Tragedy in Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN | Members of Minnesota Council 5 issued repeated warnings about their state's crumbling infrastructure. Sadly, their predictions came true with the Aug. 1 collapse of the I-35W bridge. Thirteen people died as a result of the disaster, and 100 were injured. "In America, bridges shouldn't collapse," said Council 5 Exec. Director Eliot Seide, who is also an AFSCME International vice president. "Whether it's bridges or levies, people get hurt when government stops investing in infrastructure." To salute those who responded to the tragedy, Council 5 ran the ad shown here.