Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2007/06/page/3/)
Defying 97-degree heat, heavy humidity and a planned Republican filibuster, several thousand workers and their allies rallied in Washington Tuesday to demand the Senate pass the Employee Free Choice Act.
A federal judge will hear arguments June 25 whether to issue a rare "10J" injunction ordering the Rochester Holiday Inn Express to reinstate 19 fired workers and recognize their union.
Responding to intense and widespread opposition from both U.S. and Korean workers, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers is trying to stop the Bush government\’s proposed "free trade" pact with South Korea.
Jennie-O Turkey Store has required employees to sign anti-union petitions, in violation of federal labor law, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled.
At a forum Thursday night, Regions Hospital nurses and other workers described the roadblocks they\’ve faced in organizing to improve their workplaces.
Twin Cities janitors, buoyed by this year\’s successful contract campaign, celebrated "Justice for Janitors Day" Friday by confronting a downtown building owner using non-union labor.
The Senate is expected to begin debate on the Employee Free Choice Act this week, with a vote to come as early as Wednesday.
Congressman Keith Ellison, DFL-Minneapolis, and Congressman Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., will host a community hearing on immigration reform Saturday, June 23, in Minneapolis.
Twin Cities janitors will commemorate "Justice for Janitors Day" this Friday with a rally at the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis.
As it observed World Day Against Child Labor Tuesday, the International Labor Organization joined forces with five key international agricultural organizations to launch a new landmark global partnership to tackle child labor in agriculture.