The story's title in Friday's Star Tribune reads:
"Suspect is mistakenly released before burglary charges filed"
Mistake?
The last paragraph of the story says, "She was arrested Tuesday and booked into the Hennepin County Jail to await charges on three burglaries. But because of a clerical error, she was released Thursday 12 minutes before a judge signed and filed the documents charging her with the crimes."
Clerical error?
Let me educate Tim Harlow, the reporter, how this works. A person is arrested by the police on "probable cause," in this case burglary. The time someone can be held on probable cause is 36 hours, starting at midnight the night of the arrest or 48 hours from the time of arrest if a judge has not reviewed the case. The purpose of this probable cause hold is to give the police time to investigate the case and present the case to the city or county attorney for them to charge out the case. If the city or county attorney doesn't believe there is a case the suspect gets released. The longest a person can be held without a formal charge is the 36 or 48 hour probable cause time. This is a protection for citizens to protect them from indefinite confinement without being charged.
When the police arrest someone on probable cause they are given a copy of the PC (probable cause) form with the time on the form that the PC time is up. Usually the jail gives a courtesy call to the arresting agency the day before letting them know that a detainee's PC time is coming up the following day. Finally when the PC time is up the jail calls the county and city attorneys offices to see if charges are pending. If they are the person remains in custody, if not they get released 36 or 48 hours expired. Thousands of people arrested on a probable cause hold get released 36 or 48 hours expired every year. This is a common place event.
The burglar released in Tim Harlow's story's 48 hours expired at 10:15 A.M., she was released at 11:43 A.M., ample time to have her charged.The time we could legally detain the inmate without charges was up, and the Minneapolis Police FAILED to present the case to the county attorney in time.
So if there was a "clerical error" it was on the side of the MPD, not the jail as it would appear to the average reader. We simply followed all of the rules in place to give the police time to get the case charged and the ones to protect citizens from wrongful detention. This was no "mistake," this was the only legal option the jail had in a lawful society. A society that doesn't allow a citizen to be held indefinately without a charge, there are time limits and those limits were up.
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Annual Stewards Training
October 25th was another excellent stewards training put on by Teamsters Local 320 and the IBT.
Topics included a talk on Contract Costing by Jim Kimball, IBT Director, Economics and Contracts. He included an excellent presentation on how we got into the "bailout" mess this country and the global economy is in.
The Roles and Responsibilities of a Steward by Shawn Ellis, IBT Central Region Training Coordinator
D.R.I.V.E. presentation
Grievance Determination
Law Enforcement Issues
Overview of Public Employee Law (PELRA)
As always this was very informational and useful training and it's always great to meet with some of the other stewards of our 11,500 member local.
Topics included a talk on Contract Costing by Jim Kimball, IBT Director, Economics and Contracts. He included an excellent presentation on how we got into the "bailout" mess this country and the global economy is in.
The Roles and Responsibilities of a Steward by Shawn Ellis, IBT Central Region Training Coordinator
D.R.I.V.E. presentation
Grievance Determination
Law Enforcement Issues
Overview of Public Employee Law (PELRA)
As always this was very informational and useful training and it's always great to meet with some of the other stewards of our 11,500 member local.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Former Chicago cop arrested for torturing inmates in custody
Ex-Chicago cop arrested in ’90s torture scandal
AP-CHICAGO - A former high-ranking Chicago police official was arrested Tuesday on charges he lied when he denied that he and detectives under his command tortured murder suspects.
A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday accuses former police Lt. Jon Burge of perjury and obstruction of justice for statements he made in 2003 when answering questions related to a civil-rights lawsuit.
The arrest capped a long-running controversy over allegations that beatings, electric shocks and death threats were used against suspects at Burge's Area 2 violent crimes headquarters.
AP-CHICAGO - A former high-ranking Chicago police official was arrested Tuesday on charges he lied when he denied that he and detectives under his command tortured murder suspects.
A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday accuses former police Lt. Jon Burge of perjury and obstruction of justice for statements he made in 2003 when answering questions related to a civil-rights lawsuit.
The arrest capped a long-running controversy over allegations that beatings, electric shocks and death threats were used against suspects at Burge's Area 2 violent crimes headquarters.
If ever there was an argument for corrections officers running jails rather then cops with a vested interest in an investigation this is it!
Friday, October 17, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Chicago Sheriff (Cook Co) stops performing forclosure evictions!
