Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2005/08/page/3/)
The split in the AFL-CIO will have profound consequences for all workers — both bad and good. The current crisis may create the opportunity for our local labor movement to become stronger than ever before.
The contrived challenges for contestants on so-called “reality television” are nothing like the real-life struggles millions of American workers face every week, captured in the documentary Waging a Living now screening in the Twin Cities.
Organizations concerned about Wal-Mart’s effect on communities and workplaces will hold a “Send Wal-Mart Back to School” rally Tuesday, Aug. 23, at 3:30 p.m. at the Midway Wal-Mart on University Ave. in St. Paul.
Members of the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association could strike Northwest Airlines as early as 11:01 p.m. (CDT) Friday, Aug. 19, if no agreement is reached.
Health care workers in Shakopee and Owatonna will conduct informational picketing Monday, Aug. 22, as they seek their first union contracts.
Minnesota’s art-makers for the labor movement, the Northland Poster Collective, will celebrate 25 years of arts activism with a cabaret concert Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar Ave. So., Minneapolis.
Learn more about the proposed Living Wage ordinance in Minneapolis and dialogue with City Council members at a town hall forum planned Aug. 23.
The Communications Workers of America on Tuesday evening reached a tentative three-year agreement with Qwest Communications.
The Airline Mechanics Fratnernal Association will conduct informational picketing Wednesday at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, two days before a strike could begin against Northwest Airlines.
Members of the Communication Workers of America will rally at the Qwest building in downtown Minneapolis and at other locations in the metro area Tuesday to urge a fair settlement to contract talks with the telecommunications company.