Community Services staff welcome new director in Duluth
As a “welcome” nod to Duluth’s new Community Services Program Director Beth Peterson, her colleagues in Minnesota came to Duluth Tuesday for their training meeting.
Community
Community
New location for Fare for All program in Minneapolis
Growing numbers of people are taking advantage of Fare for All Express to purchase discounted grocery packages. With the onset of cold weather, the Minneapolis program has moved to a new location.
Lawmakers see human face of GAMC cut
Minnesotans who depend on the state’s General Assistance Medical Care program – and workers who provide the care – said health care for everyone will suffer if the GAMC program is eliminated March 1.
Minnesota Nurses Association helping coordinate emergency nursing mission to Haiti
National Nurses United, the nation’s largest organization of registered nurses, Wednesday activated its nationwide disaster relief program to recruit nurse volunteers to provide assistance to residents of earthquake-devastated Haiti.
Obama tries to convince labor to support health care benefit tax
In a meeting at the White House Monday afternoon, President Obama tried to convince top union leaders to drop labor’s opposition to taxing workers’ health care benefits. But if remarks earlier in the day by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka are any indication, he did not get very far.
Organizing
‘The union is coming,’ airport security officers told
Transportation security officers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport have formed a local of the American Federation of Government Employees while they await federal action enabling them to unionize.
Twin Cities janitors working without a contract
More than 4,000 janitors from across the Twin Cities began working without a contract Monday after an agreement with their employers expired Friday.
Community
Free film screening in honor of Martin Luther King Day
See a free screening on Jan. 19 of “You Got to Move: Stories of Change in the South” in honor of Martin Luther King Day.
Policy
One out of 10 workers is unemployed
The nation’s unemployment rate ended 2009 at 10% in December, unchanged from November, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.
2010 is last chance for Employee Free Choice, top advocate says
This year is it for passing the Employee Free Choice Act, labor’s top legislative representative says.