Contract talks for state workers bog down
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The budget stalemate at the Capitol is bringing contract negotiations between the Pawlenty administration and state employee unions to a crawl.
Plumbers, Pipefitters come out ahead in arbitration
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A binding arbitration ruling means union Plumbers in the Twin Cities will get 84 cents an hour more over the next three years for wages and benefits than contractors were offering. Union Pipefitters will receive 50 cents an hour more over three years than what contractors had offered.
Government
16,000 state workers face layoffs if government shuts down
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As many as 16,000 state employees could be out of work July 1 if Gov. Tim Pawlenty and the Legislature fail to reach a budget settlement, forcing a partial government shutdown.
Government
State budget bust a growing possibility
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State lawmakers are back at the Capitol for Week 3 of a special session to work out a two-year budget. The deadline is the end of the month, and there’s lots of heavy-lifting left. If they and the governor don’t reach agreement, layoffs of state employees and shutdown of some government services are likely.
Government
Unions try to block Bush from killing Amtrak
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Rail unions are mobilizing to save Amtrak, the national passenger rail service that the Bush administration wants to shove into bankruptcy by eliminating all federal funding.
Iraqi labor leaders to visit Minnesota
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Two trade unionists from Iraq will be in the Twin Cities
Thursday, June 16, to educate local union members and the public about
the conditions faced by Iraqi workers and to gain support for Iraqi
trade unionists in their effort to build a progressive, secular Iraq.
Progressives launch campaigns on Wal-Mart, health care, Iraq war
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A coalition of progressive local elected officials and activists will launch national campaigns, one against Wal-Mart and its impact on the economy, a second advocating universal health care and a third to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq.