...and DFL parties Monday in opposition to a change. Chamber of Commerce lobbyist Bill Blazar and AFL-CIO President Bernard Brommer testified against Gov. Jesse Ventura's push for to put the question of a unicameral system on the November 2000...

...Ventura's dealings with labor unions is worth watching, analysts say. "He goes out of his way to pick a fight," said Bernard Brommer, who retired this week after heading the 400,000-member Minnesota AFL-CIO for 11 years. Ventura upset some...

...the state budget should be spent on affordable housing and training workers to fill the labor shortage, he said. Bernard Brommer, president of the Minnesota AFL-CIO, said the budget agreement "has come up a wee bit short." In the past...

...Construction Trades Council. "Bill worked extremely hard for rank-and-file members. That was his passion," said Bernard Brommer, president of the Minnesota AFL-CIO. His big interests were health care costs and unemployment insurance, and...

...the Minnesota Farmer's Union: "It's refreshing and invigorating to have a senator like Paul Wellstone." -- Bernard Brommer of the AFL-CIO: "Paul Wellstone has been a friend of organized labor." --Mary McEvoy, associate chairwoman...