Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2007/08/page/4/)
Seeking to convince almost 15,000 unionists and a national television audience that they have what it takes to be the next president, seven hopefuls for the Democratic presidential nomination tried hard to show differences in an AFL-CIO-sponsored debate in Chicago Tuesday night.
The United Food & Commercial Workers will lead a demonstration Thursday at the St. Paul Wal-Mart to urge families to buy their back-to-school supplies elsewhere.
Workers at Edgewood Vista Care Center voted to join AFSCME in an election supervised by the National Labor Relations Board.
By large margins, AFSCME and MAPE members have ratified contracts with the state of Minnesota, the unions announced Monday.
AFSCME unions at the University of Minnesota will "Stand Up for Our Standard of Living" with a rally Wednesday for a just wage settlement for clerical, technical and healthcare workers.
Seven Democratic hopefuls will make their case Tuesday before the largest audience of this early campaign season—the 15,000 union family members expected at the AFL-CIO Presidential Candidates Forum at Chicago’s Soldier Field.
Six Utah coal miners were trapped 1,500 feet underground Monday following an early morning cave-in.
More than 200 day laborers and their allies went to Capitol Hill to bring their voices to immigration debate and call for reform that puts workers’ interests at the forefront.
The Minneapolis City Council passed a resolution Friday urging Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act, legislation supporting workers\’ rights to organize unions.
Service and maintenance employees at Abbott Northwestern Hospital – 441 in all – have voted to join SEIU Healthcare Minnesota.