Tell your story at the State Fair
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Community
Community
Labor Day celebrations planned across state
Unions have scheduled several picnics and other events to celebrate Labor Day, but none will be bigger than the annual festivities in Cloquet, which this year will honor the late labor leader Bob Oswold.
Minnesota workers encouraged by tentative agreement with AT&T
The Communications Workers of America and AT&T have reached a tentative agreement covering about 8,000 workers nationwide, including more than 400 in the Twin Cities who have waited all summer for a contract.
Health care actions go beyond town hall meetings
While health care supporters pack town hall meetings to urge members of Congress to act, they’re also taking their campaign to numerous other, less traditional venues, including the Minnesota State Fair. Health care on a stick, anyone?
Minneapolis workers protest as cases of ‘wage theft’ increase
Francisco Dominguez Sanchez estimates he earned about $4 an hour – well below the minimum wage – while washing dishes and preparing food at a Minneapolis restaurant. And he’s probably not alone.
Whole Foods gets an earful about CEO’s opposition to health care reform
The CEO of Whole Foods Market, the world\’s largest retailer of natural and organic foods, is against President Obama’s efforts to reform and expand health care insurance. Union activists nationwide are helping John Mackey share that opinion with his store’s millions of socially conscious consumers.
Policy
Union leaders mourn passing of Senator Edward Kennedy, advocate for workers
Union leaders reacted with deep sadness to the death Tuesday of U.S. Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy, of cancer at age 77. Several unionists said workers could best memorialize him by enacting his last two great causes: Universal affordable health care and the Employee Free Choice Act.
UFCW challenges Whole Foods CEO on health care
Health care activists and unions are challenging Whole Foods CEO John Mackey on his opposition to health care reform by organizing events at many Whole Foods stores, including one in St. Paul.
Will health care be hijacked?
On July 1, Rep. Betty McCollum hosted a town hall forum on health care reform at the picnic area in St. Paul’s Highland Park.
Policy
Buy American resolutions pass Ramsey County, St. Paul City Council
The St. Paul City Council and the Ramsey County Board have passed labor-backed resolutions calling for use of American-manufactured steel in public-works projects funded by economic stimulus dollars. Similar resolutions are in the works in Minneapolis and Hennepin County.