Cook County Sheriff's Press Release
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 — With Cook County on pace to conduct a record number of evictions this year – and an unprecedented number of evictions due to mortgage foreclosures – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Wednesday he is suspending all foreclosure evictions.
The move comes as a result of the growing number of evictions that involve renters – most of whom are dutifully paying their rent every month, only to later learn their landlord has fallen behind on mortgage payments and the building has gone into foreclosure. While mortgage companies are supposed to conduct a basic due diligence investigation before requesting an eviction – identifying all occupants – sheriff’s deputies are regularly finding no work done by the mortgage company in advance, leaving the identifying work to deputies working at taxpayer expense.
“These mortgage companies only see pieces of paper, not people, and don’t care who’s in the building,” Dart said. “They simply want their money and don’t care who gets hurt along the way. On top of it all, they want taxpayers to fund their investigative work for them. We’re not going to do their jobs for them anymore. We’re just not going to evict innocent tenants. It stops today.”
Dart - believed to be the first sheriff of a major metropolitan area to take such a step - said he wants a safety net to be established either by the judiciary or state Legislature, to protect those most harmed by the mortgage crisis.
Specifically, he wants mortgage companies to be forced to provide sufficient information to the Sheriff’s Office in order to conduct an eviction. That will provide greater notification to tenants that their building is in foreclosure and will require mortgage companies and their attorneys to do more leg work in advance of an eviction.
Because the banks aren’t doing that now, more than 1/3 of all trips by sheriff’s eviction teams results in finding nobody home to verify who lives there or finding someone other than the mortgage-holder.
Last year, Dart pushed a bill before the Legislature that would have required mortgage companies to identify any children or senior citizens living in a unit before requesting an eviction. Dart hoped to link those vulnerable residents with social service agencies, but banking and real estate industry lobbyists killed the bill.
Foreclosure filings have steadily climbed in Cook County since 1999 and the number of foreclosure evictions has almost tripled in just two years.
In 1999, there were 12,935 mortgage foreclosure cases filed in Cook County. Noticeable increases came in 2006, when 18,916 were filed and last year, when 32,269 were filed. This year, Dart projects more than 43,000 to be filed.
Dart said his office is on pace to conduct evictions stemming from mortgage foreclosures at 4,500 properties this year. That compares to just 1,771 in 2006.
“The people we’re interacting with are, many times, oblivious to the financial straits their landlord might be in,” Dart said. “They are the innocent victims here and they are the ones all of us must step up and find some way to protect.”
Friday, October 03, 2008
U.S. citizens betrayed, U.S. becomes socialist nation
President Bush, the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives voted today to become a socialist nation and no longer follow free market capitalism by voting to bailout Wall Street using $700 billion tax payer/citizen dollars. These same criminals in recent years have made it harder for U.S. citizens to declare bankruptcy and free themselves from personal debt, but felt no shame in taking the same citizens dollars to bail out Wall Street which has now gone from a free market to a government owned and controlled market.
An interesting aside, when the House originally voted down the bailout oil fell below $100 a barrel. I predict that with the losses of these greedy bastards being paid by stealing from the citizens they'll reward us by running up the price of oil again, while all of the asshole politicians will spend the next month before the election promising to bring them down.
These are the few friends of the people who voted according to their constituents overwhelming letters, emails and phone calls not to support Bush's criminal bailout of Wall Street:
Minnesota's Friends who voted against the bailout:
Representative Michelle Bachmann
Representative Tim Walz
Representative Collin Peterson
Minnesota's traitors to the people and free market capitalism (voting for the bailout) :
Senator Amy Klobuchar
Senator Norm Coleman
Representative John Kline
Representative Jim Ramstad
Representative Betty Mccollum
Representative Keith Ellison
Representative James Oberstar
Non -Minnesota readers of this blog can click here to see how their Representatives voted.
National Traitors:
President Bush
Senator John McCain
Senator Barack Obama
TRAITORS, WE WILL REMEMBER YOU IN NOVEMBER!
An interesting aside, when the House originally voted down the bailout oil fell below $100 a barrel. I predict that with the losses of these greedy bastards being paid by stealing from the citizens they'll reward us by running up the price of oil again, while all of the asshole politicians will spend the next month before the election promising to bring them down.
