Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2009/01/page/3/)
From Feb. 4–6 in Washington, D.C. — just weeks after a new Congress and new administration take office — the 2009 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference will set the stage for stakeholders from across the country to forge an agenda for realizing the enormous opportunities to be achieved by investing in green jobs.
As the owners at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis continue to make their case for huge contract concessions, a growing number of workers are making their voices heard.
Workday Minnesota received an award for commentary, while a Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder series on the Twin Cities security officers\’ milestone battle for a fair contract took top honors, in the first annual Minnesota Ethnic and Community Media Awards.
With the new Democratic-run 111th Congress convening Tuesday, and with larger pro-worker majorities, labor has assembled a legislative agenda that starts with the Employee Free Choice Act and a massive stimulus bill, but doesn’t stop there.
On Monday, Jan. 5, the day before the Minnesota legislative session begins, the Greater Minnesota Health Care Coalition will hold a rally at the State Capitol for universal health care.