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Construction workers in hard hats and safety vests mixed with nurses and professional employees at a packed legislative hearing Thursday on a proposal to freeze wages and undermine public workers’ right to collective bargaining. Amid a slew of such anti-worker legislation, union leaders asked, “Where is the focus on jobs?”
Minnesota’s busiest air carrier, Delta, is now less unionized than ever. That raises the question: How do other airlines that serve Minnesota stack up?
SEIU Healthcare Minnesota members at HealthPartners clinics voted Thursday to overwhelmingly ratify a new three-year contract, the union announced.
Minnesota union leaders praised Governor Mark Dayton’s State of the State address for offering a “vision for shared prosperity” during difficult times.
The Minnesota State Capitol building stands as a Minnesota icon, embodying the history and values of the state. But it also can be an exciting teaching tool, as one middle school class learned this winter.
Minneapolis teacher Michele Campbell was taking a writing class for her Master of Fine Arts degree and discovered she had a lot to say about the challenges of the teaching profession. “I had a lot of material that I wanted to get into the world,” she says.
Egyptian workers, suppressed by a government-sponsored and government-run labor federation, have broken away to form their own independent unions and federation, join the popular protests against President Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorial rule – and pick up U.S. and international support.
Members of Minneapolis Fire Fighters Local 82 have been going door to door distributing leaflets alerting residents about proposed staff cuts.
With the 2011 legislative session underway, Minnesota’s unions plan to bring working families’ voices to the State Capitol at a series of lobby days.
Women active in their unions – and those interested in getting active in labor organizations – will learn new skills at the Minnesota Union Women\’s Leadership Retreat set for April 27-29 at Ruttger’s Bay Lake Lodge near Brainerd.
