New union job openings
AFSCME Council 5 is seeking an organizer and the Minnesota Nurses Association is hiring a labor relations specialist. View the notices in our job openings section.
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Rochester bus drivers to rally Saturday
Drivers for Rochester City Lines will rally Saturday to demand a voice on the job.
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Asian-American unionists step up fight for equality
Improving racial and gender diversity in the nation\’s union leadership emerged as one of two key themes of the biennial convention of the Asian-Pacific American Labor Alliance.
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IBEW questions temp agency hiring practices
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is pressuring a St. Paul temp agency to explain why it refused to place fully qualified, union electricians into a recently advertised opening.
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NLRB administrative law judge vindicates ‘Rochester 19’
An NLRB Administrative Law Judge has ruled in favor of the Rochester Holiday Inn Express workers who were fired a few days before Christmas 2006.
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Nearly 500 workers vote to join health care union
Service and maintenance employees at Abbott Northwestern Hospital – 441 in all – have voted to join SEIU Healthcare Minnesota.
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Minneapolis City Council supports EFCA
The Minneapolis City Council passed a resolution Friday urging Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act, legislation supporting workers\’ rights to organize unions.
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Solidarity dinner to benefit farm workers
A Workers\’ Solidarity Dinner to support the Coalition of Immokalee Workers will be held Thursday at Bethany Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.
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Building Trades gather for annual convention
Construction union members from across Minnesota gather this week in Mankato for the annual convention of the Minnesota Building and Construction Trades Council.
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Celebration at Walker Methodist
After a four-year struggle, workers at Walker Methodist Care Center in south Minneapolis finally won recognition of their union, AFSCME. They celebrated with a picnic last month and music by the Fire Roast Mountain Boys.