Occupy movement hits Duluth
The Occupy Wall Street phenomenon that has been sweeping the country since it began in New York City Sept. 17 has arrived in Duluth. Since mid-October there has been action in the streets nearly every day.
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Unions to march on Minneapolis banks Saturday
On Oct. 29 – the anniversary of the stock market crash that started the Great Depression – labor unions and working people will join Occupy Minnesota in a march on local banks.
Labor Education Service class highlights MNA online strategies
John Nemo, Director of PR and Social Media for the Minnesota Nurses Association, shares strategies – featuring real-life examples – of how Labor Unions can successfully leverage Social Media to engage members, impact contract negotiations and create content that shapes public opinion and drives mainstream media coverage.
Kowalski’s workers reject imposed contract
Workers at five Kowalski-owned grocery stores in the east metro have overwhelmingly rejected an imposed contract that would have gutted their pensions and required other concessions.
University offers training in hazardous materials, response and remediation
The School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota offers trainings in working with hazardous materials and hazardous waste operations and emergency response.
Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition to celebrate 20 years
The Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition will celebrate 20 years of fair trade advocacy with a dinner Nov. 4 featuring farm labor leader Baldemar Velasquez. Tickets are available.
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Building Trades protest non-union construction associated with HCMC
Minneapolis Building Trades members are questioning how a facility associated with Hennepin County Medical Center – one of Minnesota’s leading publicly operated health institutions – can be built by a California company using non-union, out-of-state workers.
Americans, South Africans face similar challenges, SEIU leader says
As people mobilized in the streets of Minneapolis to demand that Wall Street be accountable for creating the economic crisis, SEIU Local 26 President Javier Morillo-Alicea was thousands of miles away – hearing a similar message in Sun City, South Africa.
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State workers decry imported labor for $15 million project benefiting HCMC
Minnesota construction workers – who face the bleakest job outlook in the nation – will protest Wednesday at the site of a multi-million-dollar facility associated with Hennepin County Medical Center that is being built with out-of-state labor.
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Thousands of Minnesotans take part in actions focusing on jobs
Thousands of Minnesotans expressed their outrage and frustration with the U.S. economy in an unprecedented series of actions, from roundtables and pickets to a massive march through downtown Minneapolis. With video.