Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2008/01/page/2/)
Workers at Dakota Premium, the last packinghouse in South St. Paul, staved off a decertification attempt and voted to retain representation by United Food & Commercial Workers Local 789, the union reported.
For the first time in 25 years, union membership rose when measured as a percentage of the workforce, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
The Minnesota Newspaper Guild/Typographical Union at the Star Tribune has elected new unit officers and is readying for difficult contract negotiations.
A faith vigil in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at the Holiday Inn Metrodome brought attention to the plight of security officers at Hannon Security Services, who face racial discrimination and a lack of access to affordable health care.
A union coalition comprised of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), Transportation Communications Union (TCU), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) has tentatively agreed on new contract terms with Amtrak covering nearly 3,500 workers.
The Climate Crisis Coalition of the Twin Cities is sponsoring a showing of "When the Levees Broke," a film about the issues brought to light by Hurricane Katrina, on Monday, Jan. 28.
Candidates for the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for Minnesota\’s Third Congressional District seat will face off at a candidate forum Thursday, Jan, 31, hosted by the Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council.
Despite a veto threat by President Bush, the Democratic-run House passed a new mine safety bill strongly supported by the AFL-CIO, the Mine Workers, the Steel Workers and mine victims\’ families.
Education Minnesota, the state\’s largest labor union, and Operating Engineers Local 49, a major Building Trades union, have endorsed Al Franken in the 2008 U.S. Senate race.
Workers at the notoriously anti-union Dakota Premium meatpacking plant in South St. Paul will take a decertification vote Friday, Jan. 25. Their union, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 789, will hold a plant-gate action to distribute fliers the evening before the vote takes place.