Union-backed coalition demands action on long overdue financial reform
A large union-backed coalition that is campaigning for financial reform is stepping up its efforts — even as lawmakers start tackling the issue.
Policy
Laborer is elected president of St. Paul labor federation
Delegates elected Laborer Bobby Kasper president of the St. Paul Regional Labor Federation at their monthly meeting Wednesday. Kasper will take immediate charge of the 50,000-member organization.
Community
Author speaks Saturday on organized labor
Steve Early, author of a new book, “Embedded with Organized Labor: Journalistic Reflections on the Class War at Home,” will speak and sign books Saturday at Mayday Books in Minneapolis.
Policy
New video on challenges facing young workers screens Nov. 10
No matter how hard they work or how well they do in school, young people know it can be difficult to stay afloat when you\’re coming of age in a "McJob" economy. On Nov. 10, attend a free screening of a new film about the challenges facing young workers – and how they are taking the lead in addressing them.
Health care supporters urge Franken to put on the boxing gloves
With the health care reform debate set to begin on the House and Senate floors next week, Minnesotans from across the Twin Cities rallied outside Senator Franken’s office Wednesday to thank him for pushing for real health care reform.
Environment
Going green in Duluth
The Duluth labor movement is taking steps toward a greener future.
Health care rally Wednesday at Franken’s office
With the health care reform debate set to begin on the House and Senate floors, people from across the Twin Cities will rally at Senator Al Franken’s office Wednesday.
Labor Education Service offers skills workshops
The University of Minnesota Labor Education Service is offering four workshops this fall for union members and others interested in sharpening their skills.
Nurses march on Capitol, call on governor to restore general assistance medical care
Snow was falling and lots of folks were dressed in red, but while the day was Columbus Day, not Christmas, Governor Tim Pawlenty clearly was the Grinch whose unilateral budget cuts will take health care away from the state’s neediest citizens.
Unions lobby hard against Finance Committee health plan
Unions stepped up their lobbying against a health care plan drafted by a key Senate panel, saying that its excise taxes on so-called “Cadillac” health care plans would hurt their members and the middle class.