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When University of Minnesota administrators consider ways to handle state-imposed budget cuts, they ought to “chop from the top” rather than slash the pay of frontline employees or raise tuition, workers and students said at a rally Thursday on the Minneapolis campus.
“Chop from the top” is the theme of a rally Thursday at the University of Minnesota to protest the manner in which administrators are balancing the budget for the state’s largest educational institution.
The next luncheon of the Twin City Area Labor Management Council will feature resources for laid-off workers, employers and union officials.
A group of local musicians, dancers and visual artists have banded together to host a fundraiser for the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti. “Solidarité avec Haiti: Earthquake Relief Fundraiser” will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22, at the Cedar Cultural Center, 415 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis.
More than 10,000 registered nurses have signed up to volunteer for Haiti disaster relief, believed to be the largest outpouring of RN volunteers in U.S. history, reports National Nurses United, which is coordinating the effort.
Janitors who have filed a racial discrimination suit against a Twin Cities cleaning contractor will hold a community meeting Thursday in Minneapolis to discuss their situation.
After almost a week of pressure from the Obama White House and intense closed-door negotiations, union leaders decided to drop organized labor’s opposition to taxing health insurance.
The Twin Cities Musicians Union Local 30-73 has launched an innovative trial program to provide health care vouchers and reimbursements to members who lack health insurance.
Forcing more disclosure on union-busters – and how much money companies spend on them – and ordering companies to resume counting ergonomic injuries are among the highlights of the Obama Labor Department’s proposed rules agenda for this year.
The Minneapolis school district appears likely to miss a state-mandated Jan. 15 deadline to settle a contract with the district’s teachers. The consequence could be a fine to the Minneapolis Public Schools from the Minnesota Department of Education equal to $25 per student in the district — a total of about $800,000.
