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As part of a nationwide day of protests calling for higher wages, workers at the Minneapolis-St. Paul international airport marched with community supporters Wednesday to the offices of Delta Airlines subcontractor Air Serv.
The University of Minnesota Labor Education Service is accepting applications for the 2015-2016 Minnesota Union Leadership Program, which begins in September. Deadline to apply is June 1.
Workers will come from across Minnesota to the state Capitol Thursday for the Minnesota AFL-CIO’s Working Families Day on the Hill.
A strike and march by fast food workers next Wednesday highlights a week of action to call attention to the need for better jobs. Other events include demonstrations at Wells Fargo bank and Best Buy and the screening of a new documentary, “Wisconsin Rising.”
After more than three years in the making, Minnesota is rolling out new rules to help prevent bullying on the job for the state’s nearly 40,000 employees.
The Minnesota Association of Professional Employees was a driving force behind the action.
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is the largest employer of East African workers in the state, yet many earn so little that their families must live in poverty, a new report has found.
Saying the action marks a temporary delay in organizing efforts, the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers has withdrawn its application for an election among flight attendants at Delta Air Lines.
The monthly Twin Cities Labor Movie Night will feature a special screening of the documentary, “Wisconsin Rising,” on Friday, April 17, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the University of Minnesota’s Bell Museum auditorium, 10 Church St. SE, Minneapolis.
A group of organizations advocating a “Robin Hood Tax” on Wall Street will hold vigils in St. Paul and 24 other cities Wednesday. The events, held just days after the 47th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., renew his call for action to address inequality.
The 2015 Midwest School for Women Workers is hosted by the DePaul University Labor Education Center from Sunday, July 19, to Thursday, July 23, 2015, in Chicago, Illinois.
