2019 City, County & School District Candidate Questionnaire
City, County & School District Candidate Questionnaire
Thank you for seeking LIUNA Minnesota & North Dakota's endorsement for local office. We are proud to represent more than 12,000 skilled construction & blue collar Laborers who join in union & raise the bar for all of Minnesota. We are your friends & neighbors improving Minnesota through our work in building construction, heavy & highway construction, construction supervision, environmental remediation, demolition, restoration & city services. We serve the members, families & retirees of five Local Unions: Local 563 (Twin Cities Metro, Mankato and Saint Cloud Areas & North Dakota); Local 405 (Rochester & Southeast Minnesota); Local 1091 (Duluth-Superior, Northeast Minnesota & Northwest Wisconsin); Local 1097 (Iron Range & Northern Minnesota); & Local 363 (City & County Employees Union of Minneapolis-Saint Paul & Greater Minnesota).
By the Numbers:
We represent 12,518 skilled construction LIUNA members
We partner with 800 total signatory Union Contractor employers
We accumulated 155,357 privately funded training hours in 2017-2018
We cover 27,914 participants in our health & welfare plan
We pump $842.8 million dollars into Minnesota’s economy annually
LIUNA Minnesota & North Dakota is proud to partner with our signatory contractors to enhance worker skills, promote workplace safety, offer job & career opportunities for a diverse workforce. We are on the side of all working people & working families, fighting for the freedom to negotiate, fair return on work, family-supporting wages, affordable health care, & retirement security, so working people can provide for & have the time to be with our families. We are proud to support leaders who share our values & priorities & protect our freedom to join together in union & freedom to prosper.
Work hard & good luck on the campaign trail. We look forward to working with you in the future.