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After strong pressure from AFSCME, other labor groups and allies, the Crowne Plaza decided to hire union painters instead of contracting with non-union labor from Georgia and Mississippi. We threatened to pull our Day-on-the-Hill event from the hotel and encourage our attendees to join the Painters’ picket. Hotel management also got an earful from Mark Dayton, our endorsed candidate for governor. Congratulations to our union brothers and sisters in District Council 82 of the Painters and Allied Trades. Solidarity works!
