Minnesota labor hopeful about key political races
Union members and other volunteers worked up until the polls closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday for DFL gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton and other labor-endorsed candidates.
Policy
Fair Trade Coalition honors Ellison
The Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition recently held its Second Annual Member Assembly, where it presented Congressman Keith Ellison, D-5th District, with its 2010 Fair Trade Leadership Award.
Government
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Labor law has been ‘turned inside out to help the powerful,’ top historian says
U.S. labor law “has been turned inside out, protecting the powerful rather than the powerless” in the 75 years since the National Labor Relations Act was enacted, a top labor historian says.
NABET members to rally community support before TPT debate
Two hours before Twin Cities Public Television broadcasts a high-profile gubernatorial debate from its studios downtown St. Paul, union broadcast technicians, locked in negotiations with the station since February, will stage a rally in nearby Mears Park.
Policy
GreenPOWER to begin training workers at St. Paul Ford plant
The first classes of the GreenPOWER (Partnership of Workforce and Employer Resources) training program targeting workers at Ford Motor Company’s Twin Cities Assembly Plant in St. Paul will take place on Friday, Oct. 29.
It’s all about jobs: Coalition spotlights candidates’ records on trade
“Jobs” seems to be the watchword of this year’s election campaigns, but few people are talking about why millions of Americans are unemployed. In Minnesota, the Fair Trade Coalition is putting a spotlight on a major cause: unfair trade agreements.
Organizing
Iowa RNs fighting to join Minnesota Nurses Association
Nearly 200 Registered Nurses at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, have been forced to issue a formal petition to the National Labor Relations Board after hospital officials refused to address and honor their request to join the Minnesota Nurses Association.
Organizing
Union effort at Jimmy John’s falls short in tight vote
Workers at 10 Jimmy John’s franchise locations in Minneapolis are crying foul after a unionization effort failed by only two votes.
Labor Management Council to discuss federal health care reform
“Federal Changes in Healthcare: The Impact on Bargaining and Labor-Management Committees” will be the topic at the Nov. 10 meeting of the Twin City Area Labor Management Council.