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You can save more than 30 percent on a special holiday grocery package available for $25 from Fare for All Express. The holiday grocery packages will be available for sale Friday, Dec. 4, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the United Labor Centre, 312 Central Ave., Minneapolis.
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers presents Holiday Lights in the Park, a spectacular and fun drive-through light display that raises funds to help children and adults in the Twin Cities metro area.
It’s been 10 years since environmentalists, union members and faith and social justice activists took to the streets of Seattle to protest the convening of the 1999 World Trade Organization. The Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition will mark this anniversary – and champion a positive vision for global trade – with a series of events Nov. 30 to Dec. 5.
As Hennepin County Medical Center announced 200 more job cuts on Nov. 18, AFSCME members joined 200 protesters outside the hospital, urging the Legislature to rescue General Assistance Medical Care before Gov. Pawlenty eliminates the program.
After a comprehensive interview and screening process, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 49 has endorsed Speaker of the House, Rep. Margaret Anderson Kelliher, DFL-Minneapolis, in Minnesota’s 2010 gubernatorial race, the union announced.
Low- and middle-income families in Minnesota pay higher shares of their income in state and local taxes than do Minnesota families with the highest incomes, according to a new study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
Ricardo Levins Morales, known for promoting the integration of art into organizing campaigns and movements for social justice, is opening his own studio and storefront art center in the Longfellow neighborhood of south Minneapolis.
St. Joan of Arc Church in Minneapolis will host its Third Annual Sustainable Fair Trade Market on Nov. 28 and 29.
With Minnesota\’s unemployment rate now at 7.5 percent, Minnesota AFL-CIO President Shar Knutson called on Minnesota’s Congressional delegation and the state Legislature to create an aggressive new jobs program announced in Washington by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
Transportation in the Twin Cities region entered a new era Monday, as the Northstar Commuter Rail Line began daily service.
