Postal service, APWU reach tentative agreement
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Negotiators for the APWU and U.S. Postal Service have reached a tentative four-year contract agreement, APWU President William Burrus announced Wednesday.
Community
More Americans falling prey to ‘predatory’ paycheck lending
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"Predatory" payday lenders, who advance consumers loans against future paychecks, are costing Americans billions of dollars a year, a new report shows.
‘Save Journalism’ is theme of Dec. 11 rally
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News industry workers will rally Monday, Dec. 11, as part of national "Save Journalism Day" to protest layoffs and cutbacks that are compromising newspaper quality.
Religion-Labor Network event TODAY
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The Twin Cities Religion and Labor Network will unveil a new name at a fundraiser today that will feature Congressman-elect Keith Ellison as keynote speaker.
Organizing
Ellison, immigrant coalitions to be honored
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Keith Ellison will be honored as “Progressive Leader of the Year” at TakeAction Minnesota’s First Annual Progressive Awards Dinner Saturday, Dec. 16.
Guild launches protest of newspaper job cuts
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From Washington to San Francisco, from Boston to Chicago to Baltimore to Seattle, The Newspaper Guild will bring the impact of job cuts in the industry home to newspaper readers on Dec. 11.
Policy
38,000 Ford workers accept buyouts
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Some 38,000 UAW members — 46 percent of the 83,000-member union workforce — have agreed to accept buyouts that Ford Motor Co. and the union negotiated earlier this year, according to the company.
Walker Methodist nursing home workers win NLRB decision
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Nearly 500 workers at Walker Methodist Health Center, who have waited more than three years for recognition of their union, won a positive decision Thursday by the regional office of the National Labor Relations Board.
Candlelight vigil at Cintas Monday
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UNITE HERE Local 17 said it will hold a candlelight vigil outside the Cintas Corp. office in Maple Grove Monday to protest unjust treatment of Latino workers by the company.