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AFSCME members who work in state-run mental health facilities are taking a beating from violent patients, according to recent statistics and an incident reported earlier this week. Workers say the state needs to take action to protect staff.
Hundreds of workers marched from the US Bancorp Center to Minneapolis City Hall Wednesday, calling on the City Council to support a citywide $15 minimum wage and guarantee workers paid sick time, fair scheduling and increased protection against wage theft.
The Minnesota AFL-CIO General Board has elected Bill McCarthy to serve as the state labor federation’s next president.
Using moves taken wholesale from the right wing’s playbook in the United States, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the Conservative Party leader, jammed a wide-ranging anti-union law through Parliament.
The nation’s largest federal workers union is suing the federal Office of Personnel Management over the huge personal data breach that resulted from a cyberattack on OPM’s computers.
Two leading scholar activists will lead a conversation on “Labor History: What’s Work Got To Do With It?” on Saturday, July 18, at the East Side Freedom Library in St. Paul.
In a major blow to the U.S. Postal Service’s deal with Staples retail stores, Region 5 of the National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint charging violations of federal labor law.
The first marker to commemorate the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters strikes, one of the great watershed moments in the history of the American labor movement, is being installed in downtown Minneapolis.
The Berger-Marks Foundation, which promotes and educates young women – including union women – in organizing and social justice movements, is taking nominations for its annual Edna and Kate Awards. The nomination deadline, online, is July 24.
