Facing strike, state workers seek support
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As they prepare for their first strike in 20 years, state employees are appealing to other union members and working people to support them.
Union delegates put heat on Holiday Inn
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Chanting, “Holiday Inn, shame on you!” hundreds of Minnesota AFL-CIO convention delegates marched through downtown St. Paul to support workers fighting to keep their jobs and union at the hotel.
Sindicatos de Minnesota Reclaman Reforma del Sistema de Inmigracion
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Traducido Por Brendan Cummins, de Miller-O’Brien
Minnesota AFL-CIO endorses Wellstone re-election
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With a thunderous standing ovation, delegates to the annual convention of the Minnesota AFL-CIO unanimously endorsed Senator Paul Wellstone for re-election in 2002.
Minnesota unions call for immigration reform
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National AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka, Minnesota AFL-CIO President Ray Waldron and other labor leaders joined immigrant workers Monday in calling for reform of the nation’s immigration laws.
Mondale condemns Social Security privatization
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If Americans begin doubting the solvency of Social Security, they are falling into the trap of those who want to privatize the best program the government ever created, former Vice President Walter Mondale told the Minnesota AFL-CIO State Retirees Council Monday.
AFSCME delegates recommend state employee strike
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Nearly 500 delegates to AFSCME Council 6’s Negotiations Assembly voted overwhelmingly Saturday to reject the State of Minnesota’s last offer and strike in September. The recommendation will be voted on by the 19,000 members of Council 6 during the week of Aug. 27 at polling places across the state.
‘Labor in the Pulpit’ brings workers’ message to churches
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From Washington to San Francisco, from New York to Atlanta, workers and their allies will climb to the nation’s pulpits on Labor Day weekend again this year, to preach the message of workers’ rights.
State employees to vote, picket on Saturday
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In another step toward a strike, AFSCME Council 6 will hold a Negotiations Assembly Saturday, Aug. 18, to recommend whether to accept or reject a new contract with the state of Minnesota. Following the vote – which almost certainly will be a rejection – members will conduct informational picketing.
Trumka to keynote Minnesota AFL-CIO convention
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AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka is scheduled to address the 44th Constitutional Convention of the Minnesota AFL-CIO, set for Aug. 20-22 at the Radisson Riverfront Hotel in St. Paul.<