The executive board of Minneapolis a Federation of Teachers 59 and Education Support Professionals 59 are taking action to prevent the employees from going on strike. The employees of our local school district would love to take action to improve the conditions for students and employees. The education workers of Minnesota support the actions of education employees in other states. California and Washington are preparing action for the new school year. These strikes and walk outs are now spreading to liberal blue states. In Southern conservative red states teachers organized strikes and walk outs to improve the conditions for students and employees in their school districts.
These people all came together to create this Minnesota icon, but they have remained nameless - until now.At the end of last school year the "Teachers Spring" started. Hundreds more came to work there through the building’s completion in 1907.įor some, it would be the spark for a long, successful career and the beginning of generations in Minnesota for others, it was one stop of many in a wandering artisan’s life and for still others it marked the end of their lives. Since construction began in 1896, hundreds of workers were drawn to this spot – they dug and laid the foundation and built the lower walls. But the box contained not a single name of a worker or contractor who erected this structure. The names of the Capitol Commissioners and architect Cass Gilbert, as well as his associates, were etched on a bronze plate. Into the box were placed more than 45 books, newspapers, photos and documents - including histories of legislators and soldiers since the founding of the state. The cornerstone was five feet long with a hollow core to hold a copper box. Among the throng of dignitaries was Minnesota’s first territorial governor, Alexander Ramsey, to officially lay the cornerstone for the people’s house - the grandest building in the state and one of the finest statehouse buildings in the country. Onlookers leaned over the partially finished first floor walls.
Here, the new capitol was rising from the ground. Columns of veterans, stonecutters and other workers marched to the ribbon-draped speakers’ stand. On July 27, 1898, marching bands led thousands of people to the highest point in downtown St.
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