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The Democratic Party’s platform, adopted Sept. 4 by its convention in Charlotte, N.C., sends a strong message for worker rights and a mixed message – from labor’s point of view – on trade, reading the 74-page document shows.
What do workers in Minnesota, Colombia and Guatemala have in common? Find out at a panel discussion Tuesday sponsored by Witness for Peace and the Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition.
Attacks on collective bargaining rights. Pension cuts. Privatization. “Right to Work.” School vouchers. Limits on voting. In the last year and a half, unionists have been like soldiers in a foxhole, surrounded by an enemy that is constantly shelling them.
Two years into the recovery, the majority of new jobs being added to the economy pay just $13.83 per hour or less, a new report from the National Employment Law Project shows.
As people across the United States begin celebrating Labor Day, a group of injured Colombian workers announced that a mediation process with General Motors had ended without a settlement and the workers will immediately re-start their hunger strike.
Thursday’s action by Republican legislators to reject new collective bargaining agreements for 27,700 state employees means the workers will have to await action in the next legislative session that starts in January.
SEIU Healthcare Minnesota President Julie Schnell announced her intention to retire and the union’s Executive Board has elected Executive Vice President Jamie Gulley as her replacement.
The decision by HealthPartners and Park Nicollet Health Services to merge, creating the state’s second-largest hospital system by revenue, is raising concern among members of the Minnesota Nurses Association.
Several Labor Day celebrations are planned across Minnesota to commemorate the struggles that resulted in the 40-hour workweek, safe working conditions, secure retirement benefits and the right to a voice on the job.
Members of ASOTRECOL, the Association of Injured Workers and Ex-Workers of General Motors Colmotores, have ended their hunger strike after reaching an agreement to meet with the company.
