Organizing efforts build at Jennie-O
Efforts to form a union at the Jennie-O Turkey Store in Faribault intensified this week after the National Labor Relations Board found the company guilty of unfair labor practices.
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Unions, allies rally to demand passage of Employee Free Choice Act
Defying 97-degree heat, heavy humidity and a planned Republican filibuster, several thousand workers and their allies rallied in Washington Tuesday to demand the Senate pass the Employee Free Choice Act.
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Window cleaners seek union representation
Workers who hang from skyscrapers, cleaning windows on some of the area\’s largest and tallest buildings, are seeking union representation.
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Jennie-O Turkey Store cited for anti-union actions
Jennie-O Turkey Store has required employees to sign anti-union petitions, in violation of federal labor law, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled.
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Senate vote this week on Employee Free Choice Act
The Senate is expected to begin debate on the Employee Free Choice Act this week, with a vote to come as early as Wednesday.
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Rutgers University workers go union
Workers at Rutgers University have joined the American Federation of Teachers, the union announced.
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Worker rights supporters take message to business meetings
Union members crashed an informational luncheon hosted by the National Federation of Independent Business Thursday at the historic Lowell Inn downtown Stillwater.
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National Call-In Week for EFCA
Union activists and allies in Minnesota are calling U.S. Senator Norm Coleman as part of a national call-in to support the Employee Free Choice Act.
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Community forum will hear workers’ stories
Workers will describe their efforts to gain a voice on the job at a community forum Thursday, June 14, in St. Paul.
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Fired Circuit City employees turn to union
A second round of mass firings by the big electronics retailer Circuit City — many of them at its Richmond, Va., headquarters — prompted some workers there to contact the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union in New York.