These are the few friends of the people who voted according to their constituents overwhelming letters, emails and phone calls not to support Bush's criminal bailout of Wall Street:
Minnesota's Friends who voted against the bailout:
Representative Michelle Bachmann
Representative Tim Walz
Representative Collin Peterson
Minnesota's traitors to the people and free market capitalism (voting for the bailout) :
Senator Amy Klobuchar
Senator Norm Coleman
Representative John Kline
Representative Jim Ramstad
Representative Betty Mccollum
Representative Keith Ellison
Representative James Oberstar
Non -Minnesota readers of this blog can click here to see how their Representatives voted.
National Traitors:
President Bush
Senator John McCain
Senator Barack Obama
TRAITORS, WE WILL REMEMBER YOU IN NOVEMBER!
Economic Reality
-The job market began to deteriorate even before the financial crisis reached a more serious stage two weeks ago.
-Over the past year, the average weekly pay of rank-and-file workers — roughly 80 percent of the work force — has risen only 2.8 percent, according to the new numbers. Inflation has been running at about 5 percent a year, which means that the most workers have taken an effective pay cut over the past year. (New York Times)
-For most working families, the economy has been in a meltdown for quite some time: they have seen their jobs outsourced, their wages decline, their benefits disappear, their homes foreclosed and the American Dream becoming more remote. (Change to Win)
And millionaires want the workers of America to bail them out? These are the same people that are actively working against labor!
-Over the past year, the average weekly pay of rank-and-file workers — roughly 80 percent of the work force — has risen only 2.8 percent, according to the new numbers. Inflation has been running at about 5 percent a year, which means that the most workers have taken an effective pay cut over the past year. (New York Times)
-For most working families, the economy has been in a meltdown for quite some time: they have seen their jobs outsourced, their wages decline, their benefits disappear, their homes foreclosed and the American Dream becoming more remote. (Change to Win)
And millionaires want the workers of America to bail them out? These are the same people that are actively working against labor!
Friday, September 26, 2008
No Bailout Without Adequate Protections For Working Families
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The following is a statement of principle from the Change to Win Leadership Council on the Treasury Department’s bailout plan.
“For most working families, the economy has been in a meltdown for quite some time: they have seen their jobs outsourced, their wages decline, their benefits disappear, their homes foreclosed and the American Dream becoming more remote.
“Now, the Bush Administration wants us to pick up the tab to bail out Wall Street, with no strings attached. Congress should not give the Administration a blank check. It needs to structure a bailout plan that will actually work to stabilize the financial sector without leaving taxpayers holding the bag. And it needs to provide relief to the real victims of this crisis – the working families whose homes are now at risk of foreclosure.
Full Press Release
“For most working families, the economy has been in a meltdown for quite some time: they have seen their jobs outsourced, their wages decline, their benefits disappear, their homes foreclosed and the American Dream becoming more remote.
“Now, the Bush Administration wants us to pick up the tab to bail out Wall Street, with no strings attached. Congress should not give the Administration a blank check. It needs to structure a bailout plan that will actually work to stabilize the financial sector without leaving taxpayers holding the bag. And it needs to provide relief to the real victims of this crisis – the working families whose homes are now at risk of foreclosure.
Full Press Release
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Is the 2008 Republican Platform Anti-Union?
The 2008 Republican Platform has some very disturbing language under Protecting Union Workers. It reads:
...the nation’s labor laws, to a large extent formed out of conflicts several generations ago, should be modernized to make it easier for employers and employees to plan, execute, and profit together. To protect workers from misuse of their funds, we will conscientiously enforce federal law requiring financial reporting and transparency by labor unions.
The Bush administration has put so much government regulation on Unions that much of our dues money and our Union's time is wasted giving more financial information to the government then the failed financial institutions they should have been regulating. It is a government effort to bury Unions in paperwork and regulation.
The Republican platform goes on to attack the Employee Free Choice Act spreading the lie that it is designed to deny workers a secret ballot in union referenda is an assault, not only against a fundamental principle of labor law, but even more against the dignity and honor of the American work force. We oppose “card check” legislation, which deprives workers of their privacy and their right to vote, because it exposes workers to intimidation by union organizers.
This is a bald face attack on workers right to organize in the face of employer intimidation and does NOT deny the workers right to a secret ballot. Daily Kos has a good article on this.
I'm not telling you how to vote, I'm just trying to educate on the fact that who's in office directly affects our livelihood.
