Health care, jobs and pensions are top issues in ‘Big Three’ talks
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Health care, job security and pensions were the big issues as the United Auto Workers opened contract talks with Detroit’s ‘Big Three’ automakers.
Organizing
United’s mechanics drop IAM for AMFA
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Mechanics at bankrupt United Airlines voted to drop the International Association of Machinists in favor of the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association, an independent union. AMFA said US Air would be its next organizing target.
Skychef workers at Twin Cities airport approve first pay raise in three years
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Twin Cities workers at LSG Skychef, the nation?s largest airline catering firm, are getting their first pay raises since 2000.
Organizing
Religion and Labor Network challenges nursing home management
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?What good is a religious tradition if you don?t live by its principles?? About 100 people gathered Wednesday to pose this question to the management of Walker Methodist Health Center at a ?Witness for Healing and Worker Rights.?
Government
State workers face possible pay cuts
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On top of eliminating the jobs of hundreds of state workers, the Pawlenty administration now wants to cut the wages of those state workers who keep their jobs.
Organizing
School bus company sues to block policy
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The largest school bus company in St. Paul filed suit July 14, asking the courts to throw out a new school district policy that makes it possible for bus drivers to unionize without going through a secret-ballot election.
Diverse group launches Immigrant Freedom Ride
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Union, religious and community leaders, joined by dozens of new immigrants, kicked off the Minnesota portion of the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride Tuesday on St. Paul’s West Side, the first home for many new Americans over the decades.
Community
Labor hopes to shake things up at State Fair
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Visitors to the Minnesota AFL-CIO booth at the State Fair could notice some subtle but dynamic changes this year as participating unions combine their activities and message.
Organizing
UFCW racks up court win vs. Wal-Mart
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The United Food and Commercial Workers won a key court battle against retail giant Wal-Mart when the Arkansas Supreme Court threw out a prior lower-court ruling banning union organizers from going onto company property.
Organizing
‘Witness for Workers Rights’ July 16 at nursing home
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People of faith, union members, neighbors, and Walker Methodist residents will hold a ?Witness for Workers Rights? Wednesday, July 16, at the Walker Methodist Health Center.