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	<title>Gas Workers Union Local 340 &#187; History</title>
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	<description>Established in 1953 and located in Minneapolis, MN</description>
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		<title>Did You Know? &#8211; A Little Gas Company History</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1.  In our company&#8217;s early years,  45 men were employed to light gas lamps in Minneapolis at night fall and  to extinguish them in the morning.   They were housed overnight on call, in dorms,  because if the moon became visible to illuminate the city they were required to put out the gas lights to save on fuel.  Conversely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Glance at 340&#8242;s Past</title>
		<link>http://www.gasworkerslocal340.com/history/125</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the general membership meeting of our union on April 21, 1943, a motion was made and carried to allow the relatively unknown labor candidate Humphries,  running for Minneapolis Mayor,  to speak before our union.  Apparently Humphries was well received as the union meeting minutes note that &#8220;Humphries was highly applauded by the members after the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Little Service Dept. History</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
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  By the late 1890s the first gas range sale by the company occurred.  Agree to pay for 20,000 cubic feet of gas in advance and receive a free gas range &#8211; 1,400 new ranges were sold and installed by the company.
In 1916 the company installed the first gas furnace in the home of Dr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Little Street History</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
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Company street crews installed the first gas main at Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis near the Mississippi River in 1870.  This main carried manufactured gas for the company&#8217;s 192 customers to illuminate their newly installed gas lamps. (Cost of installation = $15).   These gas lights replaced the smelly and messy kerosene lamps.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two GasWorker Old-Timers, Their Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below are two short biographies of gasworkers from the early years of our company.  Although Andrew Saltness was never a union member, this was only because there was never a union in existence at our company during his years of his employment.  Severin Swanson did become a member of the forerunner of Local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And It&#8217;s A Home Run!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the exciting Minnesota Twins enter the second half of their baseball season seeking another division pennant and perhaps more, it&#8217;s fun to recall the pivotal roll that Kent Hrbek played in the past with the Twins and the connection he had with Local 340 and the gas company.
Kent grew up in Bloomington and was [...]]]></description>
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