Workday Magazine (https://workdayminnesota.flywheelsites.com/author/tsuperadmin/page/264/)
When the founding fathers (and mothers) declared their goals of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” did they mean to include health care? This Fourth of July holiday, many unions and citizens are saying yes.
Minnesotans will gather at the steps of the State Capitol Wednesday at noon to congratulate Al Franken, Minnesota’s new U.S. Senator. People also will rally at noon at the Duluth Labor Center.
U.S. Senator Al Franken and his supporters gathered Wednesday on the steps of the state Capitol in St. Paul to celebrate the close of a difficult election process.
Minnesota Representatives Keith Ellison, Betty McCollum and Collin Peterson will hold town meetings on health care reform this week.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers has asked the National Mediation Board to hold a representation election for more than 2,000 fleet service, passenger service and reservation employees of AirTran Airways.
The Minnesota AFL-CIO marched in the 2009 Twin Cities Pride Parade on Sunday in downtown Minneapolis to support the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender workers.
During the campaign, Minnesota’s newest U.S. Senator, Al Franken, said he would be an elected official in the tradition of the man who once held his seat, the late Paul Wellstone. It’s a commitment that America’s wage earners need him to keep.
The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is mourning the sudden death of longtime AFTRA recording artist Michael Jackson.
School bus drivers and bus aides at two First Student bus yards in the metro area voted four-to-one and two-to-one in two separate elections in recent weeks to organize as members of Teamsters Local 120.
Declaring Congress must listen to the voters, and not the health insurance companies, thousands of health care advocates — led by unionists — demanded universal, affordable health care in a mass rally.
