Security officers to march on MLK Day
Security officers represented by Service Employees International Union Local 26 and supporters will march Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Day and to seek justice on the job.
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Hannon workers ‘on thin ice,’ demonstrators say
The windchill was minus six degrees at noon Monday as about 20 members and staff of SEIU Local 26, some wearing ice skates, some wearing boots, played hockey on the ice at Centennial Lakes Park. Their presence sought to dramatize that workers at Hannon Security Services are "on thin ice" without access to affordable health care.
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Report advocates greater leadership role for women in unions
Increasing leadership roles for women in unions would benefit female workers, unions, the labor movement and women in general, a new report says.
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U.S. Bank employees join AFSCME
Some 500 tellers and other white-collar, non-supervisory employees of U.S. Bank in Milwaukee County, voted overwhelmingly to affiliate with Wisconsin Council 48 of AFSCME.
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22,000 Massachusetts caregivers unionize
By a 94%-6% margin, 22,000 Massachusetts home care workers, called Personal Care Attendants in the Bay State, voted Nov. 8 to join Service Employees 1199, the union\’s hospital and health care workers\’ affiliate.
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Carpenters councils in Minnesota, northern Wisconsin merge
The Lakes and Plains Regional Council of Carpenters has been dissolved and merged into the Northern Wisconsin Regional Council of Carpenters. The merger creates the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters and Joiners.
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Rochester bus drivers win union
They voted. They waited 46 days for the results. And this Sunday they plan a party to celebrate. Bus operators and dispatchers at Rochester City Lines voted overwhelmingly Aug. 18 in a National Labor Relations Board election to unionize and become members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005.
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New Building Trades president to focus on customer service, organizing
A new "customer service" orientation and new organizing initiatives will be centerpieces for new AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department President Mark Ayers.
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Change to Win federation sets plans for politics, organizing
The Change to Win federation set future plans for strategic organizing campaigns and approved a 10-cent-per-capita assessment for politics for the 2007-2008 election cycle, CTW Chair Anna Burger said.
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Bus drivers vote in Rochester, but NLRB seals ballots
The National Labor Relations Board has sealed and not counted the ballots cast in a union election Tuesday among employees of Rochester City Lines.