Immigration
The Minnesota leg of the Freedom Ride
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View a description and map of the route taken by the Minnesota buses on the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride.
Policy
Airport commission leaves workers out in the cold
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The Metropolitan Airports Commission refused to protect the jobs, wages or benefits of more than 850 workers Monday as it adopted new policies for companies to run restaurants, stores and concessions at Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport.
‘Free trade: what’s at stake?’ is topic of forum
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The Metro Unitarian-Universalist Social Justice Alliance is sponsoring a forum, ?Free Trade: What?s at Stake? What Can We Do?,? on Sunday, Sept. 28 from 2-5:30 pm at First Universalist Church, 3400 Dupont Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Seniors, nurses support ?Taste of Our Own Medicine? amendment
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Union retirees and nurses joined U.S. Senator Mark Dayton Monday as he mailed petitions supporting his prescription drug amendment to President Bush and Majority Leader Bill Frist.
State workers voting on contract this week
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The next step in what could lead to a strike by state workers had begun. Members of AFSCME Council 6 and MAPE, the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees, will vote this week whether to accept what the state calls its final contract offer.
Policy
Bush asked to keep pledge on steel tariffs
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Well over 100 people from a broad cross section of unions and communities
throughout northern Minnesota attended a press conference at Duluth’s Port
Terminal Saturday that appealed to President Bush to continue his
tariff program on imported steel.
Conference celebrates 20th anniversary of Resource Center of the Americas
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An all-day conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Resource Center of the Americas will be held Saturday, Oct. 18. The theme is “New Activism For The Americas (the NAFTA afta? NAFTA).”
Community
Minnesota Machinist wins top safety award
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A Minnesota Machinist took high honors at the recent conference of the
National Safety Council. Mary Sansom became the second woman to win the
Distinguished Service to Safety Award.
Train accident in Utah raises more safety concerns
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A Union Pacific locomotive, run by remote control, got out of control Monday morning near Salt Lake City, a local TV station reported. The accident raises more concerns among rail workers about the use of the remote devices.
Senate rolls back new FCC rules
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In a bipartisan 55-40 vote, the Senate Tuesday rolled back highly contentious Federal Communications Commission rules that would allow major media conglomerates to own an even larger percentage of the nation?s media and permit cross-ownership of newspapers and TV stations in most communities.