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Minnesota unions are ramping up their get-out-the-vote efforts in the final days before Tuesday’s elections. Leaders say the results will set the stage for continued progress – or renewed attacks – on workers’ rights and standard of living.
This election year, seven individuals are learning more about what it means to do their civic duty — and they’re sharing their stories on video.
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, in partnership with the Abubakar As-Sidique Islamic Center, will host a Voter Education Forum featuring Minnesota Muslim civic leaders on Saturday, Nov. 1.
The University of Minnesota Labor Education Service will offer a one-day course on “People Power: Building Union Strength Through Member Engagement” on Saturday, Dec. 6.
Following a Congressional hearing Friday in Washington on Ebola and the latest confirmed Ebola patient in New York Thursday, National Nurses United said a major gap remains in U.S. preparedness to deal with the infectious disease.
In a ruling involving a sports bar whose owners shorted their workers on state withholding taxes – leaving them cursing and stuck with unanticipated bills – the National Labor Relations Board moved to protect workers’ Facebook discussions and posts.
Voters still have time to request an absentee ballot for the Nov. 4 elections and can track the status of their ballot online, the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State reports.
A radio interview and a presentation are the latest in a series of events for the Labor Education Service’s Who Built Our Capitol? project.
Under pressure from the Communications Workers, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced an initiative on Oct. 14 to reduce the number of workers killed in fatal falls from cellphone transmission towers.
Voter ID laws, and their impact on preventing hundreds of thousands of people from voting, are a big untold story of the 2014 election.
