For a high school graduate who wanted nothing to do with college, Greg Stepka says, the limestone pit at Bryan Rock Products in Shakopee was a perfect refuge. He started in 1981 at $11.36 an hour and now makes almost triple that amount - plus full health insurance and pension benefits.
Read more in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Good jobs hang in the balance of Minnesota's frac sand debate
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