Times getting tougher for Minnesota workers
From Wall Street to Main Street, news reports and new economic statistics reflect an economy in increasingly serious trouble.
Policy
Government
AFSCME members meet in convention, challenge Wall Street bailout
For Minnesota\’s public service workers, who have endured years of budget cuts and smear campaigns against government employees, the thought of a $700 billion bailout for the architects of their misery is almost too much to bear.
Machinists demonstrate at Northwest, Delta stockholders’ meetings
IAM members were an unmistakable presence both inside and outside meetings Thursday in New York and Atlanta, where shareholders of Northwest Airlines voted to approve the airline\’s merger with Delta Airlines.
Policy
Union members take their message direct to Wall Street
Just before lawmakers announced they had struck an agreement on principles for a plan to help the worsening financial crisis, more than 1,000 union members rallied near the Stock Exchange in Lower Manhattan at noon Thursday.
Calling all union women!
The University of Minnesota Labor Education Service is seeking input from union women to help in planning an April 2009 Union Women\’s Leadership Retreat.
Policy
No bailout unless working families are protected, Change to Win says
The Change to Win labor federation has outlined a statement of principles that should guide any proposed bailout of Wall Street.
Policy
Bailouts for billionaires, but where’s help for working families, AFL-CIO leader asks
Massive deregulation and federal failure to oversee and discipline markets led to the financial chaos and collapses that have hit the U.S. economy, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney said.
Community
Film Review: See ‘Battle in Seattle’
With the recent street clashes at the Republican National Convention and the on-going, multi-billion-dollar bailout of Wall Street, the timing for the release of "Battle in Seattle" couldn\’t be better.
Minnesota AFL-CIO issues call for education funding reform
Led by teachers from across the state, delegates to the Minnesota AFL-CIO convention issued a call for sweeping reform of education funding and more support for public schools.
Transportation workers stop plan to restrict organizing rights
The National Mediation Board has rescinded its proposal to make it more difficult for unionized airline workers to retain union protection when merging with unrepresented carriers.