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The Blue Green Alliance is sponsoring a public photo gallery that reveals how Minnesota union workers are leading the way in the green economy. The exhibit will have its grand opening Thursday, Jan. 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Common Roots Café, 2558 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis.
Congressman Keith Ellison, Democrat representing Minnesota’s Fifth District, has introduced the Put America to Work Act to create 1 million jobs across the nation.
Members of MAPE, the state’s second-largest public employee union, outlined $100 million in potential savings for the state Thursday and called on Governor Tim Pawlenty to “stay in Minnesota to solve our budget crisis.”
Bucking a trend that has seen many workers taking wage freezes or even cuts, union members at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport are set to vote on a new contract that raises pay by as much as 8 percent.
January is National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. The Coalition of Labor Union Women is part of a national campaign to let woman know that while cervical cancer is the second-leading cancer in women worldwide, it is preventable.
American Building Maintenance Janitorial Services, the largest janitorial contractor in the Twin Cities, uses racial discriminatory hiring and pay practices against African Americans and African immigrants, according to charges filed by workers Wednesday with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
After being investigated by the National Labor Relations Board, retail giant Wal-Mart has agreed to post a notice that it won’t violate workers’ rights at its Hastings, Minn., store.
The Blue Green Alliance Foundation will receive a $5 million Energy Training Partnership Grant to train manufacturing workers for the good jobs being created in the clean energy economy, the U.S. Department of Labor announced Wednesday.
Twin Cities janitors, represented by Service Employees International Union Local 26, are waging a struggle for good jobs that also protect the environment. View videos of their recent march through downtown Minneapolis and their 2009 convention.
Teachers in St. Paul will cast their votes on Jan. 12 for a tentative agreement that will cover the 2009 through 2011 school years, the union announced Tuesday. The St. Paul School Board will also vote on the proposed agreement early this month.