This same 2008 Republican Platform also addressed the Home Mortgage crisis saying:
...At the same time, government action must not implicitly encourage anyone to borrow more than they can afford to repay. We support energetic federal investigation and, where appropriate, prosecution of criminal wrongdoing in the mortgage industry and investment sector. We do not support government bailouts of private institutions. Government interference in the markets exacerbates problems in the marketplace and causes the free market to take longer to correct itself. We believe in the free market as the best tool to sustained prosperity and opportunity for all. We encourage potential buyers to work in concert with the lending community to educate themselves about the responsibilities of purchasing a home, condo, or land.
We see how well they kept that promise.
...the nation’s labor laws, to a large extent formed out of conflicts several generations ago, should be modernized to make it easier for employers and employees to plan, execute, and profit together. To protect workers from misuse of their funds, we will conscientiously enforce federal law requiring financial reporting and transparency by labor unions.
The Bush administration has put so much government regulation on Unions that much of our dues money and our Union's time is wasted giving more financial information to the government then the failed financial institutions they should have been regulating. It is a government effort to bury Unions in paperwork and regulation.
The Republican platform goes on to attack the Employee Free Choice Act spreading the lie that it is designed to deny workers a secret ballot in union referenda is an assault, not only against a fundamental principle of labor law, but even more against the dignity and honor of the American work force. We oppose “card check” legislation, which deprives workers of their privacy and their right to vote, because it exposes workers to intimidation by union organizers.
This is a bald face attack on workers right to organize in the face of employer intimidation and does NOT deny the workers right to a secret ballot. Daily Kos has a good article on this.
I'm not telling you how to vote, I'm just trying to educate on the fact that who's in office directly affects our livelihood.
This same 2008 Republican Platform also addressed the Home Mortgage crisis saying:
...At the same time, government action must not implicitly encourage anyone to borrow more than they can afford to repay. We support energetic federal investigation and, where appropriate, prosecution of criminal wrongdoing in the mortgage industry and investment sector. We do not support government bailouts of private institutions. Government interference in the markets exacerbates problems in the marketplace and causes the free market to take longer to correct itself. We believe in the free market as the best tool to sustained prosperity and opportunity for all. We encourage potential buyers to work in concert with the lending community to educate themselves about the responsibilities of purchasing a home, condo, or land.
We see how well they kept that promise.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
What do they get paid?
What does the Sheriff get paid? The Chief? The Inspectors? Do they get overtime?
The Star Tribune has listed all government salaries at this site: http://ww3.startribune.com/dynamic/salaries/
Simply scroll down to Hennepin and click on Sheriff and satisfy your curiosity.
The Star Tribune has listed all government salaries at this site: http://ww3.startribune.com/dynamic/salaries/
Simply scroll down to Hennepin and click on Sheriff and satisfy your curiosity.
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Job Well Done
Thank you to everyone who did such a great job during the RNC! The hours and days were long and you rose to the occasion. The professionalism shown by all was overwhelming. Showing up early to relieve co-workers, only 1 sick call for a very legitimate reason, and keeping a good attitude. Thank you! I believe you are a great reflection of Teamsters, Correctional Officers and the Sheriff's Office.
Also a special thanks to our B.A. Tom Perkins for supplying the pizzas on day four of the RNC. They were a great morale booster.
Also a special thanks to our B.A. Tom Perkins for supplying the pizzas on day four of the RNC. They were a great morale booster.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Veteran's GI Benefits Restored
After months of work the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office will once again be participating in the Veterans OJT (On the Job Training) Program.
The program will now be available to BOTH Detention and Licensed Deputies and will be offered to all Veterans during their orientation at the jail.
The program may (they're checking) be available to current Veterans who are still on probation retroactive from the official start date of the program which should be in the near future.
THE HENNEPIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WILL NOW BE THE ONLY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN MINNESOTA PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM!
Other departments participating are the Minneapolis PD and St. Paul PD.
The program will now be available to BOTH Detention and Licensed Deputies and will be offered to all Veterans during their orientation at the jail.
The program may (they're checking) be available to current Veterans who are still on probation retroactive from the official start date of the program which should be in the near future.
THE HENNEPIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WILL NOW BE THE ONLY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN MINNESOTA PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM!
