Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2005/04/page/4/)
“5 Billion People, One Planet: Can We Coexist?” is the topic of the monthly St. Paul Labor Speakers Club program. Representatives of unions and environmental groups will discuss the future of labor and the environment.
Free showings of “The Corporation,” the riveting 2004 documentary film, will be held in several Twin Cities neighborhoods as part of a grassroots initiative.
CAFTA and how it would affect Minnesota’s economy will be the topic of the Union Community Activist Network (UCAN) training Tuesday, April 12. The program, which is free and open to the public, will feature labor leader Mark Froemke.
With Congressional hearings set to start Wednesday on the controversial Central American Free Trade Agreement, the AFL-CIO issued a scathing critique of the trade pact, saying it would hurt Latin American workers as well as their U.S. colleagues.
With 81 percent of the vote, Service Employees International Union Local 880 of Chicago won the right to represent an estimated 49,000 child care workers in Illinois, the American Arbitration Association confirmed on April 7.
Hundreds of immigrant workers die — and thousands more are exploited — every year in the United States. Labor leader Baldemar Velasquez says it is time to organize and change immigration policy to bring them out of the shadows.
Wal-Mart, the Wobblies and labor songs old and new are among topics featured in this year’s “Untold Stories,” a labor history series presented by Friends of the St. Paul Public Library and co-sponsored by several labor organizations.
At least three labor organizations are supporting Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s controversial plan for a state-supported casino.
Parking workers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport have ratified a new contract that restores most of what they lost when the Metropolitan Airports Commission hired a new company to manage parking operations.
A Minnesota House committee has approved an increase in the minimum wage, sending the legislation to the House floor.