Trades urge Bakk to run for governor
Will he or won\’t he? State Senator Tom Bakk hasn\’t decided, but if Minnesota Building Trades unions have their way, he\’ll be their candidate for governor in 2010.
Policy
Policy
Franken wins Building Trades endorsement
U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken added to his list of union supporters when the Minnesota State Building & Construction Trades Council endorsed him Thursday at the group\’s annual convention.
Environment
AFSCME to ‘go green’ at national convention
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the 1.6-million-member public service union, is planning its "greenest" convention ever July 28 to Aug. 1 in San Francisco.
Policy
Women achieve workplace equality – in job loss
With the U.S. economy sputtering toward recession, working women and their families will feel more pain than in past downturns, a new report says.
Working America urges Coleman to address health care crisis
Fixing America\’s health care system is going to take more than a band-aid. That\’s the message more than 23,000 members of Working America, the community affiliate of the AFL-CIO, delivered to Sen. Norm Coleman on Tuesday.
Window cleaners win contract gains
Just two days after 46 of 48 window cleaner members of Service Employees International Union Local 26 authorized their bargaining team to call a strike, they reached settlement on a new two-year contract.
St. Paul labor federation revamps website
The St. Paul Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO, has a new Web site. The address, though, is a familiar one: www.stpaulunions.org.
CWA officer appointed to Broadband Task Force
Governor Tim Pawlenty has appointed Tim Lovaasen, president of the Minnesota CWA State Council, to the High-Speed Broadband Task Force.
Workers lose wages as Bush administration fails to enforce law, Congress told
Enforcement of wage-and-hour laws, to ensure workers get at least the minimum wage and the overtime pay they deserve, has dropped drastically under the Bush administration, according to new Congressional testimony. As a result, low-wage workers are routinely cheated.
Community
SEIU to hold Labor Day festival in St. Paul
On the opening day of the Republican National Convention, the Service Employees International Union will sponsor a festival on St. Paul\’s Harriet Island to celebrate workers\’ achievements and "promote a New Vision for the 21st Century," organizers said.