Ellison to host community forum on financial reform
Congressman Keith Ellison will host a community forum on financial reform Wednesday, June 2, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Powderhorn Park Recreational Center, 3400 15th Ave South, Minneapolis.
Policy
Register by Friday to get discount for Midwest School for Women Workers
Friday, May 28, is the deadline to register early and get a discount for the Midwest School for Women Workers.
Environment
Louisiana labor leaders say oil spill ‘worse than Katrina’
Labor leaders in New Orleans say the oil spill will be worse for workers in this region than Hurricane Katrina was almost five years ago and that the major media, both locally and nationally, are actually downplaying its significance.
UFCW, SEIU lead suit against Arizona immigration law
The United Food and Commercial Workers and the Service Employees, are leading, with civil liberties groups, a class-action suit to stop Arizona’s new law targeting people based solely on the suspicion they are undocumented. The groups sued on May 17 in federal court in Phoenix.
Diverse Minnesota coalition urges fair trade legislation
A diverse array of 72 faith, labor, environmental, social justice and family farm organizations throughout Minnesota sent a joint letter to the state’s Congressional Delegation in support of passing meaningful fair trade legislation.
Twin Cities nurses vote to strike
Amid chants of “Safe Patient Care,” members of the Minnesota Nurses Association announced they have authorized a strike of Twin Cities hospitals – the largest nursing walkout in U.S. history.
Policy
Trumka to White House: Focus on jobs to win in November
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says he has been taking a constant labor message to the Obama White House to concentrate on “jobs, jobs and more jobs, if you want to win in November” in its 2010 off-year elections.
Organizing
Unions forming labor council in Bloomington
Home to the Mall of America, the I-494 strip and Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the city of Bloomington is where 85,000 residents live and where 100,000 employees work. And thousands of those people are union members.
Government
Budget bill headed for governor’s desk
The session is over and so is the special session. Only the stroke of Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s pen is now required to balance the state’s projected $3 billion budget shortfall.
Community
Readings, film excerpts highlight final ‘Untold Stories’ programs
“Untold Stories,” the annual series of labor history programs sponsored by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, concludes this week with readings and film excerpts about food industry workers and our food system.