Report Number 1 Enbridge Pipeline Project

Dear Members

I can bring to light several issues facing Native Anishinabe Tribal Members in regard to this Enbridge pipeline project.

This morning as i asked a union official from one of four Unions participating in the Pipeline Contractors Labor Agreement between Enbridge / Owner ,he expressed that approximately 1/4 of the workforce has been filled in light of the delayed start.

This PLCA organization has Unions all Represented as AFL-CIO organized participating unions that comprise a AFL-CIO sanctioned agreement between the Contractors ie,, Enbridge ,U.S Pipeline , Precision Pipeline , Michaels Pipleline , and the Four Unions Represented ie,, United Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters, International Brotherhood of Operating Engineers,, Teamsters ,,,, Laborers International Union .

This past april 09, I formed The Native American Indian Labor Union # 12 to bring our Native Anishinabe young Men and Women recognition to be afforded the opportunity to provide organizations as this PLCA organization to create a long term effort to change the Minnesota Department of Labors, detailed statistics of exactly how poor these Unions Of ours are doing to present a true respect of AFFIRMATIVE ACTION LAWS regarding any public project and one im sure that Hillary R. Clinton Secretary of The State of The United States of America has signed from a permit standpoint . Also as a Signature member including The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.

Early this year i had made application to The Minnesota AFL-CIO of St Paul hand delivered to Steve Hunter to ask to be recognized and processed in as a Union of Native Americans that have formed as any Union has,and to this date i have only recieved one phone call from a Mr. Anderson saying this was a good idea and would get back to me and to date no one will respond . These issues are at the heart and spirit of a people looking to the future through the eyes of today who want and have responded in applications submitted to pipeline agents from this Organization.

The Leech Lake Band TERO department has a agreement with Enbridge to provide a QUALIFIED labor pool to those unions participating but are not signatory to this Pipeline Labor Contract Association . This affects from a figure i heard of 40 miles of pipe work within the confines of the original Leech Lake Band Borders. The Manner in which these workers are afforded full Union Membership i hope are true representations of a AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Policy that is NOT akin to the ones being used in todays UNIONIZED workforce.

The Native American Indian Labor Union # 12 represents those members that have banded together beyond the confines of any Reservation to end the dispirit understanding of Labor Relations with the Minnesota Native American workforce in light of the BILLIONS and BILLIONS of DOLLARS that have Developed the very Infrastructure serving Native Peoples Across this State .

Gregory W. Paquin