The Met Council has jurisdiction over the 7 county metro area in low-income housing, sewage and waste treatment and transit. The Council is made up of members to be appointed by the Governor. [...]
FFM LOOKS IN TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE UNIONS DONATIONS TO CANDIDATES
Monday, July 26th, 2010The Freedom Foundation of Minnesota released a new report they conducted on where Public Employee Unions donate their campaign dollars. Read the information below: A Freedom Foundation of Minnesota review of recently filed campaign finance reports finds that public employee unions in Minnesota have already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in the 2010 election [...]
OPEN LETTER TO RANK AND FILE MEMBERS OF AFSCME LOCAL 2938
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006Dear hard working, but silenced employees of the Hennepin County Attorney's Office, It is increasingly clear that a letter from your local union representing employees of Amy Klobuchar, which asks the state AFSCME organization to avoid endorsing Ms. Klobuchar in her United States Senate run, has become a persistent thorn in Amy's side, so much [...]
UPDATE: DID UNION BOSSES PRESSURE AFSCME LOCAL 2938?
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006I sent Jim Appleby, president of the Local 2938, an email about the removal of the letter asking that Amy Klobuchar not receive the endorsement of AFSCME. In response to your questions: I am the president of Local 2938 and also in charge of the web site for our local. I was unaware that the letter [...]
DID UNION BOSSES PRESSURE AFSCME LOCAL 2938?
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006On Monday the Republican Party of Minnesota unveiled a new website, www.amysrecord.com, "to provide Minnesotans with information about Amy Klobuchar's real record and agenda." A section of this website was dedicated to providing information on the "hostile work environment" created by Amy Klobuchar in the Hennepin County Attorney's office. The leadership of AFSCME 2938 wrote a [...]