Other departments participating are the Minneapolis PD and St. Paul PD.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Gatineau Wal-Mart goes union as UFCW Canada wins first contract
Gatineau Wal-Mart goes union as UFCW Canada wins first contract
15/08/2008Download this Media Release (PDF 1881k)
GATINEAU, QC - August 15,2008 - UFCW Canada members at a Wal-Mart location in Gatineau, Quebec have made history by becoming the only Wal-Mart workers in North America to have a union contract, after a Quebec arbitrator imposed a collective agreement on Friday.
The contract raises average wages of the Gatineau Wal-Mart members by more than 30%. Improved vacation provisions are also part of the three-year agreement. The terms of the collective agreement are effective immediately.
"Wal-Mart should now act as a good Canadian corporate citizen," said UFCW Canada National President Wayne Hanley," and live up to the terms of the contract."
The UFCW Canada Local 486 bargaining unit at the Wal-Mart Tire and Lube Express was certified in 2005. The collective agreement was the result of binding arbitration, following almost three years of legal delays and stalled negotiations with the company.
"We believe the arbitrator did a good job and that it is a fair contract, in line with similar workplaces in Quebec," said Hanley.
"It shows that even after three years, workers at Wal-Mart, like all Canadian workers, can exercise their Freedom of Association rights and get a decent collective agreement."
Two more Wal-Mart collective agreements are expected in Quebec before the end of the year, when binding arbitration is complete for bargaining units at a Wal-Mart in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec.
Source: UFCW Canada
15/08/2008Download this Media Release (PDF 1881k)
GATINEAU, QC - August 15,2008 - UFCW Canada members at a Wal-Mart location in Gatineau, Quebec have made history by becoming the only Wal-Mart workers in North America to have a union contract, after a Quebec arbitrator imposed a collective agreement on Friday.
The contract raises average wages of the Gatineau Wal-Mart members by more than 30%. Improved vacation provisions are also part of the three-year agreement. The terms of the collective agreement are effective immediately.
"Wal-Mart should now act as a good Canadian corporate citizen," said UFCW Canada National President Wayne Hanley," and live up to the terms of the contract."
The UFCW Canada Local 486 bargaining unit at the Wal-Mart Tire and Lube Express was certified in 2005. The collective agreement was the result of binding arbitration, following almost three years of legal delays and stalled negotiations with the company.
"We believe the arbitrator did a good job and that it is a fair contract, in line with similar workplaces in Quebec," said Hanley.
"It shows that even after three years, workers at Wal-Mart, like all Canadian workers, can exercise their Freedom of Association rights and get a decent collective agreement."
Two more Wal-Mart collective agreements are expected in Quebec before the end of the year, when binding arbitration is complete for bargaining units at a Wal-Mart in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec.
Source: UFCW Canada
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Who is the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace made up of?
By now you've all seen the ads featuring "Sopranos' Vincent Curatola Warning Minnesotans: Al Franken Supports Employee Free Choice Act" The ads warn that you would be losing your privacy rights and the "secret ballot" would no longer exist. Currently to organize a workplace to be union one must get 51% of the employees to sign a card authorizing an election. The Labor Relations Board then sets an election date usually a few months out that then gives the employer time to fire the trouble makers, intimidate employees and usually conduct a campaign of disinformation about how bad the union would be. The Employee Free Choice Act would make it so that if 51% of workers authorized a union to represent them they would then be represented by the union of their choice. But it would not prevent a Union from holding an election with secret ballot either. Simply put it gives workers a better chance of organizing in a hostile environment before employers can fire them. Who wouldn't want this? In todays economy of rising costs and static wages the wealthy are getting richer from rising oil costs and cheap third world NAFTA labor. They are only looking out for their welfare. So who is the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace made up of? Read below and see. It's not workers or unions, it's big industry!
