Sign up now for online labor course
The Labor Education Service at the University of Minnesota is offering its first online course starting Feb. 1.
Organizing
Teamsters break through with contract for LA port drivers
The Teamsters, after a long organizing campaign and extended bargaining, have won and ratified a first contract for a notable group of West Coast workers, 65 port drivers for the Toll Group at the Port of Los Angeles.
Nellie Stone Johnson scholarship dinner coming March 21
Tickets now are available for the annual Nellie Stone Johnson Scholarship Dinner. The event takes place Thursday, March 21, at the Prom Center, 484 Inwood Ave., Oakdale. Social hour and a silent auction begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by the dinner and program at 6:30 p.m.
Community
New play celebrates life of pioneering union activist
History Theatre’s production “Nellie,” tells the story of Minnesota’s Nellie Stone Johnson, a pioneering black union activist who became a Minnesota labor leader in the 1930s.
Community
‘Nellie’ runs through Feb. 17 at History Theatre
History Theatre’s production of “Nellie” runs Jan. 26 through Feb. 17 at History Theatre, 30 10th Street East in downtown St. Paul. Single ticket prices for “Nellie” start at $32, with discounts for seniors, students and groups of 12 or more.
Workers challenge union-busting at Progressive Rail
Members of the United Transportation Union conducted informational picketing Tuesday at Progressive Rail, Inc., to protest anti-union actions taken by the railroad.
Government
Labor leaders laud departing Labor Secretary
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, who repeatedly declared herself “the new sheriff in town” on behalf of workers the last four years, resigned her position on Jan. 9, after talks with her family over the holiday break about her future.
Truck company owner pleads guilty in prevailing wage case
Gary Francis Bauerly, owner of WATAB Hauling Co., pleaded guilty Monday in Hennepin County District Court to felony theft by swindle over $35,000 for not paying his workers prevailing wage required for road work for federal, state and local governments.
New survey raises questions about patient safety
Nurses from Bagley, Bemidji, and Thief River Falls, Minnesota, gathered to call for minimum staffing standards in facilities in greater and metropolitan Minnesota.
Government
Labor urging action on jobs, revenue when Legislature convenes
When the Minnesota legislature convenes Tuesday everything will have changed — and nothing will have changed. What’s changed: for the first time in a generation, the DFL holds majorities in both the Minnesota House and Senate and also holds the governor’s office. What hasn’t changed: the state faces structural budget deficits that the last several legislative sessions have failed to address.