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Striking workers at the Fabcon plant in Savage got a visit Tuesday from Margaret Anderson Kelliher, speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, who told them, “I think what you’re fighting for is important here.”
Registered Nurses working for HealthEast Home Care have voted to organize and join the Minnesota Nurses Association.
Rally for good jobs and fair taxes at the Minnesota state Capitol Wednesday, April 7, at noon.
As an employer lockout of window cleaners entered a second week, three of the locked-out workers risked arrest Monday in a protest to call attention to safety concerns. With video.
More than 50 members of Construction & General Laborers Local 563 went on strike Monday at Fabcon, Inc., in Savage in response to management demands for a 30 percent cut in wages and “significant” increases in health care premiums, the union said.
Disgusted with Senate GOP obstructionism that left many key jobs unfilled, President Obama used his constitutional powers to appoint attorneys Craig Becker and Mark Pearce to fill two vacant seats on the National Labor Relations Board.
With flowers and prayers, window cleaners and supporters remembered a co-worker and father who died doing his job in downtown Minneapolis.
While demonstrating in downtown Minneapolis this week, Dino Crandall and his fellow window cleaners filled some of the time by viewing video of window washing accidents on their cellphones. With video.
Members of Service Employees International Union Local 26 will lead a memorial march Friday to remember Fidel Sanchez-Flores, a window cleaner who died on the job.
When Twin Cities window cleaners asked to see inspection reports about the safety of their work equipment, employers responded by announcing a lockout.
