Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2005/04/page/5/)
Over 350 union members, public transit supporters, business leaders and
politicians gathered on the lawn of the Minnesota State Capitol
Wednesday to call for increased state transportation funding.
Teachers in Crosby-Ironton will return to the classroom Thursday morning, ending an eight-week strike. An agreement was reached Wednesday between the Crosby-Ironton local of Education Minnesota and the school district.
Talks between striking teachers and the Crosby-Ironton school district continued Wednesday morning, the start of the eighth week of the walkout by 87 educators
For the first time this session, a Minnesota House committee will consider legislation raising the state’s minimum wage. Ever since the Minnesota Senate voted Feb. 3 to approve an increase, pressure has been building on House members to act.
Senator John Marty, DFL-Roseville, introduced a bill Monday that requires all Minnesota employers to pay a “living wage.” Those that don’t would be subject to “a low-wage compensation surtax” on the difference between actual worker wages and the defined living wage.
Globalization and trade will be the focus of a public debate, an academic conference and a protest rally in the Twin Cities this month.
With hearings on the controversial Central American Free Trade Agreement expected just after Congress returns from its Easter recess, unionists nationwide turned up the heat by lobbying lawmakers against the trade treaty.
The “exaggerated rhetoric” about a Social Security crisis needs to stop, Congresswoman Betty McCollum said at a recent forum.
SEIU’s Lobby Day was a chance for ordinary people to meet firsthand with elected officials and tell them, face to face, the issues that concern them ? and why.
State and local government agencies attempting to outsource a public service would have to demonstrate genuine cost savings and meet new standards, under legislation that moved to the floor of the Minnesota Senate Wednesday.