The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace is:
A 60 Plus Association
Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield (MA)Alabama Chapter of ABCAlabama Restaurant AssociationAlaska Cabaret, Hotel, Restaurant and Retailers AssociationAlaska Chapter of ABCAlliance for Worker FreedomAluminum AssociationAmerican Apparel & Footwear AssociationAmerican Bakers AssociationAmerican Beverage AssociationAmerican Conservative UnionAmerican Fire Sprinkler AssociationAmerican Foundry SocietyAmerican Frozen Food InstituteAmerican Hospital AssociationAmerican Hotel & Lodging AssociationAmerican Meat InstituteAmerican Seniors Housing AssociationAmerican Shareholders AssociationAmerican Society for Healthcare Human Resources AdministrationAmerican Society of EmployersAmerican Supply AssociationAmerican Trucking AssociationsAmerican Wholesale Marketers AssociationAmericans for a Limited GovernmentAmericans for ProsperityAmericans for Tax ReformAMT-The Association for Manufacturing TechnologyAntelope Valley (CA) Chamber of CommerceAPIArcadia (CA) Chamber of CommerceArizona Builders Alliance of ABCArizona Chamber of Commerce & IndustryArizona Hotel & Lodging AssociationArizona IECArizona Restaurant & Hospitality AssociationArkansas Chapter of ABCArkansas Hospitality AssociationArkansas Hotel & Lodging AssociationArkansas IECArkansas State Chamber of CommerceAsheboro/Randolph (NC) Chamber of CommerceAshland & Tri State Area Chapter IEC
Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA)Assisted Living Federation of AmericaAssociated Builders & ContractorsAssociated Builders & Contractors Heart of America ChapterAssociated Builders & Contractors of AlabamaAssociated Industries of MassachusettsAssociation of Equipment ManufacturersAssociation of Millwork DistributorsAssociation of Washington BusinessAssociation of Woodworking & Furnishings SuppliersAtlanta Hotel CouncilAutomotive Aftermarket Industry AssociationBaltimore Metro Chapter of ABCBearing Specialists AssociationBurnsville (MN) Chamber of CommerceBusiness & Industry Association of New HampshireCalifornia Chamber of CommerceCalifornia Hotel & Lodging AssociationCalifornia Manufacturers & Technology AssociationCalifornia Restaurant AssociationCamarillo (CA) Chamber of CommerceCapital Associated Industries IncCarolinas Chapter of ABCCenter for Freedom & ProsperityCenter for Individual FreedomCenter for the Defense of Free EnterpriseCenTex Chapter IECCentral Alabama Chapter IECCentral California Chapter of ABCCentral Florida Chapter of ABCCentral Indiana IECCentral Michigan Chapter of ABCCentral Missouri IECCentral Ohio AEC/EICCentral Ohio Chapter of ABCCentral Pennsylvania Chapter of ABCCentral Pennsylvania Chapter of IECCentral Texas Chapter of ABCCentral Washington IECCentre County (PA) IECChamber of Commerce of St. Joseph CountyChamber of Medford/Jackson County (OR)Charleston (SC) Metro Chamber of CommerceChattanooga Area (TN) Chamber of CommerceChesapeake Chapter of ABCChesapeake IECChicagoland Chamber of CommerceCincinnati USA Regional ChamberCitizen Outreach ProjectCollege & University Professional Association for Human ResourcesColorado Association of Commerce & IndustryColorado Association of Commerce and IndustryColorado Hospital AssociationColorado Hotel & Lodging AssociationColorado Restaurant AssociationConnecticut Business & Industry AssociationConnecticut Chapter of ABCConnecticut Restaurant AssociationCopper & Brass ServicenterCornhusker Chapter of ABCCosta Mesa (CA) Chamber of CommerceCouncil for Citizens Against Government WasteCumberland Valley Chapter of ABCDakotas Inc IEC/Dallas Chapter IECDaytona Beach/Halifax (FL) Chamber of CommerceDelaware Chapter of ABCDelaware Restaurant AssociationDetroit Regional Chamber of CommerceDuluth (MN) Area Chamber of CommerceEast Tennessee Chapter of ABCEast Tennessee IECEast Texas IECEastern Pennsylvania Chapter of ABCEastern Sandoval County (NM) Chamber of CommerceEastern Shore Chapter of ABCEastern Washington Chapter IECEl Paso Chapter IECEmpire State Chapter of ABCEnvironmental Industry AssociationsFairfax County (VA) Chamber of CommerceFederation of American HospitalsFEWA-Marketing & Distribution AssociationFlagstaff (AZ) Chamber of CommerceFlorida Chamber of CommerceFlorida East Coast Chapter of ABCFlorida First Coast Chapter of ABCFlorida Gulf Coast Chapter of ABCFlorida Restaurant & Lodging