Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2004/12/page/4/)
AFSCME Minnesota Council 5, AFL-CIO, is currently seeking applicants for the position of director of Legislation and Political Action. Council 5 is a newly merged organization of former Councils 6, 14, and 96; we represent over 40,000 employees in the public and private sector (state, city, county, schools, university, hospitals). Contact Susie Olson at 651-287-0517 for complete job description; resumes accepted no later than Dec. 20, 2004.
Thirty-one union workers at the Case IH distribution warehouse here are among 650 United Auto Workers locked out in a contract showdown in four states.
A Minneapolis Steelworker who was one of 15 people arrested in protests at the former School of the Americas will report on her experiences Thursday, Dec. 9, in a program that is free and open to the public.
Citizens will have the opportunity to speak directly to the Federal Communications Commission when Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein hold a public forum on media concentration Thursday in St. Paul.
The Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council has suggestions for shopping union this holiday season.
Service Employees President Andrew Stern’s plan to radically reform or blow up the AFL-CIO is drawing a combination of strong support from central labor councils and one state fed chief–along with a little flak.
Instructors at the Minnesota School of Cosmetology, Inc., have voted to be represented by United Food & Commercial Workers Local 789.
Best-selling author and social critic Thomas Frank will be the keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the JOBS NOW Coalition, Dec. 9 in St. Paul.
Leaders of trade unions from around the world will hold one of their largest gatherings ever next week in Japan, where they will discuss building a global labor movement.
The Resource Center of the Americas offers a series of programs this month focusing on immigrants in the labor movement, starting with a film this Friday and discussion on Saturday.