Window cleaners to picket on Wednesday and Thursday
SEIU Local 26 is inviting other union members and supporters to join picket lines in support of locked-out window cleaners Wednesday and Thursday morning.
U of M graduate student workers to protest fees
University of Minnesota graduate student workers and supporters will march through the Minneapolis campus Wednesday at noon to demand a reduction in student fees.
Landmark ‘Minnesota At Work’ program makes transition to the Web
In 1984 a groundbreaking new television program appeared on local cable channels in the Twin Cities. Produced by the Labor Education Service in cooperation with the Minnesota AFL-CIO, “Minnesota Labor ‘84” made its debut on half-a-dozen channels on cable systems in the Twin Cities.
Nurses say they will strike if necessary
While members of the Minnesota Nurses Association negotiate a new contract with Twin Cities hospitals, the historic strikes of 1984 and 2001 are not far from their minds.
Help tell the story of the workers who built the Capitol
The Labor Education Service has started work on a new project, “Who Built the Capitol?” to uncover the names and stories of the workers who constructed the Minnesota State Capitol, one of the most acclaimed state government centers in the United States.
Organizing
May 21: LES sponsors half-day program on women’s leadership
On May 21, the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service will sponsor another in its series of educational programs for working women.
Workers seek support as Murray’s Restaurant imposes new contract
Famous as the self-declared “home of the silver butter knife steak,” Murray’s restaurant in downtown Minneapolis — long a union house — now has stabbed its employees in the back with one of those silver butter knives. And twisted it.
Union leaders recall 1970 postal strike
Imagine your faithful Letter Carrier, braving “rain, snow, sleet, hail and gloom of night” – to quote the old Post Office motto – for so little pay that he, and it was almost always a “he,” could draw welfare and apply for food stamps.
Hundreds of Minnesota nurses to rally Saturday
More than 900 Minnesota nurses are expected to gather Saturday for a boisterous public rally focused on the importance of patient safety and advocacy as RNs continue contract negotiations with several Twin Cities hospital systems.
Policy
Legislation would provide help in accessing unemployment benefits
Tucked away in an omnibus policy bill making its way through the Minnesota House are a series of provisions designed to make it easier for laid-off workers to access their unemployment benefits.