AssociationFlorida West Coast Chapter IECFood Marketing InstituteForging Industry AssociationFort Worth/Tarrant County IECFreedom WorksGeorgia Chamber of CommerceGeorgia Chapter of ABCGeorgia Hotel & Lodging AssociationGeorgia IECGeorgia Restaurant AssociationGlendale (AZ) Chamber of CommerceGolden Gate Chapter of ABCGoleta Valley (CA) Chamber of CommerceGrand Junction Area (CO) Chamber of CommerceGraphic Arts AssociationGreater Albuquerque (NM) Chamber of CommerceGreater Bakersfield (CA) Chamber of CommerceGreater Cincinnati IECGreater Columbia (SC) Chamber of CommerceGreater Columbus (GA) Chamber of CommerceGreater Decatur Chamber of CommerceGreater Delray Beach Chamber of CommerceGreater Elkhart (IN) Chamber of CommerceGreater Findlay (OH) Chamber of Commerce, Inc.Greater Hamilton Chamber of CommerceGreater Houston Chapter of ABCGreater Louisville Inc.Greater Medina Chamber of CommerceGreater Pittsburgh Chamber of CommerceGreater Pittsburgh Hotel AssociationGreater Raleigh (NC) Chamber of CommerceGreater Spokane IncorporatedGreater St. Louis IECGreater Syracuse (NY) Chamber of CommerceGreen Bay Area (WI) Chamber of CommerceGuam Contractors Association of ABCHampton Area (NH) Chamber of CommerceHampton Roads Chapter IECHardin County Chamber of CommerceHartford (CT) Chamber of CommerceHawaii Chapter of ABCHawaii Hotel & Lodging AssociationHawaii Restaurant AssociationHeart of America Chapter of ABCHeating, Airconditioning & Refrigeration Distributors InternationalHenderson (NV) Chamber of CommerceHilliard Chamber of CommerceHispanic Alliance for Progress InstituteHobbs (NM) Chamber of CommerceHospitality Association of South CarolinaHotel Association of New York CityHotel Association of Washington DCHouma-Terrebonne Chamber of CommerceHR Policy AssociationIdaho IECIdaho Lodging and Restaurant AssociationIllinois Chamber of CommerceIllinois Chapter of ABCIllinois Hotel & Lodging AssociationIllinois IECIllinois Restaurant AssociationIndependent Electrical Contractors IncIndian River County (FL) Chamber of CommerceIndiana Chamber of CommerceIndiana Chapter of ABCIndustrial Fasteners InstituteIndustrial Supply AssociationInland Pacific Chapter of ABCInterlocking Concrete Pavement InstituteInternational Council of Shopping CentersInternational Foodservice Distributors AssociationInternational Franchise AssociationInternational Truck Parts AssociationInternational Warehouse Logistics AssociationIowa Association of Business & IndustryIowa Chapter of ABCIowa Restaurant AssociationIowans for Right to WorkKansas City IECKansas Restaurant and Hospitality AssociationKentuckiana Chapter of ABCKentucky & Southern Indiana Chapter IECKentucky Chamber of CommerceKentucky Electrical Contractors AssociationKeystone Chapter of ABCKentucky Restaurant AssociationLake Havasu Area (AZ) Chamber of CommerceLarue County Chamber of CommerceLas Vegas (NV) Chamber of CommerceLas Vegas Chapter of ABCLicking County Chamber of CommerceLittle Rock Chamber of CommerceLong Beach (CA) Chamber of CommerceLos Angeles-Ventura Chapter of ABCLouisiana Association of Business & IndustryLouisiana Restaurant AssociationLower Bucks County Chamber of CommerceLubbock Chapter IECMaine Chapter of ABCMaine Innkeepers AssociationMaine Restaurant AssociationManagement Association of Illinois (The)Manufacturers’ Association of NW PennsylvaniaMarion Area Chamber of Commerce
Maryland Hotel, Motel & Resort AssociationMassachusetts Chapter of ABCMassachusetts Restaurant AssociationMaterial Handling Equipment Distributors AssociationMEC-IEC of Dayton, OHMetals Service Center InstituteMetro Washington Chapter of ABCMetro West (MA) Chamber of CommerceMichigan Chamber of CommerceMichigan Manufacturers AssociationMichigan Restaurant AssociationMid Gulf Coast Chapter of ABCMid Tennessee Chapter of ABCMid-Oregon Chapter IECMid-South Chapter IECMidwest IECMinnesota Chapter of ABCMinnesota Restaurant AssociationMississippi Chapter of ABCMississippi Economic Development CouncilMississippi Hospitality and Restaurant AssociationMississippi Manufacturers AssociationMissouri Restaurant AssociationMonroe (LA) Chamber of CommerceMontana Chamber of CommerceMontana IECMontana Innkeepers AssociationMontana Restaurant AssociationMontgomery Area (AL) Chamber of CommerceMotor & Equipment Manufacturers AssociationMountain States Empoyers CouncilNashville IECNatchitoches Area (LA) Chamber of CommerceNational Alliance for Worker & Employer RightsNational Armored Car AssociationNational Association of Chemical Distributors
