On the road for health care reform
Efforts continue across Minnesota to push Congress to act on health care reform.
Free screening of new film about the health care crisis
Responding to the debate over healthcare reform, the Labor Education Service at the University of Minnesota and AFSCME Council 5 will present “Money Driven Medicine” on Tuesday, Sept. 8.
Organizing
IAM takes steps toward a union vote at Delta Airlines
The International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers has taken a major step toward representing all ground workers at Delta Airlines.
Southeast Minnesota is hotbed for health care debate
Unions are calling August “a make-or-break month” for health care – and nowhere will the debate be hotter than southeast Minnesota, with key events this week and next.
Organizing
Knutson elected Minnesota AFL-CIO president
Shar Knutson, president of the St. Paul Regional Labor Federation, was elected Monday to lead the 300,000-member Minnesota AFL-CIO. Knutson will become the first woman president in the history of the statewide organization.
Policy
Public employee union responds to final round of state budget cuts
Gov. Pawlenty’s budget ax fell hard on the people of Minnesota Friday with another $14 million in cuts to public services, in areas ranging from transit and education to food inspection.
AFL-CIO convention may feature showdown over health care
With one month to go before September’s national AFL-CIO Convention in Pittsburgh, the biggest floor fight there may be over health care. And that floor fight, in turn, could affect the whole health care battle on Capitol Hill and nationally.
Policy
Union retirees celebrate election victories, look ahead
Union retirees from across Minnesota attended the annual convention of the Minnesota State Retiree Council, AFL-CIO, on Wednesday. They celebrated successful political action efforts last year and looked ahead to new challenges.
Minneapolis Labor Federation endorses ‘single payer’ health care
The Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation voted at its July meeting to endorse H.R. 676, the “single payer” health care reform legislation authored by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich.
Industry, union leaders discuss solutions to newspapers’ revenue woes
You don’t need a subscription to the daily newspaper to know the newspaper business is in trouble.