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Some 103 workers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport have joined UNITE HERE Local 17, while bartenders employed by the Historic Theatre Group in downtown Minneapolis also are seeking representation, the union reported.
Members of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 292 voted 64 percent in favor of a new two-year agreement with the National Electrical Contractors Association.
Elections for local offices and issues will be held across Minnesota on Tuesday, Nov. 8. With turnout expected to be light, every vote will count.
More than 100 Minnesotans from faith, labor and community groups rallied outside of the annual meeting of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Tuesday to demand that large banks and corporations pay their fair share of taxes, invest in good jobs, and fix the foreclosure crisis.
World leaders must pivot and focus the international economy – and its recovery – on getting workers into jobs, union leaders will tell international leaders meeting in Cannes, France.
Governor Mark Dayton has named three labor representatives to two task forces that will seek ways to expand health care coverage to more Minnesotans and drive down cost.
Leaders of several Minnesota unions addressed participants in Saturday’s march against banks, held on the anniversary of the 1929 stock market crash that launched the Great Depression.
Despite favorable public opinion polls, Ohio unionists are taking nothing for granted and are ramping up their campaign to repeal Gov. John Kasich’s anti-union law, as a Nov. 8 referendum on it nears.
Amid the ongoing debate over funding options for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium, the Minnesota AFL-CIO reaffirmed its support for a casino in Minneapolis’ Block E Entertainment complex.
Four hundred Hennepin County workers rallied at the Government Center, fighting the continuing degradation of their jobs and the county’s ongoing demands for pay and contract concessions.
