A press release from the Minnesota AFL-CIO:

ST. PAUL -– Responding to the dramatic need to get Minnesotans back to work, Shar Knutson, president of the Minnesota AFL-CIO, spoke out today in St. Paul asking elected officials to quickly pass a bonding bill, support private investment in construction jobs, enact a wage subsidy program and raise revenue as part of solving the state’s budget crisis.

A press release from the Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bail Out:

Tuesday rally at opening of Minnesota state legislature to demand protection for low-income and working people from effects of the economic crisis.

A coalition of organizations, bringing together union members, welfare rights organizations and others will hold a rally on the opening day of the Minnesota legislative session to demand that the state take concrete steps to protect low-income and working Minnesotans from the effects of the snowballing economic crisis.