Community

Arts, media unions announce new collaboration

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Ten unions in the arts, entertainment, media and telecommunications industries will create a new Industry Coordinating Committee to build power for workers in these industries in the face of rapid media consolidation and massive technological shifts.

Government

HCMC clericals say yes to union

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After a three-month campaign to collect union authorization
cards, 567 clerical workers at Hennepin County Medical Center now
will be represented by Council 5 of the American Federation of State County
and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).

Organizing

Cintas violated workers’ rights, NLRB says

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After 18 months of investigation, the General Counsel of the National
Labor Relations Board has found merit in charges that uniform laundry
giant, Cintas Corp., violated federal labor law at 19 facilities
in several states, including Minnesota.

Machinists named to Northwest Airlines Creditors Committee

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The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers will serve on the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Northwest Airlines bankruptcy case. A United States Trustee appointed the IAM to a seat on the eight-member committee made up of select Northwest Airlines creditors.

Gulf Coast union leaders demand decent pay for workers

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Gulf Coast union leaders called on the Republican governors of Alabama, Mississippi and Texas to persuade President George W. Bush to reverse his executive order allowing contractors to pay substandard wages to construction workers in the areas destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Experienced educator joins LES staff

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Deborah Rosenstein, an experienced educator who focuses on a “member-driven” approach, has joined the staff of the University of Minnesota Labor Education Service.