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AFL-CIO youth summit in Minneapolis backs Occupy Wall Street protests

By Jon Collins, Minnesota Independent

About 800 young labor organizers at the AFL-CIO’s Next Up Youth Worker Summit in Minneapolis announced their support for New York Wall Street protesters Sunday.

The youth summit attendees compared the protests to the pro-democracy Arab Spring demonstrations in the Middle East and recent protests against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.MORE »

Islamic school, ACLU reach settlement in separation of church and state case

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

The Minnesota chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced Monday that they’ve reached a partial settlement in a court case involving an Islamic public charter school that blurred the lines between church and state.MORE »

Minnesotans inspired by Wall St. protests plan to occupy Minneapolis site Friday

By Jon Collins, Minnesota Independent

Minnesotans sympathetic to Wall Street protests that are stretching into their third week are planning their own occupation Friday.

Protesters are planning to rechristen the target, Hennepin County Government Plaza in Minneapolis, as “The People’s Plaza,” according to the group’s website.MORE »

Supporters of same-sex marriage ban have vastly outspent opponents

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

Minnesota for Marriage, a coalition working to convince Minnesotans to vote for a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, has hit the media saying that their group are “underdogs” in the marriage amendment battle and that they will be greatly outspent.MORE »

NLRB dismisses labor complaint against American Crystal Sugar, union will appeal

By Jon Collins, Minnesota Independent

The regional body of the National Labor Relations Board dismissed a labor complaint this week alleging that American Crystal Sugar hadn’t negotiated in good faith before 1,300 workers across three states were locked out.MORE »

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