Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/2009/06/page/3/)
More than 50 Machinists District 143 representatives and local activists attended a Northwest Airlines/Delta Air Lines organizing campaign strategy meeting recently at the IAM’s William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Maryland.
The Minnesota AFL-CIO has reserved a spot in the 2009 Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Parade in downtown Minneapolis on Sunday, June 28, the federation announced.
As Congress takes up the issue of national health care this week, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney praised the Senate’s draft health care legislation for its plan to include a public option for health care coverage. But a leader of one the federation’s top health care unions – California Nurses Association Executive Director Rose Ann DeMoro – said the legislation does not go far enough.
The Twin Cities Labor Chorus is seeking singers of all voices and skill levels. The next rehearsal is June 16.
Workers marked a milestone in the construction of the new Minnesota Twins ballpark June 5, when the last piece of structural steel was set in place with a celebratory “topping off” ceremony.
Congressional supporters of the Employee Free Choice Act, trying to get the 60 senators they need to break a planned Republican-led filibuster, are discussing a compromise to replace a key provision – majority sign-up – with mail-in ballots in union recognition elections.
Minnesota Walmart workers are being urged to submit claims by June 30 to receive a portion of the settlement in a massive wage-and-hour suit against the company.
Hodan Hassan would like to have health insurance for herself and her family. Leontez Slaughter worries about safety on the job. Denise Spittler is tired of being told she can quit if she doesn’t like her wages and working conditions. With video!
Citing what they call a lack of leadership in addressing the state’s struggling economy and budget crisis, Minnesota unions praised Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s announcement Tuesday that he won’t run for a third term.
After 30 years of speaking art to power, the Northland Poster Collective – one of the nation’s leading producers of labor-related art – will close its doors at the end of June.