New Union Members!!!

I have taken in 14 new members yesterday at the Leech Lake Tribal College at their Job and Training Fair where the opportunities offered at participant booths ranged from the Minneapolis Police Department to the Federal Bureau of Prisons where i was told we have an alarming number of Native Americans represented as being on the wrong side of the fence yet so very few holding jobs within their ranks . It is time we change that and thats what we did when i promised those young people i would root out the reasons why we are not making the progress fast enough to come online in the many other jobs and training offerings at this gathering.
In the past week i have been to many other discussion groups and civic engagement groups like the Headwaters Regional Development Commission sponsoring the Shared Visions Council which is where the root causes of the high unemployment and Institutional racism factors play their roles in determining what are the real reasons why so many jobfairs and the like have simply failed to produce the network required for putting an end to this disparit situation.
I attended a local DFL county meeting last night and gave the explanation why i am going forward in the Minnesota Legislature Senate District 4 race without the DFL nomination due to the lack of enforcement of Affirmative Action and by this party's attempt to continue to sweep the socio-economic conditions of our people under the rug while they continue to protect those whom profit from our inability to make accountable the Legislators who collect our votes and money without truly giving us the benefit of that responsibility,which i am more than willing to shoulder.
I am heading down to Brainerd Minnesota today to participate in the Building Trades Council meeting to inform them of this Native American Indian Labor Union 12 mission, to bring the needs of our union to the bargaining table.
Dick Weber Business Manager of Duluth Heat and Frost Insulators # 49 has invited me to come there and has taken special interest in our efforts and has been supportive and in his words has told me Your Union will benefit all the building trades once they become aware of the ramifications of the partnership at hand.