Mediators call Duluth hospitals and nurses back to bargaining table
Federal mediators have called Duluth nurses and business executives at two area hospitals – SMDC Medical Center and St. Luke\’s – back to the bargaining table.
Community
Postal Workers march to save six-day service
Thousands of members of the American Postal Workers Union, led by President William Burrus and the Rev. Jesse Jackson, marched through the streets of downtown Detroit Tuesday to save Saturday service and rally for good jobs.
Organizing
Stage set for union election at Delta
The National Mediation Board Wednesday issued a single carrier ruling for the Fleet Service (ramp) classification at Delta Air Line, setting in motion a 14-day countdown that will determine if the workers in the combined Delta/Northwest Fleet Service classification at Delta will have a secret ballot election.
Duluth nurses authorize strike
Hundreds of Duluth nurses turned out Wednesday and cast a historic vote for patient safety, overwhelmingly authorizing their nurse leaders to call for a one-day strike.
Policy
Labor trying to mobilize the jobless to vote this fall
Realizing today’s jobless workers are more numerous and different from those of past years, the Union of the Unemployed and Working America, using two different tacks, are trying to mobilize the jobless to vote this fall, in their own self-interest.
Policy
South Dakota trades get first project labor agreement
On June 16, construction unions in South Dakota signed off on the first Project Labor Agreement in the state for a project that will actually be built. On Aug. 2, ground was broken for Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Deer Creek Station near White, S.D., just 20 miles from the Minnesota border.
Policy
Minnesota AFL-CIO endorses Mark Dayton for governor
Presenting a united labor front, the Minnesota AFL-CIO unanimously voted Monday to endorse Mark Dayton for governor.
Duluth nurses vote Wednesday whether to authorize strike
After months of negotiations and a refusal by SMDC Medical Center business executives to put their rhetoric about patient safety issues into writing, more than 900 SMDC nurses are being encouraged to vote Wednesday to reject the administration\’s contract offer and instead authorize a one-day strike.
Event to commemorate 25th anniversary of Hormel strike
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the landmark strike at the Hormel plant in Austin, Minn., by United Food and Commercial Workers Local P-9. It will be commemorated with a special program Saturday.
Skills, leadership were focus of Midwest School for Women Workers
Women from across Minnesota and the region gathered at the University of Minnesota in late July for the 2010 Midwest School for Women Workers. The focus: “Taking a stand in tough economic times.”