Workers picket Minnesota Epilepsy Group
SEIU Healthcare Minnesota members from Minnesota Epilepsy Group held a picket and rally Feb. 11 to bring public attention to their fight to provide high quality patient care and dignity on the job.
Government
Unions mobilize to promote participation in U.S. Census
Sometime in mid-March, your letter carrier will deliver your 2010 U.S. Census form in the mail: 10 questions. Take a few minutes to fill out the form and return it in the mail by April 1.
First Twin Cities nurse goes to Haiti
Twin Cities RN Barbara Warren-Bloms left Sunday from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and becomes the first Minnesota nurse to be formally deployed to Haiti.
Environment
Environmental groups pledge support for janitors’ campaign, possible strike
People who work in downtown office buildings don’t want to be exposed to toxic chemicals and support janitors who want to adopt “green” cleaning techniques, the leader of a major Minnesota environmental organization said Wednesday.
Janitors to march through Minneapolis skyways Monday
Twin Cities janitors have scheduled a march through the Minneapolis skyway system on Monday, Feb. 15, to escalate their campaign for a fair contract.
Education Minnesota applauds changes to ‘No Child Left Behind’
Education Minnesota President Tom Dooher applauded the Obama administration’s decision to overhaul the nation’s failed No Child Left Behind law, while urging caution as the idea moves ahead.
Visiting union leader contradicts media account of Honduras coup
U.S. media gave a distorted account of last year’s coup d\’etat in Honduras – and completely missed Honduran unions’ general strike against the coup – according to an eye-witness account from a top Honduran labor leader.
Policy
Unions criticize Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and two other union leaders have criticized the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling opening the political ad floodgates to cascades of corporate campaign cash – even though the federation’s legal brief sided with the corporate plaintiffs on free speech grounds.
Policy
Union pension funds build new Twin Cities housing
These days, construction cranes are a rare sight above the metro area skyline. But drive west on W. 36th St. towards Lake Calhoun and you can see a giant crane towering above the hills on Calhoun’s western shore.
Tickets available for Nellie Stone Johnson dinner
Tickets now are available for the annual Nellie Stone Johnson Scholarship Dinner March 25 in Oakdale.