Met Council workers rally Tuesday for fair contract
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Metropolitan Council workers, represented by AFSCME Local 668, will rally Tuesday, Sept. 20, for a fair contract.
Organizing
Protect workers’ rights in the Gulf area, AFL-CIO demands
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AFL-CIO President John Sweeney called on the Department of Labor, in a letter to Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, to protect the health and safety of rescue and recovery workers in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, to provide employment assistance to displaced workers, and to ensure that the relief, recovery and rebuilding jobs conform with wage and labor standards.
Organizing
UNITE HERE leaves AFL-CIO
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The General Executive Board of UNITE HERE has voted to disaffiliate from the AFL-CIO, the union announced Wednesday.
Striking AMFA members buoyed by donation
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Buoyed by news of a large donation to their strike fund and plans for another solidarity rally, striking Northwest Airlines workers blasted the carrier’s move to hire permanent replacements for them.
Organizing
UNITE HERE may announce affiliation decision
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The Executive Board of UNITE HERE, meeting at the Saint Paul Hotel this week, may announce a decision Wednesday on whether it will remain an affiliate of the AFL-CIO
From bad to worse: Northwest workers face possible bankruptcy
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Could it get any worse? Whether they’re AMFA members walking the picketline or Machinists, Pilots and Flight Attendants mired in years-long negotiations, Northwest Airlines workers now may have to deal with the ramifications of the carrier going into bankruptcy.
Policy
Bush order undercuts wages of Gulf Coast workers
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Apparently nothing, not even the greatest natural disaster in the history of the United States, is allowed to get in the way of President George W. Bush’s anti-worker and anti-union crusade. His latest move: To cut construction workers’ wages for reconstruction projects in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Tuesday is Primary Election Day
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Primary elections will be held Tuesday, Sept. 13, in communities across Minnesota.
Northwest Airlines to hire permanent replacements
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Striking Northwest Airlines workers vowed to continue their walkout, despite management’s pledge that it will start permanently replacing them on Tuesday.
Environment
Rally to focus on renewable energy
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Fight Back ’05 ? a campaign of the United Steel Workers’ associate member program ? will hold a rally Saturday, Sept. 17, to mobilize support for renewable energy standards in state and federal law.