Community
Labor mobilizes to help flood victims
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The labor movement is mobilizing to assist the flood victims in southern Minnesota, the Minnesota AFL-CIO said.
Organizing
Rochester bus drivers to rally Saturday
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Drivers for Rochester City Lines will rally Saturday to demand a voice on the job.
U of M workers authorize strike
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Four AFSCME locals representing 3,500 campus workers in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Crookston and Duluth voted Thursday to authorize a strike.
Community
Assembly plans Labor Day march to State Fair
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Years ago, union members from St. Paul would gather on Labor Day for a march to the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, where they would meet up with union members from Minneapolis in a powerful display of worker solidarity.
Government
Oberstar urges more funding for bridge repair
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In remarks at the state Capitol, Congressman Jim Oberstar reiterated his belief that the United States should bump its gas tax to increase funding for bridge repair.
Community
Resource Center of Americas suspends operations
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The Resource Center of the Americas suspended operations Aug. 16 as a result of financial insolvency, halting the organization\’s 25-year run as a premier anti-globalization activist group, watchdog and resource both in the Twin Cities and nationwide.
Showdown looms at U of M
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University of Minnesota clerical, health care and technical workers vote Thursday whether to strike rather than accept the latest contract offer from the university administration.
Judge’s ruling could improve railroad safety
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States have the right to regulate train-speed movements over public railroad crossings, a federal judge in Minnesota ruled.
U.S. unionists protest Iraq union ban
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Showing solidarity with unionists in Iraq, several dozen U.S. unionists marched on August 16 outside the Iraqi Embassy in Washington, protesting the Iraqi Oil Minister\’s ban on unions for oil workers.
Organizing
Asian-American unionists step up fight for equality
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Improving racial and gender diversity in the nation\’s union leadership emerged as one of two key themes of the biennial convention of the Asian-Pacific American Labor Alliance.