National Association of Home BuildersNational Association of ManufacturersNational Association of Sign Supply DistributorsNational Association of Wholesaler-DistributorsNational Council of Chain RestaurantsNational Federation of Independent BusinessNational Franchisee AssociationNational Grocers AssociationNational Lumber & Building Material Dealers AssociationNational Mining AssociationNational Paper Trade AssociationNational Petrochemical & Refiners AssociationNational Ready Mixed Concrete AssociationNational Restaurant AssociationNational Retail FederationNational Roofing Contractors AssociationNational School Transportation AssociationNational Solid Wastes Management AssociationNational Stone, Sand & Gravel AssociationNational Tank Truck Carriers, Inc.National Taxpayers UnionNational Tooling & Machining AssociationNebraska Chamber of Commerce & IndustryNebraska Hotel & Motel AssociationNebraska Restaurant AssociationNevada Hotel & Lodging AssociationNevada Manufactures 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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Sad Day For Captain Wresh's Family
Captain Wresh lost his son Nicholas in a car accident on Wednesday. I can think of no loss worse then that of losing a child. My heart goes out to the Wresh family.
Mass of Christian Burial 10 AM Saturday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 9100 93rd Ave. No. Interment Morningside Memorial Gardens. Visitation 4-8 PM Friday at the Evans-Nordby Funeral Home, 34 Second St. NE, Osseo, MN. Prayer Service 7:30 PM Friday. Reviewal at church after 9 AM Saturday. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred. Evans-Nordby 763-424-4000
Mass of Christian Burial 10 AM Saturday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 9100 93rd Ave. No. Interment Morningside Memorial Gardens. Visitation 4-8 PM Friday at the Evans-Nordby Funeral Home, 34 Second St. NE, Osseo, MN. Prayer Service 7:30 PM Friday. Reviewal at church after 9 AM Saturday. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred. Evans-Nordby 763-424-4000
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Isanti County Sheriff to Honor Detention Deputy Cooper!
The Isanti County News is reporting that our own Detention Deputy Cooper will be honored for saving a mans life at the Pine Brook Inn by opening his airway after he stopped breathing. The article also states Cooper, by profession, is a corrections deputy for Hennepin County. He is also a world champion dog trainer, specializing in areas from companion dogs, search and rescue dogs, drug dogs, hunting dogs, guard dogs, seeing eye dogs and the list goes on.
Add to that list hero!
Pictured: Cooper and Pine Brook Inn owner Teresa (Photo by Jon Tatting) taken from the Isanti County News.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
United Steel Workers Win Against China!
Unions are more then just someone to "take your dues." They fight for your livelihood. The United Steelworkers just won an unfair dumping suit against China which will result in tariffs ranging from 99 percent to 701 percent will be imposed on Chinese imports of circular welded pipe. (Star Tribune)
Leo W. Gerard, USW International President, declared, “We lost 500 good middle class jobs in this industry at a time of strong economic expansion and demand for these products. Our union has lost tens of thousands of jobs from other unfairly traded China imports, and we have pledged to work with unionized companies for strong enforcement of U.S. trade laws to stop illegal Chinese trade practices. We need to regain lost manufacturing jobs, and to reduce our massive trade deficit with China.”
Read the Press Release
Solidarity!
Leo W. Gerard, USW International President, declared, “We lost 500 good middle class jobs in this industry at a time of strong economic expansion and demand for these products. Our union has lost tens of thousands of jobs from other unfairly traded China imports, and we have pledged to work with unionized companies for strong enforcement of U.S. trade laws to stop illegal Chinese trade practices. We need to regain lost manufacturing jobs, and to reduce our massive trade deficit with China.”
Read the Press Release
Solidarity!
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