The Minnesota Independent

Teamsters - Latest Stories

Michele Bachmann. Photo: Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

Bachmann accuses unions of ‘class warfare’ in fundraising appeal

Bachmann 80
By Jon Collins | 09.06.11 | 9:31 am

In a Labor Day email titled “Big Labor Attack Squad,” U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann asked supporters to “level the playing field” with labor by donating to her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

Clark picks up another labor endorsement for congressional bid

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.21.09 | 2:20 pm

State Sen. Tarryl Clark has picked up another endorsement from organized labor for her congressional bid. Yesterday, Teamsters Joint Council 32 officially gave the St. Cloud Democrat the nod in her challenge to 6th district incumbent Rep. Michele…

Media Monitor: Funeral-tweet editor responds, and a reversal on Strib Teamster concessions

By Paul Schmelzer | 09.12.08 | 2:09 pm

Two items from yesterday make reappearances in today’s edition: The editor/publisher of the Rocky Mountain News responds to criticism about a reporter who liveblogged a toddler’s funeral on Twitter, and the Star Tribune’s Teamster drivers declare contract concessions “null and void.”

Media Monitor: Strib Teamsters again vote ‘no’, the YouTube Pulitzer, funeral tweeting and more

By Paul Schmelzer | 09.11.08 | 10:16 am

A round-up of media, new and old: YouTube partners with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to give a $10,000 reporting prize, while the Star Tribune’s Teamsters again vote down contract concessions. Also: Outrage over a newspaper liveblogging a funeral and key context as the Strib’s Katherine Kersten again targets a Muslim school.