Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2005/06/page/3/)
“Minnesotans United to Protect Social Security” will hold a rally Friday at the state Capitol to call on lawmakers to protect the federal program from privatization and massive benefit cuts.
University Unions United, a coalition of University of Minnesota AFSCME unions and Teamsters Local 320, held a joint contract negotiations kick-off event Wednesday at Coffman Memorial Union.
The leaders of five of the largest unions in the AFL-CIO Wednesday announced the formation of the Change to Win Coalition, a new alliance devoted to creating a large-scale, coordinated campaign to rebuild the American labor movement. Shortly after the announcement was made, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney issued a statement, saying he hoped the new coalition “will continue to join?and help lead?the rest of the union movement from within the AFL-CIO.”
Workers at the Holiday Inn Select voted 71-42 to reject joining UNITE HERE Local 17.
Members of Teamsters Local 120 are in the ninth week of their strike against Rum River Lumber, with “no end in sight,” according to union representatives.
SEIU Local 26 will commemorate the 15th anniversary of the first Justice For Janitors campaign with a march through downtown Minneapolis Wednesday, June 15. The Twin Cities march will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the United Labor Centre, 312 Central Ave. SE, and end with a 12:30 p.m. rally at the Hennepin County Government Center.
SEIU’s Minnesota State Council is sponsoring a free conference on health savings accounts, a new type of insurance that critics say further shifts costs onto workers.
About 60 union members, community members and workers at Richfield Health Center rallied Wednesday in front of the Portland Ave. nursing home, where workers will vote Friday to say yes or no to union representation by SEIU Local 113.
Supporters of the DREAM Act rallied Sunday at the state Capitol, urging lawmakers to make a last-ditch effort to save the legislation during the current special session.
On Wednesday, two days before they are scheduled to vote in a union election, workers at Richfield Health Center will be joined by community supporters for a rally.