March against US Bank set for Saturday
A broad coalition plans to march against US Bank Saturday as part of a campaign to call attention to what they call the bank’s “anti-worker agenda.”
MplsWorks advocates make case for Working Families Agenda
A standing-room-only crowd supporting the Working Families Agenda filled the Minneapolis City Council chambers Wednesday for action by the Council’s Committee of the Whole.
Minnesotans to take part in White House ‘Worker Voice’ Summit
A veteran public employee union leader, a worker center organizer and an airport worker who campaigned for a higher minimum wage will represent Minnesota Wednesday at the White House’s “Worker Voice Summit.”
Fair trade advocates say fight over TPP has just begun
With the announcement Monday that the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries have reached agreement on the Trans Pacific Partnership, unions and other fair trade groups vowed to fight the deal as it goes before Congress.
Target Field workers to keep pursuing fair conditions
The 2015 baseball season ended Sunday for the Minnesota Twins – but workers at Target Field say their concerns about working conditions are still unresolved.
Public employees support Building Trades to defend good jobs in Duluth
Members of AFSCME Council 5, gathered in Duluth for the public employee union’s annual convention, led a boisterous rally outside the Radisson hotel Friday to protest the use of non-union, out-of-state labor.
Pope endorses organizing by car wash workers
Pope Francis, meeting with three “carwasheros” – unionized Spanish-speaking workers at New York car washes – endorsed the workers’ efforts to organize.
Movie Night features unsung heroes of grape strike
The “Labor Movie Night” series presents the documentary “The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers” Friday, Oct. 16, at 6 p.m. in Room 467 of the United Labor Centre, 312 Central Ave., Minneapolis. Admission is free.
Discussion of immigrant issues Oct. 8 in Osseo
Issues facing the immigrant community in the Osseo school district will be discussed Oct. 8 at a meeting organized by the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.
Barber connects voting rights, labor rights
The Rev. William Barber, president of the North Carolina NAACP and leader of the Moral Monday and Forward Together movement, said: “The labor rights movement and the voting rights movement are interconnected. We must be smart enough to hook up. If we do, we can change this nation.”