Musicians prepare to return to Minnesota Orchestra
The musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra say they are ready to return to work for “a world-class symphony orchestra” now that a record-breaking, 16-month lockout has ended.
Steel mill’s expansion leaves St. Paul Pipefitters out in the cold
State and local taxpayers are backing a $50 million expansion project underway at Gerdau’s St. Paul steel mill with a package of incentives, grants and forgivable loans. But members of St. Paul Pipefitters Local 455 say the project has left local workers out in the cold.
Forum focuses on the region’s transportation needs
National experts and local advocates will gather Tuesday for a public forum on “Everyone Deserves a Seat: Transportation, Jobs & Equity” in St. Paul. Their goal is to unite around a plan that will boost investment in state transportation needs.
Event celebrates Martin Luther King’s legacy
MnSCU Local 4001 and University of Minnesota Clerical Workers Local 3800 are sponsoring a Martin Luther King observance on Saturday, Jan. 18, at Zion Baptist Church, 621 Elwood St., Minneapolis.
Report: One-third of U.S. women live in or near poverty
One-third of U.S. women live in or near poverty, according to a new report.
Hennepin County workers ratify contracts
Members of six AFSCME locals who work for Hennepin County have ratified new two-year contracts that provide a 2.5 percent wage increase each year for each worker.
Unions making progress in talks to fix rules on multi-employer health plans
Organized labor is apparently making progress in convincing the Obama White House to revisit rules that would virtually trash multi-employer health care plans – joint employer-union run plans whose demise would throw 20 million people off of health insurance rolls.
Musicians to perform Beethoven, Mozart
Conducted by Hugh Wolff, the locked-out Musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra will present two concerts Jan. 10-11 with featured soloists and the Minnesota Chorale.
St. Paul teachers’ class size concerns now on the table
For the first time in the current round of contract talks with the St. Paul Federation of Teachers, negotiators for the St. Paul Public Schools agreed to put two key issues for teachers – class sizes and specialist staffing – on the table.
Hastings nurses to hold candlelight vigil and food drive
Nurses represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association at Regina Medical Center will hold a candlelight vigil and food drive “to highlight disparity in proposals that will negatively impact the community’s hospital,” the union announced.