AFSCME boosts membership in 2006
Nearly 100 workers joined AFSCME Council 5 this week, boosting the union\’s membership gains to 2,600 this year.
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It may be cold, but Cintas campaign is heating up
For more than three years, workers at Cintas Corp. have been trying to organize a union, and for more than three years, management has tried many tactics – some of them illegal – to stop them from exercising their rights.
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Ellison, immigrant coalitions to be honored
Keith Ellison will be honored as “Progressive Leader of the Year” at TakeAction Minnesota’s First Annual Progressive Awards Dinner Saturday, Dec. 16.
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Houston janitors claim victory in first-ever contract
On the heels of a string of victories in Miami, Los Angeles and Boston that have resulted in dramatic gains for families, more than 5,300 janitors in Houston won higher wages, more hours, and health insurance in their first city-wide union contract.
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Students take tomato pickers’ fight to the golden arches
McDonald\’s restaurants are all about making people smile. That is, unless you\’re a worker picking tomatoes for the company\’s salads and sandwiches.
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‘Burning for change’ event Saturday
"Burning for change" is the theme of an event Saturday geared to motivating people to vote in the Nov. 7 elections.
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Unions strike agreement on organizing child-care providers
Two major unions have reached agreement on plans for organizing child care providers, among the lowest-paid workers in Minnesota.
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Hotel workers’ campaign posts big wins
UNITE HERE’s nationwide “Hotel Workers Rising” campaign picked up wins in Chicago, San Francisco and Monterey, Calif., the union reported.
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Union says security firm is intimidating employees
SEIU Local 26 has called on Hannon Security, the metro area’s largest nonunion security company, to quit tampering with its officers’ attempts to organize.
Government
Hennepin County, union partner to improve child care
Significant improvements are on the way for home-based child care as part of a trailblazing partnership between Hennepin County and AFSCME, government and union leaders said.