Supporters rally for Northwest Airlines workers
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One week after their walkout began, striking Northwest Airlines workers got a much-needed boost at a large, outdoor rally.
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Service unions seek universal labor standards
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A global service union coalition, representing unions of janitors, nurses, telecom workers and other employees, is launching several mass projects to get the global employers it deals with to agree to universal core labor standards, notably the right to organize.
Twin Cities unions plan rally for mayoral candidates
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Twin Cities labor unions plan a Sept. 1 rally to support
AFL-CIO-endorsed mayoral candidates Peter McLaughlin (Minneapolis) and Chris
Coleman (St. Paul). Keynote speaker will be Harold Schaitberger, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters.
Twenty years later, Hormel strikers see parallels to today
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Twenty years later, strikers, their families and supporters reflected on the historic walkout by UFCW Local P-9 members at Hormel in Austin, Minn. The world is a different place, they said, but the landscape for working people hasn’t changed much.
Solidarity rally Saturday for Northwest strikers
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AFMA Local 33 will hold its first solidarity rally since the start of the Northwest Airlines strike on Saturday, Aug. 27, the union announced.
Teachers say Wal-Mart sets bad example for students
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Every school year, teachers shell out hundreds of dollars from their own pockets to buy classroom supplies. Mary Cathryn Ricker hopes they won’t be buying them at Wal-Mart ? and is urging parents to boycott the giant retailer when they make back-to-school purchases.
Strike shows Northwest’s true colors
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The strike by mechanics at Northwest Airlines demonstrates how far airline executives are willing to go to cut costs, destroy jobs, and break promises to workers and Minnesota taxpayers, the state AFL-CIO says.
AMFA disputes NWA claims, cites solidarity efforts
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The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association says many Northwest Airlines’ flights are being delayed by the union’s strike ? and support for the strikers is spreading among other groups.
Support group forms for NWA strikers
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Striking Northwest Airlines workers will receive donations, food and other assistance through a new support group formed by union and community members.
Pushed to wall, AMFA members strike Northwest Airlines
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Saying their backs were against the wall, members of the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association struck Northwest Airlines at 11:01 p.m. (CDT) Friday.