Is sex trafficking inevitable along Enbridge pipeline route? Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune
DULUTH Among the thousands of pages of documents filed in the Enbridge Line 3 permitting process, state regulators made a striking conclusion about construction on the pipeline: The addition of a temporary, cash-rich workforce increases the likelihood that sex trafficking or sexual abuse will occur.
Advocates, law enforcement, the company and unions are working to ensure that isn t the case as work on the $2.6 billion pipeline across northern Minnesota enters its second month of construction. This is a very real problem that affects all walks of life, all colors, males and females, though we do see higher levels in Indigenous communities and in communities of color that tend to be lower-income, said Sheila Lamb, a youth advocate and member of the state Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force. I think the best thing we can do as community members is to assum
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NLRB Official Approves Union Vote By Mail, Citing COVID-19
Law360 (January 6, 2021, 6:59 PM EST) An NLRB official directed construction workers looking to unionize with International Union of Operating Engineers Local 351 to hold their vote by mail because of the high COVID-19 positivity rate where their company is based, despite the employer s objections.
A National Labor Relations Board regional director said Tuesday in response to a petition by Local 351 that boilermakers, laborers and foreman employed by Austin Maintenance and Construction Inc. in Artesia, New Mexico, can vote by mail. The high COVID-19 positivity rate there met a condition that the board said in a previous decision could necessitate such a vote, according to the.
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DULUTH Among the thousands of pages of documents filed in the Enbridge Line 3 permitting process, state regulators made a striking conclusion about construction on the pipeline: The addition of a temporary, cash-rich workforce increases the likelihood that sex trafficking or sexual abuse will occur.
Advocates, law enforcement, the company and unions are working to ensure that isn t the case as work on the $2.6 billion pipeline across northern Minnesota enters its second month of construction. This is a very real problem that affects all walks of life, all colors, males and females, though we do see higher levels in Indigenous communities and in communities of color that tend to be lower-income, said Sheila Lamb, a youth advocate and member of the state Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force. I think the best thing we can do as community members is to assume this is rampant and to take a stance that we will do anything in our
State clears way to allow private company to move toward leasing Independence and Liberty bridges
Updated Dec 31, 2020;
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BAY CITY, MI - New legislation recently set the stage for other municipalities to follow in Bay City’s footsteps by entering into public-private partnerships for infrastructure improvements.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer put the final stamp of approval on a set of bills that allow municipalities throughout the state to engage with private companies to improve aging bridge infrastructure and to authorize the implementation of tolling measures.
Senate Bills 1215-1218, now PA 353-356, were introduced in mid-November by Senator Ken Horn, R-Frankenmuth, Jeremy Moss, D-Southfield, and Wayne Schmidt, R-Traverse City.