Our union brothers and
sisters in Legislative District 8B need your help!! Judy Soderstrom is
in her second term as the representative from 8B and she has a ZERO AFL-CIO
voting record.
She told AFSCME DOT members
that she does not like unions, particularly Public Employee unions.
Her husband runs a contracting/construction
business (in addition to their real estate business in Mora) and she gloated
about his use of non union labor.
During a screening with AFSCME members last
fall, she told the group (of which several were state Correctional Officers)
that she was impressed by her visit to the private prison in
She told a group of maintenance workers from
SEIU that no one should be paid $9.00 an hour to "push a broom."
In a town meeting, she lied about the wages
and benefits received by state correctional officers. Luckily, some officers from Rush City DOC
were present to set the group straight.
This woman has got to
go! She barely beat incumbent Loren
Jennings when the district was changed in 2002.
She only got 76 more votes than the AFSCME endorsed candidate, Tim Faust,
in 2004. We can take back this seat but
we need help!!
Please ask your members to
commit to work one of the door knocks we are doing in June. The schedule is attached. Please get me your lists of volunteers with
name, phone and e mail ASAP.
THANKS!!!
Pam Lofquist
AFSCME Council 5 Political Organizer,
218-390-3364