Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2006/04/page/4/)
Hope of maintaining 1,800 good-paying jobs at the St. Paul Ford Ranger plant were dashed Thursday when the company announced the facility will be closed as part of its national restructuring plan. But members of United Auto Workers Local 879 vowed to continue efforts to keep the facility open in some form.
The immigrant rights rallies supported by millions of people across the nation mark a historic turning point for the United States, advocates say.
The new Massachusetts health care mandate is a victory for insurance companies — and a loss for just about everyone else, a Boston worker says.
Massachusetts’ new health care mandate, which forces uninsured workers to purchase health care coverage or face higher taxes and fines, is being hailed by its proponents as the answer to the health care coverage crisis. But unions and others say the plan simply absolves employers of their responsibilities and shifts the burden of health care costs onto workers.
A trial resumes May 15 in New York to determine whether Northwest Airlines gets bankruptcy court permission to throw out the union contracts covering its ground workers.
Optimism and hope were evident among many of the 40,000 people who marched to the state Capitol Sunday in the largest pro-immigrant mobilization in state history.
More than 200 professional union plumbers will volunteer to make free plumbing repairs and provide safety inspections for over 250 low-income and disabled homeowners as volunteers with the Water’s Off Project on Saturday, April 8.
As part of a continuing campaign to bring area hospitals back to the bargaining table, about 60 hospital workers and supporters held a candlelight vigil Wednesday night at Fairview Southdale Hospital.
Minnesota’s capital city deserves a strong, viable newspaper that serves the community and provides good wages and benefits to employees, speakers at the “Save the Pioneer Press” rally said Thursday.
As Congress and the Minnesota Legislature debate changes in immigration laws and policies, a broad coalition will hold the “Minnesota March for Immigration with Dignity” Sunday, April 9, starting at 2:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. Paul.